I’ve had the best week, with so many exciting events and such positivity at Carmel School. Book week costumes in the Primary School were fabulous and coincided with the launch of the Grandparents and Friends Nachas Club. Parent Jenna Gore’s initiative and work to rejuvenate this group of valued community members culminated in an energetic launch, with a lovely singing and danci ...

I regularly and frequently liaise with the Community Security Group (CSG), who work so hard to keep Carmel staff and students safe as well as working in the community, with the same aims. But a question from a Carmel grandparent this week necessitated my calling CSG to check out some facts. The grandparent was asking about self-defence opportunities for students. I knew that ou ...

We are very pleased to announce that we have successfully recruited both a Deputy Head and an Inclusive Education Co-ordinator for Carmel Primary School. We listened very carefully to the feedback parents provided on our survey at the end of last year and one of the themes that emerged was the need for further support for primary students’ learning. It’s great that we have been ...

The Term has got off to a great start, with the exception of ridiculously cold temperatures which have caused some of us to wonder whether we should be asking for a refund on our emigration. I certainly didn’t emigrate to Australia only to be scraping frost off my windscreen! The Monday before the students return is a really good time for us as teachers to reflect on what’s imp ...

A warm welcome back to all Carmel families. I hope that you enjoyed a good break away from school and that the students are refreshed and ready for Term 3. Although some of us have had a lovely time without work, the campus has been buzzing with activity. Our maintenance staff in particular must be exhausted – as I enjoyed a tour around this morning, it was clear that they have ...

The last week of term is often a challenging one. The children are tired, the staff are tired and everybody is looking forward to a break, but educators are still determined to make the most of the teaching time available. Teachers have spent significant time putting together summative reports to inform parents about the progress that the students have made during the first sem ...

Sunday night saw two amazingly successful soirees hosted by a professional venue in Morley, show-casing the musical talents of a huge number of Carmel’s High School and Primary School students. We listened to some really talented musicians – from piano solos to rock bands, to beautifully sung duets. I was again filled with pride at the performances we witnessed and the quality ...

Ms Birch’s assembly on the Carmel School value of integrity last week, sent home a strong message about the meaning of integrity and some valuable examples of what integrity looks like in a student’s life. I was pleased to find out that many students can name all five school values without looking! (For reference, they are integrity, excellence, connectedness, curiosity and cou ...

This week saw the Carmel High School Expo for parents and students in Years 4, 5 and 6. Watching our brilliant teachers mingle with mums and dads and children reflected the sort of place that Carmel is – a community school with staff who care and learners keen to learn. Food technology students had baked a range of delicious biscuits (which went down very well judging by the sp ...

It goes without saying that schools are all about student learning, but I thought it might be interesting this week to focus on the staff learning that has been taking place recently. Last week, Mr Shadgett organised a visit from Dr Mark Dowley from The Crowther Institute at Brighton Grammar School. Dr Dowley spent time with Heads of Learning Area on Thursday afternoon, follow ...