After a beautiful renovation of the Carmel Primary School Library we had an excess of good quality books which we donated to Challis Community Primary School in Armadale. During Book Week, these books will be distributed to less fortunate children to enjoy. ...

Even with the tumultuous weather, we had a wonderful time at our Peek and Picnic open morning on Sunday 1 August. Our new Board President, Mr Mark Majzner, greeted everyone and introduced our 2022 Principal, Dr Julie Harris, before new and existing families chatted, played and enjoyed the morning. Our future Kindies and Preps explored and learnt about their new environments whi ...

The Year 3s and their Kindy buddies are so excited about designing toys they're going to make. Their creativity flowed in Week 2 as they drew their designs and created a shopping list for the teachers to gather materials ready for the construction phase! ...

On Tuesday 27 July the Year 1 children were privileged to have Abigail鈥檚 granny visit us. Dr Carmel came to talk to us about how we can keep fit and healthy and told us that she looks after some of the athletes who participated at the Olympics. She told us that we need to eat a healthy diet and exercise. Exercise also helps us when we are feeling upset. We need to remember to ...

At the Year 3 Assembly on Friday 23 July, our 3s celebrated NAIDOC Week through song and verbal tributes. What an incredible performance - Morah Benn gave them an A-plus! We then watched as another amazing coincidence took place when Shoham L drew her own name out of a sparkly hat holding many names to win the mensch medal. We wished Morah Ester and her family well as they tr ...

Thanks to the Year 6s for shining a spotlight on our inspirational Indigenous icons as part of NAIDOC Week; their detailed posters honour their lives and work beautifully. Can anyone spot which of these icons was the inspiration behind Ash Barty's incredible Wimbledon win recently? ...

Our Year 2s shared a wonderful Kabbalat Siddur celebration with their parents on Thursday 12 August as they received their first siddur. There was much singing and dancing at their Kabbalat Shabbat service while Mr Lawrence, alongside parents, blessed their children. The morning ended with a lovely tea. Shabbat Shalom and Kol Hakavod to our Year 2s! ...

By Rafael L It鈥檚 fair to say that we had an absolute blast on the long-awaited Machane Zooz! From having a tisch around the campfire to listening to some fascinating talks from a variety of inspiring speakers, Machane Zooz could not have been any better. This camp in particular really made each and every one of us reflect on ourselves, our Jewish values (midot) and our Jewis ...

Every year I take the time to meet with our Year 12 students before they finish their time at Carmel鈥 hopefully they never say farewell to their Carmel family. I ask them to reflect on their years at the School; the highlights and lowlights of their Carmel experience. The students tell me about the teachers who have made a positive impact on their educational journeys and we di ...

It鈥檚 a sentiment familiar to many when the comfortable structure of school is no longer there: 鈥淲hat am I going to do now that I鈥檝e graduated?鈥 It can bring on fear, worry or confusion when the opportunities available for study and work don鈥檛 chime with what school graduates see themselves doing after hanging up their uniform for the last time. Naomi Blitz (Dorot Carmel 2017) ...