This term in Science the Year 8s are taking part in a pilot program coordinated by UWA's Emeritus Professor of Physics, Professor David Blair. The Einstein-First program introduces the contemporary conception of Physics at the earliest opportunities in the curriculum and is underpinned by fun and highly engaging activity-based learning. in Week 3, our students learnt about the ...

On Friday 22 October,听our Carmel Primary School Chess team won the Kids Unlimited WA Interschools finals with a perfect score of 36 points out of 36.听Five players: Marcus, Daniel, Mia, Yonatan and Oz, didn't drop a single game and finished with nine points out of nine.听Josh S, Max, Ezra and Asher placed sixth to ninth and Josh K, 12th. Mia was named Best Female Player.听 The arb ...

By Paul Carter This year, Carmel was unable to attend the regular IPSHA co-ed Athletics Carnival so an alternative day was held with Guildford and Helena College. This enabled the athletes from each school to showcase their skills at a competitive but low key, friendly event. Carmel was the host for the day and the organisation for this meet was tight. The Primary School had o ...

The Year 5s engaged in a fantastic morning of learning about leadership with their parents at the end of last term. Every student had discovered the chavruta-style of learning in class, which is integral to the study of Jewish texts. This method involves mindful reading, listening and questioning. They lead their parents in a most successful morning, demonstrating their new ski ...

Carmel Primary held a spelling bee for the Year 3 students last term to give them a taste of what this competition is all about as they progress up the year levels. The students who participated impressed us by being able to spell many difficult words. Mazal tov to Abigail F, who won the Year 3 Spelling Bee by correctly spelling each of her allocated words. ...

Born 18 months apart, Dan and his younger twin sisters, Mia and Gabi, were thrilled to be able to celebrate their respective Bar and Bat Mitzvahs together. While Dan lained the Parsha, Mia and Gabi used their polished public speaking skills to deliver a Dvar Torah that centred around gratitude. And it is truly remarkable that these young people can have such a strong appreciati ...

Five pets aren鈥檛 enough for animal-loving Jayda for, if she could, she would save and look after all the animals in the world! Passionate about the environment, Jayda鈥檚 view is that the biggest threat to our planet is indifference - and she鈥檚 already working on bringing education and passion about this important issue to everyone who has had the pleasure of meeting her. Jayda ...

It was in 2010 that Mr Heiny Ellert first spoke to students at Carmel High School about his experiences during the Holocaust. Every year since, he and his beloved wife Toby听welcomed groups of Year 10s into their home and allowed the students to interview him for the Living Historian Project. Our students always felt so privileged and humbled to learn about his life. Always the ...

On Thursday 14 October, we farewelled our Bachurot, who have given so much to Carmel and its students since arriving last year - from being involved with Jewish Studies classes, the chaggim, Machane Zooz camps and much, much more. Mr Lawrence presented Ela, Adi and Avital with gifts before each spoke about their time at Carmel and how grateful they are to have been part of our ...

Ben鈥檚 favourite Chag is Sukkot, and for good reason! He celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on Sukkot with family and friends after he lained his Haftorah with aplomb at Noranda Shule. Although Ben thought his voice was shaking with nerves, he sang beautifully, giving his parents, family and teacher Rabbi White, much nachas. Although he started out as a tennis champ (winning a tournamen ...