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The P&F is happy to announce that at theÌýrecentÌýAGM a new President, Laura Golding, andÌýaÌýnew Co-president,ÌýMark Shapiro, were elected. KolÌýhakavodÌýand thanks for stepping up.ÌýIn upcoming news, the new committee will be holding a quiz nightÌýlaterÌýthis year as well as other events, to be advisedÌýcloser to the time.ÌýIf anyone would like to be part of the P&F,Ìýplease conta ...

Over the coming weeks, the House Cultural Competition will make a comeback! Every Friday during Mentor, students will be participating in either a debating, board games or building bridges tournament. The debating will cover many topical issues incorporating areas of general knowledge - with a touch of humour and fun! Games and building bridges will bring out the competitive si ...

We finished off the NWAS/ACC summer seasonÌýon Wednesday 21 AprilÌýwith our Year 9 and 10ÌýGirls’ÌýBasketball Grand Final. The girls gave it their allÌýbutÌýwere beaten by a better team on the day inÌýAranmoreÌýCollege. TheyÌýhad an outstanding season, goingÌýthrough undefeated to finish as minor premiers in the regular season.ÌýMazal tovÌýforÌýanÌýoutstanding effort throughout the season an ...

By Mrs Wendy AtkinsonÌý Mazal tovÌýto our fabulous Year 7 and 8 Ultimate Frisbee team whichÌýwon the North West Associated Schools (NWAS/ACC) Championship on the evening of Tuesday 20 April! This was no easy feat as the competition is participation-based, meaning we rotate our team each week to give all students an opportunity to play. To make it to the final is already a great a ...

Year 12 students Jacob P, Stephanie K, Noa J, Gal T and Aimee O, performed an excerpt from Shakespeare's The Tempest in Week 2. The version of the text performed was a reinterpretation by Australian physical theatre company, ZenÌýZenÌýZo. Our students recontextualised it to be loosely set onÌýWadjemupÌý(Rottnest Island), with the characters based on animals and aspects of the islan ...

OurÌýYear 2s were lucky to have some past students (our parents!) talk toÌýthemÌýabout their experiences at CarmelÌýSchool.ÌýWeÌýloved seeing their photos, uniforms and hearing all their Carmel memories. Can you believe some of our parents were inÌýtheÌýexact classroomsÌýwe’re in? We feel so lucky to be part of such a special community and can't wait to come in one day and share our ver ...

Recently, we noticed some of ourÌýKindiesÌýrole playing at being Rabbis and davening. Inspired by this, we transformed our Kindy role-play space into a Shul. The Kindies had SO many amazing questions, 'What do we need in a Shul?' and 'I wonder what the Rabbi does?' 'Does the Rabbi have to have a beard?'ÌýKayla’s Tatti Rabbi White and Elianna’s Abba Rabbi Dan welcomed us warmly int ...

On Friday 23 April Carmel held dual commemoration assemblies to remember Australia's fallen soldiers. The hardworking Primary School Admin and Special Events Committee presented the ANZAC Commemorative Service to the Years 3-6 students. The choir sang beautifully about diggers who fought for us and Talya and Raphael read moving poetry. The students solemnly observed the laying ...

CarmelÌýstudents and teachers celebrated Israel’s 73rdÌýbirthday all day on Thursday 15 April. The day started with a performance put on by ourÌýTzevetÌýat our Presentation Assembly which showcased the wonders of Israel’s economic attainments in the 73 years since independence. TheÌýruachÌýcontinued on the oval before mixed peer activities and crafts took place. It was soÌýheartwarmin ...

One of the things schools always ponder, and need to respond to, is bullying. It is an expectation (but not an acceptable one) that when you put a group of young people together all day for many weeks of the year while they are dealing with major life changes like puberty, unkind behaviour will occur. Recently, there have been questions raised regarding how we here at Carmel ex ...