The last week or so has been a great week for showcasing the work of CAPA, the Carmel Academy of Performing Arts. YOH Fest (Youth on Health Festival) is WA’s health-themed youth arts festival. It is promoted as “fusing the fun of the arts with health education by providing a platform for young people to share stories around the annual health theme”. The 2025 theme is “Colour My ...

The culmination of Zooz camps this week was another of the ‘lasts’ for me – my last Zooz camp. Happily, it was great; freezing cold, but full of ruach and wonderful to see the students having such fun whilst learning. I have always been a great supporter of experiential education and am confident that the learning which takes place through activities and events such as Zooz cam ...

I’ve had the best week, with so many exciting events and such positivity at 91. 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 o ...

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 ...