黑料天堂

As always, the first term of the year has flown by and as I write this last article of Term 1, I think back with a huge smile on all that has been achieved at 黑料天堂. At the forefront of my mind is the fabulous High School Musical, which show-cased the talents of the Carmel Academy of Performing Arts and the long-term hard work of the creative staff involved. What a bril ...

I failed high school, leaving with one B grade and two E grades (and the E didn鈥檛 stand for Excellent). I based my choice of final year subjects on the advice of a careers advisor who told me that I should choose subjects I wasn鈥檛 very good at, because 鈥淲hat鈥檚 the point of studying subjects you do well in without trying?鈥� Happily it鈥檚 a very different mindset and approach from ...

We regularly hear of the importance of connectedness and belonging in achieving positive mental health outcomes. There have been so many instances of connectedness and belonging at and around 黑料天堂 during the past couple of weeks, it鈥檚 hard to know where to start when describing them! OKC Ari Range鈥檚 prize-winning film was shown at the Burswood Telethon Community Cinem ...

Ms Birch鈥檚 High School assembly this week unpacked the School value of Courage, evident in each of the students who spoke so ably to their peers on a range of topics including the JNF fundraiser and the recent Year 11/12 dinner dance. Ms Birch related courage to wellbeing and pointed out that wellbeing (鈥榯he ability to thrive and respond positively to life鈥檚 challenges鈥�) is cr ...

Week 2 has seen the start of 黑料天堂 being pioneers as the first school in Australia to adopt an exciting new Hebrew program in Years 1 and 2. Niflaot (Wonders) focuses on students speaking from an early stage of their learning. This aligns closely with the results of our recent survey, in which parents expressed the wish for their children to learn Hebrew in a modern and ...

Welcome to the new school year! In the second week of January, I started to wonder why I was dragging my feet coming in to work. Rather than leaping out of bed at 5 o鈥檆lock as I usually do, I wasn鈥檛 getting up until my alarm told me I needed to. I wasn鈥檛 getting excited about different ideas and the things I wanted to make happen 鈥� Perhaps I was going to be ill? Maybe I鈥檓 just ...

Our Year 11 Shorashim travellers returned late on Tuesday evening last week, tired and happy to be home after the fabulous trip Mr Lawrence had organised for them. I understand Tasmania was beautiful and the conference with four other schools鈥� Jewish students in Sydney was a great learning experience. So much of what we do successfully hinges on connectedness and being able to ...

There is definitely an end of year feeling starting to creep in, as the weather warms up, the exam season is upon us and we experience the 鈥渓ast鈥� of a number of activities for this year. As I write, the Year 11 students are enjoying their alternative Shorashim tour in Tasmania, the Year 12s are writing their final exams and the Year 10s have started their exam period, with Eng ...

Perseverance This week we saw the result of great perseverance. In 2002, I was lucky enough to teach the Year 5/6 L.E.A.P. class (Learning Enrichment Activities Program). It involved a small group of students and the exciting brief to challenge and enrich their learning with whatever projects we wanted to work on. Our 鈥楶layground Project鈥� was an authentic learning experience ...

It鈥檚 always a pleasure showing external people around the School and yesterday was no different, as the sun shone and during the various wanderings around the two campuses, I was able to take the time to step back and view just some of the things that our Carmel students were involved in. It made me very proud as well as grateful for what we enjoy at Carmel. Seeing what was go ...