Our first Mass this year was to Celebrate Ash Wednesday - the start of the season of Lent. Thank you to Father Lobo who celebrated mass in Father Raphael's absence.

Pukeko class bought festive joy to the school and to the residents of Meadowbank Oceania Retirement Village with a beautiful Nativity performance. Thank you to Mrs McClay and Mrs Calthorpe for their hard work in bringing the show to life.

This week Pukeko class was able to see the fruit of their labour as they harvested the garden they planted in term 3 as part of the Caritas challenge

Mrs. MacClay and the children found strawberries, carrots, cabbages and kale as well as lettuce.

The ladies from Te Waiouna Puawai charity came to collect our vegetables so that they can be distributed to families in the areas for them to enjoy.

This charity grew out of the work of the sisters of Mercy in Glen Innes who support women and families in the Tamaki community. The volunteers said that the vegetables will be given to families in need so that the children in GI can can enjoy healthy dinners

In week 6, term 4 the whole school enjoyed a fun sports day organised by Mrs. McClay and Miss De Waal and the Year 6 students.

The children competed in their house groups and  participated in a range of fun activities; throw the gum boot, egg and spoon, three legged races and sack races.

We were very lucky with the great weather and we had lots of fun.

Epro8

Last week our Year 5 and 6 classes participated in the Epro8 challenge. EPro8 is an inter-school science and engineering competition.  Every year over 35,000 students from throughout New Zealand take part. Students participate in a series of events: firstly, within their school and then inter-school.   These events are designed to promote science, engineering and problem solving.  Our students demonstrated amazing problem solving, engineering and teamwork, with the two winning teams heading to the inter-school competition which is taking place at Stanhope Road Primary School next week.  Well done to everyone.

The results were:

First Equal

The-Pros Jnr: Ruth, Tippi, Bastiaan, Emmanuel

E-8: Rafferty, Mitchel Luna, Lindsay

Second Equal

Robotic Divas: Estelle, Edie, Eve, Taylor

The Slam Dunks: Wilbur, Charlotte, Flynn, Mackenzie

On 2nd September Mt Carmel opened our doors to a Science Expo. Parents, friends and family came to see the incredible learning the students had worked on over the term.

It was a lovely evening and a chance for the children  to show off their work, explain their findings and also the steps they went through as part of the learning process.

Winterfield sports is a chance for Mt Carmel school to compete against other local schools. Despite the inclement weather all sports went ahead this year. Mt Carmel entered teams in Football, Hockey and Netball. The children showed fantastic resilience in the bad weather and were really good sports. Thank you to all the parents that helped with transport.

On Thursday 21st August Mt Carmel had a Mufti Day in support of the wonderful work our Emergency Service workers do. We donated all money collected to St John Ambulance Service who rely on fundraising and donations to top up their funding, enabling them to provide essential first response services in emergencies.
Children came to school wearing something relating to our emergency services - Police, Fire, Ambulance or Medical.