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.

On Wednesday 13th August, the sun came out for our Mt Carmel cross country competition.
The children showed fantastic effort and sportsmanship running around the school competing in their year groups. Lots of parents came to support and it was a lovely chance to catch up with our school community.

On Monday 11th August our Year 4 student visited MOTAT where they had the opportunity to explore the new Science and Technology centre. In the science space, the students explored science through interactive experiences about light and energy. They learned about force, and technologies that shape our everyday lives  and heard about stories of innovators and inventors from Aotearoa. Thank you to all the parent helpers for coming along to help.

On Thursday 17th July, the Junior School (Years 0-3) celebrated our 100th day at school this year. As part of our celebrations, the children had a fancy dress mufti day with the theme of “dress up as someone who looks 100 years old”. We saw a wonderful array of outfits

What a wonderful week of reading we have had at Mt Carmel during Book week! A special thank you also goes to Susanna Jolly, who organised our Readathon and its many fabulous prizes throughout the week. There was much excitement with the draw for the daily winners. The book fair was a great success with lots of children and parents purchasing new books to read. Today’s character dress-up day had an amazing array of colourful and creative costumes – it was wonderful to see so much imagination on display! Thank you to all the families who got sponsors for the children and the contributions they made to our school.

Mt Carmel celebrated Catholic School’s day on May 28^th with a variety of activities. The day began with a beautiful Liturgy led by Tui class, reflecting on what we are thankful for, and the children’s hopes for the future. This was followed by a special morning tea treat from the PTA , with all children enjoying a tasty donut . Throughout the day the children took part in a range of activities including creating prayer stones, making friendship bracelets and origami cranes, Lego challenges, creative artworks and Ballet inspired dance.

Kakapo has started the term with their R.E strand “Te Rongopai - Good News”. During this time, we have been getting to know our way around the Bible and finding the good news that Jesus has left for us. Kakapo has been reflecting on the messages we have found in parables and other teachings of Jesus such as the Beatitudes. We have talked about what it could mean in our lives, as well as how we are going to put these words into actions.

Kakapo then worked collaboratively to create Beatitude posters that illustrate how we might live these messages in our life!

On Monday 7^th April, following on from our lessons about sustainability and the visit from the Tread Lightly caravan, our Junior School students embarked on the Local Area Walk with their class.  Each class visited a park, reserve, or green space within walking distance from school and collected rubbish which was audited upon our return to class.  We used this opportunity to learn more about our local area and do our bit for the local environment. On the day Ms. Hennessey was picked up by her friends in the NZ Fire Engine to meet the children on route. The students were very excited to see her join them on their trip.
Thanks to Brett Cochrane and his friends for arranging the for the Fire brigade visit to coincide with the walk.

The year 5 and 6 students took part in the Summer Field Days Interschool competition, participating in Touch, Cricket, T-Ball, and this year Badminton for the first time. Some children chose sports that had never played before and some played sports that they play regularly. Sadly, due to the inclement weather some of the field sports were cancelled, however, the children that played had fun even if they were a little soggy!
Well done to all the Mt Carmel students and a big thank you to all the parent helpers and drivers.