Tieing in with our current topic ‘God’s Incredible Design’ with last term’s focus Looking to the Stars and this term’s Matariki: Kite Making, the whole school have visited (or will be visiting) the Stardome Observatory. The children looked at the Sun, Moon, Stars and Constellations as well as where Matariki is in the sky. Students also enjoyed […]
Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day aims to create schools, workplaces and communities where all people feel safe, valued and respected. Our hard-working PTA organised a fun day with a serious message for our children last Friday. We even had a visit from the pink-shirted police!
Our students always love a visit from ‘Science in a Van’. On this occasion our junior school were treated to a session on Bubbles, while our senior students enjoyed experiencing ‘Sound’.
Our children showed both a strong spirit of competitiveness and very good sportsmanship at our annual Senior School Athletics Afternoon (an excellent combination). The sun shone as all students from Year 4 to Year 6 took part in running races and a range of team activities. It was so good to see full participation in every […]
Our Junior Athletics Afternoon was enjoyed by all – races, relays, duck races, toddler race, teacher and parent races. here are a selection of photos from the day.
TBall: With the disappointing news that the TBall Interschools Tournament was cancelled due to venue issue, Miss Hennessey got to work and was able to quickly pull together a fun afternoon for the teams to put their skills to the test. Each team played three games; Mt Carmel 1 won 1, lost 2 and Mt […]
Fifty of our children took part in this year’s Top Schools event which is organised by the Rotary Club of East Auckland, partaking in fun sporting events such as Wobbly Wheels, Gumboot Throw, Ski Run and the Slippery Slope to name a few. The children had a fantastic time taking part in these activities and showed […]
Our Year 6 children went on their annual trip to MERC, the Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre, based at Long Bay, Auckland. They offer marine based environmental education and outdoor recreational experiences. The children get to participate in outdoor education opportunities and the day allows them to try new experiences and for some […]
On the first day of school this year we welcomed 22 new children to Mt Carmel. We got a photo of some of them as they turned up with their families to wish them well on their first day here.
Korimako and Weka Classes have enjoyed making Slime as part of their Science Focus Topic this term. This experiment showed the children how Scientific concepts such as “reaction” and “state of matter” result when different substances are mixed together.
