Thriving starts now
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See how a school community is growing and building young people to live lives of significance.
Flourish
We believe that students and young children will truly flourish when their spiritual, mental, physical, and social needs are met. Our mission is to inspire and care holistically for your child—equipping them with the beliefs, values, and skills to live a life of purpose, hope, joy, and peace as a global citizen for Christ.
Learn by doing
Strong foundations for academic success
Children love to learn. Our aim is to provide them with the resources and skills they need to achieve their potential.
We have a broad and balanced curriculum to stimulate each child to develop their understanding, knowledge and skills. We aim to give children a wide range of experiences to challenge and inspire them. Through these rich experiences they develop self-esteem, perseverance, and resilience.
We value reading and writing and aim to build a culture where reading is the norm. Teachers guide the learning process to ensure that children can read and comprehend, write effectively, speak and listen confidently and competently. An engaging and rigorous Maths program seeks to develop each child’s mathematical thinking and understanding. Time is given to investigate, practise and apply new knowledge.
Develop awe and wonder
We believe that children need to connect and spend time in nature to truly develop a sense of awe and wonder. Our natural outdoor environment is an extension to our light filled classrooms.
In nature-based activities, children can develop verbal, conceptual, physical and social/emotional capacities. Carmel College is situated in a beautiful bush setting, surrounded by nature, students can breathe deeply and be immersed in the wonders of the changing seasons.
Unleash your creativity
The intrinsic pleasures of the art experience do far more than simply sweeten an individual’s life. They can connect people more deeply to the world and open their eyes to new ways of seeing.
Involvement in the arts is associated with gains in math, reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skill. Arts learning can also improve motivation, concentration, confidence, and teamwork.
Every child is given the opportunity to explore the joy of making Music as well as participating in Visual Art and Drama activities. In addition to Music being embedded in the Curriculum, various music teachers offer private tuition in Piano, Guitar and Violin.
Learn true grit
This is not about the mud, sand and dirt that comes with playing outdoors, but Growth, Resilience, Integrity and Tenacity. Carmel includes a range of activities that push students beyond their natural comfort zone to try new experiences that contain an element of risk.
We believe that children have an inbuilt ability to measure risk and make decisions about how to participate safely in new challenges. Each year we run a Cross Country and Mountain Bike Race; we experience mud in an entirely new way on Mud Day. Nature play, cooking and gardening are just some of the skills interwoven with conventional curriculum coverage.
Beyond the physical challenges, we encourage children to push themselves in their learning journey. Making mistakes is not seen as weakness, but as trying.
Flex your resilience
Based on research and best practice, the Aspire Programme responds to the unique learning needs of Year 9 students by providing an experiential programme to keep students motivated, engaged and to help prepare them for senior schooling and beyond. The Aspire Programme incorporates The Rite Journey, a process that supports students as they make the transition from childhood to self-aware, responsible, respectful and resilient adults. In addition to completing core subjects and electives, the integrated program explores the themes of Identity, Relationships, Making a Difference and Life Purpose. Students learn and grow from a range of experiences such as hiking, bushwalking, camping, Urban Days to Fremantle and Perth City, a Farm Challenges and a Service Trip to Albany and Esperance.
Join a community that serves
For more than 100 years, Carmel has been a ‘lighthouse’ to our community and around the world—sending students that shine for Jesus, and serve with care.
We have annual service trips to Cambodia, Albany and Esperance.
Our teachers also volunteer as caterers annually, to raise money for the Cambodia Trip.
