Sixth form students, together with Mrs Turver and Mr Graham, are working hard to raise awareness and money for the Carmel College Peru Project. In July 2017, and then again in October 2018, the collegeContinue reading
SVP Updates
As the year comes to a close, we can look back with joy at the growth of our Youth SVP group which boasts forty members from Year 7 and 8. They really have been involvedContinue reading
Book Factor 2017
A group of pupils from Holy Family, St Augustine’s, St Bede’s and St Teresa’s Catholic Primary Schools, who will start Carmel this September, have taken part in a Year 6 literacy transition programme. Twenty fourContinue reading
The Carnegie Book Award
Ten students participating in ‘The Carnegie Book Award Shadowing Scheme’ attended the annual judging event in the college library on 19 June. The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding bookContinue reading
Kielder
On Friday 29th April 42 Year 7 children and 5 staff set off to Hawkhirst Scout Centre on Kielder Water for our annual Adventure Weekend. We took part in a very exciting, packed programme ofContinue reading
Carmel Girls Darlington Swimming Champions!
In the 100th Darlington Secondary Schools’ Swimming Gala, Carmel girls finished first and the boys second. In the overall competition Carmel were runners up. A big congratulations to the swimmers and the coaches who haveContinue reading
Carmel Lose Tense Cup Final
Carmel Year 9 football team narrowly lost to Longfield 2-1 in the Darlington Schools’ Cup Final. The game was played on the Middlesbrough FC training ground at Rockcliffe. To view photos of the match pleaseContinue reading
Learning to Sail at Thornton Steward Sailing Club, Bedale
Laney Wilkinson, Dominic Gate, Sarah Turver, Sophie Billany, Jess Briggs and Anna Shorten will be spending their next 5 Sundays at the Thornton Steward Sailing Club in Bedale. They are attending the ‘Learning to Sail’Continue reading
Year 7s County Cup Runners Up
Carmel Year 7 rugby team finished runners-up in the County Cup, played at the Northern Echo Arena on Wednesday 26 April. To view photos of the final please click here.
Outstanding Innings from Matilda
The Year 9 and 10 Girls represented Carmel in the Durham County Indoor Cricket Competition. A standout performance was from Matilda Weir, who scored 73 runs not out in one of the group matches. ThisContinue reading
Year 7 Town Football Champions
After beating Hummersknott 3-1 in their final fixture of the season, the year 7 football team clinched the Darlington League title. The team coached by Mr Summers and Mr Woods have now won all ofContinue reading
Carmel U14 County Rugby Runners Up
In the Cleveland County U14 Rugby Cup final, Carmel lost narrowly to Egglescliffe School, from Stockton 22 points to 12. The match was played on the pitch inside the Northern Echo arena, home to DarlingtonContinue reading
Carmel U13 County Rugby Champions
In the Cleveland County U13 Rugby Cup final, Carmel beat Macmillan College, from Middlesbrough, 45 points to 15. The match was played on the pitch inside the Northern Echo arena, home to Darlington Mowden ParkContinue reading
Lourdes
On Holy Saturday 2017, 50 members of Carmel College Sixth Form will embark on their journey with HCPT, the pilgrimage trust, on the annual Easter Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Students will travel with fellow pilgrims fromContinue reading
Tees Valley Rugby Final
Carmel Year 7 Rugby Team finished third in the Tees Valley finals held at Redcar Rugby Club. In the pool stages they topped their group by beating Hummersknott, Nunthorpe, Macmillan and drawing with Conyers. Unfortunately they thenContinue reading
Lifesaving Awards
Twenty pupils from years 7 – 10 have just completed a 10-week Lifesaving course at the Dolphin Centre. The course was led by Lifeguard Tom Ward, a former Carmel student. There were 9 awards ranging from BronzeContinue reading
SVP
Our Youth SVP has organised and led a special Stations of the Cross Liturgy at St Augustine’s Church followed by a very lively St Patrick’s Day Party in the parish centre. Working with the adultContinue reading
Great Britain Call Up For Layla!
Layla Bell has been selected for the Great Britain athletics team, to compete in the World Catholic Student Games, in Lignano Sabbiadoro (near Venice), Italy. The competition will be held from 2nd to the 8thContinue reading
Catholic Partnership Netball Tournament
The U14 netball team travelled to Sports Central in Newcastle for the annual Catholic Partnership Netball Tournament. The girls won all seven of their matches to become the overall winners making them the Catholic PartnershipContinue reading
First Aid Skills
6th form students were engaged in a programme of learning the life saving skills of first aid recently, here at Carmel College. A number of schools, from throughout the Catholic Partnership, were invited to completeContinue reading
History WWI Battlefields Trip
40 Year 11 students attended a trip to the WWI battlefields of the Somme and the Ypres Salient. This was a trip to learn, reflect and commemorate those who died in The Great War. TheyContinue reading
Year 13 Sociology Visit To Teesside Crown Court
To support their A Level studies Year 13 sociology students spent the morning at Teesside Crown Court in Middlesbrough. Students sat in on cases, watched jury’s in action, observed the work carried out by differentContinue reading
Year 7 French Trip
Miss Thonnart, Miss Jones, Mr McCartie, Mr Summers and Mr McGovern took forty four Year 7 students on a trip to northern France at the beginning of March. The week was crammed with exciting andContinue reading
Sponsored Walk
We are doing a sponsored walk for Macmillan Cancer Support Saturday 1st July 2017 in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support Whitby – Scarborough Circular (16 km) The route goes from the fishing port of Whitby.Continue reading
Retreats
Last week, a strong turnout of 90 combined Year 9’s and 10’s as well as 90 combined Year 7’s and 8’s came to the Youth Village. The older age groups on the Tuesday and WednesdayContinue reading
World Book Day
Carmel College celebrated World Book Day 2017 by asking staff from each Department to dress up as characters from their favourite books. Staff threw themselves into the challenge with incredible imagination and creativity. Throughout theContinue reading
Emmaus Retreat
On Monday the 27th of February, Year 9 and 10 pupils visited the Emmaus Youth Village at Consett for their retreat. The key theme of the retreat was ‘Landslides’, that small changes can make aContinue reading
Saint Pope John Paul II Awards Ceremony
On Thursday 2nd March at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House in Newcastle, students from Sixth Form received their JP II awards along with many other young people from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.Continue reading
Catholic Partnership Book Extravaganza
To celebrate World Book Day a group of five Year 7 pupils from Carmel College, along with other Year 7 pupils from schools in the Diocese, attended a Comic Art Master Class organised by theContinue reading
Lent
The Season of Lent was marked by Mass and distribution of Ashes on Ash Wednesday. The JC Hall was full to capacity with students who had chosen to take part in this Liturgy. Fr BarrieContinue reading