After finishing in 21st position, in the Intermediate Boys age group, at the Northern Schools’ Inter-County Cross-country at Barnard Castle School on Saturday, Daniel Boyer has qualified for the Durham team (eight runners), for theContinue reading
British Record Long Jumpers Spikes Now On Display in the PE Department
Former Team GB athlete and Olympian Chris Tomlinson, who twice broke the British Long Jump record, has donated the spikes he wore when jumping 8m 35cm to the PE department. They are now on display withContinue reading
Lucy-Erin Wins Durham County Schools’ Cross-Country
Twelve Carmel athletes braved the snow in the Durham County Schools’ Cross Country Championships, which was held at Barnard Castle School on Saturday 20 January. Lucy-Erin Hunter easily won the senior girls event, for the secondContinue reading
Climbing is now on the PE Curriculum
Pupils are now enjoying the new climbing wall, in their PE lessons. They have started off by bouldering to develop their techniques and will move on to climb the many differentiated routes up the wall.Continue reading
Fab Four Selected for County Rugby Team
A huge congratulations to Joe Berry, Sam Berry, Ezra Laundy-Blair and Aaron Fernandes, who have been named in the Durham County Schools’ Rugby U16 squad to face Cumbria this weekend. The game will be played acrossContinue reading
Year 11 Presentation Evening 2017
Carmel College’s Annual Year 11 Presentation evening was, as always, a great showcase of celebration. Over 300 guests attended as Carmel marked the successes of their former Year 11’s, who truly achieved outstanding results withContinue reading
November – The Month of the Holy Souls
During the month of November, we have offered prayers and Mass for those in our family and community who have died. During our Mass for the Feast of All Saints, Father Barrie blessed our TreeContinue reading
Peter Vardy Conferences
Carmel hosted a Peter Vardy conference for GCSE students from across the region. This conference allowed students to get to know the new GCSE specification and exam question styles by one of the leading expertsContinue reading
Synagogue Visits
In September the whole of Year 10 visited the United Hebrew Congregation at their Synagogue in Gosforth, Newcastle. Students were given a tour of the Synagogue including the Kosher Kitchen and some had the opportunityContinue reading
Bio Science Event
Foundation for Jobs worked with Year 9 students to inspire them to consider sciences and bio-sciences as a career. J and J Projects led a day of practical bioscience tasks that engaged and excited students.
Engaging Parents In Raising Achievement
Carmel hosted a fantastic workshop with parents and students of Year 7. There was a guest speaker from Learning Performance LTD who looked at strategies to maximise potential. It was a very successful night andContinue reading
Scholastic Book Fair
Thank you to everyone who supported our annual Book Fair, which took place in the Learning Resource Centre and at the Christmas Fayre. £482 was taken, resulting in 40% commission to buy new books forContinue reading
Year 7 Girls Darlington 5-a-side Football Winners
The Year 7 Girls’ football team won the Darlington Schools’ 5-a-side Championships, by beating Longfield 2-0 in the final. In the group stages they beat Polam 1-0, drew with Wyvern 0-0 and beat Longfield B 5-0. TheContinue reading
Nuclear Power Station
A group of Year 9 girls attended the ‘Girls Power Your Nation’ event held at Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station by EDF energy. The event focused on encouraging girls into careers which usually have low numbersContinue reading
Ingenious Darlington
Students from Carmel College embraced the opportunity to take part in the sixth Foundation for Jobs Ingenious STEM event in September at the Dolphin Centre. Students took part in a range of practical activities aimedContinue reading
Work Experience Jacobs
Students took part in a week long work experience offer from Jacobs Engineering, Stockton in the October half term. Discovering the diverse and exciting role engineering plays in the modern world has inspired our sixthContinue reading
Mock Interviews
Students in Year 11 were involved in interview preparation this term. They have completed application forms and had mock interviews led by the Student Loans Company, based in Darlington. This was a benefical experience thatContinue reading
2017 Bebras Challenge
Pupils across the College have recently participated in the 2017 Bebras Challenge, a computational thinking competition. Pupils who have performed well in the contest are: Joshua Peterson, Mateusz Wilczynski, Jonathan Wilson-Downs, Emma Burgess, Joshua Connor,Continue reading
A Christmas Carol
Year 7 pupils are once again representing their form groups in the library’s annual ‘A Christmas Carol’ Quiz. Each Form Group is represented by one pupil who is tasked with reading this wonderful seasonal taleContinue reading
Art Opportunities
Art students have enjoyed a variety of trips to various locations in the North East this term to support coursework and enrich their understanding of art. Year 11 and Year 12 photography students enjoyed aContinue reading
24 Hour Musical
We love a challenge at Carmel and our production of High School Musical was no exception. Produced in only 24 hours this energetic performance was jam packed full of excitement and song. Well done toContinue reading
European Day of Languages
The Languages department and a group of pupils from Year 7 to Year 8 celebrated the European Day of Languages in style, by taking part in a range of activities and competitions based around languagesContinue reading
Joides Resolution Skype
Science students in Year 10, 11 and 12 had the opportunity to live chat with a research ship currently in Perth Australia, JOIDES Resolution. The JOIDES Resolution is a research vessel that drills into theContinue reading
Ten Ten Theare
All year groups from Year 7 to 13 enjoyed a film broadcast from the Catholic, Christian Ten Ten Theatre Company. The films were age-appropriate and carefully chosen to reflect respective year groups to advance social,Continue reading
Cake Sale for the Spirit of Africa
On October 31, staff and students raised an incredible £520 through the sale of cakes for the charity Spirit of Africa. The amount of cakes and contributions made by all of our talented bakers wereContinue reading
National Citizenship Awards
Carmel College was recognised at the National Citizenship Awards for its long standing and dynamic management with the National Citizenship Service. More students from Carmel College took part in this programme than any other DarlingtonContinue reading
Erasmus Working
Carmel Muti Academy Trust has secured an Erasmus+ project this year to work with partner trust schools in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Bulgaria. The 2 year project will develop case studies that outline and exemplifyContinue reading
VI Form Residential Retreat
Over 60 students from Carmel College VI Form took part in a residential retreat at the Emmaus Youth Village. The students reflected on what it means to be a child of God and to beContinue reading
Huge SVP Celebration in Carmel College!
The Feast of St Vincent de Paul was marked by Carmel College with a special Mass of Welcome for Year 7 students. During this special concelebrated Mass, the new and existing members of the CarmelContinue reading