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Chaplain’s Corner – Carey Donvale
At the risk of sounding like Myer by introducing Christmas way too early, I have started to teach the Christmas story in CARE classes these past days. I promise you, I haven’t put up my Christmas...
21 November 2019
Chaplain’s Corner – Senior School
I love my job here at Carey, but I also enjoy the Sunday night of a long weekend – especially the Sunday night of the Melbourne Cup weekend. Four days to connect with family and friends...
07 November 2019
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
A couple of weeks ago I had the joy of spending a few days in a beautiful part of the world, Toonallook, with a Year 5 class. How blessed we are to have the opportunity to spend many...
07 November 2019
The final moments of school
A message from the Deputy Head of Senior School.
3.10pm last Friday was energetically greeted with widespread cheering by our Year 12 students. This came as they watched...
Chaplain’s Corner – Senior School
A couple of weeks ago, there was a report in the news that a five-year-old boy had been subjected to dreadful racist comments by other children in his Prep class. How could this be? Does it come...
24 October 2019
Chaplain’s Corner – Junior School
Imagine that I have a balloon in my hand and I want to try and make my balloon bigger. Can I do that by popping my friend’s balloon? Does that make my balloon get bigger? No!
24 October 2019
The Class of 2019: Taking the next step
A message from the Head of Senior School.
The beginning of Term 4 is always beset by a range of emotions for our Year 12s as they grapple with feelings of excitement...
Chaplain’s Corner – Senior School
American social worker, author and University of Huston research professor Brené Brown has gained significant influence for her research into vulnerability, courage, authenticity, empathy and...
10 October 2019
Marrma' Rom: Natasha and Emma, Year 10
Marrma’ Rom translates to ‘two worlds, two cultures or two belief systems’ in Yolngu Matha, the language of the people in Arnhem Land. In Term 3, Steele House had the honour of hearing from...
10 October 2019
The China tour celebrating Australian music
It was an absolute privilege to take a wonderful group of 39 Carey students from Years 9 to 11 on a 16-performance tour of China. I could not imagine a nicer group of young people, and we...
10 October 2019