In Term 3, our Certificate II Community Service Year 11 and Year 12 students planned and implemented a wonderful celebratory Fathers’ Day event for the families at Jump Carey Early Development. In Term 3, our Certificate II Community Service Year 11 and Year 12 students …

On Thursday 19 September, the Carey Harrisdale Library played host to ‘The Sound of Picture Books’ for a second time. An acclaimed production by WASO, Yamaha and The Literature Centre, the show featured illustrator and composer Matt Ottley and author Kirli Saunders and was presented …

We were thrilled to have award-winning author and this year’s Australian Children’s Laureate Morris Gleitzman visit our Carey Harrisdale Upper Primary students. Students thoroughly enjoyed listening to Morris as he told them stories from his childhood and the inspiration for his books. Many students were …

Some of our Carey Harrisdale students recently competed in the ACC Athletics Carnival. The team had a great day competing and showed great sportsmanship and enthusiasm! The Carey team came 5th overall and also placed 2nd in Junior Girls and 3rd in Senior Girls. Congratulations …

The Carey Forrestdale Year 4 class recently visited the History House Museum in Armadale and participated in an exciting program called Kambarang to Birak. The students have been learning about Australia’s first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

Earlier this year, the Primary English Enrichment children students from Carey Harrisdale participated in the Children’s Book Council’s ‘Make Your Own Storybook Competition’. Students wrote and illustrated chapter or picture books to submit to the council’s judges. We were delighted to be notified this term …

In Week 6, 29 Year 11 Outdoor Education students headed up to Kalbarri for a four-day expedition. The students engaged in a wide variety of activities during the expedition including a visit to Chiverton House Museum in Northampton, canoeing up the Murchison River (Australia’s second …

Our Year 11 Food Science and Technology class recently ran a market stall and food fundraiser for Shalom House (a drug rehabilitation centre). They spent a week cooking up hundreds of choc balls, brownies, honey joys, muffins and sausage rolls to sell to students and …

Congratulations to Year 9 student Sarah who was recently awarded 1st Place (Year 9-10 Category) in the Armadale Young Writers’ Awards! The competition was open to all students from Year 3 to Year 12 who reside in or attend school in the City of Armadale. …

Over 80 Secondary students at Carey Harrisdale recently competed in the inaugural Carey Cook-Off! Groups of four students created meals from a mystery box in only 20 minutes. A different year group cooked each day during Week 6, with the winner of each round making …