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Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week as a new syllabus that mandates the use of phonics when teaching pupils to read is rolled out in all classrooms. Read more....

Six Year 6 students selected from across 59 primary schools in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains recently competed in the Diocesan Voice of Youth Public Speaking Competition Grand Final on the 20th of September.

Congratulations to our winners and all who entered the 2021/22 Executive Director's Summer Reading Challenge (EDSRC), it has been an incredible competition this year with a large number of entries.

In this edition of our new video series 'In The Principal's Office', Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta Executive Director Greg Whitby interviews Olimpia Pirovic, Principal at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Wentworthville. Read more..

With NAPLAN returning this week for the first time since COVID-19, local schools are preparing to support students in the Nation-wide assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. For many schools, this is the first time that NAPLAN will be conducted online. Read more...

Determined to ensure its students had an engaging end to their first full term of 2020 and didn’t miss out on traditional Book Week activities, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Wentworthville recently hosted an amazing two-week long Comic-Con event. Read more...

This week we welcomed back our OLMC students after a period of online learning. This has been a significant week, as for many of the students they have been away from school for nearly 8 weeks! On Friday the 29th May OLMC celebrated with a special return event...

At this time of crisis, the Diocese of Parramatta’s network of early-years education and care services provides a vital service for families who continue to require childcare, in particular any family involved in providing essential services. During the Term One school holidays, vacation care services will begin on Tuesday 14 April and operate at 11 locations. Learn more...

It was wonderful to see so many happy faces and hugs shared on Friday the 30th of August as the community of Our Lady of Mount Carmel gathered to honour the fathers, grandfathers and father figures with a delicious breakfast and heart-warming mass. Father’s Day Breakfast was followed by a mass - where we were able to give thanks and reflect on being blessed with our special fathers. Read more...

On Monday the 19th of August we celebrated Book Week, and what a celebration it was! In the morning Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 5 students received a visit from the author Ursula Dubosarsky. Read more...