FAMILY
Visitors always comment on the warm welcome they receive and the ‘family’ atmosphere at Mount Carmel.- Achievement Co-ordinators, Form Tutors and Pastoral Support Officers are focused on all aspects of achievement, wellbeing and behaviour as well as day to day issues
- Approximately 80 prefects in Year 11 and 30 Peer Mentors in Years 9 and 10 help staff ensure that everybody is safe and happy.
- A very active and supportive PTFA group meet regularly and support numerous school events.
- Parents’ evenings – a chance to speak to your child’s teachers about their progress.
FAITH
Our pupils experience daily prayer & worship- Salford Diocese inspection graded us ‘outstanding’ in our Welcome, Welfare & Witness.
- Multi-cultural and multi-faith celebrations & activities help develop and support community cohesion.
- The G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together) pupil team arrange liturgies in school.
- The Youth St. Vincent de Paul (YSVP) group visit local residential homes to offer companionship and friendship to the elderly.
LEARNING
We are completely focused on all pupils' progress- Higher attaining students are stretched by more challenging teaching and an enhanced extra-curricular programme.
- Individual support programmes are developed for pupils with additional needs to break down barriers to learning.
- Enrichments to the curriculum include subject specific visits as well as team building residential trips to a wide range of places including Lockerbie in Scotland, Spain and Holland.
Mount Carmel High School hosted a Community Christmas Party in the school with almost 100 guests attending. Parishoners from local Catholic Parish Churches of St. Mary’s Oswaldtwistle, St. Mary’s, Clayton-le-Moors, St. Joseph’s and St. Anne’s, residents from Rough Lee Care Home, local residents and staff family members were amongst the guests.
A delicious festive meal was prepared and served by catering staff at Mount Carmel and pupils from the school served food, waited on the guests and chatted to them. A free raffle also took place with beautiful table decorations as prizes.
Entertainment was provided after the meal by Mount Carmel choir led by music teacher Miss Javaid and the school choir from Broadfield Specialist School also attended and sang a selection of songs to a delighted audience. The afternoon also included a Christmas sing-a-long which was enjoyed by all who attended.
Headteacher Mr Bowers thanked everyone for attending the community party and explained to the guests that this was the sixth year the school had held the event. He said “All our guests went home with a small gift which had been purchased from donations made by pupils. The invited guests left very happy and full of the joys of the real Christmas message – Peace on earth, love, hope and joy!” This event he said was Mount Carmel at its very best.
The Hyndburn Catholic Schools partnership sang Christmas songs and carols in Accrington Market Hall in front of Christmas shoppers, proud parents and grandparents. This is the sixth successive year that the partnership of schools have entertained in the Market Hall. Around 160 pupils from the choirs from Mount Carmel, St. Oswald’s, St. Mary’s Oswaldtwistle, Sacred Heart, St. Mary’s Clayton-le-Moors and St. Anne’s & St. Joseph’s sang beautifully both collectively and as individual school choirs.
Mount Carmel pupils handed out chocolates to the audience and helped Accrington Pals Café serve refreshments to the primary pupils during an interval. A collection tub was passed around for Mount Carmel’s nominated charity, St. Patrick’s school in Kenya. £2,000 has been collected for this school over the last year towards building a school kitchen and Mount Carmel are committed to continue helping St. Patrick’s. A further £64 was collected during the carol singing.
Everyone was so proud of the children in the choirs, we received lots of kind comments and it created a really nice start to the festive season. Thank you to all who supported the schools’ partnership.
Unclaimed raffle ticket numbers from Friday's Indoor Christmas Market are:-
190 Orange
170 Orange
147 Orange
220 Orange
121 Orange
Prizes can be collected from the school reception