Term 2 What's On Newsletter Weeks 8 and 9
Submitted by mericiadmin on June 8, 2023 - 10:38amFor all news and upcoming events, please refer to the below newsletter.
For all news and upcoming events, please refer to the below newsletter.
June 5th is World Environment Day.
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for 50 years and held annually on 5 June since 1973, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach and is celebrated by millions of people across the world.
What can you do?
Refuse, reduce, re-use, and recycle your plastics.
Why?
Motivation to choose to refuse single use and other plastic items...
“Between 2013 and 2015, I sailed around the world in a small catamaran. I sailed in the Indian Ocean and there, clearly, I sailed in plastic waste for nearly two months. It was a shock. Sometimes I had to stop 40 times a day because the waste was stuck in my rudders, in my daggerboards. I had been lucky enough to do that same circumnavigation as a child, and when I talk about it with my parents, they tell me they never had to pick up a piece of plastic waste in the sea.”
For information on upcoming events and news, please see below attached newsletter.
Right now in Australia, more than 122,000 people don’t have a place to call home! Everyone deserves a safe place to call home. For over a decade, supporters of the Vinnies CEO Sleepout have provided essential support to tens of thousands of Australians. This year, you can make a difference by donating to our campaign, https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/fundraisers/annamasters/act.
This Friday, May 20th, is World Bee Day.
World Bee Day is held in recognition of the role bees play in sustaining food security, biodiversity, ecosystems health... and ultimately humans and many other species.
At Merici we will be holding a lunchtime stall on Friday 20 May offering honey joys for $1 and beeswax lip balm for $3 made by students.
Proceeds will be donated to Wheen Bee Foundation, towards the Rita Fund for Australian Native Bees.
Merici College has a range of scholarships available to support the talents and educational achievements of our girls. We currently have scholarships available for Year 7 students, Year 12 Vocational Education and Training Scholarship for current Year 11 students, and Scholarships for current Year 10 students and future Year 11/12 Students. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Applications close 1 July.
For more information visit https://merici.college/#scholarships
As it gets cooler, there are multiple instances of heaters at school being turned up as high as they can go, and even left on overnight as high as 27 degrees overnight.
Please: Regularly check that heaters are set no higher than 22 degrees
We would like to thank our mothers and daughters for attending our Mother's Day Liturgy and Lunch today. It was a wonderful celebration!
We would like to extend our thanks and congratulations to our Hospitality students and staff on preparing and service a delicious lunch.
Full gallery here.
Over 200 students participated in Open Day activities during the day and into the night. The students were all wonderful ambassadors for our school and we have received excellent feedback from all our visitors on your exceptional skills in conducting school tours, participating in Science, Mathematics, Food Technology, Art and Textiles classroom activities, presenting dance, music, vocal and drama performances. In particular, our visitors commented on how our students spoke about Merici life with such pride and enthusiasm.