Announcements

The Merici College community would like to thank Canberra Health Services for the privilege of hosting the official launch of DonateLife Week. We would like to thank all our guests for attending. Special thanks to our guest speakers:

Rachel Stephen-Smith, Minister for Health

Dr Sean Chan, State Medical Director, DonateLife ACT

Lucinda Barry, CEO, Organ and Tissue Authority

Julie Voutos, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Renal Outpatients, Canberra Health Services

Joshua Lindenthaler, Heart Transplant Recipient

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The Great Registration Race for DonateLife Week is now on! Looking forward to the official launch tomorrow, Monday 25 July 10.30am, at Merici College and welcoming guest speakers Minister for Health, Rachel Stephen-Smith, MLA, Dr Sean Chan, State Medical Director DonateLife ACT, Lucinda Barry, CEO, Organ and Tissue Authority, Julie Voutos, Clinical Nurse Consultant - Renal Outpatients, Canberra Health Services and Joshua Lindenthaler, Heart Transplant Recipient.

Please refer to the attached newsletter for news and information on events.

Our CASE Oceans Program group are enjoying their last few days in Queensland. Over the last two days they visited Rainforestation Nature Park, where they fed and patted kangaroos and wallabies, painted and threw boomerangs, and took part in the Pamagirri Aboriginial experience where they learnt about the local peoples and also got to do some dancing! Back at the hotel, the students presented their experience at OceanSschool and officially graduated! Today they will be spending the morning in Cairns before making there way back to Canberra! Have a safe trip home everyone!

Our CASE Junior Oceans group have enjoyed lots of wonderful activities over the last few days with pool buddy safety training to prepare for their upcoming snorkeling. The group learnt important hand signals and had some fun racing each other. They also headed down to Pratton Park to learn about how we use transects and quadrats in ecology and helped to collect microplastics in the beach sand for further research at Griffith University. The group learnt that each year we eat the equivalent of a credit card in plastic!

Our CASE Oceans Junior group enjoyed another beautiful sunny day on North Stradbroke Island. The group started off knee-deep in mangrove research and enjoyed a coast walk where they saw whales, a dugong and a turtle. The group also attended a wonderful presentation about corals by QUT PhD student Brett Lewis. Did you know adolescent corals go on a great migration from the coral shelf to the sea floor? Part of the process of becoming an adult coral is to eat themselves!

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Our CASE Junior Oceans Program In Queensland has commenced with all our students having a great time, spending time yesterday on North Stradbroke Island collecting plankton and then using microscopes to identify the different species of phytoplankton (plants) and zooplankton (animals). After lunch, the group went on a tour with a local Aboriginal guide. The girls had a great day!

Are you a Year 11 student passionate about science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)? Do you want to meet like-minded young people from across Australia? Do you want to learn more about your study and career options? Look no further than the 2023 National Youth Science Forum (@NYSFoz) Year 12 Program! Applications are open now! For more information and to apply go to the NYSF website: https://www.nysf.edu.au/programs/year-12-program/ #NYSFoz.