Congratulations to Taylah Ellems who represented Merici College and played in the Schools Sport ACT Golf Championship. She had a fantastic round with a score of 77 and won by one shot. Taylah is the ACT SSSA Golf Girls Champion for 2017. Fantastic achievement Taylah!
Chloe Richard represented Merici College in the Snowy Mountains Interschools Equestrian Competition from 27-30 April. There were over 200 riders from across the state and riders competed in a number of disciplines including dressage, show jumping, cross-country, sporting and stock horse classes. Chloe’s horse Apache is very new to the competition arena so they faced many challenges over the 4 days with their favourite events being cross-country and show jumping. They came home with 3 second place ribbons and learnt a lot over the duration of the competition.
This week is International Compost Awareness Week!
Did you know that as Australians, almost 50% of the waste we put in our landfill bins is compostable? You can rescue your food waste by starting a composting system at home or in the workplace. Composting is a great tool for gardeners and waste-haters alike!
START YOUR OWN COMPOST
“Catholic Schools Week is an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the innovative learning and faith development that occurs in Catholic schools every day” (Mr Ross Fox, Director Catholic Education Canberra & Goulburn).
Today marks the start of Catholic Schools Week (CSW) when we celebrate excellence in education. The theme for 2017 is Great Learning. Great Communities.
Prayer:
Loving God,
Congratulations to Reagan Minchin (Year 11) who competed on behalf of Merici at the Combined High Schools National Sailing Regatta held at Belmont, Lake Macquarie last week.
Catholic Schools Week (CSW) will be held 1-19 May. The main aim of CSW is to build community awareness about the strengths and distinctiveness of Catholic schools. The theme for 2017 is Great Learning. Great Communities. We have planned many wonderful activities during Catholic Schools Week which includes all students and staff receiving a a commemorative lapel pin on Monday 1 May during PC.
For more information on Catholic Schools Week please visit the Catholic Education Office website at http://cg.catholic.edu.au/.
As I write this update, our students in China are getting ready to visit the Great Wall!
All is going well with our intrepid Language students as they undertake Merici’s first trip to China, as you can see from the happy snaps from recent days.
I hear Mrs Preston is busy making poppies for our Anzac Ceremony so it’s lovely to see wherever we are in the world, we are united as the Merici Community.
