Merici College What's On Term 1 Weeks 4 and 5 Newsletter
Submitted by mericiadmin on February 17, 2022 - 12:22pmPlease click here to find our latest What's On newsletter.
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If you have wondered if your individual efforts to compost can make a difference, read on.....
Australian group, Compost Revolution, tested the idea across 41,000 Australian homes.
The result was 10 million kgs of food waste diverted from landfill and 19 million kgs of greenhouse gases avoided.
Just how much is 10 million kgs?
That's the equivalent of over 83,000 full-size wheelie bins of perfectly good resources U-turned out of landfill and sent back to the Earth to replenish the soil, grow veggies and plants, and sequester carbon or:
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The Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Department has enjoyed a very productive year despite the restrictions of COVID-19 lockdown. In February, we welcomed a new visual art teacher, Ms. Holly Bray, to our team and she has inspired the students to create some remarkable art works this year. We also welcomed Ms. Stacey Kernaghan, who has been sharing her knowledge of media with the Year 9 and 10 students.
As we approach the end of the year and the festive season....
A general sustainable gift-giving philosophy is:
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If you love sushi...
But don't want to contribute to the single use plastic problem.....
You can take your own container and set of re-usable chopsticks with you when you know you are planning to order sushi!
You could also take some soy sauce in a container from home and say "no" to the plastic soy sauce fish.
Enjoy!
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our convenors, managers, coaches and parents for the effort that you have put into creating valuable opportunities for our students to participate in the Merici Co-curricular Sporting program. The contributions of our volunteers and their service as coaches and managers are at the heart of the school’s sporting program. Without their support, co-curricular sport would not exist.
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