Curriculum

Merici College Green Tip #6 - International Women's Day

Submitted by mericiadmin on March 8, 2022 - 12:32pm

Today is International Women’s Day.The 2022 theme is:“Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”recognising the contribution of women and girls who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank the students and staff here at Merici, particularly the SAM's (Sustainability at Merici), as well as the Sustainability Captains, past and present, for their contribution. 

 

 

 

 

GH Nutrition Workshop

Submitted by mericiadmin on February 28, 2022 - 2:17pm

Merici College students were blessed to have Georgia Houston from GH Nutrition to share her expertise around building a healthy relationship with food and body image. Georgia spoke about how we could change what we see on social media. Some examples are below.

 

• Post a mix of photos on social media:

• Show your personality

• Post artistic shots

• Post images of you having fun or visiting cool places

Meet our Studies Coordinators

Submitted by mericiadmin on February 15, 2022 - 9:46am

Over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to our Studies Cos. Today we are pleased to introduce Mrs Jo Aboud, Science Coordinator.Jo has been at Merici for 13 years and in the role of Science Coordinator for 11 years. Jo also coordinates Digital and Information Technology. She has a strong passion for encouraging girls into science. She is committed to providing opportunities to the students to explore science in the real world and expand their personal knowledge.

IB Middle Years Programme Personal Project Celebrates Success!

Submitted by mericiadmin on February 11, 2022 - 11:02am

This month we received the official results for the 2021 Year 10 Middle Years Programme Personal Project. This is a ‘passion project’ where students selected an area of interest to create a product or outcome and document their learning journey in achieving the outcome. We are pleased to announce that we had 6 students achieve the highest MYP Grade that can be awarded which is a ‘7’.

Congratulations to the following students:

Green Tip #2 - Meric College Green Tip #2 - Have you wondered if what you do makes a difference?

Submitted by mericiadmin on February 11, 2022 - 10:31am

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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