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.
Here is our green tip for the week:
Saturday, April 22nd is Earth Day – an event celebrated internationally.
Get involved by joining citizens in more than 300 cities around the world in the non-partisan March for Science.
Information about the Canberra march is available at http://marchforsciencecanberra.org/
Bec DeCourcy
Sustainability Officer
On Saturday 1st of April nearly two years of preparation by Mrs Jen Baines and Mrs Corinne Preston came to fruition as eight of the nine Merici students and their families gathered at the Jolimont Centre in Civic (the ninth student was already in Sydney!). A total of nine Chinese students from Years 9 to 12 are now on their way on Merici’s first Study Tour of China! The amazing teacher team has travelled together before, to Japan last year, so the students are in good hands. The Chinese students will undertake a 20-day Study Tour of China.
Here is our green tip for the week:
Confused about recycling rules?
Jenni Downes from the Institute for Sustainable Futures has put together “Five Golden Rules”
for recycling:
www.theconversation.com/five-golden-rules-to-help-solve-your-recycling-dilemmas-65552
Bec DeCourcy
Sustainability Officer
As part of the Year 10 Semester One, 2017 Religious Education Unit: ‘Interfaith Dialogue’, our students visited four Religious sites to listen to representatives speak about their religious beliefs and customs, to gain awareness and appreciation of the diversity of traditions within Canberra. We would like to thank the Hindu Temple, Sri Vishnu Shiva Mandir in Mawson, the Canberra Mosque in Yarralumla, the Sikh Temple in Weston and the Thai Buddhist Temple in Lyneham for making time for our students and teachers.
Where our students are going…..
This report was focussed on the Year 12 Graduating Class of 2016 cohort. The data was obtained from a Destinations Survey sent out to all students in mid-late January, after the main round offers for university placement.
The student survey related to:
Destinations
We would like to thank our students and parents from Years 9-12 for attending our Leading Students to Successful Futures workshops. Presentation information for Leading Students to Successful Futures Workshops Monday 6 March can be viewed below.
Year 7 Integrated Humanities visiting the National Museum. The students have the opportunity to explore the Eternity Gallery, the Eternity Gallery and the Landmark Gallery. In the The First Australians Gallery the students were immersed in a workshop where they discovered about life for Indigenous Australians
