Canberra Harvest Festival is on next Saturday (24 March)
The Canberra Environment Centre is hosting the annual Harvest Festival with free sustainable living workshops, local and organic food and sustainable businesses and stalls.
Please visit https://www.canberraenvironment.org/harvest/ for more information.
Bec DeCourcy
Sustainability Officer
It was blast off today for the launch of Space School! Through our strong association with the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia, Merici College is delighted to provide the opportunity for students to participate in a remarkable STEAM study experience, the CASE Space School Program, to NASA this December. Sasha has recently returned from NASA and had the chance to speak with some students about the program. Two of our students who have recently returned from Space School were delighted to share their experience with us.
Merici College hosted the launch of the Catholic Women’s Mentoring Program last night as part of international Women’s Day celebrations. The Mentoring program aims to build the skills and networks of Catholic women in Australia so that they can increase their positive impact in Church and society. The evening was a huge success.
UNSW Canberra Prize for Best Female in Mathematics Thursday 8 March, 2018
Congratulations to Annalise Lennon (Year 10) and Rebecca Fergusson (Year 8) who were both awarded the UNSW Canberra Prize for Best Female in Mathematics.
The UNSW has begun a new initiative – awarding prizes to the best female Maths student in Years 8 and 9 across schools in the ACT. The students were nominated last year by the Merici College Maths staff and today received their awards at a special presentation at ADFA today, Thursday 8 March.
Happy International Women’s Day!
It’s a great time to remember and celebrate the role of women in contributing to sustainability.
The 1Million Women organisation is a movement of women and girls from every corner of the planet building a lifestyle revolution to fight the climate crisis. You can find out more or join the movement at https://www.1millionwomen.com.au.
On Monday 5 March we welcomed parents and students from Year 7 to our Aspiring to Achieve workshops. The workshops are aimed at supporting our families to a successful transition into High School at Merici. The evening commenced with a presentation by Coastlife Adventures regarding the upcoming Year 7 Camp. This was followed by a rotation of three key sessions covering:
Congratulations to our Textiles and Fashion students who participated in the 2018 Canberra Show and it was a delight to see them so excited to see their entries hung and displayed so beautifully. A congratulations needs to be extended to all students in Textiles and Fashion who entered especially the students listed below. They all did an amazing job!. Their work is on display in the IC.
Year 12
Siena Scifleet Reserve Champion and first place - Shift dress
Tayla Deminico Encouragment award - Shift dress
Grace Swan Year 12 1st place - Cushion
