Reflections

Merici College Green Tip #39 - Happy Christmas!

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 7, 2022 - 10:50am

Wishing you a safe, happy and low waste Christmas!

When decorating consider...

So much joy can come from Christmas decorations, as well as a lot of waste.

Consider switching to LED lights that use less energy, and cut down on plastic decorations, tinsel and baubles that break easily and end up in landfill.

Instead, swap for biodegradable materials like paper and wood. Paper tinsel exists and can be easily personalised with a bit of creativity.

When eating consider...

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Brooke Ellis, 2023 Penola House Vice Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 6, 2022 - 2:35pm

PENOLA HOUSE VICE CAPTAIN

Name: Brooke Ellis

Dream Job: Professional Dressage Rider

One Place You Want To Travel To: Hobbiton

Hobbies: Sleeping, Baking and Painting

Favourite Food: Pizza

Favourite Movie: The Notebook

Favourite Book: Where’s Wally?

Favourite Singer: Vance Joy

Favourite Song: Missing Piece

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Adele Choy, 2023 Penola House Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 6, 2022 - 2:29pm

Penola House Captain

Name: Adele Choy-ster

Dream job: F1 Engineer

One place you want to travel to: Portugal

Hobbies: Soccer, reading, art

Favourite food: Anything Chinese or Italian

Favourite movie: Kung Fu Panda

Favourite book: Six of Crows

Favourite singer: Briston Maroney

Favourite song: Can’t choose one

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Bella Loxley, 2023 Ningil House Vice Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 5, 2022 - 7:27am

Ningil House Vice Captain

Name: Bella Loxley

Dream job: Fast Jet Pilot For the ADF

One place you want to travel to: France

Hobbies: Baseball, writing and watching movies

Favourite food: Spag bol

Favourite movie: Topgun (I cant choose which one)

Favourite book: The Fault in our stars

Favourite singer: Ed Sheeran

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Matilda Hutchison, 2023 Ningil House Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 5, 2022 - 7:20am

Ningil House Captain

Name: Matilda Hutchison

Dream job: Film maker

One place you want to travel to: georgias house

Hobbies: Volleyball, music, celeste foura

Favourite food: Maccas KitKat frappe and tacos

Favourite movie: Barbie princess charm school

Favourite book: A Court of Mist and Fury

Favourite singer: Two feet and The Weeknd

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Amelia Ryan, 2023 Brescia House Vice Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 2, 2022 - 7:52am

Brescia House Vice Captain

Name: Amelia Ryan

Dream job: Archaeologist

One place you want to travel to: Greece

Hobbies: Reading, eating and crocheting

Favourite food: Anything potatoes or pasta

Favourite movie: WALL-E

Favourite book: The song of Achilles

Favourite singer: Shawn Mendes

Favourite song: Talk too much - COIN

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Isabella Caceres, 2023 Brescia House Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on December 2, 2022 - 7:39am

Brescia House Captain

Name: Isabella Caceres.

Dream Job: Australian Federal Police.

One Place You Want To Travel To: New York City.

Hobbies: Sleeping and eating - the essentials.

Favourite Food: Honey chicken and duck pancakes.

Favourite Movie: The Warriors 1979 or Grown Ups 1 & 2.

Favourite Book: Colombiano by Rusty Young.

Introducing our 2023 College Captains … Meika Sedran, 2023 Balgo House Vice Captain

Submitted by mericiadmin on November 25, 2022 - 12:49pm

Balgo House Vice Captain

Name: Meika Sedran

Dream job: Midwife

One place you want to travel to: Iceland or Norway. For no particular reason besides they look cool

Hobbies: Netball, reading and doing nothing (my favourite hobby)

Favourite food: Aranchini, and potatoes in any form

Favourite movie: Clueless (1995)

Favourite book: The Divergent Series. Not the movies though, they are trash!

Counsellor's Corner - Holidays

Submitted by mericiadmin on November 24, 2022 - 11:57am

It is hard to believe that we are in the final weeks of the 2022 school year, and the festive season is knocking on our door! All students, families, teaching, and support staff have had a challenging year as we have navigated ongoing COVID related stress, full time face to face learning, rescheduled camps, teacher absences and unseasonably cold weather – just to name a few. It has been inspiring to see the determination of our students continue to show up for themselves and others and regularly apply themselves.

Merici College Green Tip #37: About toothbrushes...

Submitted by mericiadmin on November 23, 2022 - 7:35am

Your dentist would ideally like to see you change your toothbrush every three to four months.

That's a lot of plastic waste.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, around 3.5 billion disposable plastic toothbrushes – usually made from polypropylene and nylon which can take up to 500 years to break down in landfill – are purchased each year around the world.

The vast majority will end up as plastic pollution.