With the conclusion of a unit comes the opportunity for students and teachers alike to reflect on the statement of inquiry. The statement of inquiry is a statement which is made up of a key concept, one or more related concepts and a global context. This is compiled by the teacher into a meaningful statement which students can understand.
This week as our Year 10 students prepare for their 2020 Transitions Forum, our #MericiMoment takes a look back at forums held in the past. Forums are held every year and are dedicated to Year 10 students moving into their final years of education, providing them with an opportunity to consider their course choices for Years 11 and 12 and to think about career pathways.
Using an online calculator, the students in Ms Heydenrych's Year 9 Science class worked out that they each generate an average of 7.29kgs of plastic waste per year at school (just from food products).
They then worked out how much this would be if extended to include all the students and staff. i.e approx 800.
This works out to 5.8 tonnes per year of plastic on Merici's campus and doesn't include large items, clothing etc.
The students concluded that our plastic use is the challenge of our lifetimes.
Protection of the environment is sometimes argued to come at the expense of the economy. In fact protection of the environment and the resource base from which all production is sourced directly underpins the economy. Environmental protection also affords environmental services on which all life depends, such as clean air and water, estimated to be valued at trillions of dollars per year.
As our students and staff prepare for the 2020 Vinnies Sleepout on Thursday 18 June, here is a look back at some of our sleepouts in the past. We wish Mrs Wholley and our students and staff a good night! #mericipride #ceosleepout https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/fundraisers/loretta-wholley/canberra
According to Wikipedia Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist who has gained international recognition for promoting the view that humanity is facing an existential crisis arising from climate change. Thunberg is known for her youth and her straightforward speaking manner, both in public and to political leaders and assemblies, in which she criticizes world leaders for their failure to take sufficient
We have had a great week with our Year 7 and 8s returning to school and look forward to welcoming back our Year 9 and 10s next Tuesday to be together as one whole community again.
How did your week go?
It’s been fantastic seeing all my friends and teachers again and getting back to routine. (Olivia, Year 8)
I’ve really liked the contact with my teachers in person and have missed having lunch with my friends in the canteen. (Willow Year 8)
This week we take a look back at our St Angela Merici Days. Our 2020 celebrations were to be held today but with COVID-19 requirements, we have rescheduled this event to be held on Friday 11 September.
#mericipride #stangelamerici
In 2020 Reconciliation Australia marks twenty years of shaping Australia’s journey towards a more just, equitable and reconciled nation.
Much has happened since the early days of the people’s movement for reconciliation, including greater acknowledgement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights to land and sea; understanding of the impact of government policies and frontier conflicts; and an embracing of stories of Indigenous success and contribution.
Today is National Sorry Day – 26 May. National Sorry Day is a significant day for all Australians, especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities across the nation. National Sorry Day marks the anniversary of the tabling in Federal Parliament of the Bringing Them Home Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, on 26 May 1997.
