Category: Reflections

December 21, 2020
The Year in Religious Education
A new initiative this year was the involvement of our students in the Mercy Foundation Youth Awards photography competition.
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December 18, 2020
The Year in Languages
We are raising the cultural awareness in the school community by celebrating national days and festivals from Italy, China and France.
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December 17, 2020
The Year in Science
It is definitely a year we would like to not repeat, but it has also shown how amazing and resilient the Merici community really is, including the Science Department.
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December 16, 2020
The Year in Mathematics
Throughout this year, students across Year 7-12 have shown resilience and creative ways to engage in Mathematics, both online and in the classroom.
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December 15, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #40 – Suggestions to reduce your waste to landfill this Christmas s
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December 8, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #39 – When will Australia be effected by climate change?
BOM and CSIRO State of the Climate 2020 shows Australia is experiencing climate change now!
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December 1, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #39 – How many litres of water does it take to produce a chocolate bar? Your dietary water-scarcity footprint!
It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small milk chocolate bar!
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November 18, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #36 – A different approach to buying clothes!
According to https://www.onegreenplanet.org/ fashion is the second largest water polluter in the world.
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November 4, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #34 – Oceans Over Plastic Dress
Chelsea Giovinazzo, Year 11 student, designed a dress partially made from recycled plastic bags to highlight the perilous dilemma of plastics in our oceans and environment.
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October 29, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #33 – Save clothing from landfill at Merici Sw(op) Shop event Tuesday 3 November
Australians buy an average of 27 kilograms of new textiles each year and then discard about 23 kilograms into landfill
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