We have had another great week in debating with five big wins.

Our Year 8 team (Alyssia Borgia, Isabelle Dunn and Anna Mels) defeated Girls Grammar arguing ‘that Australia should become a republic’.

Our second Year 8 team (Pragnya Gupta, Lana Dexter and Stephanie Frater) defeated Canberra Grammar successfully arguing ‘that Australia should become a republic’.

Our Year 10 team (Lily Alexander, Aislinn McArdle and Samantha Trafford) defeated Burgmann arguing ‘that Maths should not be compulsory for Years 11 and 12’.

Please follow the link http://merici.college/go/whatsonwks8and9 to find the latest What's On newsletter for Weeks 8 and 9.

Year 8 Field Trip to Tidbinbilla yesterday provided students with the opportunity to broaden their study of the Australian landscape, develop fieldwork skills in the collection of data and record their observations during the visit.

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 7 students

Due to the fires in NSW we have postponed our Year 7 Camp.We apologise for the inconvenience, however the safety of your daughters and the staff is of paramount concern to us.

The new Camp dates are Wednesday 2 May to Friday 4 May.

I ask you to keep the Tathra community in your prayers as they unite to support each other and deal with the loss of homes.

We also pray for the firefighters and volunteers.

Kind regards

Loretta Wholley

It was a very active day around Merici College on Friday 16 March with Drama students presenting improvised performance and pop-up performances around the school to highlight that bullying is not OK and that it is everybody’s responsibility to speak up to prevent bullying. Our very first Feel Good Friday, organised by our senior students, was dedicated to Say NO! with students recognising the importance of taking action against bullying and violence.