Over 700 people attended our annual twilight open house event, Taste of MLMC, on Thursday 9 May, which gave prospective parents and students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 a wonderful opportunity to explore our school.
This year the Open Day and Taste of MLMC events were combined into one event with families able to do self-guided tours of the College or target a specific subject area that is of interest to their child. Each faculty offered a variety of activities — some were interactive and ran all night, while the featured activities ran at specific times to allow young students the opportunity to experience taking part in an actual class just like they would in Year 7.
Activities included a chemistry demonstration, making trick food (cakes that looked like hamburgers), fitness testing, origami, kahoot quizzes, Lego robots, word games, making wooden doorstops, catapaults out of icecream sticks and woollen pom poms, Italian bingo, making 3D shapes and designing the front cover of a magazine. The College band played music at Centennial Hall for people to enjoy, showcasing their talents and the wide range of opportunities open to students in the Music department.
A team of 100 students were on board throughout the night to help visitors with any queries they may have — the students were superb ambassadors for the College and made us very proud. A similar number of the enthusiastic and dedicated teachers were also on deck to engage our young visitors and to show our guests the hospitality that Mercy schools are famous for.
A survey for staff and parents has been sent out this week to help us make the 2020 event even bigger and better.
