General News
School Jumpers
R. Morgan
As the weather is cooling down please check that your child has a correct school jumper and that their name is clearly labelled on their school jumpers and jackets. If lost clothing is named it can be returned to the students.
Students are not to wear hoodies under school shirts or jackets.
Jumpers and jackets can be purchased from the school office, contact the school if you need any assistance with school uniform.
Canteen Prices
Bits & Pieces
Chicken Crackles- 50cents each
Chicken Munchies- 4 for $1.00
Pizza- 1 for $3, 2 for $5.50 (Hawaiian or BBQ)
Caeser Salad Bowl- $8.00 (contains egg)
Chicken salad Bowl- $8.00 (egg extra 50c)
Fresh fruit piece- $1.00
Potato Chips- $2.00
Slices- $3.00
Cookies- $2.50
Sandwiches – Fresh or Toasted
Sandwich only- $4.50
w/small milk- $6.50
Toastie & Cheese- $3.00
Full Wraps- $7.00 Half Wrap- $5.00
Sweet Chilli, Salt/Vinegar, Mexican, Chicken Salad, Ham Salad, Toasted BBQ Chicken, Toasted Hawaiian
Burgers- $6.00
Sweet Chilli, Salt/Vinegar, Mexican, Chicken Schnitzel & Salad, Chicken/Cheese & Gravy, Parmy, Kentucky, Cheese, Egg/Bacon & Cheese
Foccacias- $8.00
Ham, Chicken Fillet, Salami, BBQ Chicken, Sweet Chilli
Primary Canteen Prices
Everyday Items
Wrapped up Chicken & Salad Wrap $5.00
Ham & Salad Wrap $5.00
Sweet Chilli & Salad Wrap $5.00
Salt & Vinegar & Salad Wrap $5.00
Sandwiches Chicken Salad - with drink $6.50
Ham Salad - with drink $6.50
Drinks
Water $2.00
Flavoured Water ABC/RASP/LEM $2.00
Milk - 300ml Chocolate/Strawberry $2.00
Juice - 300ml Orange $2.00
Fruit Box - Apple/ABC $2.00
Fresh fruit pieces (in season) $1.00
Occasional Items
Vegemite Sandwich $2.00
Cheese Sandwich Fresh/Toasted $3.00
BBQ/Hawaiian Pizza $3.00 ea or 2 for $5.50
Chicken Crackles .50c
Chicken Munchies 4 for $1.00
BBQ Chicken Wrap Toasted $5.00
Hawaiian Wrap Toasted $5.00
Monday only
Hot Dog $4.00
Hot Dog & Cheese $4.50
Sauce .20c
Friday only
Pie $3.50
Pastie $3.50
Small Sausage Roll $3.00
Large Sausage Roll $3.50
Party Pie $1.00
Sauce .20c
Packets of chips Plain/Honey Soy $2.00
Student Illnesses
We are asking parents to please keep their children home if they are feeling unwell prior to coming to school in the mornings.
As per department advice if your child is experiencing flu-like symptoms or vomiting or diarrhoea you are encouraged to seek medical advice, limit contact with others and stay at home until symptoms have passed.
Art Donations Required
J. Atkinson
Old Canvases required for P-6 Art
If you have any old canvas or pictures on canvas that you don't want anymore , the P-6 Art department would love them. Please leave in the Green Building office near Heather.
Thank you in advance.
Lost Property
We have a lot of school jumpers in our lost property box. Could you please encourage your children, if they have misplaced jumpers, to come and have a look through and take what belongs to them. We will be sorting through and taking lost property to the Red Cross if there are still items there by next Friday 13th March.
We also have drink bottles in the canteen that have been brought to the office. They will be thrown out if not collected.
After the swimming sports last week we were left with a few towels and a pair of thongs. Could you please ask your children if they are missing any of these. They too will be thrown out if not collected.
Conveyance Allowance Program
The Conveyance Allowance Program offers families in rural and regional Victoria help with the cost of transporting their children to their nearest appropriate school or campus. Students must be attending the nearest school appropriate to their year level and reside at least 4.8km from the school by the shortest practicable route to be eligible.
Eligible students can receive a conveyance allowance based on:
- the least expensive public transport fares and/or
- a distance based allowance when travel is by private car or private bus.
Parents applying for the allowance must complete an application form and return it to school. We will then process applications using the Student Conveyance Allowance System (SCAS).
2020 Year 7 CSEF Uniform Pack
Students who have commenced Year 7 in 2020 and are recipients of the CSEF payment, automatically qualify to receive a Uniform Pack through State Schools’ Relief.
An order form can be collected from the main office. To find out more about CSEF or to apply for assistance go to www.education.vic.gov.au/csef
Uniform Shop
School uniforms can be purchased from the school’s main office between the hours of 8.45am and 4pm during the school week. If these hours are inconvenient for you, please ring the school to make an alternate arrangement.
School Bank Account
BSB - 063 714
Bank Acc Number – 10060535
Account Name - Merbein P-10 College Official Account
Weekly Newsletter Emailed
The school distributes a full weekly school newsletter every second Thursday and an events reminder every alternate Thursday to families via email. With our new inewsletter you can now receive the weekly newsletter on your mobile phone if you have the school COMPASS App installed on your phone. Please give us feedback on our new Newsletter system and let us know what you think. If you have not received the newsletter by email, please notify the school to the following email addresses:
merbein.p10@edumail.vic.gov.au, with the subject Newsletter Email, so this can be rectified.
Students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 who would like to take home a printed copy of the newsletter each week, can collect one from the main office every Thursday at 3.15pm.
Breakfast Club
The Merbein & District Community Bank is financially supporting the Breakfast Program. Foodbank Victoria also supports the breakfast program with donations of food. The following organisations provide volunteers to assist with the program; the Board & Staff of the Merbein & District Community Bank, Merbein Development Association, Merbein Lions Club, and Merbein Uniting Church. Merbein P-10 College parents are welcome and encouraged to volunteer. The Breakfast Program is held in the school cafeteria. All students are welcome to come along between 8.00am and 8.45am each morning if they would like a FREE tasty breakfast to kick-start their days learning.
If you have time to volunteer for this community service from 8-8.45am on school days, please contact the school, we would love to hear from you. Please note that volunteers will need a Working with Children’s Check.
Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)
To be eligible for this funding, a parent or legal guardian of a student attending the school must
be the holder of a Veterans Affairs Gold Card or be an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card (HCC) or Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) holder, OR
be a temporary foster parent and submit an application to the school before the end of February 2020.
If your child was enrolled at this school last year and you were a successful applicant for the funding last year, you will not need to apply for the funding again this year.
Ask at the school office for an application form, or to enquire about more information.
Student Absences
If your child is away from school, please notify the school before 10am. The preferred method to notify of absences is via the compass portal or by phone or sending an email to the following email address: Collihole.heather.h@edumail.vic.gov.au
An automated text message will be sent to your phone if your child is not at school and the school has not been notified.
