Merbein Lions Donation

This morning Wayne from Merbein Lions Club presented Merbein P-10 College with a donation that was accepted by Mrs Luitjes. Thankyou to the Merbein Lions Club for their continued support.

NSW Bus Information for 2020

Below is the Transport for NSW "Guidelines for managing school student behaviour on buses" link.

https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/reports-and-publications/guidelines-for-managing-school-student-behaviour-on-buses

Victorian School Buses for Last Day of School

On the last day of this school term, Friday 20th December 2019, ALL SCHOOL BUS afternoon runs will commence one hour earlier than a regular school day.

NB: ALL PUBLIC SERVICE ROUTES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AT THEIR NORMAL TIMES AS PER THE CURRENT TIMETABLE.

Any student that would normally catch connecting buses will be required to make their own arrangements.

Wherever possible, Buslink Sunraysia staff will be happy to advise and assist.

International Connections

14 boxes of books, both fiction and non-fiction are destined for the Melee Maat School, 10kms from Port Vila, Vanuatu. These reference books are no longer part of the Victorian School Curriculum and room in our school library needs to be made for more current books. These books though will be extremely useful at this English speaking school still struggling from the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in 2015. They have a new Library nearly completed but virtually no books. The Melee Maat School has 580 students in grades Prep to Year 8. Mr Costello recently visited the school with a donation of student requirements.

Thanks to Ms Scott in the Library and Ms Hunyadi in the Office for identifying appropriate resources for the school and its students. Thanks also to Adam Bellinger and Lachie Meaney for assisting with the packaging of the 14 boxes.

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).

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 weekly school newsletter every 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 either of the following email addresses: Giddings.beth.l@edumail.vic.gov.au or

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.

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.

Merbein P-10 College Newsletter

Issue 23 · 05 Dec 2019

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