General News

Earn & Learn

The school has entered the Woolworths Earn and Learn Offer again this year.  If you, your friends or family shop at Woolworths, please collect the vouchers for our school and either send them to school or pop them into the Merbein P-10 box at both stores.  

Student of the Month Awards

Congratulations to the following students who were presented with Student of the Month Awards for June at our Whole School Assembly today.

Last Day of Term 2

R. Morgan

For the last day of term tomorrow,  the Student Representative Council (SRC) have organised a Casual Dress Day for the Secondary students and a Pyjama Day for the Primary students as a fundraiser to purchase equipment for students to use during recess and lunch times.  Students are asked to make a gold coin donation. The SRC will also be running a sausage sizzle for secondary students - $2 per sausage and $2 for a soft drink.

Second Full-Page Ad in the Sunraysia Daily

C. Blackie

Our second full-page ad was in Saturday's Sunraysia Daily.  This time we wanted to thank the community groups, businesses and institutions that support our students to succeed and to highlight the contribution our students make to the success of our community.

Bus Pass Replacement

Buslink have informed the school that if a student requires a replacement bus pass, they will be required to pay $10.00 either to the school or to the Buslink office. The new pass will not be printed out and issued to the student until the payment has been received. Please remind students to take care of their bus passes to avoid this additional cost.

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 & Merbein Development Association are 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; Merbein P10 College parents, the Board & Staff of the Merbein & District Community Bank, Merbein Development Association, Merbein Lions Club, and Merbein Uniting Church.  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 in the morning.  A text message will be automatically sent to your phone after this time if your child is not at school and the school has not been notified.  The school can be notified of absences by phone or by sending an email to the following email address:  Collihole.heather.h@edumail.vic.gov.au