NEWSLETTER 2018 Thursday, 15 March
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Principal: Mr Graeme Cupper Address: Commercial Street, Merbein, 3505 Phone: 03 50252501 Fax: 03 50253524 Email: [email protected] Successful Students – Strong Communities Website: www.merbeinp10.vic.edu.au NEWSLETTER 2018 Thursday, 15 March 201820182018201820182018201820172017201720172 0172017DATES TO REMEMBER MARCH PRINCIPAL’S REPORT 19th – 20th Mr Graeme Cupper Advance Camp 19th – 23rd YEAR 7 TEAM BUILDING REPORT Pri STOMP Dance program 21st Wednesday Presenter Ant Mair from the Year 7 Grampians Camp Venue is currently in our -Sec Parent/Teacher Interviews school conducting team-building activities with our Year 7 students. Due to our 22nd Thursday large number of enrolments in Year 7 this year, the camp has been re- LMR Sec Swimming - Swan Hill scheduled and will now be held in August, whereas the Team Building Activity 23rd Friday has been brought forward because of the importance its role has on the Pri STOMP Performance in the students in Year 6 & 7. evening 26th Monday MAV/ES CONFERENCE REPORT th -Sec Interschool Tennis Last Tuesday, 13 March, the school hosted 180 teachers from around Mildura -Sec Interschool Volleyball who participated the Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) Conference. 27th Tuesday All our Primary teachers and our secondary maths teachers participated. I -Whole School Assembly would like to congratulate Sandra Luitjes and Rod Beer (RCSC) who conceived 28th Wednesday the idea and worked with MAV over the past several months to prepare the -Sec Interschool Baseball program and the venue. -Sec Interschool Softball Hosting this conference was a very significant undertaking and involved an 29th Thursday enormous amount of planning and coordination on Sandra’s behalf. I would -Last day of Term 1 like to thank Wendy Fush, Michelle Voege, Kylie Liddicoat (catering), Luke -Easter Basket Competition Cohrs, Josh Harris (IT), Josh Hudson and Steve Pay (audio- visual) and Greg -Early Dismissal time of 2.30pm Rhodes. APRIL Around thirty-five ES staff participated in a separate PD Program, which was 16th Monday also held at Merbein P-10 on that day. First day of Term 2 30th Monday Dental Van visits begin AUGUST 7th-10th Yr 7 Adventure Camp 2018 TERM DATES Term 2: 16/4/18 - 29/6/18 Term 3: 16/7/18 – 21/9/18 Term 4: 08/10/18 – 21/12/18 STUDENT DENTAL SERVICE Sunraysia Community Health Services 137, 13th Street Mildura, phone 50210944 visit www.dhsv.org.au YEAR 8 SURF CAMP REPORT – G. Cupper Last week seventy-two Year 8 students participated the 2018 Surf Camp. Students and staff enjoyed the opportunity to camp-out and spend time in the surf. I would like to thank the staff who attended and supervised the students, Jess Williams, Scott Johnson, Josh Lee, Brad Hill, Jenny Donnelly and Wayne Astbury. A special thanks to two of our parents, Tess O’Connor and Elissa Pender who provided great support with meals for the duration of the camp. I would like to acknowledge the great work of Jess Williams who led and coordinated the planning for this major undertaking. MEASLES / RUBELLA – G. Cupper As we still do not have a confirmed diagnosis regarding the suspected case of Measles or Rubella that I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, parents remain advised to look for possible symptoms and to seek medical advice if you have concerns. We are expecting a diagnosis tomorrow, Friday, 16th March. COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM The school is participating in the Coles Sports for ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY IN SCHOOL Schools Program this year. If you or your family and NEWSLETTER - 2018 friends shop at Coles, please support the school by We are offering local businesses the opportunity to placing your vouchers in the box at Coles or sending advertise in our weekly newsletter commencing in your vouchers into the school office. 2018. Our newsletter goes out to over 400 families as SCHOOL CROSSINGS VICTORIA AWARD well as a number of community organisations. We Every two years School Crossings Victoria holds an have 10 business card size advertising spaces available Awards Night to honour the dedication and hard work on the back page and the cost is $200.00 for the year. put into the community by School Crossing If you wish to take up this advertising opportunity, Supervisors. Nominations close on 25th May. For please email your expression of interest to more information and a Nomination Form phone [email protected]. Dreena Lawrence-Gray 0490017340. SCHOOL BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS BREAKFAST PROGRAM BSB - 063 714 The Merbein & District Community Bank & Merbein Bank Acc Number – 10060535 Development Association are financially supporting Account Name - Merbein P-10 College Official the Breakfast Program. Foodbank Victoria also Account. supports the breakfast program with donations of UNIFORM SHOP food. The following organisations also provide School uniforms, can be purchased from the school’s volunteers to assist with the program; Merbein P10 main office between the hours of 8.45am and 4pm College Parents’ Club, the Board & Staff of the during the school week. If these hours are Merbein & District Community Bank, Merbein inconvenient for you, please ring the school to make Development Association, Merbein Lions Club, an alternate arrangement. Merbein Uniting Church and Merbein Rotary. The PARENTS/GUARDIANS/CAREGIVERS – K. Breakfast Program is held in the school cafeteria. All Fetherston students are welcome to come along between 8.00am We currently have a very small group of parents who and 8.45am each morning if they would like a FREE organise extra events around the school for students, tasty breakfast to kick-start their days learning. that include the Mother’s and Father’s Day Stalls, If you have time to volunteer for this drinks at the Cross Country and general fundraising. community service from 8-8.45am on school We would love to hear from anyone who would like to days, please contact the school, we would help us plan and run these events. Our little group of love to hear from you. Please note that parents don’t have meetings, but we do connect via a volunteers will need a Working with Children’s Check. Facebook group. If you are interested in joining our PLAY GROUP - TOTAL LEARNING CENTRE (TLC) discussions, either comment on this post, which has This playgroup is free of cost and is for children aged also been posted on the school’s Facebook Page, or 0-5. Children and their carers share books, make fun send a quick email to me stuff, play, dance and sing. Parents can receive [email protected] . information and support, share a cuppa, and get to STUDENT ABSENCES know other families. Most weeks, playgroup is held at If your child is away from school, please notify the Merbein P10 College from 9.30-11am during the school by phone or send a note or email the following school terms, please ring to check the venue each address: [email protected] week. For more information about the Total Learning Centre (TLC) call or text Claire on 0437077689 or 50217476. EASTER BASKETS – W. Finn PRIMARY NEWS Every student is asked to please send along an Easter Egg for the Annual Class Easter AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM (OSHC) Basket Competition. Every Primary Classroom A timely reminder to parents that all and Secondary Homeroom will be creating an Easter children must be booked into OSHC to Basket in the next few weeks. These Easter Baskets attend. If bookings need to be cancelled, will be judged and then raffled off at the end of term please notify Cheryll. Cheryll Hodge is our as a part of our College Easter celebrations. school’s OSHC coordinator and can be contacted on Teachers will collect the egg donations and together 0428 258035 if you have any queries. each class teacher and students will create a basket. The students have had fun celebrating Chinese New There will be a Secondary and a Primary class winner. Year this week and are excited about starting Easter The winning class gets to keep their basket of eggs. Craft Activities next week. ‘TEETH ON WHEELS’ SCHOOL DENTIST VISIT Teeth on Wheels will be visiting our school next term. GRADE 2-3 LOCAL HISTORY EXCURSION – W. Finn A Primary Students Form was sent home The Grade 2-3 students will be participating in a with every Primary Student today. Please th Merbein History Excursion on Tuesday 27 March. carefully read and complete the form. Return it to Where they will follow the Chaffey Trail to the Chaffey school before Thursday 29th March, then wait for a lookout along the Blandowski Walk. We will be call from Teeth on Wheels to see if your child is looking at settlers’ names, trees and the eligible for funding and to hear alternative options if view. Students will return to Chaffey Park for a picnic they are not. Forms can also be collected from the lunch. A permission note will be sent home next Green Building Office if needed or ring ‘Teeth on week. There will be no cost for this excursion. Wheels’ directly on 0393381191. LAST FRIDAY P-3 ASSEMBLY FOR TERM 2 – W. LIBRARY BORROWING TIMES Finn The Grade 4-6 students borrow from the library every Tomorrow, Friday 16th March at 2.45pm we will hold Monday. our final Grade P-3 assembly for this term. The Whole The Grade P-3 students borrow from the library every School Student of the Month Assembly will be held on Tuesday. th Tuesday 27 March at 10am. All families are welcome Please ensure your child brings their Library Bag to to attend. school every day to keep their reading books and STOMP CONCERT – W.