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, 6 September 201820182018201820182018201820182018201820182 018201820182018201820182018201820182018201820DATES TO REMEMBER 182018201820182018201820182018201820172017201SEPTEMBER ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT 7th Friday 7201720172017 Mrs Sandra Luitjes Yr 2 Sleepover and Excursion 10th Monday Spring has hit, the warmer weather is here and it is the perfect time Pupil Free Day to be out in the garden and planting! 11th Tuesday The Food Technology staff and students have been working on our Yr 10 VicRoads Road Smart incursion ‘Playground to Plate’ Program, which will see new garden beds for 12th Wednesday vegetables and herbs planted next to the Food Technology Room. Whole School Assembly This will allow our students to experience cooking with produce 13th Thursday directly sourced from our own gardens. Congratulations to Bridget -Merbein exchange students travel to China Byrne for being the successful recipient of the grant for this program. -Yr 7 Immunisations 14th Friday PUPIL FREE DAY Yr 4-6 Merbein District Summer Sport Gala Day Next Monday 10th September is a Pupil Free Day. 20th Thursday ‘ASPIRE’ Primary Sports Day There will be no school for students on this day. 21st Friday -Last Day of Term COMPASS PROGRAM -Footy Colours Day If you are having difficulty logging into the school’s -Earlier Finishing time of 2.30pm -OSHC earlier finishing time of 5pm COMPASS Program, please phone the school and OCTOBER talk to Josh, the school’s computer technician 26th Friday during school hours. Pri Proposed Grandparents Day NOVEMBER JUMP ROPE FOR HEART PHOTO 7th–9th Yr 3-4 Ballarat Camp 19th-22nd Yr 5-6 Melbourne Camp 2018 TERM DATES 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 MERBEIN P-10 FACEBOOK PAGE Check the Facebook Page for updates about the school and upcoming events. www.facebook.com/merbeinp10college CHANGE OF BUS PICK UP TIME – BUS 200 COMMUNITY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES – G. Students who catch bus no. 200 at Narra's Bakery (Cnr Rhodes Walnut Av and 15th Street) will need to catch it at In the Community Section of the newsletter there are Centro Plaza at 7.55am for the rest of the term due to two community projects asking for your support by road works. logging onto a web site to lodge your vote. Both are meritorious projects and both put funds into 2018 BEBRA'S AUSTRALIA CHALLENGE – J. our local Merbein Community. Please make the effort Richardson to access the website and place your vote. It would The 2018 BeBra's Australia Challenge be great to have these projects funded and have an (www.bebras.edu.au ) is part of an international injection of money put into our local community. initiative. The goal is to promote Computational BREAKFAST PROGRAM thinking amongst students. Bebras is aligned with and The Merbein & District Community Bank & Merbein supports the new Digital Technologies Curriculum. Development Association are financially supporting The Challenge is delivered on-line and will be held the Breakfast Program. Foodbank Victoria also during school hours in the first two weeks of supports the breakfast program with donations of September. food. The following organisations also provide Permission notes have been sent home for parental volunteers to assist with the program; Merbein P10 consent. This is required because students who College parents, the Board & Staff of the Merbein & receive scores of 100% are published on a national District Community Bank, Merbein Development honour roll along with their schools name. Association, Merbein Lions Club, Merbein Uniting Please check that your child’s permission form has Church and Merbein Rotary. The Breakfast Program is been returned. held in the school cafeteria. All students are welcome EVACUATION PROCEDURE – G. Rhodes to come along between 8.00am and 8.45am each The Education Department mandates that we have morning if they would like a FREE tasty breakfast to one Emergency Drill each term. In Term 1 we held a kick-start their days learning. ‘Lock Down’ Procedure, last term we held an ‘Onsite’ If you have time to volunteer for this Evacuation Procedure and in the last week of this community service from 8-8.45am on school term we will hold an ‘Off-Site’ Evacuation Procedure, days, please contact the school, we would which will see us leaving the school grounds and love to hear from you. Please note that assembling on the open space on the way to Chaffey volunteers will need a Working with Children’s Check. Park where the old channel was located. STUDENT ABSENCES NEW ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT – R. Morgan If your child is away from school, please notify the Parents are required to notify the school as soon as school by one of the following methods: log into the possible on the day your child is absent from school Compass parent portal, phone the school, send a note by either emailing the school, phoning the school or email the following address: 50252501 or entering the absence on Compass [email protected] Notifying the school of your child’s absence either PLAY GROUP - TOTAL LEARNING CENTRE (TLC) prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps A free Playgroup for children ages 0-5 and their ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will parent/carer is held at Merbein P-10 College every fulfil your legal responsibility. Thursday from 1-2:30pm during the school terms. Since the end of Term 2, 2018, all Victorian Children and their carers share books, make fun stuff, Government Schools have been required to contact play, dance and sing. Parents can receive information parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day and support, share a cuppa, and get to know other of an unexplained student absence. If your child is families. Come and check out our fantastic new absent on a particular day and you have not contacted space! For more information phone 0437 077 689. the school to explain why, the absence will be marked SCHOOL BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS as unexplained. BSB - 063 714 This system also promotes daily school attendance. Bank Acc Number – 10060535 Going to school every day is the single most important Account Name - Merbein P-10 College Official part of your child’s education, they learn new things Account. every day. Missing school puts them behind. UNIFORM SHOP MERBEIN P-10 FACEBOOK PAGE School uniforms can be purchased from the school’s Check the Facebook Page for updates about the main office between the hours of 8.45am and 4pm school and upcoming events. during the school week. If these hours are www.facebook.com/merbeinp10college inconvenient for you, please ring the school to make an alternate arrangement. MINI OLYMPICS REPORT – D. Lord PRIMARY NEWS The results were impressive. A number of our students are now eligible to go to the next stage and YEAR 2 SLEEPOVER – S. Gardiner compete at the regional level. The most pleasing Tomorrow, Friday 7th September, the Year 2 students aspect of the day was the manner in which all our will return to school at 5pm in casual clothes with students competed to the best of their ability with their gear, to participate in the Year 2 Sleepover. A smiles on their faces. They encouraged and supported reminder that students need to be picked up at 8am each other. on Saturday morning. Some results are below (some students couldn’t Students Need To Bring: remember their results). * Suitable running shoes * Sleeping Bag, pillow, mattress etc. Zhoe Willison discus 4th * Pyjamas, change of underwear Ireana Nemtsas discus 3rd * Toothbrush, toothpaste, hair brush etc. shot put 2nd * Teddy bear (if required) Jayden Hawkes discus 3rd * Torch Chris Bizimana discus 5th * NO LOLLIES PLEASE Megan Young shot put 2nd * All possessions must be clearly named Evangelo Alofi shot put 1st YEAR 2 NEWS – W. Finn Brock Nokes long jump 3rd The Year 2 students will enjoy their ‘From Paddock to Sapphire Dodds triple jump 3rd Plate’ Excursion tomorrow Friday, 7th September. 800m 8th YEAR 3 NEWS – W. Finn Mason Knight triple jump 4th Tomorrow, Friday 7th September, the Year 3 students 100m 5th will be staying at school participating in their normal Brock Nokes high jump 3rd class routines. Oscar Vidler 800m 9th GREEN BUILDING ASSEMBLY – W. Finn Chloe Moore 1500m 7th The weekly Year P-3 Assembly will be held tomorrow, Lucas Crabtree 1500m 8th Friday 7th September as usual, however the Year 2 Harrison Linklater shot put 5th students will not be participating. Nate Leggett long jump 3rd HATS – R. Holy Tasharni Quinlivan triple jump 2nd The weather is beginning to get warmer. It would be 800m 3rd appreciated if students could start packing hats to Billy Millard hurdles 2nd wear on PE days. This will be good preparation for 200m 3rd next term when our Hat Policy “No Hat, No Play” will Riley Casey 100m 5th be enforced. 1500m 8th LIBRARY TIMES –TERM 3 Xavier Price 800m 4th Years P-1 have library on Wednesdays every week. Jessie Price long jump 4th Years 2-3 have library on Tuesdays every week. Douglas Allen 200m 2nd Years 4-6 have library on Mondays every week. Tayla Brown 800m 3rd Please check that your child returns their library book Jayden Doherty 800m 7th on their library day each week in their blue book bag 1500m 8th or a waterproof bag. STUDENT BANKING PROGRAM PRIMARY INCURSIONS – G. Rhodes If you wish your child to participate in this program, The Circus Challenge Day was held this Monday.