My Melville
Below you will find all relevant information relating to the day to day life of a Melville student including canteen information, uniform details, and bell times.
Megabites Canteen
The canteen is open to purchase food from at recess and lunch everyday. Please click below to see both the everyday menu, and the special diet menu.
Note: The special diet consideration menu is ONLY available through pre-order online or in the morning before school.
Ordering Online
The link for the online system is https://myschoolconnect.com.au/mshs
- You simply follow the prompts to create a parent’s account and link it to Melville Senior High School
- There is an option to give your child access (if you wish), with a daily spend limit as an option
- Load funds onto the account (credit card and Paypal fees apply), then browse the menu and place your order for recess and/or lunch before 9 am (NB “greyed-out” items means that those items are not available on that day of the week.)
- Your child will only need to go to the canteen to collect their order.
- There is no fee as the Canteen and P&C are absorbing the charge.
The website is also smartphone friendly, so the kids can order their lunch while they are on the bus and orders can also be placed days in advance if required. (prices are subject to change).
The Uniform Shop
Uniform Concepts recommends that new students order uniforms before Christmas to ensure availability for the start of the new school year. If students happen to grow out of the uniform by the time they receive it, exchanges will be made if the tags are intact.
All new students are encouraged to make an appointment with the uniform shop for a fitting. Appointments can be made by logging onto www.appts-wttn.acuityscheduling.com
The Uniform Concepts Super Store address is:
30 Kembla Way, Willetton
Opening Hours
The uniform shop is open 6 days a week.
Shop opening times* are:
Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm
Thursday 9am – 6pm
Saturday 9am – 1pm
*These times are subject to change without notice.
Compulsory Uniform
All parts of the uniform have to be the Melville SHS ‘Nell Gray’ brand.
Order uniforms online here: https://www.nellgray.com.au/Schools/Melville-Senior-High-School.
Price List
The uniform price list is available through the button below.
What Does It Look Like?
Please see the below do’s and don’ts for the Melville uniform. Please note, there are consequences for not wearing the uniform correctly.
Uniform Concepts Store Flyer
See below for information on Term 4 fitting appointments for the school uniform.
Bell Times
School commences at 8.40am and concludes at 3.00pm.
On Tuesdays, school concludes at 2.30pm
The Role of the Community Health Nurse
School Health Services are delivered in all public secondary schools and colleges across Western Australia. Community Health Nurses provide first point of entry into the health system for children and adolescents and are the key health contact for the school. School staff and Community Health Nurses work in partnership to enhance the health, well-being and educational outcomes for individuals and groups of students.
Our Community Health Nurses collaborate with the Student Services team to provide care for students with particular difficulties. They are skilled in assessing adolescent health needs and frequently engage in health counselling to identify issues, risks and protective factors, provide advice, brief interventions, referral to other services and follow-up care.
The Health Centre, located in the Student Services area, is a place where adolescents can either drop in (ideally at recess or lunch) or make an appointment to discuss health and well-being issues. The recommended pathway for attending the Health Centre is that the student requests permission to leave class by showing his/her diary to the teacher. The student may then walk to Student Services and sign in using their Academy card at which point they may see the Community Nurse.
If deemed unwell enough to be excused from school, the Community Nurse will phone the student’s parent/carer. To improve overall resiliency, we discourage mobile phone messaging between students and parents during the school day as miscommunication regarding illness or injury may lead to confusion and angst for the parent.
Our main focus is to empower students to become self-responsible young adults. It is important to note that we do not dispense any medication and students are encouraged to carry one dose of analgesia e.g. Panadol.
Appointments may be made by phoning 62741320 or emailing HealthCentre.Melville.SHS@education.wa.edu.au.
If there are any changes to your child’s health status or if you simply have a query, please do not hesitate to phone or email the Health Centre.
What Are the Health Services For in Secondary Schools?
- Provide access to health services for students to address a range of health issues.
- Support for teachers to provide health education in the classroom (e.g. sexual health).
- Facilitation of health related professional development for teachers (e.g. anaphylaxis and asthma).
- Student health and wellbeing programs (e.g. resilience).
- Support for school health promotion initiatives such as mental health (e.g RUOK Day).
- Assistance for staff and parents to develop health care plans for students with special needs (e.g. chronic illness, physical disability or other complex health conditions).
- Assistance to the school in establishing systems to deal with illness and injury in the absence of a nurse.
- First aid for medical emergencies if on site.
ASCIA
A Community Nurse is attached to the Health Centre, located in the Student Services area. The role combines health promotion and education, and first aid to students on campus. For more information, please click here.
ASCIA (Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy) Action Plans for Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions – See more at:
School Traffic and Parking
With increasing student numbers, parking in the Melville Senior High School area can be difficult. It is encouraged that parents simply drop their children off, rather than parking for extended periods of time during a drop-off peak hour. Please note that the staff car parks are not to be used for student drop off / pick up at any time.
Parents who drop off:
- If you drive along Leach Hwy, consider dropping students south in Winnacott St at the overpass. Students must use the footbridge and you can avoid the traffic in Potts St.
- If you drive via Marmion St, make the drop off a few blocks from the school to avoid traffic just outside the school.
- The staff car park CANNOT be entered to drop students at school.
- Encourage walking, cycling or taking a bus.
Drop off & Pick up
Please see the map below for drop off / pick up destinations.
Taking the Bus
Many students use the public transport system to get to school given Melville Senior High School being located close by to many bus and train stations. Most of the buses drop the students outside the school or at the overpass so there is minimal danger regarding crossing roads.
SmartRiders make taking public transport cheaper and easier. They are a pre-paid card that can be used to ‘tag on’ to any form of Transperth transport. A SmartRider Application is HERE
Popular bus departure stations for Melville students are:
- Fremantle Station
- Bull Creek Station
- Munster
- Canning Bridge, Como
- Kwinana/Spearwood (Connects with bus from Munster)
Information on routes and timetabling can be found at Transperth. Click HERE
Bikes
- Bike racks are available within school grounds, gated during school hours for security.
- Please remind students to ride safely and follow road rules.
Excursions and Payments
Melville SHS is updating the systems used for School Payments and Excursion Information Collection. Qkr! (pronounced ‘quicker’) is the new payment system being implemented across schools. The app makes payments for school activities convenient and easy at the touch of a button. Consent2Go is making Excursion planning, approval and execution easier from School to home as it removes the middle step of students losing excursion documentation by transferring this information online.
Qkr!
For instructions on downloading the Qkr! app to your phone, please follow the button below.
Consent2Go
The Consent2Go link can be found on our homepage, alternatively please follow the link below.
