Dear Families,

Our 2024 Athletics Sports Day held last Friday was a sensational day! Ross Reserve was such a good venue and our students immersed themselves so well in a range of events and games.

Our congratulations to all students for their participation, sportsmanship and encouragement in what was a close result. We congratulate Green House- (Xavier) for winning the House Sports. Led by their captains, Samuel and Caris, this was Green House first win since 2011!

In the 400m Year 6 Championship we congratulate Angelika and Samuel for winning the event for 2024!

Our thanks to Sophie Sullivan for her brilliant organisation! Our thanks to the many parent helpers including face painters!

We hope all the parents and grandparents who were able to attend and support the day enjoyed the event!

Celebration of the Sacrament of First Eucharist

Once again we celebrated First Communions at last weekend Masses. We congratulate these students and their families. May they continue to come around the table and be nourished in their faith.

School Reports for Semester 2 and nPortal

Please note that all parents have been emailed today re the School Reports.

Please note:

School Reports for Semester 2, 2024, and in the future, will now be accessed via the nForma nPortal. Every parent wishing to access Student Reports moving forward will be required to Log into the nPortal for the first time. There will also be an App, nForma for Parents, which can be downloaded and accessed for Student Reports and Attendance. It is important to note that you must use the Email Address registered with the school.

If you are unsure please email Office Staff at: admin@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au .

If you have any other questions, refer to the nForma FAQs page:

https://nforma.com.au/parent-faqs/

Foundation 2025 Transition

Yesterday we welcomed our 2025 Foundation students. Once again the session was a great success, assisting next years students to be a little more familiar with the school environment. Our thanks to the parents who supported the session and heard a little more about how we can support our students in Maths as well as how we operate the Out of School Care program. The next session is on Monday 2nd December. at 9.15am.

Awards

This week we had two award winners.

Philbert in Foundation won an Empathy Awards for showing kindness and identifying when someone needs a hand.

Ms Laming won a Gratitude award as we are grateful to her for listening to us with patience and kindness.

Swimming

Our Foundation students have begun their swimming lessons! This 8 day intensive swimming program will continue for the remainder of this week nd next! (No Swimming on Tuesday). The program is run by Aquastar and the venue is Haileybury College Keysborough.

Parents have been sent detailed information about lesson times.

Class Placement

The school staff is currently in the process of finalising class placements for 2025. This is a very complex process. We consider a number variables including:

Student academic and wellbeing needs
Learning adjustments
A reasonable gender and academic balance in classes
The working relationship of students
The common good of our school

In formulating class lists, we endeavor to ensure that each child has at least one friend in their future class.

Please note that we can not guarantee parent requests. We ask that you trust us in this important and intricate process.

Importantly please note that no changes will be made to class lists after these are finalised.

Students will meet their 2025 class mates and teachers on the morning of Monday 9th December.

Student Leadership and Captains in 2025

Students in Year 5 will be presenting their Captains speeches in early December.

If parents would like to hear about the process for student leadership please come to the staffroom on the 25th November at 3.00pm until 3.15pm (15mins only)

SJV Spirit Day - December 5

Colour Fun Run & Talent Show

All students will need a white t-shirt to participate in this event.

If anyone can lend a water gun for the day could the school please borrow. This will only be used on students that wish to be squirted.

So far only 113 students have joined up.

On December 5th this year the school will be holding a Talent Show and a Colour Fun Run. This community event -SJV Spirit Day will need our Parents support to help cook a BBQ after school from 2.30pm- 4.00pm.

Please sign up to help using this link.

Spirit day https://signup.com/go/JphwYpm

You need to have a Working with Children.

We want as many parents as possible to participate.

SJV Community Carnival-Save the date 29th March 2025

This event will be our major school fundraiser for 2025.

If you have a business and can donate any Vouchers or Goods for Raffle prizes, please contact or hand into the office reception.

If you think you can help in any other way please contact: jwillmott@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au.

Next Meeting: This evening at 7.00pm

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/txm-adsv-tez Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 515-585-0128 and enter this PIN: 971 255 939#

Gardening Club

Our gardening club have been harvesting radishes this week and making sure our worms have enough moisture. It has been exciting watching our seedlings grow so quickly.

Connors Run

A thank you from Connor's Family...

Please note our next School Closure Day is Friday 6th December - Planning Day for 2025.

Please see our Important Dates page for all upcoming events and Term 1 2025 testing and starting days.

Mother's and Father's Day 2025

Over the last few years we have hosted a Mother's Day and Father's Day breakfast. Please fill in the following survey. These events do take a lot to prepare so we want to make sure that this is the right time for these even :

Click HERE

2025 Foundation Student Transition Dates