Principal Post
Dear Families,
From a school perspective, it has been a very busy term! 100 Days of School for our Foundation students, Year 4&6 Camps, Senior Gala Days and Distict and Divison Athletics, Feast Day celebrations, our P&F Bunnings BBQ, Real Life Family sessions, Yr1-6 Swimming, Book Week, Fathers Day Stall and Breakfast, School Concert, Incursions & Excursions, Class Masses and Social Justice activities and events- just to name a few!
Students gain so much and learn from all these activities and events alongside purposeful learning in Literacy, Numeracy and Inquiry ! So may we continue to enjoy the final week with our Footy Colour & Hot Dog Day this Friday to wrap it all up before a well earned holiday for the students!
My sincere thanks to our dedicated staff for all their hard work and most importantly the care that they show all our students.
It is so important that we partner well with parents/ carers in the best interests of our students and to that end I thank you all for the ongoing support you provide your children and our school.
To all our footy followers, I hope you enjoy the September festivities.... hope your team gets to hold the cup aloft!!
Class Mass -this Friday FL
Our final Mass for this term is hosted by the FL. It begins at 9am on Friday and all families are welcome. Morning Tea to follow. Please list all ingredients in cooked foods.
Fair For Fairness Day
As part of focus on "putting our Faith into Action", our very enthusiastic Mini Vinnie Team ran a most successful fair for Fairness Day raising awareness and funds for the Phillipines. Please read the report and view the photo gallery in this newsletter edition.
Connor's Run
It was a great to have a small team under the St John Vianney's school banner to run/ walk last Sunday to raise money for the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation. To date, SJV has raised $2000 to support the brave and awesome kids fighting brain cancer and to fund research that will hopefully bring a cure to paediatric brain cancer!
Our thanks to Han Le our parent liaison for all her brilliant work!
Donations are still open until the end of September!
Click HERE to Donate
Social Justice...
A big shout out to the Community; students and families for all your generosity across the year. Your amazing support for events such as MS Readathon, Connors Run, St Vincent de Paul, Caritas and the Philippines assists us live out our Vision.
Maths Olympiads
Congratulations to the following 5-6 students students who participated in the Maths Olympiad team this year! Nethvin, Matthew , Ethan, Jason, Kevin, Angela, Mason, Chris , Ethan, Adam, Ashton, Tyson, Justin and Aiden.
The students met most weeks to learn problem solving strategies and apply them to some very challenging problems. They completed four contests throughout the year, and yesterday was the last contest.
They should be very proud of their efforts! Results will be announced next term.
Term 3 concludes at 2:30pm on Friday September 15th.
Term 3 concludes at 2:30pm this Friday September 15th.
Term 4 begins for the students on Tuesday October 3 at 8:45am.
Please note that the school will be closed to students on Monday 2nd October. The staff will be participating in a Maths Professional Learning.
MACSSIS Survey - by FRIDAY!
WE NEED & VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK
Each family should have received an email with a link and individual PIN, to complete the annual survey! The surveys are confidential.
Completing the survey helps our school reflect on what is going well and areas for improvement. It helps us make informed decisions for the future. This is important and will assist us as we undertake an Independent School Review in 2024.
Canteen..... take note
The Canteen will NOT be open on
Friday: 6th October
Wednesday 11th October
Thursday 12th October
Friday 13th October
Happy Holidays...
Thank you again for a wonderful term!
Wishing all families a most relaxing and safe break. See you all on Tuesday 3rd October.