Dear Families,

This Friday is World Teachers Day. We congratulate all of our educators for their dedication and commitment to our students & SJV community.

Indonesian Day

Salamat Pagi, Congratulations to everyone for participating so well in our Indonesian Day today! Our students immersed themselves in various activities to celebrate the Indonesian Culture. So lovely to see so many families at our morning tea this morning and at the Performance by our 1-2 students. Thank you to our brilliant and passionate teacher Pak Kris and to our most enthusiastic Year 5-6 students who led the day and decorated our school to bring great festivity!

Fete

Congratulations to the Parish Committee who organised the fete on Saturday. Overall blessed with great weather, the fete was well attended by many students and families, who all enjoyed the various stalls and rides. Thank you to all the stall holders for their generous involvement.

After School

Please remind your children that if they wish to play on the oval or playground after school they must be with their own parent. We love to see families connect and the gates stay open till 3.30pm.

Day for Daniel

On Friday we ask students wear a touch of red (eg. a ribbon, t-shirt , or shorts) and bring a gold coin donation to donate to child safety educational resources. This is very important and close to St John Vianney's -our students welfare is always number Child Safety activities have been conducted and will be completed throughout the week.

House Sports Day

The rescheduled time is on Monday the 30th of October. This event will be at school on our oval with events being timetabled throughout the day. Thanks to Mrs Sullivan for all your incredible planning to move this special day. More information can be found on the House Sport's day page.

Congratulations...

Congratulations to our Regional Aths stars- please read the page further in our newsletter

Mass- Foundation P

We look forward to celebrating with our hosts Foundation P at this Friday's 9am Mass. All welcome! Morning Tea to follow. Please list all ingredients if bring in a home made treat - no nuts or fresh cream.

2024 School Organisational Structures and Student Placements

I invite you all to read very carefully the arrangements for 2024 classes and the process you need to follow should you have a request for student placement in 2024. I reiterate please DO NOT request a teacher as we have not finalised staffing and the teacher you request may change classes/ levels or may in fact change employment in 2024.

Please read Student Placement School Organisational Structure 2024 further in the newsletter.

School Advisory Council

Do you wish to make a difference! I am currently seeking expressions of interest from parents in being a part of the School Advisory Council. The School Advisory Council comprises the Principal, Deputy Principal, a small number of Parent representatives and the Parish Priest.

The Council meets four - six times a year, usually once and perhaps twice a term. We usually meet on a Tuesday at 5:15pm for about 1 hour - 90 minutes. The meetings next year will be held online, or at school in person.

The School Advisory Council discusses school operations. Reports are given by the school and by the Parish. On occasions curriculum issues will be presented. The Council give their views and advises the Principal on important matters and is a support to the Principal and Leadership of the school in their decision making process. Matters that are discussed may include:

Enrolments and Marketing
Family partnerships/ Surveys
Child Safety
Catholic Identity
MACS and school Policy
Traffic Management
School resources/ Capital planning/ Improvements in the school

These are just some of the ways a School Advisory Council can give advice to the Principal and Leadership in the school – there are many other areas as well.

If you are interested in being part of a 2024 School Advisory Council I ask that you email me as to your interest and why you would be a good representative for our community. Due date Wednesday November 8th.

Concert Video

The videographer is making the final touches to the concert video. Once we have reviewed the recording and made any final changes it will be available for families. We are hoping all will be finalised over the next fortnight. We will let you know how to purchase and access the video soon. The cost of the video is still to be confirmed.