Dear Families,

Welcome back to Term 3!

I trust that you enjoyed valuable time with family and friends across the past two weeks. I hope that your children have enjoyed a change of routine and feel well rested and ready to engage again productively in what promises to be a busy and productive term.

It is important that you have ongoing conversations with your children about settling back into school life and doing their best in all their learning and play. It is important that all students are quickly back into routine and are well rested.

Today our 3-4 students travelled to the Melbourne Museum! What a great way to start the term.

This Term will once again be a busy one. As well as our focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Religious Education, we have many exciting events to look forward to including

100 Day of School Celebration (Foundation)
St John Vianney's Feast Day inc Kaboom
Parish Sacrament of Confirmation (Year 6)
Year 3-6 Swimming @ Aquastar Haileybury College
School Concert A Night and the Museum
Book Week Parade and incursion & Book Fair
Senior students visiting Wellington Kinder
Footy Colours Day

Term 3 Punctuality...

Students -Be on time!!!

As we begin the new term, we want to make it very clear that all students are expected to arrive at school on time. The roll is marked strictly at 8:45am, and any student who arrives after this time will be marked as LATE.

Regular lateness disrupts the class and affects not only your child’s learning but also that of others. It is essential that families make every

effort to ensure students are at school before the bell. Punctuality is not optional—it is a basic expectation.

Welcome

Welcome to Faith Year 5 and Seth Year 1 and parents Marlon and Ashini who join our community. We hope that their time with SJV will be very enriching and supportive.

The importance of Hospitality

In last Sunday's Gospel we read of the story of Martha and Mary welcoming and spending time with Jesus. Martha prepared food and Mary sat and chatted with Jesus. As we begin another term at SJV we are reminded of our call to reach out, to welcome, to check in, to be social and to serve others. It demonstrates the value we place on the dignity of each person.

About Real Life Sexuality Education: Classroom Sessions

Classroom sessions will begin this week.

Please see the schedule below for the Term 3 classroom sessions with Sue Pain:

Friday, 25 July: 5/6L, 5/6A, 5/6N
Wednesday, 30 July: 3/4L, 3/4M, 3/4B, 5/6J, 5/6A, 5/6O, 5/6L
Thursday, 31 July: 5/6A, 5/6L, 5/6O, 5/6J, 5/6N, 1/2B, 1/2S
Friday, 1 August: 3/4W, 5/6J, 5/6O, 5/6N, 3/4T
Monday, 11 August: 1/2C, 1/2D, 1/2M
Monday, 18 August: Foundation L, Foundation CP, Foundation W

NAPLAN Individual Results

St. John Vianney's (SJV) is proud to announce the release of the 2025 NAPLAN individual results for our Year 3 and 5 students, which were distributed to families on Tuesday 22nd of July. These results reflect the significant academic growth our students have achieved over the past three years.

Our commitment to explicit direct instruction and the science of reading has been instrumental in this progress. By focusing on evidence-based teaching strategies, we have enhanced our students' literacy and numeracy skills, leading to improved outcomes in the NAPLAN assessments.

Reminders:

Please be aware that there is NO staff supervision before school until 8:30am.

At 8:30am until the bell goes students should be on the assembly area in front of the staffroom.

There is NO supervision after 3:30pm. If parents allow their child to play on the oval or junior adventure playground after school the parents must supervise. Please note that should Camp Australia or Kelly Sports require to use the oval or adventure playground, parents must leave the area.

Please note that the school is not in charge of Camp Australia, Kelly Sports or Instrumental Music lessons. We provide the facility for these groups to operate. To enrol, make payment or indicate your child's absence please contact the services directly.

As we begin another term, I remind you of our Parent Code of Conduct. If there is any issue with another child, please ensure you speak with the class teacher or Leadership. Do not approach another child.

A reminder that should the staff make the judgement that an ambulance needs to be rung for your child we will do this. This may occur before we contact a parent. To this end I strongly encourage all families to have ambulance cover as otherwise families could be charged by the Ambulance Victoria.

We have students who have anaphylaxis. Please remind your child not to share food or drink. We encourage students not to bring nut products into the school for snacks or lunches but should they do so, it must be declared to the teacher each and every time.

For birthday treats we do not allow food items to be shared including pre purchased cakes lolly bags etc...

Carpark / Parking

Please ensure safety at all times. Walk your children into the school grounds.

Be patient and respectful and obedient to all signs and speed limits.

Please be watchful of toddlers and students who may be crossing roads, exiting or getting into vehicles.

Grandparents Day

We will be celebrating Grandparents Day this Friday morning Friday 25th July.

5/6N will be hosting their class Mass on this day. We invite the grandparents of 5/6N and other grandparents to attend the Mass. Grandparents can also join us for a celebratory morning tea in the Performing Arts Area at 10am and classroom activities to follow.

Last term we sent home an NPortal notice asking for numbers attending on the day. This will assist us with catering and organisation.

Schedule for the Grandparents morning:

9.00am School Mass

10.00am Grandparents and 5-6 N to the Performing Arts for Morning Tea and Blessing. 10.00am Students to have an early recess

10:40am Grandparents to go to a class area and meet grandchildren (family groups) for an activity.

11:30am approx. - Activity and Grandparents activity concludes.

Pleasse note Camp Australia will be held in the Scanlon Buiding on Thursday 24th July due to setting up for Grandparents day.

Don't Forget...

Next Free e-Safety Webinar July 30th

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Exploring the online experiences of boys and young men.

Updating your Details

If your details have recently changed.

For example - Home address, email address or phone number, emergency contacts

Please contact the office via email, phone or in person ASAP to update.

V PASS UPDATE

Late arrival / Early Departure signing in & out process

You can now sign your child in as a Late Arrival or an Early Departure Via the Ipad at the front office.

This can be done by tapping the “Graduation Hat” icon on the kiosk home page… or using the Select Visitor Type > Student Attendance Option.

Next, the parent does a search for their child’s name and completes the steps on screen.

The student can get a Late Pass and head to class, or leave with their parent/carer.

Kelly Sports operating afterschool tomorrow Thursday July 24th!

OHSC