Dear Families,

Last evening we celebrated our Foundation students and their families at a "Pizza with The Principal" evening! It was such a great event and we hope you all enjoyed it and felt very welcomed.

Well done to our Foundation Students who entertained us so well with their singing!

Thank you to Kelly Sports who provided the students with fun activities.

Thank you to the Foundation Teachers and Leadership team for their organization and Information Presentation. We hope you all found the evening to be beneficial. Most importantly, we hope that you are feeling more and more connected and welcomed! Sing out if we can assist!

Parish Church Renovations

The Renovations to the foyer of the church have begun in earnest. This means that there may be more work cars/ small trucks in the Parish Carpark. To that end we ask you to be particularly mindful and aware of students, toddlers. You may like to park at the back of the school. Please be patient and keep safety as the the priority.

SJV Community Carnival

Raffle Tickets have gone home- please check satchels. Return to school when sold with the names and phone numbers on each stub sold.

Meeting tonight online:

meet.google.com/gwt-hbtw-xpj

Dial-in: (US) +1 567-707-0094

PIN: 591 786 811#

Tomorrow (Thursday) students are able to wear casual clothes and to bring a gold coin. This is to raise money as we prepare for the Community Carnival.

Saturday 29th March 2025 - School Grounds

This event will be our major school fundraiser for 2025. If you think you can help in any way, please contact: jwillmott@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au

You will need a Working With Children Card if you are volunteering!

GEM Awards

This week at assembly Abigail won an 'Empathy Award' helping our new students to feel welcome and being an excellent friend to others. We congratulate her for this achievement.

Resilience Project online Parents and Carers Information Session

Building Resilience at Home Webinar

Individually register for the webinar using this link. We will then send them the Zoom link and a calendar invite. Thursday, 13 Mar 2025 6:30pm

Smart Watches

Many students have started wearing smart watches to school. While smart watches are allowed and can be helpful for tracking time or health, it's important to remember that during school time, all notifications and connections to phones and or the internet must be disabled. Students are also not to use smart watch functions to assist in any learning activities.

Secondhand Uniform

We need DONATIONS of secondhand uniforms. If you wish to donate uniform that your child, no longer fits please bring these to the office.

Purchasing 2nd Hand Uniform

Just a reminder you can come to the office and have a look at our secondhand uniform selection.

Shirts/Shorts/Pants - $5.00 each

Dresses/Jumpers/Jackets - $10.00 each

Cash or EFTPOS payment accepted.

Meet and Greet Interviews

These will be held in classrooms next week except for 5-6 A who are held theirs yesterday.

Tuesday 21st Feb: 3:30pm - 7:30pm

Wednesday 22nd Feb: 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Open Days 2026 Enrolments

Please pass on to your friends who have kinder students starting school in 2026 that we have open days. Please see Dates/ Open Day Flyer in this newsletter.

Current Families with a child starting in 2026 are automatically accepted but must have their forms completed by the end of Term 1.

The forms are on the Website under Enrolment.

John Hannah House Hostel

This Monday we began our John Hannah House Intergenerational Program again. This important program gives students positive opportunity to communicate with older people strengthening personal and social capabilities. This year our students will meet in the Hostel. We walk across the Parish Carpark. The sessions run approximately 30 mins. You will receive a form to fill in when your child's class is scheduled to attend.

Harmony Day - Save the date

On the 21st March SJV is celebrating Harmony Day by empowering students to embrace diversity, build empathy and actively create a more inclusive and welcoming school environment, reinforcing the message that everyone belongs and each individual has the power to make a difference. On this occasion all our students dress up in a traditional cultural dress or wear orange. We are also inviting families to join us at 2.30pm for a parade and special dance.

Student Medication

Please note that no paracetamol can be administered to students by staff without a signed authorisation from a doctor. Please read your email sent earlier today.

Birthdays

We wish the following students a fantastic day on their birthday!!! May you feel very special...

Happy Birthday!

We hope that you enjoy(ed) your special day!