Dear Families,

Welcome back to Term 4! I hope that all of us who were able to have a break from the regular routines have come back renewed and refreshed!! I trust that the break gave us some time to enjoy our families and friends! How lucky were we to experience such beautiful weather. Melbourne was certainly a buzz across this past two weeks. Wasn't the Grand Final a sensational game! Our congratulations to the many Collingwood supporters within our community as you celebrate their awesome victory! No doubt, the Melbourne Show was another great experience for some families! And I am sure that there were many other activities that gave opportunity for families to be together.

As we begin our Final Term, our hope is that our students will settle well and will continue to focus to demonstrate progress in their academic and social skills.

As always, our staff want to work closely with our parents/ families so please continue to communicate and work closely with our teachers and leaders, in the best interests of all our students and school community.

We hope our our Year 6 students have a wonderful last term as part of their Primary Education. May it be full of learning, fun and friendship! They have all be exemplary across the year and no doubt will continue to be their best across the term!

Welcome Back Morning/ Afternoon Tea

As a way of supporting and strengthening our home/ school partnerships, we invite all families to the staff room for a Morning Tea after assembly at 9:15am on Monday 16th October in the staffroom Please feel free to stay for our Assembly.

Come along for an informal catch up to see old friends and meet someone new!

In a few weeks time we will offer an afternoon tea (before pick up) for those who cant make it in the mornings.

School Sports - Friday 13th October

Our School Sports will be held at Central Reserve (Waverley Little Athletics Reserve) Corner of Waverley Rd and Springvale Rd on

FRIDAY 13th OCTOBER. Click HERE for MAPS

Pre-COVID this was always the tradition and venue for our school sports.

The Students must be transported by parents / carer to the track by 9:15am and must be taken to their class teacher. Do not drop off your children in the car park. Parents are welcome to stay and encourage their children and house colour team. Students need to be collected by their parents/carer from the track at 3pm. The school will not be transporting students to or from the venue. Please complete the Operoo Form sent to you.

If the weather does not allow the Sports day to proceed we will notify you on Thursday 12th or on the morning of October 13th.

Please read Sport News Page

Class Mass - this Friday KFC

What a great way to start our term with a Class Mass hosted by Foundation KC (better known as KFC!)

This Friday 6th October beginning at 9am, All families are welcome. Morning Tea to follow. Please list all ingredients in baked/cooked foods. No nuts or fresh cream.

Congratulations - Senior Boys Softball Team

Congratulations to the Senior Softball team who won their way through to the Division level of the competition. This will be played next MONDAY 9th October at the Waverley Softball Centre (Jells Rd, Wheelers Hill) beginning at 9:30am and concluding at 2:30pm.

Luca, Andyle, Aaron , Kevin, Ashton, Yilong, Ethan, Martin, Justin, Malcom, Aiden, Zibo &

Scott

Staffing

Mrs Jess Lan has resigned her position as a

1-2 classroom teacher and will not be returning to SJV in Term 4. Liz Jackson who is well known to these students and all within our school community will be teaching 1-2 J for the remainder of this year. Emma May, Emma Sofra, Julie Walton and Leanne Withers will continue to support students across the school who require intervention.

Sun Smart

Please ensure that your child is in their Summer Uniform. Students are required to wear hats when out doors in school time in Term 4 as part of our Sun Smart Policy. Please ensure that your child has their own sun cream and applies each day- before they come to school, and before recesses/ lunch.

Students must have a water bottle and keep hydrated.

2024 Foundation

Parent Information Evening

We look forward to welcoming the Parents of our 2024 Foundation classes next Tuesday evening 10th October.

Where: Performing Arts Area

Time: 7pm - 8:15pm

Focus: To welcome parents and explain school and student transition processes.

2024 School Timetable Change

We wish to advise our school community that there will be some changes to the structure of the school day in 2024. These changes are to ensure that our school is aligned with the recent Catholic Education Multi-Enterprise Agreement. There will be no changes to the start and finish time of the school day. However there will be a change to the time of lunch and recess breaks. The students will have their lunch break earlier from 11am-12pm each day and their recess break from 2pm - 2:30pm. These changes will ensure that our school is able to continue to prioritise learning and teaching time, support our specialist program and allow for teachers to collaboratively plan and implement teaching and learning programs.

Canteen..... take note

The Canteen will NOT be open on

Friday: 6th October

Wednesday 11th October

Thursday 12th October

Friday 13th October

Camp Australia