St John Vianney's Newsletter

Principal Post

 Dear Families,

I hope that you are all enjoying the week! Our staff have been involved in Professional Learning around the Resilience Project with our consultation. The feedback has been positive. The project has begun to be rolled out in the classrooms and iniatial lessons have gone well.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

SJV has  also begun working with the Positive Behaviour for Learning team. As part of the process we are finding out what values  our teachers, students and families think are most important to them. The three top values will help us to form a School Behaviour Matrix. Please fill in the Survey by clicking the link to tell us what you are thinking in terms of values. It is important that we work together.

LINK: https://forms.gle/kqhq6UTQ6diqXoDe6

 

 

Casual Clothes Day 

All  students have been asked to bring a chocolate Easter egg without nuts to school next Monday March 4th. Students may wear casual clothes. These eggs will be collected and used for an Easter Hunt which will be organised by the Parents and Friends. The Easter hunt is on March 25th for all the students. 

Each family  will soon receive some Raffle tickets and Prizes which  will be drawn at our Assembly on the 25th March. Look out for these!

Meet & Greet Interviews

On Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th of March we will be holding Meet & Greet Interviews for all teachers and families.  The purpose of the Meet & Greet Interviews is to provide an opportunity for parents to meet with the class teacher of their child, to share information about their child and for the class teacher to provide feedback on the beginning of year assessments. Each Meet and Greet Interview will be 10 minutes and will be conducted within the child’s classroom.  Parents will be able to book an interview time with their child’s class teacher via our online booking system.A link has been sent to you via email last  Friday .

 

Please note that all studentswill have an early dismissal on Tuesday 5th of March. The school day will conclude at 1pm.

 

Meet and Greet Dates & Times:

Tuesday 5th March 1:00pm - 7:00pm

Wednesday 8th March 3:30pm - 6:00pm

2025 Foundation Enrolments

If you have a child starting school next year (2025) please ensure that 

  1. You have responded to the SMS sent on Monday
  2. Completed the enrolment forms sent home today with your eldest child
  3. Returned your child's enrolment documentation to the office by Wednesday 13th March.

If you did not recieve Enrolment documentaion please email admin@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au ASAP!

Testing

Throughout our junior school we are still finishing some of the English Online and Maths Online testing. This testing is done one on one with a teacher in order to discover exactly where each student is sitting. This supports our teachers with planning for the rest of the term and moving forward.

 Pizza with the Principal - Foundation Families -Rescheduled

With the predicted extreme heat and high winds and possible thunderstorms, we have postponed this evenings Pizza with the Principal. This event for our Foundation students and their families will now take place on  Wednesday 27th March. (Last week of term). Kelly Sports are able to provide games and activities after dinner,  whilst  class teachers and leadership chat with  parents about our curriculum and other educational matters. 

When: Wednesday 27th March

Time: 6pm - 7:30pm 

Venue: Performing Arts area

John Hannah House

This week grade 5/6 O's met with the residents from John Hannah House. They explored the story of Lunar New Year then found out the animal of the year they were born. Lots of fun and chatter occurred about the different animals. This year is the Year of the Dragon. 

Next week 5/6 J will meet the residents. 

Open Day Tours

Our Tours  for prospective families begint his Friday. 

Friday 1st March at 9:15am and 10:15am.

 Please tell your friends from Kinder/ neighbourhood to come for a visit.

 

For full list of Open Days please refer to 2024 Open Days Page in this edition.

Closure Day

Please note that the school will be closed to students on Friday 8th March enabling our staff to participate in our Faith Formation Professional Learning Day.  This is the Friday before the Labour Day long weekend.

Please note:

Tuesday 5th March - Early finish 1pm 

Friday 8th March - No school 

Monday 11th March - No school 

Canteen News 

Please note 

  • The cut off time for ordering is 7am on each day.
  • 22nd March- No canteen

Year 5 students - Secondary Schools

If you have a son/ daughter who is currently in  Year 5 and you intend for him/her to attend a Catholic Secondary College, it is important that you look at the College websites. Over the next few weeks  there will be a number of Open Days. It is your responsibility to  know the College enrolment processes.  See also Community News.