Principal Post
A Thank You to Our Community
A big thank you to everyone who helped make our school disco such a fantastic night! We are grateful to all the parents and staff who contributed their time and energy, with a special thank you to Sam Yap for the wonderful support in making the evening such a success. It was great to see our students enjoying themselves and our school community coming together.
This Friday on our school closure day, our teachers will be visiting the Jewish Museum of Victoria for professional learning. This experience will deepen our understanding of Jesus’ Jewish faith and heritage, how this shapes our Catholic faith and identity, and the important connections between Judaism, Christianity and other religious traditions. Through this learning, we hope to strengthen our understanding of interfaith relationships and how we can continue to foster respect, understanding and inclusion within our diverse school community.
2027 Class Formation – Student Friendships
As part of our class formation process for 2027, we will be asking each student to nominate five friends they feel they can work well with.
We encourage parents to discuss this with their children at home to help them think carefully about their choices. Students may nominate friends from their current year level or from the year level they will be entering next year.
The focus is not necessarily on choosing their best friends, but on identifying peers they feel comfortable learning alongside, can collaborate positively with, and believe they can work successfully with in the classroom.
Please remind your child that their nominations are one part of the class formation process and will be considered alongside a range of other factors to ensure balanced classes that support the learning, wellbeing and friendships of all students.
As you talk with your child, encourage them to think about the friends who help them to be a Respectful, Responsible and Resilient learner.
If you have any requests or information you would like to share regarding your child’s learning needs or class placement for 2027, please feel free to contact me at jwillmott@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au before Cup Weekend – Sunday, 1 November.
Division Girls Softball
Today, our Girls’ Softball Division Team proudly represented SJV at the Division competition. We are so proud of the girls’ efforts, teamwork and achievements. Congratulations to everyone involved for demonstrating our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. Well done, girls! You have made our SJV community proud!
2027 Year 6 Rugby Polos
A reminder that our current Year 5 students were sent home with the 2027 Year 6 Rugby Polo fitting and ordering information today. Fitting appointments will be held at school from Tuesday 20 October to Thursday 22 October, with morning and afternoon sessions available. Please refer to the information sheet for booking instructions, fitting times and important payment dates.
Assembly Awards
Maeve won an award for her consistent friendly attitude towards all of her classmates.
Georgia for always supporting classmates and being a polite and friendly presence.
Bike Ed
Our 3/4 students have continued the Bike education this week.
Team VIC SSV 12U Softball
Zoey has been chosen to go to SSA championships (they go away in 2 weeks). Please help her on her way by donating!
https://asf.org.au/campaigns/zoey-ung/team-vic-ssv-12u-softball?modalOpen=false
Building Connections at John Hannah House
Our Grade 1/2B and 1/2C students recently visited John Hannah House, where they spent time with the residents playing games and sharing smiles and laughter. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to build connections across generations, show kindness and companionship, and put our SJV values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience into action. We are proud of our students for bringing joy to the residents and strengthening our connection with the wider community.
SJV Primary School Community Carnival
Please bring a gold coin donation on Monday 19th October and wear anything in DENIM to raise money for our Carnival.
Please bring any empty tins to school to donate to use to store succulents in.
SEEKING LOCAL BUSINESS / PRODUCT STALL HOLDERS FOR THE 2027
SJV PRIMARY SCHOOL CARNIVAL
$55.00 FOR TRESTLE TABLE, SPACE AND A CHAIR.
Email for more details: pandf@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au
Uniform Donations
If you have any old school uniforms to donate please bring them into the school office. Thank you to those that have recently :)
Exciting News!
We have some wonderful news to share! Thanks to the success of our 2025 Carnival and our upcoming Term 4 fundraising event- the Colour Fun Run, we have been able to secure a brand-new sandpit area, complete with an outdoor play kitchen for our students to enjoy.
Construction is scheduled to commence during the Christmas school holidays, and we are so excited to see this fantastic new play space come to life. A huge thank you to our wonderful SJV community for your generosity and support in helping us make this possible!