Principal Post

Dear Families,

Our Harmony Day, celebrated yesterday, was such a wonderful event! It was so good to see so many students in cultural dress. Our activities, cultural parade, Greek Dancing display and our Harmony Day Liturgy were a great way of building awareness of this important event and what it means at SJV! Read more and see photos in our Harmony Day Report

Sacrament of Reconciliation

On Saturday some our Year 3 students will celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time. We congratulate these students and their families as they take this step in building their relationship with God. May all within our community know of God's abundant love and mercy in our lives. May we strive to a people full of love, justice, acceptance and forgiveness, slow to anger and judge.

I thank the teachers for their preparation of the teaching of the Sacrament here at school and to the families for your preparation.

The Parish will lead the celebration of the Sacrament this Saturday. For any questions around the Celebration of the Sacrament please contact the Parish.

Program Support Group Meetings (PSG's)

Program Support Group Meetings began today for some students and continue next week. You will have been notified should you be required to attend. We are most grateful for you to be on time to ensure the smooth running of these these meetings.

NAPLAN 2023

Our congratulations to our Year 3 & 5 students who have completed the NAPLAN testing across this past week. This week a few students will complete tests that they have missed. We will wait for the results later in the year.

Open Day - Foundation 2024

We had another successful Open Day yesterday! Prospective families were so impressed with our students and their sense of connection! It was obvious that our students have great pride in their school!! What great advocates our students are for us!

Families with a child beginning in 2024 should have their completed enrolment form to the office by Friday 31st March. This is important to give us an indication of 'available enrolment positions' for new families.

Camp Australia - Holiday Program

Unfortunately our school will not host a holiday program at SJV for at least the ' First and Second term holiday period'. This decision is based on 2022 data.

We are aware of parents ongoing interest in having a Holiday Program onsite. and will continue to explore possibilities. We will let you know if this changes later in the year.

Please note that if we do have a Holiday Program at SJV, it will not be coordinated by Brigette (our School Coordinator) and it will be open to other students from other schools.

Holiday Programs for Term 1 holidays are located at various schools including the following:

Brandon Park Primary , Mulgrave Primary,

St Peters Clayton, Glen Waverley Primary and Glendal Primary. You need to go onto the Camp Australia website for further information about Holiday programs including booking instructions.

School Advisory Council

Next Tuesday the School Advisory Council will meet. (5:15pm online) We will be continuing our discussions around the Traffic Management Issues. If there are any issues you wish the SAC to discuss please email council@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au

Our Advisory Council members consist of parent representatives from across the school:

Maria Smith (Chair), Han Le, Daniella Scaranto, Nick Caraccia, Cat Vonguyen.

The ex offico members are Fr David (Parish Priest), Jenny Willmott (Deputy Principal) and myself.

Term 1 Finish Time

Please note that Term 1 will conclude on Thursday 6 April at 2:30pm.

Term 2 School Closure Day

Please note that their will be a School Closure Day on April 24th (First Day of Term 2) Staff will participate in an RE Professional Learning Day

25th April is Anzac Day (Public Holiday)

Students will return to SJV on Wednesday 26th April.

Canteen

A reminder no cash sales at the canteen. Please ensure you read the Canteen page for more info.

From the office

Parents who wish to go on a holiday for 5 day or more MUST complete an Extended Period of Absence form. This form is available on our website and from the office.