Dear Families,

I hope that you are all enjoying this beautiful Autumn weather!! The Footy Season must be upon us!!

Catholic Education Week

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!

At the Assembly on Monday we acknowledged Catholic Education week with the theme "Faith in our Future".

We celebrate 200 years of Catholic Education.

Our 1,751 Catholic schools across Australia are distinct and diverse. From metropolitan cities to rural, regional and remote parts of Australia, our schools meet the individual needs of their students differently, but with the same shared mission of an excellent, faith-based education.

At St John Vianney's we will continue to live, love and reach out to the world, bringing joy, hope peace in God's Name. As God's people we aspire to have Faith in our Future.

Fr Rob Galea has penned a song Faith in our Future.

Perhaps across the week you might like to listen and use this song as a prayer.

Prep Dinner

Last Wednesday's Prep dinner was a fantastic way to welcome our Preps in an informal way!!

Thank you to our staff and parents for coming along and demonstrating the importance of the home school partnership!!

Year 3 Fun Day

What a great afternoon and evening for our students. Please ensure that you have a look at our Year 3 Fun Day Clip featured in this newsletter.

Harmony Day

Our Harmony Day Celebrations and & Anti Bullying Awareness sessions last Friday were very well received by our students last Friday. Harmony Day gave us a further opportunity to unite as a school community. It was terrific to see all the students dress in traditional costume or with a touch of orange. Our cultural dances in particular created much excitement and were performed enthusiastically by our students. The Dance incursions held across the last few weeks were well worth it! In 2019 Australia was home to over 7.5 million migrants (29.7% of the population), and this number continues to rise each year.

Please read more and see our photos on our page dedicated to Harmony Day.

Anti - Bullying

It is so important that our students have a strong sense of been safe at school. Having positive relationships with peers, with teachers and having a positive mindset helps students to feel safe. Students are are aware of strategies to help make and maintain friendships. They are also aware of appropriate responses and actions including how to enlist help should they feel unsafe. Students are encouraged to report issues at the time of these occurring. If parents have concerns at any stage please ensure that you contact the class teacher as the first point of call.

Congratulations to Cyrella

Our congratulations to Cyrella Year 6 who last week won the the Regional Swimming Finals in 50 m Backstroke and Freestyle and will now compete in the State Titles in April. This is an awesome achievement. We wish you well Cyrella.

Grade 1/2's Feature

Our 1/2's feature this fortnight in our Newsletter!! May sure you have read and see all the wonderful work that is occurring!! Well done kids!!

School Closure Day (Term 2)

Please note that the school will be closed for students on MONDAY 19th APRIL. This is the first day of Term 2. Staff will be participating in further Professional Learning around 'Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

School will begin for all students on Tuesday April 20th at 8:45am.

Year 3-6 Swimming

The Swimming Program at Swim World is now well underway. Our students and teachers report that it is going very well. Swimming continues Monday - Wednesday for the next two weeks.

Swim World's COVID Plan does not allow parents to spectate. Thanks for your understanding.

2022 Prep Enrolment

If you have a child beginning school in Prep in 2022, your enrolment application needs to be forwarded to the office as soon as possible but before Monday 29th March.

This allows us to how many new families we will be able to take as enrolment admissions in 2022.

Open Days

Our next Open Day for prospective families is tomorrow ( 9:15am and 10:15am tours)

In Term 2 we have Open day Tours on

April 26th and May 4th

If any parent is able to display the Open Day Flyer in their shop window, please email the school or let us know as soon as possible and we will send one to you.

Research says parents play a pivotal role is marketing the school. Please talk to your friends and neighbours and tell prospective families to organize a tour.

If our Open Days dates do not suit a parent they are able to make a mutually convenient time.

Staff News

Exciting News - Nick Hoare is getting married! We congratulate Nick and Christine Ly who will 'tie the knot' in the school holidays.

We wish them every blessing. Nick will take one week's leave at the beginning of Term 2. Teaching arrangements for 3/4 HP will be forwarded to parents of this class by the end of the term.

Parents and Friends

Some great news..... We will be re-launching our P&F again at the start of Term 2!!

We will start by having a 'welcoming' morning tea and talking about the role of a P&F and brainstorm ideas about what our P&F might be able to do. Of course we will need to be aware of COVID restrictions and

Date: Thursday 22nd April

Time: 9:00am

Venue: Staff room

All welcome including new parents

Please RSVP by completing this Google Form Link (With COVID restrictions it is important that we know numbers)

Key Enrolment Days for Year 5 students in 2021 starting Year 7 in 2023 in Catholic Schools

Please see Dates to Remember page for Important Dates

Please contact Colleges directly for updated or important information.

Birthdays

We acknowledge the following birthdays from Thursday 18th March - Wednesday 31st March

Happy Birthday! We hope that you enjoy your special day!