Dear Families,

Welcome back to St John Vianney's for what we hope will be a most wonderfully vibrant and productive year for our community, particularly our students.

To our Prep students and several other new students from Year 1-6, a very warm welcome. We hope you and your families settle and grow to love St John Vianney's. Our community will work to support you in every way.

As I move around the classrooms and playgrounds chatting with the children and staff, it is clear that most of our students are settling very well into class and school routines and their learning. Thank you for the positive support you offer your children.

SJV Staffing for 2021

We welcome the following Learning Support Officers to the SJV team in 2021.

Rachael Gregory, Maria Porto, Louise Callander and Rebecca Neofit. They have penned a few words of introduction on our New Staff Page!

We welcome back Emma Sofra from Maternity Leave. As you were aware we had to make some staff changes during the Summer break and to this end we are are delighted to have Linda Tracey, Frieda Sison and Sophie Sullivan return to SJV in 2021!

In further exciting news we congratulate Kristina Khoo and her husband Chris who await the birth of their second child in July!

Our Parish Priest Fr Eric Alleaume joined our Community at the end of last year.

Fr Eric will lead our Masses and liturgies, visit classrooms and offer pastoral support within our Community. Once again Fr Eric!

Opening School Liturgy

We will be celebrating the Opening School Year with a Liturgy this Friday. Fr Eric our Parish Priest will lead this celebration.

As a part of this Liturgy, we will be presenting the Captains and Leadership Badges to our Year 6 students. We will also acknowledge the Prep students (Clapping in) and our Staff will be Commissioned in our role as Educators.

Given COVID Restrictions and limits on numbers of community members, this celebration will be held in the Performing Arts Area, rather than the Church. Each Captain is able to invite one parent to attend. Unfortunately we are unable to invite all our parents/ families.

At this stage the school will we will not be using the Church for our Liturgies/ Masses.

School Newsletter

This year the School Newsletter will be sent home fortnightly rather than weekly.

Why the change?

We have analysed our previous newsletter data as to how often pages were accessed /read and it seems that a fortnightly newsletter is the best way to go.

Newsletters will be continue to be sent home electronically to all our parent email addresses.

"Dates to Remember" will be sent out every week.

Other Important Information will be sent home to you via email/ SMS

Communication

In our endeavours to build positive partnerships there are many ways we will communicate with you:

SMS & Email
Hard Copy notes- (Check Satchels)
Seesaw app
School Newsletter
Level Newsletter
Phone Conversations
Face to face Meetings
Online Meetings
Community Calendar
School Website

Please note if there is an issue with your child it is best to discuss it firstly with your child's teacher(s).

Emails:

Please note that staff are not required to respond to emails outside school hours but will respond in a timely manner.

School Photos

The School Photos will take place on Monday 22nd February.

Students will wear School Summer Uniform

Information will be sent home to you

Meet & Greet Conversations

As a way of beginning our school Year, staff will be holding Meet and Greet Conversations with parents to find out more about your child.

These will be held on February 23rd and 24th.

Please note that school will finish early on Tuesday 23rd February at 1:10pm. (OSHC will operate from this time) Conversations will begin at 1:45pm - 7:45 pm On Wednesday 24th February Conversations will begin at 3:30pm and conclude at 6:00pm.

Please complete a short survey on the next page to assist us in determining the best format for these meetings.

Further information will be sent out to you.

Canteen

Tuckshop

The tuckshop will be available as of next Wednesday 10th February