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Thursday 2nd December 2021

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow, we welcome our new principal Michael Schinck to our school with a small assembly in the yard at 10:15 for the students. Parents have been invited to meet Michael at 11:45 am for a tea or coffee in the quadrangle outside the art room. Parents are asked to reply to the invite so we can cater well and be COVID safe. We are all very excited to welcome Michael and are looking forward to a lovely morning.

Congratulations to our past students Finn Callaghan and Blake Howes

We would like to congratulate our past students Finn Callaghan and Blake Howes as they start their AFL careers in Great Western Sydney and Melbourne Football Club. Many of our students and teachers have followe d Blake and

Finn’s careers and were so excited when they were recruited last week.

Finn and Blake both represented our school at State level in AFL when they were in Year 6 and we we re very proud of them then also. Congratulations Finn and Blake we are so proud of you and we wish you all the best in your future careers.

Year 6

We are very proud of our senior students as they prepare for Graduation. There have been daily rehearsals and hard work as they prepare for the special evening with their parents and teachers.

We do need to remind all Year 6 parents that they will need to QR code as they enter the school and show proof of vaccination.

Transition to Year 2022 Classes

After much consideration we have decided to cancel the transition into the new classes for next year. We were planning to run these sessions on the morning of December the 10th so the children would meet their new classmates and grade teacher. However, considering COVID safety we have decided to not run these sessions. Instead the children will be informed to what class they in with the school report that will go home on the 10th. This decision was made because each transition class is made up of children moving to different areas and classrooms and mixing with children across classrooms and across schools. We have a number of new students this year so we want to be able to be inclusive of all. The decision was made that all transition activities will happen in the new year in their new class.

ACTING PRINCIPAL:

MRS HELEN TANCHEFF

ACTING DEPUTY PRINCIPAL:

MRS KERRY SLATER

OFFICE MANAGER:

MRS NICOLE DAVIES

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

9580 5812

OFFICE EMAIL

office@sjvparkdale.catholic.edu.au

WEBSITE ADDRESS

www.sjvparkdale.catholic.edu.au

PARISH PRIEST

FR. CAMERON FORBES

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

9583 2103

ST JOHN VIANNEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

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In the newsletter, next week we will be informing the community on class teachers for 2022 and our specialists etc. This will coincide with the release of the school reports the next day. In the pack with the school reports will be the class that your child will be in next year Year 1 to 6.

Riding bikes on Brisbane Terrace

We have been speaking to our regular riders of bikes about safety in Brisbane Terrace. Some of the students have been riding down Brisbane Terrace the wrong way in the one way street and they are heading straight for oncoming cars. It would be great if students arrived here between 8:35 and 9 and come straight into school and did not ride around Brisbane Terrace before that. Please help us to support a safe arrival for our bike riders in the morning by driving carefully and speaking to your children about safe bike riding.

Life Saving Day

On Wednesday the 8th the whole school will be attending Mordialloc Life Saving day for a series of fun, life saving activities on the beach. All the information about the day was in the permission form sent home to parents. We would like to remind everyone that sunscreen and a hat is essential and that children should attend the day with sunscreen already applied and bring some sunscreen to reapply. This event is a Covid safe event with all helpers and lifesavers fully vaccinated. I would like to thanks Mel Roberts for all the work she has done to enable this event to go ahead.If you haven’t signed the permission forms, please do so as soon as you can.

Prep Orientation Day

On Wednesday, the 8th of December, we are still conducting the Prep Orientation Day at school while the rest of the students are at the beach. This will occur at 9:15 to 10:45 am and Mrs Hannan and Mrs O S’hannessy will be at school to welcome our new preps.

Kind regards Helen Thank you to these Year 5 students who decorated our tree this year

Mini Vinnie’s Christmas

Gift Card Donations

On behalf of the SJV Social Justice Group and Mini Vinnie’s team, we are asking you to give generously to people in need this Christmas. We are collecting gift cards of any value (from any store) to give to the St Vincent De Paul Society, East Parkdale. Please drop off your gift cards to the office by Wednesday 8th December. Thank you for your generous donations!

Evelyn and Marcus

Social Justice Leaders

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Student of the week

Prep: Ayda Hendricks is the Prep Star of the Week! Ayda tries so hard in class, has beautiful manners and makes everyone feel important and special. Ayda, you really

are a beautiful, shining star!

1.2FP Star of the week is Alex Anasta. Alex has done some amazing reading this week. Well done Alex on answering all the questions about your book All About Trucks.

1/2 OP: Harlow Mefsut- well done Harlow on all of your fabulous work this year! You are a great friend to your classmates and continue to work hard in your learning.

3/4 HD: Harper Costante - Harper always tries his best, is super kind to everyone in the class and offers to help his teachers and classmates.

3/4LZ - Madeline Farrugia - Well done to Madeline for trying her best during math and literacy tasks this week. You're a star Maddie :) 5/6 LH: Cooper White. Cooper is always being positive, respectful and helpful in the classroom. 5/6 SF: Patrick Calabrese. Patrick is one of the hardest workers in our class. He is always prepared to have a go at challenging work and he has a fantastic attitude! Great job Pat!

Reminders: Raffle Tickets to be returned to the office, payment via cash or EFT to PFA

account on tickets please Donation of goods for your child’s class hamper Donation of wine for hamper Those who would like to contribute to Shane’s gift, please do so via the office,

donations accepted until Tuesday 7th December.

SJV Christmas Trees - Collect your tree this Friday!

Thank you to those who purchased a live christmas tree.

A reminder that pick up is this Friday 3rd of December at the school.

We have allowed a window for pick up from 2pm to 4pm. You will need to check-in at collection time.

Look forward seeing you all there

The PFA team

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Book Fair A huge thank you for all the purchases made during the Book Fair this year. It was great to have so many students through. We did $2800 worth of sales which earned us $800 in books. Will C, Phoebe and Ollie were the lucky raffle winners!

Class News

Prep- We have been reading SCARY books, and we are very excited for 100+ days of school. We will get to have a very special lunch,with very special people.

1/2 FP- We are looking at how the characters change through the story,we have been practicing christmas carols. 1/2 OP- We have been comparing christmas books, and we got to decorate our classroom with christmas decorations.

3/4 TD we are creating an kindness advent calendar and we started to do Christmas activities in literacy. 3/4LZ- We started doing our KK’s today, and we are going to miss Mr Regan so much. 5/6 LH- We are doing numbers and patterns in math, and we are excited for graduation. 5/6SF All the year 6s are looking forward to the big day out at bounce, we were happy to have Mrs Barnes as our teacher today.

Calendar

Thursday 2nd December Protective Behaviours Workshops P-6 Tuesday 7th December Year 6 Graduation Evening Wednesday 8th December Lifesaving Day Prep- Year 6

Prep 2022 Transition Morning 9.15am-10.45am Monday 13th December Carols Night and Community farewell to Shane Regan Tuesday 14th December Year 6 Big Day Out Thursday 16th December Last day of term Dismissal at 12.00 Thursday 27th January 2022 Staff return to school Monday 31st January 2022 Students return to school Prep- Year 6

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St John Vianney’s Primary School is committed to creating an environment where the safety, wellbeing, and participation of all children within our care is paramount.

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2021 SJV Raffle

2021 has affected us all in so many ways, including the fundraising for the school. At this time, we are normally hosting hundreds of people at the annual SJV Community Fete. 2020 and 2021 have created a huge deficit in our annual fundraising efforts. However, with the support of the SJV families, we will continue to thrive in this precious community of which we are a part.

The PFA are asking you to wholeheartedly support the upcoming raffle as the only fundraiser for the year.

The tickets are $5 and each family will receive a booklet of 10 tickets. Raffle books will be distributed to all families the week of 15th November. Prizes include the many fabulous hampers to which you are all contributing, with first prize being a large wine and beer hamper. We also ask that you contribute to the prize pool by

donating to your child’s class hampers as outlined below with a contribution to the value of no less than $10 and as generously as you can

bring in a bottle of wine/ 6 pack beers (to be dropped at the office by an adult)

CLASS HAMPERS

Prep - Christmas - decorations, Christmas foods, napkins, bon bons etc.

1 / 2 FP - Toys : puzzles, games, dolls, art and craft, Lego etc. 1 / 2 OP - Toys: puzzles, games, dolls, art and craft, Lego etc. 3 / 4 LZ - Beach/Summer - hats, sunscreen, beach chairs, inflatable toys, towels etc.

3 / 4 TD - Sport - drink bottles, outdoor games, balls, bats, picnic rug etc. 5 / 6 LH - Gourmet foods - quality chocolates, crackers, cordials etc 5 / 6 SR - Afternoon Tea - chocolates, quality biscuits, nuts, T2 tea etc Hamper donations and wine/beer due no later than Friday 10th December. The raffle will be drawn on the night of the Christmas Carols, Monday December 13th.

Thank you for your generosity and support!

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