Welcome to the end of Week 7.  The end of the year fast approaches but there is still much left to do.

Lord, may nothing separate me from You today. Teach me how to choose only Your way today so each step will lead me closer to You. Help me walk by the Word and not my feelings.

Help me to keep my heart pure and undivided. Protect me from my own thoughts, words, and actions. 

Help me to embrace what comes my way as an opportunity rather than an inconvenience.

Covid 19 Road Map for SJV

Thank you for the support and patience you have shown regarding the school’s enforcement of the COVID regulations. We are endeavouring to maintain a safe learning space for students and staff. Clearly, our number one priority is to avoid the lockdowns which have recently occurred at many Canberra schools. For this reason, we continue to follow the Road Map issued by CE who are implementing ACT Health Guidelines.

I appreciate that for those not working in schools this may appear to be contrary to the direction in which Canberra is now heading.  An example of this is that all staff inside the school must wear masks and children from Year 3-6 are still encouraged to do so. I know you will appreciate why we continue to follow this conservative approach

Compass Portal - Booking Parent/Teacher Interviews

Next week we will be bringing another event onto the Compass Portal for parents to be able to use.  Parent Teacher Interview appointment slots will go live on Monday in the Compass Portal.  This will be the second activity to go live and we hope by the end of the year we will have brought further 'Events' on board such as Class Excursions and Absence Notifications.

The idea of Compass is that it will be the main form of school communication, alongside our Newsletter and Facebook.  The link below will go live for bookings on Monday by 3pm.  

Booking Parent Teacher Conferences

Professional Learning Opportunity for Parents - Tuesday 23rd November 6pm-8pm

I have been contacted by Catherine Page Jeffery, who is leading a project aimed at reducing family conflict related to digital media and technology use, and fostering understanding between parents and their children about media technologies. They will be running a series of two hour workshops designed for families, parents and their children.  

A workshop at Weston Creek Community Centre is scheduled for next Tuesday 23^rd November from 6-8pm. The workshops are free and they will provide pizza and refreshments. The project is funded by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner under their Online Safety Grants Program. Attached to this newsletter is a project information sheet which contains more details about the project, including how families can sign up. 

If families cannot make the Weston Creek workshop, they will be running other workshops throughout the region until early December. These dates can be found on their website, along with more information about the project https://www.safeonlinetogether.com/

Kindergarten Orientation Day

On Wednesday we were joined by the 2022 Kindergarten children as they participated in their Orientation Day. Unfortunately, the day had to be scaled down in order to comply with COVID regulations, this meant a drop-off by parents who could not stay onsite and were given information over MS Teams. Nevertheless, the children still had an opportunity to meet our Kindergarten teacher and their classmates.

God bless you and your families

Peter Rodda

Principal