Principal's Message

Principal's Message

Dear Parents

Welcome to the end of Week 9. The term fast approaches with still so much to do.

Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day. We who are anxious over many things look forward to your coming among us.

Parent Teacher Interviews/Reports

I trust you found the opportunity to speak to your child’s classroom teacher, during this week’s interviews, to be valuable, I know there are still interviews to be held tomorrow. The disruptions caused by COVID have allowed our staff to approach the Reporting Schedule in a slightly different way this year. The Parent Teacher interviews have effectively replaced the comments which normally accompany our End of Year Reports. From a staff perspective the general feeling was that this was a better option which enabled a conversation rather than a simple comment.

Reports will be available Saturday 11th December through the Compass Portal. The same procedure that was used in Semester 1 will need to be utilised again for easy access. If you have any difficulties accessing your student's report, please contact the Front Office on Monday morning. You could also review the Compass help document using this link. Compass Link

Staffing

Firstly I would like to welcome two new staff members to SJV, classroom teachers Mrs Anna Kain and Mrs Ruth Blackwell (Semester 1) and Ms Mel Harding, our new Canteen Manager. Mrs Blackwell will be working with Mr Young as he takes Semester 1 off for LSL and travels with his family around Australia.

Our classroom teachers for 2022 is as follows:

Kindergarten - Mrs Sarah Emerson

Year 1 - Mrs Tanya Dunley/Mrs Janice Spackman

Year 2 - Mrs Karen Stilling/Ms Samantha Heath

Year 3/4 - Mrs Leah Malpas/Mr Ben Lowe

Year 3/4 - Mrs Ruth Blackwell (Semester 1)/ Mr Wayne Young (Semester 2)

Year 5/6 - Mrs Anna Kain

Year 5/6 - Mrs Laura Matchett/Mrs Kathy Monagle

Learning Support/AP - Mrs Nina De Rosa

ICT- Mr Ben Lowe

Italian - Mrs Kathy Monagle

Library/Health - Ms Samantha Heath

Performing Arts - Mrs Mary Dietz-Mullamphy

Parish BBQ - Cancelled

This event was scheduled for tomorrow night but unfortunately has been cancelled due to Covid 19 protocols and the variety of people that this event would cater for.

Transitions

Transition can often be a tough time for families and in particular children. At SJV we have some students moving interstate to other schools, students moving into high school and students moving from day care and ELC's into our Kindergarten next year. As such, these students may need support in the transition and I have placed a useful article using the link below as a resource for parents.

https://parentengagementcspa.edu.au/nurturing-your-child-through-transition-primary-parentshttps://parentengagementcspa.edu.au/

Cyclabilities

Cyclabilites is a not for for profit charity led by a volunteer board. Cyclabilities aim is and vision is to provide meaningful inclusive life skills development opportunities for children with additional needs, disabilities or mental health concerns. Cyclabilities programs are developed and are facilitated by a phenomenal team of Allied Health Professionals including Occupational Therapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists, Social Workers, teachers and disability workers. Additionally teachers and disability support workers provide extra help. Cyclabilities has a suite of programs with current availability for the January holidays and in term 1 2022 in their Waterabilities (swim safety and swim skills), Cyclabilities (learn to bike ride, movement skills and road safety) and Shredabiliites (learn to skateboard) programs.

Website: Cyclabilities

Email: admin@cyclabilities.com

God bless you and your families

Peter Rodda

Principal