Principal's Message
Dear SJV Community
Welcome to the end of Wk 5
"Charism" is the Greek word used in the New Testament for "favor" or "gratuitous gift." Charisms, or spiritual gifts, are special abilities given to all Christians by the Holy Spirit to give them power both to represent Christ and to be a channel of God's goodness for people. A question for our community is - What is your Charism and how do you channel God's goodness for others, especially during this time of lent?
NAPLAN
A reminder to all parents that NAPLAN begins next week for Year 3 on Wednesday 12th March and then the following week for Year 5. This is one form of assessment in a raft of tools that our school uses to assess our students. It would however be very helpful if your children were present during the test week and not late for school. If you have any questions, please contact the Principal.
Year 5/6 Camp
Next Wednesday Year 5/6 will head down to Kianinny for school camp. A big thank you to our staff Mrs Kain, Miss O'Neill and Mr Scarfone who will be giving up their time to give our Year 5/6 children a wonderful camp experience. Like all of our SJV staff they will be going above and beyond in giving up their personal time to build leadership in our SJV students.
School Counsellor
I am pleased to announce that Catholic Care have secured a new School Counsellor. Courtenay, will be starting at SJV on Wednesday 2nd April. She is very excited to work at SJV and is currently a social worker with experience working at Headspace. If you would like to refer your child for counselling, you can sign up using the QR Code and complete the associated forms ready for the Counsellor to work with your child.
Classroom Contacts
Thank you to Sonia and Beth who have put their hand up to be a classroom contact. Being a class contact does not require much time and it helps bring people together and build our SJV Community. If you would like to undertake this role, please contact Mr Rodda peter.rodda@cg.catholic.edu.au
Year 3 - Sonia Taflaga
Year 5/6P - Beth Seivers
School Disco - Claim the Date - 28th March
It is on again, the 28th March will see SJV hold it's annual disco. This is scheduled for our Year 4 parents to host this event. In the past the wonderful Kylie Lloyd (current Yr 5 parent) has organised this event. Kylie has already generously booked the operator and so we need our Yr 4 parents to liaise with Kylie to make sure this event is a success. A note will go home tomorrow to Year 4 parents with further information.
Principals Retreat/Conference
I am currently on leave from school to attend the annual CECG Principal's Retreat/Conference. Alongside the spiritual aspect of the retreat, CECG Office often use this as a platform to release new information concerning strategic planning and innovative pedagogy. It has been beneficial to touch base with both the interim and newly appointed Director of Education, Pam Betts and David de Carvalho.
School Swimming Survey
Thank you to everyone who has responded to our Annual Swimming Survey. A reminder to our community that the survey link will expire tomorrow. You can follow the link here https://sjvpswaramanga.schoolzineplus.com/survey/38
God Bless
Peter Rodda
Principal