Welcome to Week 7 Term 2

Below I have placed a prayer that I wanted to share with our community

Lord Jesus, You came to make things new. I will never again be exactly as I am today; Help me to become more like You. My normal routine isn’t written in stone; Help me to be open to Your inspiration. Sometimes I wax nostalgic; Help me to embrace this day, too. Other times I am challenged by everything that happens in the world; Help me to welcome Your Spirit of hope. Each day involves choices, big and small; Help me to be a sign of Your love. Amen.

Compass Parent Portal – Student Semester Report Access

We have a new administrative system used by CE that has been rolled out to multiple schools.  From a parent level, you have used this system when signing your child into the school using the Kiosk terminal at the Front Office.

As of next week, you will be given access to our Parent Portal in Compass.  This portal will allow parents to receive information about your child’s school and their progress. It will give you access to school reports, messages, classroom blogs and the ability to submit attendance notes. The portal is accessible via the web and the Compass School Manager App (via the App store on your device).

This Parent Portal will make engaging with your child’s school faster, easier and more secure.

Instructions on how to register and Login Id's will be been sent to all parents next week via email.

YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR CHILD’S REPORT IN WEEK 9

Go Tell Them From Me– Student and Parent Survey

As part of our focus on school effectiveness, SJV will be participating in an online survey – Tell Them From Me​^® (TTFM^®). The survey will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students, staff and parents think about school life and how engaged community is with the school. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help them improve.

During next week, all of our community will be given the opportunity and time to participate in this survey. 

Parents will be sent a link by email tomorrow to access this survey.  Staff and students will be given a random username and password to access and complete the survey online. Names cannot be linked to responses, which allows surveys to be completely anonymous.

Participation in the survey is voluntary, if you do not want to take part or have your child take part in the survey, please let me know. 

New Library Furniture

To make our library even more functional, we will be removing the purpose built ICT desk as it has outlived its usefulness.  New adjustable desks on castors will be purchased so that the library space is more adaptable to the students and school’s needs.

New Primary and Infants Readers – Colour Run Funds

The school is currently in the process of purchasing new class readers for 3-6.  The school will choose these readers from the ACARA recommended reading list ensuring that the texts develop the skills of our students whilst being engaging at the same time.

As part of the Catalyst strategy, our school will be engaging in the Initial Lit Program in 2022.  In preparation for this initiative, a suite of readers to support our K-2 children in the classroom and at home will be purchased by next term.

The Colour Run funds raised by our community are being used for these purchases.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Thank you to all parents who have already met with their child’s teacher regarding progress and goal setting.  If you have not done this, please make a time to discuss your child’s needs for next semester.

Cyber Safety

Next term the ThinkUKnow team will present to our Year 5/6 cohort information on how to stay safe online.  This will occur on the 21^st July.  Please try to keep your evenings free that week as we are currently negotiating a Parent Session to coincide with the student’s information presentation.  If you would like to see the type of information that is discussed I have included a link to their website here - https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/

Semester Awards – Date Change – Monday 28^th June 9:30am

Please note that our Semester Awards will be held on Monday of Week 10.  This is to enable the choir to be led by Mrs. Mullamphy before she takes some well-earned leave. 

Fete

Donations for the White Elephant stall and Books stalls needed.  Please empty closets and send unwanted treasures to the Front Office.   

God bless you and your family.

Peter Rodda

Principal

Gospel Reflection - Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

The Gospel this week tells the story of the Last Supper.  There is a deep focus on the preparation of the meal, and this encourages us to reflect on how we can prepare ourselves and our families to celebrate the Eucharist each week at Mass.  Some ideas include taking time to pray as a family throughout the week, prepare a meal together, even read the Gospel together and talk about how Jesus gave his disciples instructions for exactly what they needed to do to prepare the meal. Jesus knew this meal would be his last with his disciples, and He wanted it to be special. The instructions he gave them, ‘do this in memory of me,’ are at the heart of our Catholic faith. This Gospel reminds us that the Eucharist is a memorial of Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross. We believe that Jesus is present to us in the elements of the bread and wine.

Adapted from Loyola Press.

First Reconciliation and Eucharist Celebrations

Congratulations to Thea, Armahli and Matheius who celebrated their First Eucharist last weekend.  We will present their certificates once all our candidates have celebrated their First Eucharist. This will be at Monday morning assembly on June 21st. 

We also congratulate our students who made their First Reconciliation last week in a beautiful, prayerful ceremony. It was great to see so many families there to support all our candidates as they took this step in their faith journeys.

What's coming up and when:

SJV Tuckshop is open Wednesday & Friday.  Orders can be made online via Qkr!  A copy of the Menu and Qkr! instructions can be found on the Tuckshop Webpage.

Please remember to bring your WWVP card with you.

Tuckshop Volunteers Needed