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THURSDAY 18th MAY 2017

Dear Families,

In last week’s newsletter I wrote at length about the wearing of our School Uniform and already I have noticed an improvement in this area, thank you. In last week’s newsletter I said that I would publish the full list of items on the Uniform list, see below.

Winter

Boys: White long sleeve shirt with tie, Navy trousers, Navy woollen jumper (we are not enforcing the logo at this stage because some families already have a plain navy jumper), Navy socks, black school shoes

Girls: White long sleeve shirt with tie, tunic, Navy woollen jumper, Navy tights or socks, Black School shoes

Sports: Red and blue polo F-4 (short sleeve only option), 5/6 sport top, Navy shorts or Navy track pants, Rugby jumper (or old bomber jacket till end of 2017) white socks

Summer

Boys: White short sleeve shirt (no tie), Navy shorts, Navy woollen jumper, Navy socks, black school shoes

Girls: Summer dress, navy jumper, white socks, black school shoes

Sports: Same as Winter

Phasing out old uniform cannot be mix and matched. No rugby jumper with normal school uniform, it’s for Sports days only.

Year 6 children can wear their rugby jumper every day as it is a commemorative Year 6 garment.

Big Thank you

To Zane Humphrey for co ordinating the Mother’s Day Breakfast and to the dads who came and assisted.

Cross Country

Yesterday our team participated in the District Cross Country and following their great team efforts they were the winners of the “Handicap Trophy” which s awarded on the basis of the school student population and their performance on the day. Thank you to the following children who represented us so well: Olivia, Charlotte, Caitlin, Flip, Christopher, Oscar, Liam, Ryan, Harrison, Evie, Sasha, Ella, Imogen, Sophie, Sadie May, Joshua, Ben, Hunter, Summer, Siaan, Jacinta, Lillian, Ollie, Stella, Zoe, Lucy, Leila, James, Kai, Caiden, Hugh, Joshua, Xavier, Nicholas, Elijah, Callum, Ky, Lachy and Kellen.

PRINCIPAL:

MR SHANE REGAN

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL:

MRS HELEN TANCHEFF

OFFICE MANAGER:

MRS NICOLE DAVIES

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

9580 5812

OFFICE EMAIL

office@sjvparkdale.catholic.edu.au

PARISH PRIEST

FR. MICHAEL MCENTEE

PARISH SECRETARY

PAT MORTON

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

9583 2103

ST JOHN VIANNEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

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Thank you to the families who supported our training program and came along to support on the day. Special thanks to Liz Heath, Megan Heys and Genevieve Dohrmann for coordinating the students at the event.

Family Life Program

Included in this newsletter is a flyer publishing the Family Life Program that we are planning to conduct here at school. Family Life Victoria conduct sexuality education programs in schools and have done so for many years. We are planning two sessions in collaboration with St Patrick’s School, here in our multi-purpose room. There is a session for Year 3 and 4 at 5.45-6.45pm and Year 5 & 6 from 7.00-8.00pm. These sessions would be attended by a parent and the child.

One Million Stars

We have been invited to participate in a Social Justice initiative called One Million Stars to End Violence. Stars are weaved by groups all around Australia to raise an awareness and promote a local and global community whereby violence is not present or tolerated. I will send home a separate letter early next week outlining how we will go about making our contribution to one million stars. The completed stars will be used in an installation at the 2017 Commonwealth Games.

Go! Fit Kids

This fitness program is running every Thursday morning from 8.00-8.45am. Currently we have 8 participants and we would love to have more come along. Enrolments can be completed online at www.gofitnessparkdale.com.au/gofitkids

Congratulations

To Christopher Tsakoumakis who has been selected to represent Australia at the 35th IBA- Boys International Baseball Championships to be held in Tokyo in July/August. Congratulations Christopher and we look forward to hearing all about this wonderful experience that lies ahead of you.

Class News as prepared by Evie and Zoe (Year 4) for Assembly on Tuesday 16th May

Prep DW - We are learning how to read time this week and we are learning about our vowels. 1OM - We have been learning about the time in maths and in inquiry we went outside and worked in pairs to do a rain experiment and we made great mother's day presents Year 2 - We are looking forward to going on our excursion to the bakery and doing some craft activities together 3GD - We have enjoyed playing football in PE and have been learning about how to take notes. 4TD - In sport we are also learning about football and we are learning how to kick and run. We have also been learning about Vertebrates and Invertebrates. 4MH - We have been doing class drama with our pre service teacher Mrs Edmonds, we have also loved working with 4TD and 3GD to do note taking 5SH and 6FP are away on an excursion at St Kilda Pier today!

Regards, Shane Regan

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Introducing Leroy…….. Leroy has an older brother Eli who is 8 and an older sister Evie who is 9 and turning 10 this year already at St John Vianney.

Leroy was a bit nervous starting school because there were people here he had never met. He feels good now because He knows everybody. He know all the Grade 6 kids and his favourite is Oscar who is his buddy. Oscar goes to Chess Club with Leroy sometimes.

Leroy loves playing outside and loves going to Sport. He thinks Mrs Heath is a great Sport teacher because she gives good gold stickers.

Red is Leroys favourite colour.

Leroys favourite food that Mum makes is Fried Rice, dad doesn’t do any cooking at his house but he does kick the footy with Leroy.

Leroy barracks for the Demons. Leroy goes to the footy with his dad and Grandpa, Mum likes to stay home and watch it on the TV. Leroy likes collecting Football cards, he was very pleased to find his lost ones in my office this morning.

DIARY DATES

Thursday 18th May Year 2 Eucharist Reflection Day Sunday 21st May Acceptance Mass Year 2 Tuesday 23rd May School Mass Friday 2nd June Hot Lunch Sunday 4th June Medal Mass Tuesday 6th June School Mass Thursday 8th June Book Swap Friday 9th June Curriculum Day Monday 12th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Friday 16th June Foundation – Year 2 Excursion Sat 17th and Sun 18th June First Eucharist Tuesday 20th June School Mass

Information Night for Confirmation at St Patricks Friday 23rd June Reports go home Saturday 24th June Parents Association Cocktail Party at the Bay Hotel Sunday 25th June Confirmation Enrolment Mass Tuesday 27th June Parent Teacher Conference Thursday 29th June Parent Teacher Conference Friday 30th June End of Term 1.00pm dismissal

Assembly Roster Term 2

Tuesday 23/5 Year 2 Tuesday 30/5 Year 3

Tuesday 6/6 Year 4 TD Tuesday 13/6 Year 4 MH

Tuesday 20/6 Year 2 Tuesday 27/6 Year 6

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FAMILY WEEK

Reflections from our Year 1 students on what family means to them…..

To me family means ……..

Loving, kindness and guidance Kindness Caring Love Special people Special group of people who really love each other To be together Love Protection Respect and kindness Love Safe group of people Being safe Love Love Great and fun Love Being respectful love

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Leadership at St. Louis

On Thursday 11th May 2017, the year six class visited St. Louis for a Leadership Program; this was the fourth time we had been to St Louis for this program. At the beginning of the day, the first activity was The Crocodile Infested Water Game, we had to try and get across to the other side of the room, without touching the ground. To play this game we only had two sheets of paper to get across. After a while, we worked it out, it was very funny to watch. We did this activity to be able to work more cooperatively in a group. The next game was a Trading Game. We had to cooperate as a team to create five different objects. We started off with a pack, this pack had things like, paper and some tools like rulers and scissors. We then had to create the objects, but some of us couldn't because not everyone had the correct supplies, so we had to trade fairly with other teams, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to finish creating the objects. This taught us how to play fair when trading, and how you need to communicate with your team and the other teams to get what you needed to create something awesome. The next activity was called Triumphs and Challenges. We then broke up into our leadership groups and discussed our Triumphs and challenges. I liked this activity because, we were able to have extra to think more about our leadership groups, and how we can find our way around our challenges. After these activities, we had lunch and play outside. We came back in and did another activity called Conversations. One person of the two, was secretly assigned that in the first conversation they were to be very enthusiastic and excited about the conversation. In the second conversation they were to act not interested and not really participate in the conversation. Then after the two conversations we asked them if there was a difference in the two talks. To sum this work up we learnt what we need to make our conversations captivating and engaging. This was interesting because we learnt new things that we should do to make a good conversation. You need to make eye contact with the person, show good body language, include yourself and other things like, not zoning out and showing respect. Later on, we did an activity called LEGO Building at School. For this activity we needed at least five people. The aim of the game was to complete the hidden lego building but there was a catch. The only person who could see the lego building was the Principal! There were four positions, the first position was the Principal. The Principal’s job was that they were the only person that was allowed to see the lego creation, and the only person that they could tell was the Vice Principal, the Vice Principal had to communicate between the teachers and the Principal, the Principal would tell the Vice Principal what went on top of what. The next role was the teacher, and the teacher's role was to try and create the lego building without being able to see it, and the only communication between how to create it was through the Vice Principal who could only answer to yes or no questions. And the last person was the secretary, who just took notes. I loved this activity because it was really fun to watch as the secretary, it just shows all the work that that goes into creating something awesome! Finally, we concluded the day, and enjoyed a calm and nice activity called Give Ribbons. About eight different coloured ribbons were assigned a value. This was to show each other how we were affecting their experience in their leadership groups. For example a red ribbon was for a confident person and a person who makes good decisions, the purple ribbon was a person who respects and listens to others. Then a member of our team gave us a ribbon. They tied it around our hands and told us why we were that ribbon. This was very nice, getting told that we were something like a good, kind and responsible person. This was a great way to end the day. The day at St Louis was awesome. We had a fantastic time. I thought I learnt a lot about how to co-operate and listen to each other. My favourite activity was definitely the LEGO activity because it was fun having to communicate through each other. Today was awesome because we all started to finally cooperate with each other! This has helped me grow to be a better leader. It was super fun and a great learning experience.

By Hannah and Charlotte

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Social Justice Group

All books to office or Library ASAP

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PFA NEWS TICKETS ON SALE NOW for the PFA social event. Nicole has kindly offered to sell tickets at the office, so pop in and see her or leave cash in an envelope with your name and we will get the tickets to you. Date:SATURDAY JUNE 24th Time:7:30pm Venue:The Bay Hotel, Mordialloc Cost: $45pp (for food, venue, entertainment) Drinks at bar prices Hope to see you all there!

We are looking for anyone with BBQ contacts as we are hoping to create a BBQ kitchen area, along with the chooks and veg garden. Please see Shane if you have any contacts in this area. We are also looking for a team of willing workers, so let Shane or myself know how you can help.

SCHOOL DISCO FRIDAY 18TH AUGUST Prep to 6 Disco at SJV. It is always such a fun event, the kids love it. This year, we decided that the Year 6 kids might like to spend time boogying with their buddies, so it will be a whole school event. More details to come. Keep the date free, we hope to see all kids there, participating and having fun as a school community. Jill Hannan PFA President