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THURSDAY 26th APRIL 2018

Dear Families,

The ANZAC Day

ceremonies are a special

time in the school year and it is very

pleasing to see how our children grow in

respect and knowledge, each year, of the

significance of ANZAC Day. Yesterday at

the Mentone RSL ceremony we were

represented by- Ella, Sadiemay, Sasha,

Evie, Lily, Siahn, Ollie, Summer, Teagan & Evie as well as 10- 15 children at

other year levels along with their parents. In addition to our participation in

this community event our Student Representative Council (SRC)

representatives from each class led

the school in an ANZAC Assembly

last Tuesday. Congratulations to the

SRC reps on the excellent job they

did. Special thanks also to the

parents and families who joined us

at the assembly.

Working Bee 21st April

Last Saturday we had a very

successful working Bee with the following tasks completed- drains and

gutters cleared, garden beds weeded and cleared, garden beds repaired, new

edging laid, new ground surfacing laid in the vegie garden area, water tanks

shifted and benches relocated. Thank-you to the following families who

participated- Williams, Donovan, Tran, Mavroudis, Calman, Crowley,

Leighton, Nugent, Ingle and Johnson in addition we had the invaluable

assistance of Danny Benoiten (our school handyman)

St.John Vianney’s Fete Meeting 1st May 7.30pm School Staffroom

Now is the time to begin our preparations for the 2018 School Fete. This is

our major fundraiser for the year but just as important to our school

community is that the fete is about people coming together, working on a

common goal and sharing in the satisfaction of a job well done. Through the

efforts of last year’s fete the PFA recently funded the following expenditures

across the school:

• An LED sign for the school, approximate cost $11,000-12,000

• $3000 set aside for Grounds & Garden art and design as part of our

STEAM Program

• $3000 for LEGO technics and drones for use with a technology

interest group

PRINCIPAL:

MR SHANE REGAN

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL:

MRS HELEN TANCHEFF

OFFICE MANAGER:

MRS NICOLE DAVIES

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

9580 5812

OFFICE EMAIL

office@sjvparkdale.catholic.e

du.au

WEBSITE ADDRESS

www.sjvparkdale.catholic.ed

u.au

PARISH PRIEST

FR. MICHAEL MCENTEE

PARISH SECRETARY

PAT MORTON

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER

9583 2103

ST JOHN VIANNEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

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• $1000 for a pizza oven, cupboard and cabinet

• $350 for a 6 burner BBQ and cover

• $5000 for general plantings and grounds development

All these expenditures will add to the life of our school and the programs that we can deliver to your

children but there are some things more valuable than the funds that come from the fete and they are-

1. The community building that grows from us working together on a common focus.

2. The example that we give to our children of how a community can achieve anything that it sets its

mind to.

The two outcomes above are lifelong values that we can share with our children. We know that we have a

good community at St. John Vianney’s. Our challenge is to show our children how they can help to build a

strong community when they become the next generation of school parents.

You don’t need any special skills, everyone is welcome especially any of our parents new to St. John

Vianney’s in the past 12 months.

STOMP Dance

Last Tuesday we began our STOMP Dance program, I had the pleasure of watching the Year 5/6 lesson

which was certainly high on energy and enthusiasm.

Inter School Cross Country

Next Monday our squad of 40 runners will participate in the District Cross Country, they have been

practising 3 times a week for the past month and we wish them all the best for the big day.

Regards,

Shane Regan

School Assemblies Tuesdays 3.15pm

Parents are most welcome to join us at our assemblies.

1st May: 3/4 FP 8th May: 1/2 MH 15th May: 1/2 LH

22nd May: Prep 29th May: Yr 5 5th June: Yr 5/6 SH

12th June: Yr 3/4 FP 19th June: Yr 1/2 LH 26th June: Yr 5

Vegie Sale Tuesday 1st May: Next Tuesday we will be selling broccolini and silverbeet after assembly.

Entertainment books: Entertainment Books went home earlier this week. This is a great fundraiser for our

school. If you don’t want to take up this offer please return the book as soon as possible. Thank you to Jacqui

Day for coordinating this again this year.

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DIARY DATES

Thursday 26th April Big Greens Conference 5/6 Environment Group

Friday 27th April Year 5/6 Sport Gala Day

Monday 30th April District Cross Country

Tuesday 1st May STOMP classes P-6

Wednesday 2nd May Prayers in Pyjamas (Prep children and parents) 6.30-7.30pm

Thursday 3rd May Life Ed Van

Friday 4th May Prep, 1/2 excursion to Werribee Zoo

Monday 7th May Life Ed Van

Tuesday 8th May STOMP classes P-6

School Mass at 12.00

Open Day

Thursday 10th May Junior Mayor

Friday 11th May Mother’s Day Stall and Breakfast

May 15,16,17 NAPLAN Year 3 and 5

Friday 17th May Year 6 Leadership Day at St Louis

Monday 21st May PFA Meeting

Tuesday 22nd May STOPM classes P-6

Mass 12.00

Tuesday 29th May STOMP classes P-6

Friday 1st June Hot Lunch

Tuesday 5th June MASS 12.00

STOMP classes P-6

Friday 8th June CURRICULUM DAY

Monday 11th June QUEENS BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 12th June STOMP classes P-6

STOMP Concert evening

Friday 15th June Winter Sports Gala Day

Monday 18th June 5/6 Camp

PFA Meeting

Tuesday 19th June 5/6 Camp

Wednesday 20th June 5/6 Camp

Friday 22nd June 5/5 GIRLS soccer and AFL Gala Day

Tuesday 26th June Chess Tournament at SJV

Prep Interviews

Parent/Teacher Interviews 3.50-8.00pm

Wednesday 27th June Prep Interviews

Thursday 28th June Parent Teacher Interviews 3.50-5.30pm

Friday 29th June END OF TERM 1PM FINISH

Gymnastics Program: Our preps and Year 1/2 children are participating in a gymnastics program this term at

the Mordialloc Community Centre. These classes are scheduled each Thursday for the term.

Levy Payments: All levies were due by the end of Term 1. If you haven’t made this payment, please do so as

soon as possible. Please contact Shane if you need to discuss your account.

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Introducing Livia……. Livia is one of our prep students in 2018. Livia is the first child in her family to come to SJV.

Livia is 5, her birthday is in August and she is having a LOL party. Livia

got a LOL doll y esterday at the shops.

Livia loves colouring in at school and cutting out and gluing. The

hardest thing about school has been the running races. Mrs

O’Shannessy and Mrs Moor are the best teachers ever. Livia loves

Indonesian because she is learning a new language. STOMP dancing

was good fun and Livia is a very good dancer. The Teddy Bears Picnic

was a very fun day because they got to eat lunch at the park and have a

Zooper Dooper. Livia’s dad came to the picnic too. Livia thinks Yoga is

one of the funniest things she has had to do at school because she had

to stick her bottom out! The best dinner mum cooks at home is

popcorn chicken, the worst thing she cooks is Brussel sprouts! When

Livia is at home she likes playing with her LOL dolls because they can do

water surprises. Livia has a baby brother called Georgie who comes

into her room in the morning and jumps on her tummy. She still loves

him even though he scratches her sometimes. Livia’s buddy is Evie, she

helps Livia in the classroom sometimes, Livia thinks Evie is fancy !

Chess Move for the week.

Solution: Last page of newsletter

Library News: Author Visit. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series Author, Jeff Kinney will be appearing at

a Wheeler Centre Event on May 3rd the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition

Centre. More details are available online.

Thank you to all the families who have supported Book Club. A big thank you also to Lara Callaghan who co-

ordinates this initiative.

Book Bags- a reminder for this term. It would be great if all children in Years P-4 could bring a library bag to

their weekly session.

Happy Reading! Julie Glen

Spotlight on Learning Prep

During Term 1, Preps learnt about fairness. We talked and

drew about things that are fair and things that are not fair.

We learnt about our class rules and our school rules.

We learnt what bullying is and what to do if someone tries

to bully you. We acted it out.

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We tried to be fair and caring to the poor people. We gave lots of money to Project Compassion.

We are trying to treat others the way God wants us to.

It is good to share.

It is good to take turns.

It is good to let others join in my games.

We feel happy when everyone is being fair.

1/2 LH

Last term our class learnt about fairness and justice during inquiry.

To us fairness and justice means; being fair, inclusion, kindness, following rules, showing respect, being equal

and showing good school spirit.

We made a recipe for friendship soup. Our recipes were

filled with gallons of kindness, 2 cups of trust, 4 cups of

respect, 2 cups of fairness and 3 spoons of laughter. We had

lots of fun making these recipes.

We also learnt about school spirit. We made posters to show

how we have good school spirit at SJV. We show school spirit

by cheering each other on, being respectful, listening and

cooperating.

When we were learning about fairness and justice, we spoke about relationships. We talked about our

relationships at home, at school and with our friends. We talked about using manners, being helpful,

sharing, being honest and respecting our teachers.

Our class rules are there to help us remember how to show fairness at school so that everyone can learn.

We also read a book called Digger and Lew. This book taught us that it is ok to lose, but not ok to cheat. We

need to be good winners and good losers to show fairness to one another.

During term 1 it was Lent. We showed good social justice by giving to Project Compassion. We became more

giving and respectful of one another as human beings.

Thank you for listening to what we learnt about Fairness and Justice in Term 1.

1/2MH

In term 1 our topic was fairness. We looked at our class rules and we talked about why games need to be

fair.

We created a school spirit burger, which had a team of community, cooperation, positivity, thoughtfulness

and love.

We spoke about Jesus and how Jesus showed fairness by healing the leper when no one else would go near

him.

We learned about bullying from the story Jungle Bullies and looked at different strategies you can use when

faced with an uncomfortable situation.

We think fairness is important because it helps us to get along and keeps things from getting out of hand.

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3/4 TD

In 3/4 TD we designed the rules and laws for our different towns and cities. We set up the justice organisation and rules in our cities so that people can be safe. We built and designed the town with lego and different materials. We designed the rules. Sophie and Naomi have written a rap about our safe towns. Justice Rap By Sophie and Naomi

Justice, fairness, rules and laws And sometimes on the road we pause In our town everything is safe

In our town we follow Jesus and be safe It’s the coolest town ever

In our town no-one gets the crown

It’s the coolest town no-one frowns In our town there is much to do Vets , houses, shops and more We all love our town

In our town we follow Jesus and be safe It’s the coolest town ever

Fairness, kindness in our town

Everything is fair because it’s a rule

We look after one another in our town

In our town we follow Jesus and be safe It’s the coolest town ever

We take care of our town Jesus said: Don’t frown We love our neighbours That’s what we want to do

Grade 5 GF

Today we will be talking about what we have been learning over the past term.

We have been learning about justice, power and parliament.

Recently we went to the Parliament house of Victoria and walked inside the Green room called Legislative

Assembly/lower house.

We roleplayed a debate and argued about banning plastic bags. We represented members of parliament

including the premier and opposition leader. The purpose of the debate was to show us how laws are made.

They begin as a bill and the issue is argued in the legislative assembly.

After that we went into a red room called Legislative council. Once a bill passes through Legislative Assembly

it is given to the Legislative Council/Upper House where it must be passed to become a law. Once passed

through Legislative Council it is approved by the Governor, the state representative of the Queen.

We also did Inquiry groups which we had been put into groups to make a political party, designing a logo

and making a slogan.

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The groups were: Prograss, Ani.Co, Jesem, Greensleeves and

Chains

Soon we will be voting for the best political party to be the

winning party. We will vote like adults do in an election. We hope

you learnt something new today. Thank you

Grade 5-6 SH

In term 1our topic has been about justice. Justice means to always

show fairness and consider everyone's opinions. In our country

everyone gets a say because we are a democratic country.

We have members of parliament who represent us.

Grade 5/6 visited the Victorian Parliament earlier this week. In the Victorian Parliament our class did a role

play of how a law is introduced, debated and passed these are some pictures of us in the Legislative

Assembly which is the green room. We debated about whether plastic bags should be banned, if you believe

plastic bags should be banned say “I” now.

If you think they shouldn't be banned say, “ No”.

I think the “I’s” have it.

In class, we have looked at the National floral emblem, National Anthem, Australian flag and coat of arms

and we have learned about what they symbolise. We have also learnt all the levels of government, federal

which looks after foreign affairs, imports ,exports and taxes. State government which looks after police,

roads and public transport and local which looks after your parks, rubbish and pets.

Tim Richardson is the state member for Mordialloc which means he looks after our school and all of our

community. Some interesting facts about Tim are that he is passionate about education, he looks after

60,000 people in his electorate and he is a backbencher in the Legislative Assembly of assembly.

The Saints Visit Year 3/4

Maverick Weller, Ray Conellan and Daniel McKenzie visited our school on Tuesday. They talked to us in the classroom about the number of games they have played, how many goals they have kicked and about St Kilda. They took us outside and played games with us and then signed our footballs and pencil cases and gave us some scarves and hats. By Jacinta and Lochie

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ST JOHN VIANNEY’S SCHOOL FETE

16TH NOVEMBER 2018

First Meeting Tuesday 1st May at 7:30 pm

In the Staff Room

New Committee Members Required

Including President, Silent Auction Coordinators, Stage/Entertainment Manager, Infrastructure

Assistant

WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR THE FETE TO BE SUCCESSFUL – ALL WELCOME

Please see Susan Calman, Chris Beck, Rachael Saulle or Patty Tapia for more

information.

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