THE VIANNEY VIEW

ST JOHN VIANNEY’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Telephone: 3396 6380 Website: www.sjv.qld.edu.au

Facsimile: 3396 0255 Email: pmanly@bne.catholic.edu.au

15 Oceana Terrace, Manly Qld 4179 Twitter: Follow us on twitter@sjvmanly

DATE CLAIMERS

Friday 24 May—Prep excursion to

Ngutana-Lui

Friday 24 May—Year 3 Starlab

incursion

Wednesday 29 May –School Principal

tour for prospective families 9.30am

Thursday 30 May—Bayside Track and

Field Trials

Friday 31 May—Bayside Track and

Field Trials

Friday 31 May—Whole School

Assembly 5J—2.10pm Nano Nagle

Centre

Saturday 1 June—1st sewing day for

the Musical—1pm to 3.30pm in the

staff room

Tuesday 4 June—P & F Meeting 7pm

Philomena Building downstairs

Wednesday 5 June—Years 3 and 4

attending Parish Mass

Thursday 6 June—Catholic

Interschool Athletics Carnival

Friday 7 June—P & F Walkathon

Tuesday 11 June—SJV Junior Track

and Field Carnival

Friday 14 June—Whole School

Assembly 3V—2.10pm Nano Nagle

Centre

Dear Parents and Friends

There is a lot of excitement in the air about our SJV Musical that will be held on 5 and 6 September at Iona College. All children from Prep – 6 will be participating on both evenings. There will be plenty of information coming home in the next few weeks so please keep an eye out. We also need a few helpers so if you can assist with the following things please let

me know:

Set and prop construction and design

Creating a programme for the musical

Videoing one evening so parents could purchase a DVD

Information will be available soon about ticketing for the event.

Another reason to get excited…State of Origin! On Wednesday 5 June children can wear their team colours to get into the spirit. We are asking if families could support our Year 6 Graduation celebrations by donating a gold coin on the day. If children don’t have a NSW or QLD jersey they

can wear the colours of another team shirt/jersey.

Our attendance level is currently under our minimum goal of 90%. We know the link between student learning, wellbeing and increased attendance is clear. This week we had a surprise for the year level with the

best attendance – Congratulations Year 3! There will be another surprise coming soon.

Here are the attendance levels for SJV currently:

Year 6 – 84.2%

Year 5 – 92.3%

Year 4 – 87.7%

Year 3 – 93.2%

Year 2 – 85.9%

Year 1 – 87.8%

Prep – 84.7%

Walkathon sponsorship cards were sent home today. The weekends are a great time to ask friends, family and neighbours to sponsor your child. There are many great prizes

for children to win and we will officially launch the prizes on Monday morning.

In God We Trust.

Katherine McKay

PRINCIPAL

Edition #15

23 May 2019

Week 5/10

SCHOOL WIDE EXPECTATIONS

Our SJV School-wide Expectations:

Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Safe Be a Learner

Value: Respect

We show respect by speaking and acting with courtesy. We treat others with dignity and honour the rules of our family, school and

nation. Respect yourself, and others will respect you.

SJV LEARNING POWERS

Policy of the Month

Student, Parent and Guardian Complaints Management policy

This policy is available on our school website under BCE Policies.

http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/students-parents/Pages/Student-Parent-and-Guardian-Complaints-Management-policy.aspx

Learning Power for this fortnight:

Collaborative Cal

Grow as a Team

I work with others on a shared goal

I share my talents

I respect the opinions of others

Curriculum Corner

2019 Maths Olympiad

Congratulations to our Maths Olympiad team for completing their very 1st contest yesterday. They really stretched their brains in attempting to solve 5 challenging problems and that is an achievement in itself. The Olympiads are not just about achieving the highest possible score. One of the main aims of the Olympiads program is to encourage students to develop new problem solving skills. We look forward to our 2nd contest on

19th June.

Can you solve the following problem from yesterday’s contest?

Jacob runs at 4 kilometres per hour uphill for half an hour. Then, he runs downhill, along the same route, at 5 kilometres per hour.

How many minutes does Jacob take to come down the hill?

Denise Thomas, Primary Learning Leader

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Prep S Harper Pain; Samuel Orpin; Rosie Proctor 3S Sarah Schwikkard; Luka Templeman

Prep J Sienna Hopper; Allegra Springer 3J Zara Harrison; Zachary Patrick

Prep V Kaitlin Bairstow; Beau Thomas-Appleton 3V Bronte McDonnell-Locke; Oliver Ansley

1S Eli Tasi: Emma Murphy 4S Mikayla Thompson; Zoe Peake; Cole Ferguson; Will Qureshi

1J Summer Brace; Lachlan Winnel 4J Ivy Prime; Harrison Hobbs

1V Isiah Scanlan; Sophie McTernan 4V Oliver Cranny; Sofia Scanlan

2S Leo Donnelly; Arie Hopper 5-6S Tilly Purdy; Lily Sideris

2J Ruby Finch; Oliver Owens 5J Sienna McIlveen; Isabella Faoro

2V Wilkie Miller; Taylor Dundon 6V Serenity Phillips; Layla Merriman

Principal’s Awards

Prep J Evan Stokes

3J Josiah Manning

4S Finn Crawford-Clayton

5-6S Maggie Finch

RELIGION

National Sorry Day Sunday 26 May

This Sunday is National Sorry Day. It is an important time to remember the injustices done to the Stolen Generations (Indigenous Australians who were forcibly removed from their families and communities). This day also gives people the chance to come together and share the steps towards

healing for the Stolen Generations, their families and communities.

A Prayer for National Sorry Day

Holy Father, God of love

Give us the courage to accept the realities of our history

so that we may build a better future for our nation.

Teach us to respect all cultures.

Teach us to care for our land and waters.

Help us to share justly the resources of this land.

Help us to bring about spiritual and social change

to improve the quality of life for all groups in our communities,

especially the disadvantaged.

Help young people to find true dignity and self-esteem by your Spirit.

May your power and love be the foundations

on which we build our families, our communities and our nation,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

(By Wontulp-Bi-Buya Indigenous Theology Working Group)

Year 3 and Year 4 Parish Mass

On Wednesday 5 June, Year 3 and Year 4 students will be attending the SJV Parish Mass at 9:30am. Parents are very welcome to join us.

Winter Appeal

The Redland Bayside Deanery Annual Appeal will be starting next month. Our Catholic Identity Student Leaders are currently working on the

details of this appeal and hope to have this information out to you next week.

Thank you in advance for supporting this very worthy cause.

May peace be with you.

Paula McConnon

(Acting) Assistant Principal Religious Education

SJV School Mass/Celebration Dates—Term 2

Wed 5 June 9.30am Parish Mass

3S, 3J, 3V, 4S, 4J, 4V & families

Wed 19June 9.30am Parish Mass

Year 5 and 6 families

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Message for the Week It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Albert Einstein

Bayside Track & Field Carnival

The information packs for the Bayside District Track & Field Trials scheduled for Thursday and Friday 30 & 31 May (respectively) have now been forwarded to parents. I seek parental support in ensuring all the forms have been completed and returned to the school as soon as possible. SJV

singlets will be distributed to competitors next week.

SJV Singlets

A friendly reminder that the SJV singlets distributed to competitors for all our Inter-School carnivals are on a ‘borrow only’ basis. Please ensure these are laundered and returned to the school via the class pouches or directly to the office as soon as possible after the event. Thank you for

your attention to this.

SJV Showcase

We continue to showcase our students’ sporting achievements in outside school sporting activities. Information and photos for all sporting events

(including local sporting events) can be sent to marian.carlton@bne.catholic.edu.au

Please be mindful that when sending in photos they must contain only SJV students due to privacy and confidentiality legislation.

Thank you for your continued support of ‘all things sport’ at SJV.

Marian Carlton

Health & Physical Education Teacher

LIBRARY

This week is Library & Information Week with the theme Truth, Integrity, Knowledge (TIK). It is a week to consider the important role that libraries play in our community, work, and family life. I know many of our children are members of our council libraries and enjoy the books and activities they provide, especially during the holidays. If you are not a member, I highly recommend that you sign up for a free membership. Be a passionate reader, borrow a book for yourself, and

read side by side with your child - is there anything better?

On Wednesday we came together at 11am for National Simultaneous Storytime and joined over 1,085,587 participants across Australia and

New Zealand reading Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove. With our alpaca puppets and maracas, much fun was had by all.

Last week the school donated books we no longer require to Books-4-PNG. I took a tour of the warehouse and was impressed by the organisation and the very generous volunteers busy working. The much appreciated donations they receive provide resources to those living in remote areas,

making reading possible for children in PNG.

Congratulations to this week’s Best Friends of the

Library 4S and 1S.

Lisa Harris

Teacher Librarian

SCHOOL PHOTO ORDERS

Orders for school photos will close on Wednesday 29 May. All orders are to be placed online at studiokirby.com.au/schools—enter the school

code SJV19 and the student ID (on the envelope that was sent home with your child). If the student ID is unknown, enter KIRBY as the student ID.

REPRESENTATIVE SPORT SINGLETS—PLEASE RETURN

There are still a substantial number of SJV representative sport singlets that have not been returned from the recent Catholic Cross Country

Carnival. Could parents please ensure these singlets are laundered and returned to the office urgently.

P & F NEWS

The Walk-a-Thon is in just over 2 weeks! Gee the 7th of June has come around quickly. Thank you to those parents who have volunteered their time already, but we still needs lots more to make this event possible. Even if you can only spare an hour,

please let us know.

The children will leave the school grounds at 9:30am and walk down to Lota Park. At the park they will rotate through a variety of different activities. This year we have Rookies2Reds, AFL Auskick, Ginger Soccer, Bayside Dance, Billy's Buddies Rugby League and Pocket Rockets all confirmed to attend. The children can also get their hair spray painted, nails painted, tattoos and zinc. We've also added a cake stall. Last year we were able to get the adult to child ratio down to 1 adult to 5 children in the lower

grades and we would love to be able to do that again.

The Sponsorship cards were sent home today, with a list of all the prizes that are up for grabs. We have been so lucky to be supported by our local businesses. At the back of the newsletter you will find a list of our sponsors for this year. We urge you to support those businesses who

support our school.

If you can help in any way, either on the day, providing prizes for the kids or baking for the cake stall, please get in contact with Donna or

Jacquie.

Donna Carr dcarr7799@gmail.com

Jacquie Van Niekerk Jacquie.mattsson@gmail.com

VOLUNTEERS—MANDATORY STUDENT PROTECTION TRAINING

All volunteers (including parents) must be registered with the school and complete ‘Student Protection Training’.

The training is available on the BCE public website under the Student Protection and Code of Conduct training for

volunteers and other personnel link http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/students-parents/student-protection/Documents/

BCE_Volunteer_OtherPersonnel_Training_page/index.html The completed Volunteer and Other Personnel

Registration Form should then be returned to the school office to confirm the training has been undertaken. Parents

do not require a Positive Notice Blue Card. However, all non-parent volunteers (including grandparents) must hold a current Positive Notice

Blue Card for Volunteers. The volunteer cannot be engaged by the school until the Positive Notice Blue Card is received. Applications for Blue

Cards are available from Qld Government Blue Card Services at https://www.bluecard.qld.gov.au/applications/applications.html

The mandatory Student Protection Training must be completed every two years to continue to

volunteer at the school. Parents/caregivers should check with the office if they are unsure when their training is due.

MUSIC AND DRAMA

Calling all helpers for our ‘cutting and sewing’ day for the musical!! The date is Saturday 1 June in the SJV staffroom

between 1pm and 3:30pm. Please bring scissors, cutting mats, pins, ruler and a machine if you have one. We will be

creating the sailors’ neckerchiefs and pirate sashes. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided as a thank you!

Liz Cox, Music Teacher

Andrea Ellis-Vester, Drama Teacher

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

The Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion has now launched and is open between 1 May and 25 June 2019. Please collect as many stickers as you can. We have a collection box in store

at Mayfair Manly West and also at the Wynnum Plaza.

Completed sheets or individual stickers can be placed in one of the collection boxes at Mayfair or Wynnum Plaza, or sent in to

the school office.

TUCKSHOP ROSTER

Friday 24 May Claire Jarman, April Manche, Kristy Bairstow, Stella

Wilson, Carla Cullen

Wednesday 29 May Emma Carroll

Friday 31 May Victoria Breadsell, Michelle Ansley, Tricia Kristjansson,

Bernadette Duong

SJV MOBILE APPLICATION—BCE CONNECT

The BCE Connect mobile app is available for our parent community. BCE Connect makes it

easy for you to keep up with school events and information.

Access is restricted to parents of students at our school and a logon is required. To be able to

logon to the app you must have previously logged into the Parent Portal to activate your

account. The login details are the same as per the Parent Portal.

The latest version of BCE Connect allows us to send announcements as a push notice to

anyone who has installed the app and selected St John Vianney’s and saved as a Favourite, for

example a bus running late from an excursion. Make sure you have notifications enabled on

your device for the app when you install it.

The push notification feature may be used to send an emergency announcement or to highlight

an important message. The notification presents on a mobile device similar to a SMS text

message. You do not have to open the app to see the notification.

Other features include newsletters, school forms and the ability to notify of student absences at the touch of a button.

The best experience is if you log into the app (which is done with the same username and password as the Parent Portal) the app will enable you

to stay logged in for up to a year.

BCE Connect is available to download from:

Google Play Store

Apple App Store