St John Vianney’s is a vibrant, welcoming community. With Christ as our centre we strive to develop the full potential of each person.

Parish Weekend

Mass Times

Saturdays - 6pm

St John Vianney’s

Sundays - 9 am

St Judes

Children’s Liturgy

2nd, 3rd & 5th

Sundays of the

month

89 Namatjira Drive, Waramanga 2611

Email: office.sjv@cg.catholic.edu.au Phone: 6288 2383 Fax: 6288 8578 Community Council: sjvcommunitycouncil@gmail.com

Important

Dates:

3 Apr

Palm Sunday

Prayer

Celebration

9.30am

5 Apr

Mackillop Visit to

SJV 9.30am

6 Apr

Fr Tony Percy visit

Year 6 about

Confirmation

12.30

7 Apr

Holy Thursday

Prayer

Celebration

9.30am

Stations of the

Cross/Easter 2pm

Last day of

Term 1

9 Apr

PALM SUNDAY

Term: 1 Week: 9

2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome everyone to the end of Week 9. We only have one more week till the end of term!

Where has the time gone?

Hall Storage

A massive thank-you to Jamey Dutkiewicz and his company Brother Projects. Jamey has

donated his time and resources to build the school a new storage room in our hall for all our

chairs and trestle tables. This will complete the tidy-up of our hall. Please pass on a big thanks to

Jamey and Sonia when you see them next.

Open-Day Flyers

As I reported in last week’s newsletter, we are now able to receive enrolments from Weston. It

would be great if we could get some volunteers to drop off Open Day flyers into all our intake

suburbs, especially newly obtained Weston. If everyone takes a street (and some generous

people have taken a lot more than that) we will cover our intake areas in no time. You may

even see me and other staff members beating the pavement during the holidays!

Soccer Carnival

It was fabulous to see our boys and girls at the Catholic Schools Soccer carnival on Sunday. It

was a glorious day and every child I asked said they were having a great time. A big thank-you

to all the parents, team managers and coaches who made the day possible as well as Mr

Stephens for coordinating teams and entry information.

Working Bee Sunday 2nd April 9am-12pm– Central Courtyard

A final reminder for the Working Bee this weekend. Please see the schedule outlined further in

this newsletter. There will be a BBQ provided by St Vincent de Paul. WE NEED YOU!!!!! Even if you

can only spare an hour or two, please come along and give a hand.

Please RSVP by emailing your availability to Paul Urbaniak on – umaniaks@bigpond.net.au

One thing to Keep, Change and Add

Earlier in the term I sent a survey out for one thing that people might like to keep, change or add

to improve our school. As a result, I will be posting in the newsletter one thing from each

category that the school is looking at. The issues I have chosen will have contained a common

thread from the received surveys. Unfortunately, we can’t keep, add or delete things from

individual responses.

Keep – The Reading Rockets program.

Learning Support do an amazing job with this program and it is certainly something we plan to

always continue.

Stop – The sometimes poor presentation of our school grounds.

The Eager Environmentalists are keen for our playground to be clean. We are in discourse with

the children about an Environment Award to motivate all the children to keep our playground

tidy.

The talk around the school is very positive. Mostly about what we are currently doing and where

we are heading.

Introduce – Further immersion of Italian.

Sounds like a great idea. We will be talking with staff and will discuss things such as school

signage, cultural items and maybe guest visits to increase the profile of Italian in our school.

VIANNEY’S VOICE St John Vianney’s Primary School

Baby News

Congratulations to the Taflaga family (Lucia 1/2JB) on the safe arrival of baby Novak last Friday.

School Wide Positive Behaviours

The children are embracing our new program. I have seen dozens and dozens of children exchanging yellow

tokens for red. In fact, John Paul in 5/6 is about to move onto the blue token level. At this rate he will be in my

office next term being treated to lunch.

Farewell

Today we farewell the Longford family (Skye 1/2B and Angus 3/4C) from SJV. We wish them all the best at their

new school. A big thanks to Steve and Mary who took an active role in their children’s learning and the life of our

school community.

BBQ Wheels

A big thank-you to Lindsay Collison, grandfather to Georgia, Luca and Patrick, who is attaching wheels to our two

BBQ’s. This will take them from ‘good to awesome’ as they will be easy to move anywhere around the school.

Have an amazing weekend and God bless.

Peter Rodda

Principal

Just a reminder that the new date for our Term 2 start will now be

Wednesday 26 April.

Don’t forget to turn

your clocks BACK one

hour.

Reading is Funny Day – 1 April 2017 April Fool’s Day is a perfect day to show your kids that reading can be

both funny and fun. If you have ever tried and failed at getting your child

to put down the video games and pick up a book, this might be the day for

you! Reading is Funny Day aims to show children that reading can be just

as fun as more modern entertainment, whether it be with jokes, riddles or

funny stories.

Take the opportunity on this day to show your children how fun reading

can be. Download riddles from the internet to get your children engaged,

go to the local library to check out a few funny books or even spend the

day making up funny stories of your own! Setting this day aside to

concentrate on having fun reading can be a real eye opener to the children

of today and may even encourage them to start to read on their own on

other days of the year!

Tennis Clinics The whole school have enjoyed Tennis lessons this term. Thanks to Joe and Rob from the Canberra School of Tennis. The clinic was made possible because of a grant from Schools Sport and funds from SJV’s Community Council. Mrs D’s ‘Thought of the Week….’

‘I feel like I should clean the house, so I am going to read until the feeling passes.’ Unknown source

Nina De Rosa

Assistant Principal

Learning Corner by Nina De Rosa

Catholic Schools’ Soccer Tournament Congratulations to all students who participated in the Catholic Schools’ Soccer Tournament last Sunday. It was a glorious day and everyone had loads of fun playing soccer and cheering on their friends. A very big thank you to all the parents and volunteers who helped organise the day.

South Weston Swimming Carnival Congratulations to all students who represented St John Vianney’s Primary at the South Weston Swimming Carnival at the AIS on Thursday. All competitors swam their best and made SJV proud. Thank you to all the parents who were able to assist throughout the day.

Co-ordinator News by Tim Stephens

John 11: 1 - 45

Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead The context for this Sunday’s Gospel reading is that there has been

growing animosity from the Jewish leaders toward Jesus. The people have

been pressing Jesus to declare if he is the Messiah. Jesus tells them to look

to His works, which testify to His coming from God. Many do not believe

Jesus and some try to stone Him for blasphemy. Mary and Martha, the

sisters of Lazarus, send word to Jesus that his friend is ill. When Jesus

arrives two days later, a weeping Martha meets Jesus. Martha remains

confident that God will do whatever Jesus asks. Martha affirms her belief

that there will be a resurrection of the dead in the last days. Then Martha's

sister, Mary, comes to Jesus with the same confidence, saying that Jesus

could have cured Lazarus. Jesus asks to be brought to Lazarus's tomb

where He prays and calls Lazarus out from the tomb. At this sign, many come to believe in Jesus, but others

take word of the miracle to the Jewish authorities, who begin their plans for Jesus' death.

HOLY WEEK CELEBRATIONS During Week 10 we will be celebrating Holy Week. Holy Week recalls the events surrounding the Suffering,

Death, and Resurrection of Jesus. Parent and carers are welcome to join us for these very important events in

the Church’s liturgical year.

ANZAC DAY

Year 3/4C will be leading us in our ANZAC Day Prayer

Celebration on the first day of Term 2 (26th of April at

2:30pm). We would like to invite all of our school community

to come to this important celebration so we can remember all

those who fought and died protecting our country. We also

welcome all serving and ex-serving ADF and Foreign Military

personal and ask that they wear their uniform to this

celebration.

Have a great weekend.

Sharee Thomas

R.E. NEWS by Sharee Thomas

Prayer Celebration Date Class Responsible

Palm Sunday

Monday 3rd April @ 9:30am

Term 1 Week 10 3/4 CA

Holy Thursday Friday 7th April @ 9:30 am 5/6 J

Good Friday and Easter Sunday Friday 7th April @ 2:00pm 1/2 B

ANZAC Day

Wednesday 26th April @ 2:30pm

Term 2 Week 1 3/4 C

Happy Birthday Henry L

Welcome to Lucy N who has started at the ELC in the Joeys class.

This week the Joeys completed their cross country run with the

cheering support of their year 5L buddies. Today the fruit shop

looked different and it took us a while to work out what had

changed. With the help of Ms Thomas we worked out that the fruit

and vegetables were displayed in patterns. A huge thank you to

the St Jude’s music teacher Leanne Thomas for spending

Wednesday afternoon with us. We enjoyed learning and singing

new songs and loved her ukulele.

Baby Congratulations – Congratulations to the Taflaga family on

the safe arrival of baby Novak last Friday.

Holiday Care – If you require holiday care for your ELC child

please place your bookings by Tuesday 4th April. The ELC will

NOT be open on the 24th of April. Term 2 will commence on

Wednesday 26th of April.

WARAMUNCHIES Volunteer Roster

The Canteen is open each

Wednesday and Friday Wednesday 5 April

Anna Morton 10.30

Friday 7 April Emma Kennedy

Sonia Dutkiewicz Kate Carroll

Philippa Woodhill Elizabeth Woods

If you are volunteering in the canteen, please make sure you have your WWVP

card with you.

Canteen News

ELC News

SCHOOL

WORKING

BEE Sunday 2nd April

9am-1:00pm Big Kids Program Move the plants out of the courtyard

Re-pot some of the seedlings

Move the raised garden beds out of the courtyard

Clear out weeds in the internal courtyard gardens

Clean the pavers in preparation for painting a giant chess-

board

Move the greenhouse

Clean the courtyard windows

Clear out the woody weeds around the south side

What to bring:

We’ll need a few wheelbarrows

We’ll have a few trailer-loads of green waste to the Mugga

Lane Tip, so a couple of trailers would be appreciated

Weeding tools, spades

Outdoor broom and spider web broom

Pruning saw, loppers

Pressure sprayer to clean the pavers

Gloves, buckets

Window cleaning squeegees

Kids Program 9:15 – Easter Egg Hunt

10:00 – Easter DVD – ‘Hop’

11:35 – Colouring in competition.

12:00 BBQ Lunch – Sausage Sizzle.

89 Namatjira Drive, Waramanga 2611

Email: office.sjv@cg.catholic.edu.au Phone: 6288 2383 Fax: 6288 8578 Community Council: sjvcommunitycouncil@gmail.com

SJV Fortnightly Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

3 Apr

Palm Sunday

Prayer

Celebration

9.30am

4 Apr 5 Apr

Mackillop Visit

to SJV 9.30am

Henry Speight

Brumbies

player Visit -

Role Models

Yr 3/4

6 Apr

Fr Tony Percy

visit Year 6

about

Confirmation

12.30

7 Apr

Holy Thursday

Prayer

Celebration

9.30am

Stations of the

Cross/Easter

2pm

Last day of

Term 1.

8 Apr 9 Apr

PALM

SUNDAY

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr

TERM 2

COMMENCES

St Clare's

‘Try a day’

ANZAC Day

Prayer

Celebration

2.30pm

27 Apr

St Clare's

Open Evening

28 Apr

Confirmation

Retreat Day

29 Apr 30 Apr

Term 1

Wk 10

2017

Term 2

Wk 1

2017

Kinder St Anthony Alex Woods

Year 1/2 St Brigid Georgie Burrows

Year 1/2 St John the Baptist Kaelan Mogensen

Year 3/4 St Catherine Jasmine Donelly

Year 3/4 St Patrick Zara Mogensen

Year 5/6 St Joseph Elizabeth-Mia Fitzpatrick-Muller

Year 5/6 St Paul Kathleen Quinlan

The Arts Annika Plenty

Library Gabriella Walker

REC Jack Stockbridge

Assistant Principal Jainil Patel

Prinicpal Kaiden Tyhouse

Certificates will

be awarded at

next Friday’s

Assembly.

MERIT AWARDS

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Book Fair Viewing - Library