St John Vianney Newsletter 09.06.23

Dear Parents and Carers,

I do hope that you had a pleasant Whit break with your families and are enjoying the summer sunshine?

The children have returned to school well this week and are settled back into their school routines. The final half term of the academic year is always an exciting one, with many looking forward to the range of exciting summer activities we have in school and others looking forward to the long summer break. There is always a hint of sadness at this point in the year also, as we are preparing to say ‘goodbye’ to some of our pupil leavers in late-June and to staff who will leave before the summer break. We are busy planning for these events to celebrate the contributions made by all, over many years, to the SJV community.

The highlight of this week was the whole school visit to the Blue Planet Aquarium in Chester, to celebrate World Oceans’ Day. I was really impressed with the mature and cooperative approach made by our pupils, who were excellent role models to the many other schools that attended yesterday. The trip was valuable in helping our children understand the role we all have in conservation; ensuring we look after the planet and the diverse habitats that co-exist with humanity. It was another positive way to reflect on Pope Francis’ Laudato Si message, which has been a key feature in school this year.

We are starting now to make plans for the final weeks of this academic year and are busy pupil report writing at present. We have started this week the compilation of the summer (annual) report. The reports take considerable time to write and collate and we aim to have them with you in the second week of July. The reports will identify the progress and achievements made in all subjects and in the wider areas of the curriculum by your child throughout their year at School.

We are also planning on a number of events for pupils to mark the end of this year in school. Perhaps the most important event for your diary is the Summer Fair at School on Saturday 1st July from 1pm-3pm. Please make every effort to join us with your families; it would be great to see you in school supporting us.

Can I remind you please that School closes for the summer break on Friday, July 21st at the earlier time of 1.30pm. We have informed transport teams already of this earlier finish. We will then reopen to pupils on Tuesday, 5th September at 9.00am. Monday 4th September is an INSET day for staff.

Best wishes for the week ahead.

Mr A Moloney, Headteacher

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Our Catholic School

‘God so loved the world that he gave us his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.’

We are reminded in the Gospel this week that God has provided us all with the greatest of gifts. Do we really understand the importance of this ‘gift’? We are trying, at SJV, to live our best life and to the fullest, making good use of our gifts and talents.

Within our Catholic school, the chaplaincy team are busy preparing for three big events;

• Come Dine With Us; we have invited refugees and asylum seekers from our local community in to school to dine with us and share their stories.
• Our leavers service at the end of June.
• Our end of year service.

A very busy few weeks for us, lots of wonderful ideas and suggestions generated by our Chaplaincy team.

Within RE this week we have been looking at worldwide faiths. It has been great to discover what we knew already and what we wanted to learn.