A message from our Headteacher
Dear Parents and Carers,
I do hope that you had a pleasant Whit break with your families?
The children have returned to school well this week and are now settled back into their schooling 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 forwards 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 mid-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.
We are starting 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 area 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. We have a range of activities including an outdoor festival, Crafternoon, a fun sports day and rearward sports events to look forward to.
Can I remind you please that School closes for the summer break on Thursday, 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 Wednesday, 7th September at 9.00am. Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET days for staff.
Best wishes for the week ahead.
Mr A Moloney
Headteacher
Please note, we have made a change to the School Calendar for the summer term 2022.
Friday 24th June is now an additional School holiday for St John Vianney School. The School will be closed on this date.
This additional date is in lieu of the national holiday for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration, which falls during the Whit break on June 3rd 2022.
The term dates for 2022-23 have now been approved by the Governing Body and are now available on the School website.
Stars of the Week
Each week a 'Star of the Week' is chosen by the class team to celebrate achievements both academic and pastoral.
This week we are celebrating the following achievements:
- Aiden - For great independent work in English.
- Zack - For being a great friend and encouraging others.
- Amanda - For being a kind and genuine friend to everyone in Class 7.
- Emilia - For being so confident when reading in the chapel.
- Micah - For showing good use of emotional intelligence in peer interactions.
- Jay - For being a great role model, using his initiative, being helpful and a good friend.
- Adam - For being an always student and asking some really mature questions about father Nick's journey to becoming a priest.
- Adam - Improved 'Make a Difference' work.
- Hassan - Hassan played so well with his friend at 'Antz in your Pantz!'
- Abbas - For his improved attendance and cheerful attitude to learning.
- Charlie - For an amazing 'have a go' attitude at the farm over the last half term.
- Rome - For improved behaviour and maturity.
SJV Class News
Our Catholic School
It lovely to be back and I hope you had a great half term; it was lovely that we got to celebrate the Queen's jubilee. I cannot believe we are now starting our last half term before the summer holidays. This year has gone so fast, we at SJV are looking forward to lots of lovely events, as we spend our final seven weeks together of this academic year.
Our prayers within SJV continue to call for Peace for the Ukrainian people. This week’s focus reminds us the importance of making our relationships with others strong; ‘May we be united to one another, by the power of love which the Holy Spirit pours into our hearts’. This is an important quote from Pope Francis on how we conduct every minute of our lives.
Within our Catholic school, I delivered some whole school vital staff training on the new section 48 focus, and the staff had lots of useful insights on how we can develop the Catholic life in the school. We continue to celebrate our staff mass together each week and have staff reflection weekly also, which included this week the launch of our school poem by our resident poet Oliver Lomax in our staff reflection on Friday before school. The chaplaincy team are busy preparing for three big events. The team getting their 'faith in action' award at Wardley Hall, our leavers service at the end of June and the end of year service. A very busy few weeks for us, lots of wonderful ideas and suggestions have been generated by our chaplaincy teams.
In RE this week, we have been looking at Corpus Christi and the Passover meal and how important it is to recognise the gifts that Jesus gave us. We have also looked at the importance British Values and why we should uphold them.
By Mrs Garfin
A word from our Family Liaison Officer and Deputy Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Julie Griffin
A few tips from our emotional and mental wellbeing team here at SJV.
Empathy is the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation.
Empathy Day aims to help everyone understand and experience the transformational power of empathy through stories. It's a day that focuses on using books to step into someone else’s shoes, and feel what they feel. It's said that we can train our brain with stories – the more you empathise with characters, the more you understand other people’s feelings. With this in mind, we can teach children how to take this ability and translate it into the real world.
The theme this year is empathy - our human superpower! Empathy is a special skill you can develop to transform your life, your relationships, and even the world itself.
Why not get stuck in and join the empathy superpower challenge? Feel inspired to Read, Connect, and Act and then pass it on to encourage someone else to boost their superpower too!
Enjoy your Weekend!
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