Headteacher's Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had a long term since September, but another successful one in terms of progress made by our children and young people and our overall school development. Thank you for the support you have given the School, your preparation of our children for school each day and your regular well wishes, that we have received throughout the year; it has been really appreciated. I know we will all now welcome the Christmas break, the opportunity to recharge and spend time with our families and loved ones, before we go again for the start of the spring term, which begins on Tuesday January 3rd at 9.00am.
The School has celebrated the last week of term well, preparing for the birth of Christ and sharing with all the true meaning of Christmas. The children have really enjoyed the Advent preparation we have undertook this year and have all been full participants in our liturgical services.
We have had class Christmas trips on Monday, which were thoroughly enjoyed by all. Our Christmas Masses and Christmas dinner were again memorable events that staff and pupils engaged with superbly. It was also great to see pupils enjoying their social time in their class parties at the end of the week.
You should have received your child’s school report earlier this week; should you have any concerns please do raise these with the class team early in the new year. We are already planning our parents’ evening for later in the spring term.
Many congratulations to those pupils awarded the ‘Pupil of the Term’ for their Class teams; a fantastic achievement recognising the contributions made by our pupils in school each day.
Class 1; Oskar
Class 2; Jenna
Class 3; Ryan
Class 4; Charlie
Class 5; Will
Class 6; Alfie
Class 7; Justin
Class 8; Rayyan
Class 9; Andrew
Class 10; Tomasz
Class 11; Leon
Class 12; Blythe
Class 13; Daniel
Additionally, very well done to our Key Stage ‘Gold Card’ winners for being awarded ‘Pupil of the Term’ across each Key Stage in School.
Key Stage 3; Heaven and Justin
Key Stage 4; Megan
Key Stage 5; Ben
Once again, thank you for your ongoing support and on behalf of the staff at school and the Governing Body we hope you and your families have a restful and happy Christmas and we send you our very best wishes for the new year.
I hope the following prayer provides you and your families with strength and hope during the Christmas break.
Let nothing disturb you,
nothing frighten you,
all things are passing,
God is unchanging.
Patience gains all;
nothing is lacking to those who have God:
God alone is sufficient.
(St Teresa of Avila)
Mr A Moloney
Mr A Moloney
Headteacher
Stars of the Week
There has been lots of great behaviour and positive attitudes around school this week. The children & young people below were chosen by their class team as 'Star of the Week'.
Lee; For always trying his best in all lessons, and for having a really positive attitude towards his work.
Jase; For being in charge of taking the paper to the recycling bin for Class. Great work Jase.
Szymon; For being more independent in lessons.
George; For showing kindness and empathy towards his classmates and Class team, well done George.
Demarjio; For trying really hard to make the right choices. He has been helpful, caring and kind to his friends and staff. Well done.
Emilia; For contributing to whole school activities and becoming more independent
Adam; For working hard during lessons and helping others with their work
Munir; For much improved attitude and learning.
Charlie; For great effort in Maths this week!
Jensen; For brilliant, mature behaviour this week!
Ethan; For improved speaking, writing and resilience!
Andrew; For an always great and positive attitude to learning and school life.
Leah; For good regulation + a caring attitude
Well done everyone!
Class 13 & Post 16
Class 13 and their fellow Post 16 students visited a beautiful, wintery Dunham Massey for their Christmas trip out. They also worked up a big appetite for their Christmas meal at Bramley Farm.
Class 12
Class 12 congratulated Amy on her 17th birthday. We had a great Christmas trip to Dunham Massey, then went for a carvery at Bramley Farm. We all enjoyed our meal. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a prosperous 2023.
Class 10
Class 10 had a lovely time at McDonalds in Manchester before showing off their golfing skills at Tree Tops Golf in the Printworks.
Class 7
Class 7 have had a great week. They enjoyed their end of year trip to Manchester and ate unlimited pizza! We went to Cornerstone and gave some handmade hampers and gifts that Class 7 and SJV staff donated. Hopefully, this will make some others have a great Christmas this year. We also went on our last farm trip of the year; Farmer Dot took us sledging down the hills and they made snowmen. We also enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner with the rest of KS3 this week. Merry Christmas from Class 7!
Last week the SJV choir visited the Limelight Centre in Old Trafford; the children performed a mix of contemporary and traditional carols. The day provided a great Christmas spirit for the residents of the Limelight Centre; children had a chance to sit and chat with residents and also shared mince pies and were all gifted a selection box from the residents. How kind!
We hope to return again to the Limelight Centre in 2023 at Easter and armistice day and form a strong bond between the school and the centre. Mr Wood and Mrs Rouse would like to thank all the children for all their hard work over the last few weeks and preparing to make the day an incredibly special day for us all.
We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
Our Catholic School
What an amazing final week tonight at SJV! It seems such a short time since it was half term, then the month of the Holy Soul and the Advent. Now it’s time to relax and prepare for Christmas.
We still need to remember though we are in Advent – a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ; remembering daily worship and to reflect on the importance of waiting and preparing for Jesus. Within SJV this week we are reflecting on God’s message from Pope Francis ‘The Lord is coming. May we await him with open hearts!’ The third Advent theme is ‘Joy’. Joy is infectious; be full of joy and others will follow! SJV has been full of Joy this week and it’s been lovely to see.
Within our Catholic school we all got together as a staff on Monday at our Chair of Governors' Father Byrne’s house. It was lovely to spend some time together, relaxing and being able to reflect on our first term.
The chaplaincy team helped prepare two Christmas Masses – one for key stage 3 the other for key stage 4/5 and it was lovely to be back in the chapel worshipping together. Mr Moloney gave out his rewards to the students to recognise those who have gone above and beyond. Then after the service we had a lovely Christmas meal together in our Key Stage prepared by our hard-working kitchen team, it was delicious.
With RE this we have been focussing on the Nativity story and the real meaning of Christmas. We have looked at what we should be grateful for and what gives us hope for the future.
I wish you all a very happy Christmas and to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas with Jesus’ love and time with our families.
Mrs Garfin
Christmas tips for autistic people and their families
Christmas can be an exciting fun time. But new activity can be overwhelming for some of us, we might have to adapt some of our usual plans that shouldn’t stand in the way of an autism-friendly Christmas.
The National Autistic Society have complied a list of tips for the festive period.
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https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/leisure/christmas/tips
Useful helpline numbers for Christmas
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