St John Vianney School Newsletter 13.06.2025

Headteacher's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

I do hope you and your families are well?

There are now only five weeks left before we break for the summer holidays, (Friday 18th July at 3.15pm), and we are busy preparing for the end of the academic year and the new one, which will begin on Tuesday 2nd September at 9.00am for our pupils. We are having to revert to our usual finishing time of 3.15pm on Friday 18th July, as transport teams are having difficulty staffing their teams for an earlier finish that day.

We have planned for a range of activities for pupils in these last 5 weeks; activities for pupils to celebrate their successes this year. Other events include:

• June 17th Careers Morning KS4 and KS5
• June 20th KS4 Visit to the MMU Art degree show
• June 27th Leavers’ Mass and Celebration
• July 3rd and 4th D of E Expedition
• July 11th Sports afternoon at Longford Park
• July 14th Class end of year Trips
• July 16th End of Year Masses 9.30am (KS4/5) and 11.15am (KS3)

Next week additionally, our KS3 Cricket team are representing the school at a SEND Cricket competition at Middleton Cricket Club, we have footballers in a tournament representing ‘City in the Community’, KS4 pupils have a work experience day at the Manchester Museum and pupils in KS4 and 5 are busy preparing for their Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. Another busy week ahead at SJV.

On Friday 27th June we will have our leavers’ service and celebration for the pupils who officially leave us on this day. It will be a sad occasion in many ways, but we will certainly celebrate pupil achievements with them, before they leave. We also start our transition work for September in the next few weeks, when we welcome into School the parents of pupils who will join SJV in September. We look forward to welcoming the children and their parents who begin their journey with us at SJV.

The collation of our annual reports is now taking place and we are planning to send the pupils' report home to you week beginning 7th July.

Finally congratulations to Megan, who’s Andy Warhol inspired self portrait has been recognised in the national Unique Art Awards competition. A huge recognition for her really impressive and talented work. Well done Megan and Mrs Wood.

It continues to be a busy time for all in school and we appreciate, as always, the positive behaviour and cooperation of our pupils and the continued support of their parents and carers.

Best wishes for the weekend.

Mr A Moloney, Headteacher

Key information and Dates for your Diary

Dates for your Diary

• Fri 27th June @ 13:40pm - Leavers’ Mass and Celebration.
• Mon 14th July - Class end of year trips.
• Wed 16th July - End of Year Mass 9.30am and 11.15am.
• Fri 18th Jul @ 3:15pm - School closes for the half term break.
• Mon 1st Sep - All Day - Staff INSET Day. School closed for pupils.
• Tue 2nd Sept @ 9:00am - School re-opens for the next academic year.

Key Info

Allergies

Please be aware that we have a number of pupils in school with severe nut allergies. To reduce the risk of exposure for these young people, we aim to keep the school nut free. In order to support us with this we kindly ask that you:

• Do not give children nuts or nut products in their packed lunches.
• Do not give nuts, nut products or snacks/bars containing nuts for break time snacks.
• Do not send cakes or food items, containing nuts, in to school for birthday celebrations, cake sales or events.

Thank you for your support.

Lunches

Week commencing 16th June 2025:

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to our Stars of the week:

• Class 1 - Shawn - For great independence at the shop.
• Class 2 - Freya - For encouraging others and taking responsibility in class.
• Class 3 - Cory - For great effort in his work, excelling during his spelling test and showing great maturity and strength.
• Class 4 - Will - For his participation in the CITC boxing session.
• Class 5 - Lee - For thinking of others and helping without being asked.
• Class 6 - Isabella - For being an always pupil.
• Class 7 - Rodger - For attendance and effort.
• Class 8 - Sean - For being an always student and for being a great influence, setting a good example to his friends.
• Class 9 - Charlie - For wonderful behaviour and work.
• Class 10 - Alfie - For being kind to peers, having a fantastic positive attitude, and working well all week!
• Class 11 - Joe - For being engaged in all his lessons and working hard in SALT.
• Class 12 - Laura - For working hard on her independence this week.
• Class 13 - Liz - For having a good settled first week back.

Employee Of The Week

Congratulations to Mrs Dinsdale and Mrs Kay!!

Highlights of the Week

Our Catholic School

Our spiritual focus this week, Jesus said:

'If you love me, keep my commandments. A new commandment I give you; is to love one another as I have loved you.'

- John 13:34

Within our Catholic school, we continue celebrating as a staff through weekly reflection and Mass, sharing God's love, comfort and support with one another. Our weekly Chaplaincy meetings are continuing well and it is great to see so many pupils attending our voluntary Mass for pupils.

Class 10 enjoyed their visit to the Hidden Gem church, as part of the 2025 Jubilee Year 'Pilgrims of Hope'. Within the rest of the school, we continued looking at world-wide religions. Our students enjoy choosing topics that they would like to know more about, allowing our children and young people to be in control of their own learning.

Mrs Garfin

Poetry Corner

Congratulations to our poet in residence Oliver Lomax who has just won the Los Angeles International Poetry Film Prize!

Oliver said, "I’m still a little overwhelmed and shocked to have won, much gratitude to our wondrous Composer - Pete Whitfield, Videographer - Jan Koblanski, and Film Editor - Nicole Williamson".

Also, importantly to the local folk who spoke to me at the site, it is their stories and generosity that shaped this piece. Their voices have travelled from Little Hulton to LA and I could not be any prouder.

It’s vital that our young poets here at SJV see that working-class voices and stories occupy an important space in the poetry world.

To listen to Oliver's winning poem, 'Cutacre Country Park', click on the video below.

Oliver Lomax

Useful Information

Parents & Carers — Have you signed your child’s device up to Qustodio yet?

We want every pupil to explore the digital world safely and confidently. That’s why we provide Qustodio, a free-to-families online-safety app that:

• Filters inappropriate websites, games and social media
• Sets healthy screen-time limits for study, sleep and downtime
• Sends you instant activity reports so you always know how your child is using their device. And so much more...

How to get started

Free for families: You can sign up and protect one of your child’s devices for free. Go to the E-Safety page, within the parents section of our school website, or click on the following link to get started: Qustodio

- Mrs J Griffin, Family Liaison Officer, Deputy Safeguarding Lead.

Click on the following link to open a directory of useful links and information about facilities, activities and support available to you and your young person: INFORMATION DIRECTORY