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Co-curriculum

The Co-Curricular Program at Dominic College provides students with enriching opportunities to be involved in the life of the School outside the formal academic teaching program. All students are encouraged to join in with co-curricular activities, to help discover and develop their gifts and talents beyond the classroom. Students who...

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Martin Kress

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Programs

At Dominic College we have developed programs that meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum using the most up-to-date contemporary research.Learning at Dominic College centres on 'expressive' methods that support student engagement through:Collaborative teamwork Problem-solving Communicating Making connectionsCreating andExpressing themselves in a variety of ways.The College's Teaching and Learning...

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News

Dominic College is a vibrant community of students, staff, families, Old Scholars and volunteers. We produce a fortnightly Newsletter during term, featuring a variety of reports and stories from staff and student leaders in areas of administration, learning and curriculum, wellbeing, community and mission. You'll find a selection of...

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Our Story

The origins and history of Dominic College In 1946 the Salesians of Don Bosco were invited by Tasmania's then Archbishop Tweedy to come to Glenorchy to take over "Boys Town" an orphanage established by the Archdiocese, on a property purchased in May 1945. From November 1946, under the care of...

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A School of Choice

When you choose a Catholic, co-educational, Kindergarten to Year 10 education at Dominic College, you will benefit from the strengths of our faith, our experience and our resources. Kindergarten to Year 10 College all together on one site Dominic students have a consistent learning environment and community right through...

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Kindergarten

Our Kindergarten cares for each student and their family. Your child will experience a safe, stimulating environment with the opportunity to discover new friends, develop an understanding of 'school life' and experience real life learning. Learning environmentOur Kindergarten classrooms offer a variety of settings and experiences with learning centres, free...

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Prep - Year 6

The Prep – Year 6 curriculum develops a solid foundation in the Key Learning Areas of Religious Education, English, Maths, History, Science, Geography, The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Japanese, Technologies and Food Studies. We believe that through combining core curricular subjects with broader specialist education opportunities, balance is...

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Years 7-10

Our Year 7–10 curriculum is structured to engage students in authentic learning to develop logical and creative thinking and to prepare learners for an ever-changing world. Our students are encouraged to be inquiring and reflective thinkers, effective communicators, responsible citizens and self-directed and ethical people. Year 7-10 students have...

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Individual Learning

Dominic College, as an inclusive College, provides an individual learning program which is committed to supporting the needs of our students. Our students have diverse and differing abilities that impel us as educators to seek the best ways to achieve equity and excellence.Students who require differentiated education in order to...

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Guilford Young College

Guilford Young College (GYC) is the only senior secondary Catholic College in Hobart, and the progressive senior campus for Dominic College students after completing Year 10. GYC's northern campus in Bowden Street, Glenorchy, entirely encompasses the former senior secondary campus of Dominic College, and contains many buildings and memorials familiar...

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Staff return with enthusiasm

Last week new staff enjoyed a three-day induction to the College, learning about the history and culture of the College, the Salesian educational methods and the way Dominic College has changed and grown into a modern, Catholic co-educational Kindergarten to Year 10 school.All staff returned to school today, Monday 2...

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Selina Kinne

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Belinda Kumashiro

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Music education: the key to raising literacy and numeracy

In recent years there has been research reported about the advantages of learning to play music for cognitive development in the young.This week in The Age, Anita Collins, a researcher in neuroscience and music education at the University of Canberra made a number of points about the contribution music education...

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NAIDOC Observance

This week we have observed the celebration of NAIDOC Week which begins on Sunday 5 July.At Dominic we have acknowledged this with a Year 3-10 gathering ceremony to celebrate the history, spirituality, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our K-2 students have undertaken curriculum based work...

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Asian Festival Finale a winner

The finale of Dominic College's biennial Asian Festival was a fantastic blend of entertainment and participation. Following weeks of class projects, and three days of displays, sharing, cooking, music and practising their moves, the whole K-6 assembled for a final spectacle. Everyone joined in but the assembly was led by...

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Robotics Club wins FLL regional competition

The new Year 5 and 6 Robotics Club students at Dominic College are on their way to Macquarie University for national finals after winning the Champion Award at the regional First Lego League (FLL) titles on Saturday 14 November. Dominic College hosted the event for five qualifying schools in our...

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​Introduction of Positive Education in Empower K-10

This year we are proudly launching our EMPOWER program across Kindergarten to Year 10. The EMPOWER program has been extended from 7-10 to incorporate our school wide adoption of Positive Psychology and now will be taught in K-6 for the first time. Positive Psychology provides the underlying framework for the...

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Children's author, Sarah Brennan, at Dominic.

On Monday and Tuesday this week, Dominic College was privileged to welcome and learn from children’s author Sarah Brennan.A Tasmanian who lives, writes and publishes in Hong Kong, Sarah currently has 12 children’s picture books available. Her books are written in verse and illustrated by Harry Harrison, who is principal...

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K-6 Open Classroom afternoon for parents

On Wednesday 5 April, K-6 parents and guardians were invited to join their children at school. The afternoon had two purposes. The first was to give K-6 parents another look inside their child’s classroom and have the opportunity to experience the learning activities that take place every day. We had...

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Orienteering gets a great start

Orienteering had a great start in Term 1 at Dominic College.HPE students and teachers were excited to have worked with excellent specialist coaches in Term 1, in learning the basics of Orienteering.Dominic College received $2700 in special funding from the Federal Government through Sporting Schools Funding Grants in Term 1....

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Athletics runs in the family

Brother and sister, Max and Indy Brideson, dominated the field events at the recent Dominic College House Athletics Carnival, breaking four records. Year 10 student, Indy Brideson, won the under 16 discus, shotput and javelin. She broke the previous College record in the discus by two metres. Her brother, Year...

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Music and Art building update

The good news is the building schedule is on track for completion during Term 4. With the site in such a prominent position in the school, the build has been highly visible, and although outward signs of progress appear to have been slow, there has been constant activity, drilling into...

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Year 6 students say it their way

Year 6 students at Dominic College recently premiered their production of ‘Say It Loud!’ The annual show featured three original one act plays devised, scripted and presented by the students. Now in its fourth year at Dominic College, ‘Say It Loud!’ is the culmination of the College’s primary drama curriculum...

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Seven ways to demonstrate on-line skills

NAPLAN Online - trial of the new online assessment platformYou may have heard that NAPLAN online is being introduced across Australia over three years from 2017. Tasmanian Government schools will be administering NAPLAN online from 2019. NAPLAN online hopes to provide better assessment, more precise results and faster turnaround of...

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P&F Raffle Tickets

The P&F will be conducting a raffle that coincides with our Community Fair. The proceeds from this raffle allows the Parents & Friends Community to fund educational resources and play equipment which help enrich the curriculum for our children. There are nine brilliant prizes up for grabs with the total...

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Staff return and prepare

The property and business office teams returned in mid-January, and new staff and leaders woked last week for the new staff inductions and leadership preparations. Now, all staff have returned ready for Term 1 to begin Thursday 1 February.We held a staff Mass on Monday during which new staff received...

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Welcome Br Por

Br Por, a Thai Salesian brother, is in theological training in Melbourne and has come to Dominic to have an experience of pastoral ministry immersion. He attended the first K-6 assembly this week and has been very busy visiting classes from Kindergarten to Year 10. I had the chance to...

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Election material from the TCEO

The Church 's mission provides the rationale for Catholic Education in Tasmania (CET). The Church and Catholic education cannot be portrayed and treated simply as a stakeholder or a service provider participating in current political debates out of a corporate interest. Accordingly, we support the increased investment in education...

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Partner School relationship announced

At the beginning of the term break, I had the privilege of being the guest of Mr Le Thanh Bình in Vietnam’s Ben Tre Province, about two hours south of Ho Ci Minh City. Last year I was introduced to Mr Binh through Tien Ho, the father of Peter and...

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Learning Support 7-10

There is much debate about the best models for inclusion across school environments. A reality faced by all students in all schools, is that there are times and occasions as we grow, when we all have diverse needs. This year Learning Support has been very fortunate to have Ms Kiera...

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Technology in Year 3

Technology has revolutionised the way we think, work and play. Technology, when integrated in the curriculum improves students’ learning processes and outcomes... Students are engaged in their learning using these powerful tools, and can become creators and critics instead of just consumers. https://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-guide-importance; accessed 27 June, 2018As part of Year...

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VET at Dominic College

Dominic College is a proud member of the Southern Tasmania Catholic Colleges Trade Training Centre (STCCTTC) consortium. VET has been a part of the Year 7-10 curriculum for over eight years and each year the results are very satisfying. Two of the courses that students at the College can currently...

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K-6 Parent Workshop - Numeracy Night

Albert Einstein said, ‘Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.’ Mathematics is certainly something that many students and parents worry about but if a great man like Albert Einstein worried about his skill level then we are in esteemed company! Joking...

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Kinder Bears visit the Br Peter Dezani Design Centre

Following on from learning experiences of building and constructing, Kinder Bears were offered opportunities to experiment with the use of hammers and sandpaper in the classroom to help develop their coordination and motor skills. To encourage further learning and new skills, Kinder Bears were invited up to the woodwork room...

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On-line learning for now and in the holidays

At Dominic College students have access to a range of online learning tools. K-6 students have a Mathletics account where they can develop their mathematical skills and an ABC Reading Eggs account for literacy development. Each student has a log on and a password that allows them access to a...

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Launch into Learning 2019

Dominic College’s Pre-Kindergarten program Launch into Learning is becoming part of the curriculum in 2019.There will be four Launch into Learning classes, two on Thursdays and two on Fridays in term time this year. One of Dominic College’s most experienced Kindergarten teachers, Mrs Linda Douglas, will be taking the Launch...

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Vision and commitment

Our Vision at Dominic College is to establish and maintain a positive community of engaged learners striving for the achievement of excellence. This Vision is communicated across various publications - via our website, school diary and many handbooks. A school’s vision helps to set the direction for the students, staff,...

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Frank McDonald Memorial Prize open

The Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize is now open for 2019 to all Year 9 students. Successful students will travel to France and Belgium in April/ May 2020. This year, the Information Pack and Entry Forms are all in a digital format. It is hoped that all students in Year 9...

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Moonah Taste of the World and Harmony Day

Did you realise that the 2016 Census showed that 5,701 people who live in Glenorchy were born overseas and 9.4% of the residents speak a language other than English at home? With figures like these we can confidently say that we live and work in a multicultural place. Last week,...

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Tankyuu Project

During Term 2, the Humanities Department will launch the Tankyuu Project: A cultural exchange program between our Year 8 students and students at our new sister school, Shizuoka Salesio near Tokyo in Japan. This exciting project will allow the students of Dominic College to engage and interact with their peers...

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Retreats at Dominic College

Once a year every priest, religious brother and religious sister (nun) take a week out of their busy schedules to undertake a retreat. It is a time to take stock, to refresh, reset and return to their places of work and living recharged. Fr Damien is on retreat next week...

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Year 8 retreat

The Year 8 Retreat was held on Tueday this week. Students were invited to enter into a special time of reflection where they could begin to understand more about recognising the importance of others around us and to see God in each and every person. Students were encouraged to see...

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Year 9 retreat

On Tuesday 11 June we held our Year 9 Retreat at the Lindisfarne Rowing Club. Students were invited to enter into a special time of reflection where they could begin to understand more about the power of forgiveness and reconciliation, and the need for healing in our own hearts. There...

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ACEL Award for Mrs Kumashiro

Congratulations to our Japanese teacher, Mrs Belinda Kumashiro who has been awarded an Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) TAS Teacher Leadership Award for her outstanding initiatives and excellent leadership as a teacher. Mrs Kumashiro has taken a fledging Japanese language program at Dominic College and developed it into a...

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Science Week Fair at Dominic College

Last Wednesday we celebrated Science Week by holding our second Science Fair. It was rewarding to see so many students engaged in their experiments and having a great time. One group of students who shone academically were the Year 9 and 10 students. Each one of these students undertook an...

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Student trip blogs coming up

In September each year Year 6 and Year 9 make their exciting immersion trips, Year 6 students travel to Canberra and Year 9 students to the Northern Territory. When they eventually graduate from Dominic College old scholars often recall these trips as some of the best times of their education.Parents,...

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The recent death of Sr Maura McAvoy OP

Sadly Dominican sister and former staff member of Dominic College, Sr Maura McAvoy OP passed away in Auburn NSW on Monday 6 July after some weeks of ill health.Sr Maura had extensive leadership experience and generously served the Dominic College community from 1991-1993 as Principal of the then Dominic College...

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Where in the World?

Now that we are globally connected the opportunities to learn about our world have increased in every classroom. In Kindergarten the students are part of a global initiative that celebrates who we are. This ties in with their current curriculum focus of I am unique… there is no one else...

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Dominic honours two more old scholars

Dominic College held the annual Years 6-10 Awards Ceremony on Thursday 26 November 2020 in the Savio Centre. Students receive awards and trophies for a range of subjects and nominations. Each subject studied has a student awarded, and all the winners are published in the College Yearbook. There are also...

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Aboriginal Program and Reconciliation Action Plan

Aboriginal Program Dominic College takes great pride in our Aboriginal students and their families who are connected to and continue one of the oldest living cultures known in the world. We have over fifty Aboriginal students who attend the College in Kindergarten – Year 10. One of our aims as...

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​The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures priority

Dominic College integrates the Australian Curriculum’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures priority into its teaching and learning programs. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures priority provides opportunities for all students to deepen their knowledge of Australia by engaging with the world’s oldest continuous living...

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College Staff

The staff at Dominic College are a dynamic, hard working and talented team. Dominic has been fortunate to attract a range of outstanding and experienced educators, leaders and administrators dedicated to our students and to the College. Generosity and service are key features of the College staff. Each of our...

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​Da Vinci Decathlon Report

In Term 1, sixteen Year 8 students participated in the 2023 Year 7/8 Da Vinci Decathlon.Throughout the day, students were engaged in ten challenges on ten different topics. It was great to see the students working as cohesive teams as they tackled the different challenges. And challenge is indeed the...

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