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 stories here, too, plus additional new items in between Newsletters. Your contribution and news is always welcome - please email publications@dominic.tas.edu.au
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 prize pool over $2900. Tickets are $2.00 and are stapled in books of 10. A huge thank you must go to our sponsors.
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Dominic College’s Parents & Friends Committee under the wonderful leadership of parent and old scholar, Mrs Nicola Rayner continues to be a great presence and a proactive force for good in the Dominic College community. This week, P&F members generously prepared and served the BBQ for visitors on site for the Catholic primary schools’ Franklin vs Denison Football and Net
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There is a wealth of talented young artists within our school and five of our Year 10 students have been selected as finalists in the inaugural Tasmanian Young Artist Awards 2017. This award is a new initiative of the annual Tasmanian Craft Fair and provides an opportunity and a platform to highlight the artwork of Dominic College’s young creatives.
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On Wednesday 20 September students from the Year 3/4 an 5/6 choirs, Dominic Ukulele Cool Kids (DUCK) club, and Sarah (Year 7), Sarah and Ella (Year 7), visited Strathhaven Aged Care to perform some musical pieces to the residents.
View MoreOnce more family and friends can follow our student trips in September, as Year 6 visit Canberra, Year 9 visit the Northern Territory and Year 10 students visit Japan. It’s the next best thing to being there!
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Eli Morrison is in the newsletter today for the wonderful Salesian spirit he has shown through his Scouting activities. Eli has been involved in the Scouting movement since his days as a Cub Scout and is a member of the Mt Stuart Scouts. At a meeting of his Troop Council some months ago, Eli suggested that they should raise funds for a cause other than the Scouts. His idea was to run a Sleep
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After weeks of planning and preparation our annual Grandparents Day celebration began with a lovely morning tea in the Savio Centre on Wednesday. It was a wonderful sight to see so many generations enjoying our beautiful Grandparents Song. Students had practised for several weeks to be able to sing with gusto and volume to fill the Savio Centre.
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On Tuesday evening 12 September, the College held our inaugural Showcase of Music and Dance at the Don Bosco Creative Arts Centre at Guilford Young College, a wonderful showcase of performing arts talent from Years 3-10! One of the outstanding features of the evening was the high student participation with over 100 students performing on stage. In addition there were a number of students involved in backstage management, technical production and front of house, and students also compered the show with great conviction and sense of fun.
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On Monday 10 September, all Year 6 students worked on the creek as part of our ongoing rehabilitation/conservation Science project. Everyone worked very hard weeding, mulching, clearing, cage making and re-caging most of the plants we had planted two years ago. The current protective guards had become too small for the growing plants.
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Congratulations to the Year 10 Class of 1977 for hosting a very warm and success reunion on Saturday 9 September. Upstairs at Grantleigh was the scene for about 40 ex-students, with lots of hugs and a fair bit of double checking of people's identities, as it was up to 40 years since seeing each other!
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