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
From 23 to 25 January, Dominic College students, Megan Brennan, Breanna Brennan, Shiona Kondo, and I participated in the UTAS Science Experience. The annual UTAS Science Experience is aimed at Year 10 students, especially those interested in a science-related career. We were allocated activities on which to to work, each being a small taster of what a university course includes. The experience showed us th
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Some of our Year 9 and 10 students attended a summer camp - the Don Bosco Camp - in Safety Beach, Victoria. Summer camp was an amazing experience - it was a fun and social event. We all made a bunch of new life-long friends, some of whom are either campers or leaders. We played lots of ice-bre
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We sadly recommenced our school year without our warm and generous Teacher Assistant, Mrs Jenny Edwards. Jenny was taken swiftly and unexpectedly from her family an
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There will be significant changes to the College’s traffic management for the start of the school term to accommodate the work site of the Creative Arts Building Project. The main changes to be aware of are: • The gravel carpark will be a car-free zone from the start of Term 1. This space will no longer be available for parking. • Parking in the K-6 carpark will be accessed by driving up and around the White House for both morning drop-off and afternoon pick-ups. • Parents will be able to use both the bus parking outside the White House and the carpark in front of the Oratory Space throughout the whole day.
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After a 3-day induction last week, new staff were welcomed and made their commitment to the students of the College at ou staff Mass on Monday 30 January. All staff returned to work on Monday for three days of preparation, organisation and friendship, as the College gets ready to welcome back Prep to Year 10 students on Thursday 2 February. During this time sta
View MoreK-6 Meet and Greet is on Tuesday 31 January from 4pm-6pm. The K-6 Meet and Greet is for all K-6 students and their parents - you are welcome to visit your child's classroom and talk to their teacher for 2017. Parents and students should go straight to their child's classroom on Tuesday afternoon. The idea is for stu
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Over 100 children from Early Learning Centres had great fun on our ovals today. Our Dominic Vacation Care hosted children and staff from four Discovery Early Learning Centers, with games, barbecues and activities on a perfect day.
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Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Wishing you and your families a happy and healthy year for 2017, the Year of the Rooster. Susie Allan (Aran sensei) and I are very excited about the year ahead and sharing our passion and knowledge about Japan and Japanese with students from Kindergarten through to Year 10.
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Our Dominic College 2017 Calendar is being printed in January and will be posted home to our families before school commences. You can access our
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As parents and students prepare to return for the 2017 academic year we would like to remind users of the College App to ensure they have updated the ‘tags’ for which they wish to receive news. For example, if you had the Year 6 news tagged and your child is now in Year 7 2017 you should change your tag to Year 7! To check your settings, open th
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