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Community Events

Music students perform at Clarence Eisteddfod

Last week, over 120 Dominic students performed in the City of Clarence Eisteddfod, and we saw some excellent performances.

3-4 Sports Day - schools join in the fun

â€‹Students from 4 local catholic schools joined ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬ Year 3 and Year 4 students for a day of friendship, participation and good competitive fun as we hosted the Year 3/4 Sports Day.

Raising Girls with Steve Biddulph

â€‹Earlier this year on Wednesday 11 April, we hosted renowned parent educator and psychologist Steve Biddulph for the first time. On that night, Steve gave his world famous talk on raising boys. It was an enlightening, moving and emotional night and everyone who attended walked away smiling, a little wiser and with a new perspective on boys, including how they grow and develop and the importance of key relationships in their lives. Many left inquiring about whether Steve would be able to return to cover girls.

Year 6 Canberra trip blog

It is that time of year again, and the countdown is on as we head to the last few weeks of Term 3! Students are getting very excited about the prospects of jetting to Canberra for an educationally rich trip, full of wonderful experiences and great times shared with classmates. This year we have a couple of new venues on our itinerary to explore that link in with History, Geography as well as Science.

Tasmanian Governor has fun

The Governor of Tasmania, Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Kate Warner and her husband Mr Warner attended our production of Much Ado About Nothing last Friday night.

Melbourne Writers Festival 2018

On Monday 27 August, Rachael Glidden, Sophie Moy, Lily Bowerman, Hannah Lane-MacDonald, Henry Edwards, Tyler Wheeler, Abbey Turner, Chloe Cooper, Erin Waters and Heidi McPherson headed to Melbourne with Mr Kress and Mrs Le Rossignol for the Melbourne Writers Festival. We departed Hobart early and arrived in Melbourne at about 7.20am. We caught the Sky Bus into town and went to Federation Square where the workshops were held.

Death of Mr Frank Lewis

Last week St Johnâ€™s held a funeral service to remember the life of Frank Lewis, old scholar of Boysâ€™ Town and past parent and friend of ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬. Frank was born in 1943 in England, grew up in a Catholic orphanage and was one of the 39 child migrants sent to Glenorchy during 1952. These boys had some hard times, struggled with schooling and often were left to cope with life after school without support or family.

Veritas 2018

â€‹This yearâ€™s Veritas magazine, the magazine of the Dominic Old Scholars Association, has been mailed to families and to old scholars who are on our mail list. If you have not received your copy by 5 September, please email oldscholars@dominic.tas.edu.au and include your correct postal address. We will investigate and send you a new magazine if it has gone astray.

Derwent Valley Concert Band Spring School

The Derwent Valley Concert Band would like to extend a warm invitation to all musicians to participate in its fifth annual, non-residential concert band Spring School held at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬, over the middle weekend of the upcoming school holidays.

Retrospective demonstrates student and old scholar talent

â€‹Talking Heads Retrospective, held on the final night of the ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬ Creative Arts Festival in the Peacock Theatre at Salamanca, was not only an exciting night of theatre, but demonstrated the talent pathway available for students who pursue rich dramatic experiences at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬.