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EMPOWER presents Embrace

The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ Empower Program would love to invite our girls, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and female friends to a very special viewing of Taryn Brumfitt’s documentary – Embrace. When body image activist Taryn Brumfitt posted an unconventional before-and-after photograph in 2013, it was seen by more than 100 million worldwide and sparked an international media frenzy. In her forceful debut, Brumfitt continues her crusade exploring the global issue of body loathing.

Year 5 Taster Day, with Year 9/10 students

On Tuesday 20 September, Year 9 students exercised leadership in their participation in the College Year 5 Taster Day. Four schools were invited to participate in activities to showcase Dominic’s broad range of subjects. These schools were St Paul’s, St Therese’s, St Brigid’s, and our ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ Year 5 classes. Students were given a taste of some of our subjects, including Athletic Development, Design in Wood, EMPOWER, Drama, and Science.

Grandparents Day 2016

What a wonderful day we had for our Grandparents Day on Wednesday 14 Spetember! Our students were delighted and overwhelmed by having their Grandparents join them in the classrooms. In particular it was delightful to see Lucy in Year 1A; she was speechless when her Grandparents arrived from Launceston when she wasn’t expecting them to be able to attend.

Follow them around

​Once 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!

Students enjoy new Rua Hub

It has taken a while but this week we opened up the Rua Hub, a social and recreational space for students to chill out, be with friends, have their lunch, or enjoy a game of table tennis. It is open for all Year 7–10 students before school (8.15-8.35am) and during lunchtime (1.05-1.45pm) each school day. The Rua Hub has a lot of history attached to it. Br Peter Dezani, w

Participation is the key

Each year the 7-10 Houses battle to win the Aggregate Shield. This shield accumulates the points from four key areas – Sport, Academia, Mission and Creative Arts. Students can earn points for talent, particularly in terms of Academic Awards and Achievement and results within Sporting Carnivals and Creative Arts Events.

Feast day - what an exhilirating day!

This week we have enjoyed the festivities of our Feast Day honouring our Dominican Patron Saints – St Dominic Guzman and St Catherine of Siena. It was a great day of prayer, fun and friendship for the whole community. We were grateful to warmly welcome back our former College Rector, Fr Frank Bertagnolli SDB to preside at our mass and to welcome our Dominican Sisters - Sr Pam Davis OP and Sr Mary Rickards OP to join us.​ The day opened with art activities in K-2 - we are in the lead up to our great Creative Arts festival in September, and students across the College are embracing their creative juices! The day closed with after-lunch buddy games for our K-6 students. In between we had it all! Volunteers making healthy salad rolls, academic races, theatresports, Mass and a talent show... here's a few snippets from the day:

Parent Portal opens

All parents who have provided email addresses would have recently received a letter from the Principal about accessing our new parent portal, SEQTA Engage. SEQTA Engage provides parents and guardians with a range of information on their child’s academic progress, including:

Booking for goal-setting day

By now you will have received our letter detailing the Year 3-10 Goal Setting Day we are having on Monday 18 July 2016. If you have not received this letter, please contact the Business Office immediately. K-2 teachers will work with Year 3-10 students, so K-2 students will not commence school in Term 3 until Tuesday 19 July 2016. Just to clarify a few points in regards to parent queries: