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Teaching & Learning

Time to pack!

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. Itâ€™s the next best thing to being there!

Looking after the creek

â€‹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.

Vocational Education and Training at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬

VET classes at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬ are very busy finalising work units by the end of the year ready for assessment. The aim is to obtain comp

Seven ways to demonstrate on-line skills

You 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 information. Our school has opted to trial the new assessment platform (the computer system the test will be taken on) and assess our readiness to participate in NAPLAN Online from 2019.

Tournament of Minds

Last weekend, two ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬ teams participated in the State Final of the Tournament of Minds, a problem solving programme for teams of students from primary and secondary years who solve demanding, open-ended challenges from many disciplines. Teams work on a Challenge for six weeks without assistance from teachers, parents or peers. They are encouraged to explore possibilities and experiment with ideas as they endeavour to produce their best possible solution, to be communicated creatively, working within predefined parameters such as limited materials, complex criteria and the deadline of Tournament Day.

Year 7-10 assembly

College assemblies are always a highlight in our week. Whether they are for Kindergarten to Year 6, Year 7-10 or our wonderful Kindergarten-Year 10 whole school assemblies, they are always full of inspiring student achievement and wonderful appreciation by students for each otherâ€™s efforts.

Students at the Melbourne Writers Festival

On Monday 28 August, ten students (five Year 7s and five Year 8s) plus Mr Kress and Ms Agius took an early flight out of Hobart and arrived in Melbourne for the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF). MWF is a festival of various workshops and sessions with different authors teaching those who attend ideas about ways to improve their writing.

â€‹Jerry and Izzy

Animal husbandry has helped me throughout the year with my confidence, ability to work under pressure and has given me a unique experience no other elective has offered me!

Music and Dance Showcase coming up

On Tuesday evening 12 September, ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ»ÆÆ¬â€™s Music and Dance Showcase Evening will be held at the Don Bosco Creative Arts Centre, Guilford Young College. This is a new event on the Dominic calendar and will provide an opportunity to present some of the larger scale Music and Dance works students have developed this year.

Students to the Melbourne Writers Festival

â€‹On Monday 28 August, ten Year 7 and 8 students will catch an early flight to Melbourne to attend two exciting days at the 2017 Writers Festival. The Melbourne Writers Festival is an annual two we