Pre-Kindy

Dominican Cross The Dominican Cross is a symbol that represents the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominican Order.  The Cross is a Gyronny Cross, which reflects the characteristic Dominican habit, largely unchanged for 800 years: a long white tunic, contrasting with a black cloak, shoulder cape and/ or scapular.  The black and white…

Here at St Dominic’s we promote healthy eating habits. When your child attends St Dominic’s, around one third of their daily food intake occurs at school.  So, with that thought in mind, we encourage families to provide a lunch box with food from each of the five food groups to ensure their child is getting…

Following on from Justin O’Malley’s presentation earlier this week and as you may be aware via communications over the past few years, we have implemented the Keeping Safe Child Protection Curriculum here at St Dominic’s School.  It is a government requirement that all schools adopt and implement an appropriate research based child protection program.  The Keeping…

I hope that everyone had a restful and rejuvenating summer break, and that you are ready to dive into the new school year with energy and enthusiasm. As we begin this new school year, we reflect on our schools patron saint, St Dominic, a man of great faith, wisdom, and compassion.  He founded the Order…

There are many ways in which we share information with families here at St Dominic’s, both verbally and digitally.  We continue to focus on making information easily accessible, timely and available when needed.  Below is an outline of the main communication streams we use. eNewsletter – Once a week (previously on a Sunday but will be…

Throughout your child’s enrolment at St Dominic’s School, classroom teachers will enhance lessons and routines with visiting presenters (‘incursions’) and activities delivered off site (‘excursions’).  Incursions and excursions are designed and safely delivered to the same standard as regular classroom instruction and in accordance with CECWA Policy.  All school activities, regardless of who delivers them…

I write to you with exciting news regarding our school fees for the 2023 academic year. St Dominic’s School has been approved to reduce school fees as a result of changes to the overall funding model for Catholic schools in Western Australia.  Our school and Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) are able to utilise a…

Greetings dear Sisters and Brothers in our Parish family! It is a joy for me to send you this message as we celebrate Christmas. While we are living through some truly challenging times, we still dare to light the Christmas candles and rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ. We do so because we know…

The process of appointing the Year 1 teaching position is now complete and I am pleased to announce that we will be welcoming two staff members to this role in 2023.  Mrs Shelley Gibson (Monday and Tuesday) and Mrs Justine Jacobs (Wednesday to Friday) join our school after several years working at Loretto Catholic Primary School,…

The St Dominic’s School uniform continues to be available via JFE’s shopfront located at Unit 1, 85 Guthrie Street, Osbourne Park, or online via their website.  Further details, including opening hours and a link to their online website, can be found here on our school website. In preparation for next year, below is a link…