Year 5
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded an MJR Spirit of Jesus Award recently. Let us know if you have seen the Spirit of Jesus at work through members of our school community (parent, grandparent, aunties, uncles etc) recently and we will acknowledge and award them a certificate. Use the link below or the one located…
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We are now in the third week of Lent with the Project Compassion story of Janice, a Wagilak woman and traditional dancer who tells her family’s stories through movements handed down over generations. Like many remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Janice’s faces a range of challenges – low employment and education, financial hardship,…
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Over the weekend, we have received confirmation of further positive cases in the Year 1 and 2 class, so please continue to monitor your child/ yourself for symptoms of COVID-19, get tested if necessary and isolate until you receive a negative result. As outlined on Friday, under very high caseload settings, students identified as close…
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All P&F Meeting Minutes in 2022 are uploaded to the school website and made available for families to access via a link at the bottom of the P&F page. After each meeting a notice will be sent home to inform families that the minutes are ready for viewing. Below is a link to the P&F…
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Easter is just a hop, skip and a jump away so it must also be time for the St Dominic’s annual P&F Easter Raffle! We kindly ask all families to please send in one egg or one bunny per family. Please send to your eldest child’s classroom where the teachers will collect them. We would…
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You are invited to attend this short prayer gathering on the weekend. We will open the gathering 10 minutes prior to start time. As way of preparation, could you: Have a candle ready for lighting Have an additional electronic device with camera and internet connectivity + headphones. Adults and teens are invited to read the…
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Self-Reporting Portal for COVID-19 It is vitally important that parents and caregivers inform the school if their child tests positive for COVID-19. To support our planning for your child’s classroom attendance, please continue to notify St Dominic’s if your child returns a negative PCR/ RAT result, after: being identified as a close contact (Day 1…
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This week through Project Compassion we learn about Biru who lives in a rural village in India’s east. He lost mobility in one of his legs, after contracting polio as a child. Biru worked as a shepherd, looking after other people’s cattle, to support his wife and four daughters. Keeping up with the cattle was…
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Following the decision made last week to postpone our annual Faction Swimming Carnival, a further decision has been made regarding the Interschool Carnival. Following discussions with the schools in our association and with the health and safety of all students in mind, the consensus was to postpone the Interschool Swimming Carnival until Term 4. With…
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Nicole Leach School Counsellor
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