Week 4 Bulletin

This week's Bulletin is a challenge for any parent reader.  It is full of interest, but 10 pages in all.  You will find throughout a record of an amazing array of awards which our students from Primary right through to Year 12 have won as individuals.  In terms of group interaction within the wider community, there are some beautiful stories of visits last week by St Dominic's students to the Flora MacDonald Retirement Community to read their poetry, and on Monday a visit by the Year 6 class to help celebrate in song and re-enactment of the life and legacy of Venerable Mary Potter, founder of the sisters of the Little Company of Mary.

Acknowledgements of the hundreds of generous people and businesses who supported St Dominic's Fete are also listed in this week's Bulletin.  Read it online now.

Upcoming Dates:

• Thursday 8 November: Year 11 Drama Production of 'Fading Flowers'.  7pm in the College Hall.  Tickets at the door.

• Wednesday 21 November: Parents & Friends committee AGM at 7:20pm, to be followed by final 2018 Fete Committee meeting at 8pm.

• Tuesday 4 December: End of Year Mass.  Details coming home next week.

There was the aroma of delicious food wherever you went; wonderful bands, vocal and dance entertainment to lift your spirits; books to boost your home shelves; rare and wonderful classic treasures; high quality craft items; crazy rides; lucky dips to delight; spins at the well-stocked chocolate wheel; salon hair and nails, fabulous items at the auction; and, at the Rose Café, time to sip tea with the sounds of jazz in the background.  Best of all was the friendly vibe around the Fete as people chatted with friends, relatives and past parents and students.  To top it all we certainly give thanks to God for perfect weather!

See all the photos from Fete in the Week 3, Term 4 Bulletin online now.

In other news:

• Growth Mindset Day in the Primary School
• Year 10 Commerce run their own business(es)
• Year 11 Drama Production details - one week to go until 'Fading Flowers'
• Our talented SDPC Poets attend the AETA Spring Poetry Festival Anthology Launch, and other news from the Creative Writing Club

Week 3 Term 4 Bulletin online now.

Sunday 28 October

We are just about ready to open the gates on the biggest annual community and fundraising event at St. Dominic's: the 2018 Fete and Auction, this Sunday!  Thanks to the generosity of the College community over past weeks, and family involvement this coming Saturday and Sunday, we are in an excellent position for a really good family day.  By now Parent Volunteers will have received their acknowledgement of the time and stall which they have signed up to.  The Parents & Friends Fete Committee is very grateful for the support!

Final Reminders

• Cake Stall CAKES would be gratefully received in the Hall on Fete day or left at school on Friday.  Please ensure an ingredients label is attached (see back page of today's Bulletin)
• Afternoon Tea Stall: If you are a parent in Years 11 or 12 then cake/scones etc. are still "the go," but your product goes to the success of the Afternoon Tea Stall.  Your kind donations can be left in the 9B classroom.  The Afternoon Tea stall is also appealing for donations of RED JAM
• Art Union Raffle: The success of the FETE Raffle with its excellent cash prizes is key to the overall financial result.  Please return all books by Friday.
• Auction: This year's Live Auction will be complimented by a bumper Silent Auction.  Doors open in the Hall at 11am.  Be sure to follow our Facebook event page for all the latest Auction news.  The Live Auction Catalogue is available here.
• Entertainment: Please note that this year's Fete has a wonderful line up of Bands, Dance, and Strings at several locations during the day.
• Late Start Monday: Classes begin at 10 minutes to 11am.  Any students who are here at normal time because they were not at the Fete will be supervised in the Library.  No student has permission to be in the city before school in our uniform.

The Week 2, Term 4 Bulletin is online now.

Term 4 got off to a good start and it was very good to see our cheerful and focussed students ready for the weeks ahead. 

There is a great deal happening in these first two weeks, as is evidenced in the Week 1 Bulletin, available online now.

We have reached the last few days of Term 3 and we are all ready for a break.  It has been a fast paced highly creative term as last week's activities fully exemplified.  A coverage of some of these events is inside this Bulletin:

• 2019 Year 7 Transition Evening
• 1968 Old Scholars 50 Year Reunion
• There's some timely News from Year 12
• A Spring Variety Music Concert showcasing the musical talents of St Dominic's students
• A triumphant Dominican Cup Debate trifecta!
• Australian Mathematics Competition results are in - well done to all students who participated
• We congratulate our Year 6 French students, who again placed first in their age category in the annual SAFTA Poetry Recitation Competition
• Also in Year 6, we congratulate the SDPC White Badminton Team who were awarded bronze medals at the SAPSASA Badminton Carnival, held last Friday
• News from the Primary School: the Year 3 Class recount their adventures on Pirate Day and their visit to the Maritime Museum; Year 5 visit the Planetarium; and Year 2 hosted their families for a bright and colourful Indian Showcase

Fete Appeals

• This week's Fete Appeal is Packet Food
• Now's the time to start getting your roses ready for the Rose Competition
• Sign up to a Parent Roster for Fete Day. Many stalls are still in need of your help.  Thank you to all who have given so generously of their time
• Sell / Buy those Art Union Raffle tickets in support of the Fete
• Use your contacts to furnish an item for this year's Auction

Upcoming Dates

• Friday 28 September is the final day of Term 3 and will be dismissed at the normal time.
• The Uniform Shop is open 10:30am - 1:30pm on the following dates during the Term Holidays:
  Friday 5 October | Saturday 6 October | Monday 8 October | Tuesday 9 October
• Register now to attend free parenting seminar 'The Secret Life of Teenage Girls', presented by Dr. Justin Coulson

Get the Week 10, Term 3 Bulletin online now