Please read today's Bulletin closely as we all prepare for next Tuesday's special night when we gather to give thanks to God for the year that has passed.

• Bring your entry tickets with you. They are going home with your daughters this week.  Be aware of your entrance and exit point.

• Be early. Students need to be in their seats by 7:00 pm. To find a park, and make your way to the central courtyard, will mean leaving home early. There are several entries for the different year levels and you will find this information clearly outlined in today's Bulletin and included with your tickets. Your daughters will be dismissed from school at 2.25pm on Tuesday afternoon to enable them to get home and back within a reasonable time frame.

• Summer uniform freshly pressed is required, as well as polished shoes and black hair ribbons. Jewellery is not to be worn.

Also this week:

• Reception - Year 5 look back on Twilight Assembly

• Year 1 have some cute and furry visitors in their classroom, care of the Nature Education Centre

• Year 6 Italian explored the concept of Italian food and the impact of Italian food worldwide, as part of 'La Settimana Della Cucina Italiana'

• There's news from the English Faculty, with more success being reported; this time from the Goolwa (Slam) Poetry Competition

Get the Week 7, Term 4 Bulletin online now.

In the Week 6 Bulletin:

• Our Primary Classes were challenged and kept active with the schedule of exciting events that took place during PE Week. 
• The Year 4 Class celebrated the Feast Day of St Elizabeth at their Friday Chapel Mass, to which many wore their beautiful Communion dresses
• Congratulations to the R-5 Students and their wonderful teachers and support staff on the great start to Christmas at last night's Twilight Assembly
• There's news from the Science faculty, with the Year 9s off to the Botanic Gardens for a lesson on ecology and a Year 11 student announced as a participant in the 2018 National Youth Science Forum; to be held in Canberra this coming January.
• Year 10 Commerce raised $578.20 in support of the 2018 India Pilgrimage as part of their Business for a Day activity.
• Year 9 SRC participated in 'Cake it for Charity' at the Calvary Hospital.
• All you need to know about the 2017 Vinnies Christmas Appeal is inside today's Bulletin.

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Congratulations to our National Division Winners!!

We are proud to announce that our Year 8 'Write a Book in a Day' Authors have been awarded the National Award for best Middle School entry with their book 'A Leap of Faith'.  752 teams from 250 schools around Australia took part in this Project, raising $196,000 for Cancer research.

Read 'Leap of Faith' and other Division winning entries here.

End of Year Mass

Families are reminded that their RSVPs to End of Year Mass are due back to the College Office no later than Friday 24 November.  Seats are limited and tickets may not be guarranteed for RSVPs received after this date.

Financial Information

The 2018 Fee Schedule and Sibling Discount form have been published in today's Bulletin.  Coming home later this week, via eldest daughters, will be the 'Financial Information 2018' policy, with more detail.

Tonight's Parent Meetings - All Welcome

This evening we will wind up a very successful year of 2017 in the hands of our Parent leaders of our two central committees.  The Parents and Friends Association and of the Fete Committee.  As a community we are indebted to parents who take on such an important community role with the support of you our parent body.  We look forward to your company this evening.  It is always a sad occasion to farewell those who have travelled the road and whose children are now graduating.

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There is plenty of news from SDPC in this half way mark of our final term.

• We acknowledge the recent successes of students in various fields

• The date is set for the 2017 End of Year Mass - more details to follow soon

• The final 2017 meetings for both the Parents & Friends and Fete Committee/s will take place on Wednesday 15 November.  See inside today's Bulletin for more information

• Fete Thankyou Spread is published

Get the Week 4, Term 4 Bulletin online now.

For each one of us the Fete has something special to offer and Sunday's event had plenty to keep our crowds entertained, and fed, with a wide range of goods to buy, books to read, and gifts to bid for at the Auction.  We give thanks to God our loving Creator for good weather and the blessings of a great community day. 

Today is the Feast of All Saints.  It is not hard to see the qualities of selflessness which are the hallmark of these heavenly holy ones in the many parents, staff and students of our school who have contributed their time and financial support for the good of all.  Our holy one Sr. M. Anne Holland was very much missed from the Fete.

In this week's Bulletin:

• There's a colourful spread of photos from Sunday's Fete & Auction. 

• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and for the first time, under guidance of the SRC, St Dominic's held a Pink Day; raising $911 in a matter of hours.

• Six members of the St Dominic's community have poems published in the Spring Poetry Festival Anthology, and at Saturday's launch, two of these students were presented with special awards.  See inside today's Bulletin for more.

• In Primary, our Year 5s are back from their Zoo Snooze, and the Year 6/7s are home from Camp.

• Results from the Australian National Chemistry Quiz, held in August this year, are published.  Well done to those Year 11s that participated.

• Eleven students from across Year 11 attended a 'University Experience Day' at the University of South Australia on Thursday 26 October.  They participated in hands-on activities across a range of discipline areas, including: Business and Law; Education; Art and Architecture; Engineering; Social Work and Psychology; and Health Science.  Read more about it in today's Bulletin.

Can you Help?

The Year 1 Class is after a childrens' Santa Suit Costume [about size 7] for an upcoming play.  If you have one the class can borrow, please get in touch with the Primary Office.

Upcoming Dates

• The Year 5 Class will be presenting to their parents the long awaited 'Night of the Notables'; with this year's focus being a notable Astronomer or Astronaut.  We're sure the girls' speeches will be out of this world.

• Year 12 Visual Arts Exhibition will take place in the Pottery Room from 5:30pm - 7pm this Friday, 3rd November.

• Reception to Year 6 will spend a morning in their 2018 classes on Move Up Day Friday 10th November.

• Twilight Assembly for Reception to Year 5 families will take place on Tuesday 21st November.  A note was sent home on Monday.

• Year 6 Graduation is scheduled for Wednesday 29th November - a note will be sent home shortly.

Get the Week 3, Term 4 Bulletin online here.