Teaching & Learning

Tanks for the visit

On Monday morning many of our younger students had the great opportunity to see, touch and climb into an eight wheeled Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV). This class of vehicle is largely used by the Army for reconnaissance, as well as a personnel carrier, command, surveillance, ambulance, fitter and recovery vehicle.

Bronze Age coming to Dominic College

Archaeologist and old scholar, Sam Dix, Class of 1999, is just one of a number of archaeoligists heading to Dominic College this month to launch National Archaeology Week here with student workshops. Sam has been recently in England with his family, undertaking a dig in Cornwall.

Open Classroom morning

This week we hosted our annual Open Classroom event, which saw over 300 parents, grandparents, carers and guardians working alongside their children and grandchildren during our first morning block. The feedback from our visitors was positive with many commenting on how wonderful this opportunity was to spend time in our classrooms and see some of the activities we do.

Adventure Rec Extension Program

Over the Easter Break a keen group of Adventure Recreation students took the opportunity to take part in the Extension Program for the year. This Extension program was an opportunity for students to extend the surfing skills they have been developing throughout the term, immersing themselves in a new environment. The Surf Camp was held on Bruny Island, a surfing mecca that offered a variety of waves for our budding young surfers.

Japanese news

Japanese senior classes welcomed special guests in a particularly exciting week for Year 8 and Year 9/10 Japanese elective classes.

Supporting students writing skills

On Wednesday evening a large number of parents joined the K-6 teachers to find out more about how they, too, can support their child’s writing. The evening began with a short introduction and then participants broke into the small workshop groups they had selected from the ten on offer. Armed with a plastic pocket, people headed off to their assigned room to learn more about :

K-6 Parent Literacy Workshop

Dominic College is again offering parents and guardians the opportunity to participate in workshop sessions to hear about ways they can support their child’s learning at home. Our first Parent Workshop for 2018 will focus on Literacy and will look at practical ways you can help your child with Writing.

Gifted Get Together

On Wednesday 14 March, 11 of our students joined 86 students from Catholic primary schools at the Gifted Get Together organised by the TCEO in Hobart. Students chose two workshops to attend, from Creative Writing, Creative Thinking, Technology, Science, Drama and Mathematics.

Debating begins for 2018

This week saw the commencement of the Tasmanian Debating Union’s Southern Schools competition. As in previous years, we have a strong presence in this competition, with teams representing each of the year levels.

Year 4 students walk into history

Historians pose questions about the past, and then find ways to discover some possible answers. Year 4 students have been asking questions about how Aboriginal people lived before Europeans came. Instead of conducting all of our research in books or on the Internet, we decided to go for a short walk to Humphrey’s Rivulet, which is the creek that borders the College on the northern side.

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