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School Supported Family Mass (Kindy and Pre Primary)

April 24, 2022

On Saturday, 7th May, at 6:00pm, a Family Mass will be held at St Dominic’s Church.  The Kindy and Pre Primary families in particular are invited to come along and assist with the celebration, however, ALL St Dominic’s families are encouraged to attend. Fr Bernard welcomes and encourages families to participate by assisting with altar serving, taking…

Making Jesus Real (MJR) at St Dominic’s – Spirit of Jesus Award Winners Term 1 Week 10

April 11, 2022

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 in the weekends eNewsletters.   Spirit of Jesus Community Nomination Form   Term 1 Week…

Project Compassion Holy Week

April 11, 2022

As we enter Holy Week, we continue to reflect on the lives of people vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice and how we can respond through supporting Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion appeal. Your generosity is the pebble that allows Caritas Australia to create the ripples that will improve the livelihoods of vulnerable communities, supporting them…

Palm Sunday Reflection and the Start of Holy Week

April 11, 2022

Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. Palm Sunday is known as such because the faithful often receive palm fronds, which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem.  In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding…

2022 Easter Message and Outline of Easter Liturgies – Fr Bernard

April 11, 2022

We are living through tough times at the moment. Both here in WA as we continue our covid challenges, and across the world as we watch the horrors in Ukraine, we face difficult times. Add to all this the floods across our nation, and the economic pressures across the community and we have reason to…

Stations of the Cross Reflective Walk

April 11, 2022

Last week we had our Stations of the Cross reflection for all students from Pre-Primary to Year 6.  The reflective walk around the oval was guided by artworks and prayers prepared by our Year 4 and 5 students.  Classes gathered around each station to view the artwork and read a reflection and prayer together.  Thank…

COVID-19 Update #11

April 11, 2022

I am writing in response to the announcement by WA Premier Mark McGowan that 1,100 historic positive cases in Catholic Education schools did not appear to have been reported to WA Health. WA Health informed CEWA on Tuesday about the discrepancy between the number of positive RATs advised to schools and those recorded in the…

Baby Smith Has Arrived!

April 4, 2022

Some exciting news to start the week! Baby Lucy Jean Smith has arrived into the world!  She was born at 4:19pm on Friday, 1st April, weighing 3.5kg and 50cm long.  Louise reported that she also has a full head of hair. Louise and Neal are absolutely smitten with their little lady and we couldn’t be…

Italian Carnevale Mask Design Competition

April 4, 2022

As part of the Italian program this term, a class completion was held to design a mask depicting the traditional Carnevale period held in Italy each year for 18 days prior to Lent. There were some fantastic masks made with lots of effort shown. Winners for each year level were: Year 1 – Nellie and…

Get to know Mrs Scott – Term 2 Final Year Practicum Teacher in Year 6

April 4, 2022

My name is Mrs Scott and I will be supporting Mr Bovell as an assistant teacher in your child’s classroom in Term 2.  I am currently finishing my last year of my Bachelor of Primary Education, specialising in Physical Education and Health.  I have been spending some time in first term getting to know your…