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Pre Primary On-entry Assessment Program – Parent Summary Coming Home

April 28, 2022
On-entry Assessment Program - Identifying essential skills in literacy and numeracy in Pre-primary

The Pre Primary students have now completed the On-entry Assessment Program Module 1 in literacy and numeracy. We know that early literacy and numeracy skills are essential building blocks for sound, lifelong learning.  The main purpose of this assessment has been to collect information on the essential literacy and numeracy skills and understandings of your…

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P&F Mother’s Day Gift Handout Information

April 28, 2022
RESCHEDULED - Kindy and Pre Primary Mother's Day Pampering Morning

Coming home with each child this week will be an envelope containing the following information about the up coming P&F Mother’s Day Gift Handout.  Don’t forget to check your childs bag and return it to school as soon as possible.  

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Year 1 to 6 Faction Cross Country Carnival Information – Monday, 2nd May

April 26, 2022
Year 1 to 6 Faction Cross Country Carnival Information - Monday, 2nd May

On Monday, 2nd May, we will be conducting our St Dominic’s Cross Country Event at Birralee Reserve.  All students from Year 1 – 6 will be participating (every finisher earns a point for their faction!) and the event will also serve as a selection trial for Year 3 – 6 students to compete at the Interschool…

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COVID-19 Update #12

April 24, 2022
COVID-19 Update #12

I hope you had a blessed Easter with your family and are refreshed and ready for all Term 2 has in store for us. The Premier announced on 13th April 2022, that the Western Australian close contact definition will now align with the National Cabinet’s definition. This means that a close contact is now defined…

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2022 Term 2 Sports Days for Pre Primary to Year 6

April 24, 2022
Term 1 Sports Days for Pre Primary to Year 6 Students

Below are the Term 2 sports days for students in Pre Primary to Year 6.  Included is the respective sports top for each day.  Your support in ensuring your children are wearing the correct uniform on the appropriate day is required and greatly appreciated. Pre Primary Monday (grey and white top) Tuesday (faction top) Wednesday…

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School Supported Family Mass (Kindy and Pre Primary)

April 24, 2022
School Supported Family Mass (Year 1 and Year 2)

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…

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

April 11, 2022
Making Jesus Real (MJR) at St Dominic's - Spirit of Jesus Award Winners Term 2 Week 4

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…

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Project Compassion Holy Week

April 11, 2022
Project Compassion First Week of Lent

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…

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Palm Sunday Reflection and the Start of Holy Week

April 11, 2022
Palm Sunday Reflection - The Start of Holy Week

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…

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2022 Easter Message and Outline of Easter Liturgies – Fr Bernard

April 11, 2022
2022 Easter Message and Outline of Easter Liturgies - Fr Bernard

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…

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