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This year, students in Year 3 and 5 will participate in the 2023 Online NAPLAN Assessment. Â Coming home with your child this week, and attached to this communication, is an information sheet with details about 2023 NAPLAN. Â Further information about NAPLAN Online 2023 will be communicated with you closer to the time of the tests.…
On  Monday, 6th February, we will be holding our Parent Information Night for families in Kindy to Year 6.  The evening is an opportunity for you to come into the classroom and hear all about what classroom life will look like in 2023. There are two half an hour sessions scheduled commencing at 5:00pm and 6:00pm.…
Family Sacramental Meeting A Family Sacrament Meeting will be held in Week 2 for parents/ caregivers of all children who will be receiving a sacrament this year (Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation). At least one parent/ caregiver is required to attend this meeting. Children are not required to attend. The two meeting times available are:…
We know that beginning Kindy can be an exciting but sometimes unsettling time. We have created the below social story to assist with the transition process. Regularly referring back to this story over the coming days could be a great way to prepare your child for the year ahead. Â Just press pause on each page…
St Dominic’s School students from Years 2 – 6 will be participating in swimming lessons at Scarborough Beach Pool run by the Royal Life Saving Society. Coming home with your child next week will be an enrolment form that parents are asked to fill in as accurately as possible (please complete one form for each…
Bunuru— Second summer (season of the adolescence) Bunuru is the hottest time of the year with little to no rain. Hot easterly winds continue with a cooling sea breeze most afternoons if you’re close to the coast. Therefore, traditionally this was, and still is, a great time for living and fishing by the coast, rivers…
I write to you with exciting news regarding our school fees for the 2023 academic year. St Dominic’s School has been approved to reduce school fees as a result of changes to the overall funding model for Catholic schools in Western Australia. Â Our school and Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) are able to utilise a…
Greetings dear Sisters and Brothers in our Parish family! It is a joy for me to send you this message as we celebrate Christmas. While we are living through some truly challenging times, we still dare to light the Christmas candles and rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ. We do so because we know…
The process of appointing the Year 1 teaching position is now complete and I am pleased to announce that we will be welcoming two staff members to this role in 2023.  Mrs Shelley Gibson (Monday and Tuesday) and Mrs Justine Jacobs (Wednesday to Friday) join our school after several years working at Loretto Catholic Primary School,…