Key Dates
Doncaster Secondary College 
- Please note that dates are subject to change. Please check Compass regularly for updates.
TERM 1 KEY DATES
Wednesday 28 February - Friday 1 March
Year 7 Camp Weekaway
Thursday 29 February
Intermediate Sport
Tuesday 5 March
Year 8 Tennis
Wednesday 6 March
Year 9 - First Cluster Day (Innovators)
Thursday 7 March
General school tour, 9.15am from W-Block
Inspiring Girls program, selected Year 10 students
Friday 8 March
Year 7 Cricket
Year 12 Physics excursion, Luna Park
International Womens Day - Inspire Inclusion
Monday 11 March
Labour Day - public holiday
Tuesday 12 March
Year 9 Wildlife incursion
Year 7 Soundworks Turbo Day
Division Swimming carnival
March 13 March
Stringworks Turbo Day
Thursday 14 March
Inspiring Girls program, selected Year 10 students
Wednesday 13 - Monday 25 March
NAPLAN testing window
Thursday 15 March
Year 10 Parent Information
Monday 18 - Friday 22 March
Harmony Week - 'Everybody Belongs'
Tuesday 19 March
Kangourou Sans Frontiere Maths Competition
Wednesday 20 March
Year 7 Basketball & Tennis
Year 9 MyAnimal excursion to Healesville Sanctuary
DSC OPEN NIGHT, 5pm - 7pm
Wednesday 20 - Tuesday 26 March
Harmony Week
Wednesday 20 March
Year 10 Revival Day
Thursday 21 March
Junior School Harmony Day
Inspiring Girls program, selected Year 10 students
National Close the Gap Day
Friday 22 March
Harmony Day BBQ at Breakfast Club
Tuesday 26 March
Student-Led Conferences - no classes scheduled**
** see below
Regional Swimming carnival
Wednesday 27 March
General school tour, 9.15am from W-Block
Thursday 28 March
Last day of Term 1
TERM 2
Monday 15 April
Students return for Term 2
Tuesday 23 April
Wind Symphony attends the Templestowe Rotary School's ANZAC Day service
Thursday 25 April
Anzac Day Public Holiday (no school)
Doncaster Secondary College & Doncaster RSL Dawn Service
Monday 13 May
DSC Cross Country Carnival
Monday 20 - Wednesday 22 May
Instrumental Music Camp
Tuesday 4 June
Music Winter Concert
Student Led Conferences (SLCs)
On Tuesday 26th March students will not attend school. The SLCs will take place via MS Teams and parents can book their interviews via Compass. A Compass Newsfeed will be sent out with instructions on how to book and use MS Teams.
The purpose of these first conferences is to meet the classroom teachers and gain some insight into how they are tracking in their learning growth and learning behaviour at the beginning of 2024. We have made a very positive start for the most part, and these conferences are a great way for students to report back to their parents and teachers about what they have learned so far and what they are hoping to work on as they move forward. We looking forward to hearing from your students!
Progress Reports
Progress Reports will be made available to families before the end of the term. These reports focus on the learning behaviours of our students, to support parents / carers to know how their child is engaging in the classroom and how it may be positively or negatively impacting their learning growth. We encourage you to peruse these as a family and discuss the observations made by your child’s teachers. Please know that these reports and repeated low performance in them can limit a student’s subject selections and subsequent year level progression options. Most of our students have made an excellent start to the year and we look forward to sharing these reports with you!