TERM 1 KEY DATES

Wednesday 13 - Monday 18 March

NAPLAN testing window

Monday 18 - Friday 22 March

Harmony Week

Tuesday 19 March

Gold coin free dress day - Good Friday Appeal

Enrichment Maths Competitions

Wednesday 20 March

Year 7 Basketball & Tennis

Year 9 MyAnimal Healesville excursion

Year 9 MyOutdoor Rock Climbing

Year 9 MyCareer Morrisby assessment

DSC Open Night, 5pm - 7pm

Thursday 21 March

Junior School Harmony Day

Year 10 Inspiring Girls

National Close the Gap Day

Friday 22 March

Harmony Day BBQ at Breakfast Club (new banner being created!)

Wednesday 27 March

General school tour, 9.15am from W-Block

Year 10 Revival Day (new date!)

Kangourou sans frontieres Maths Competition, period 1-2

Year 9 MyCareer Morrisby assessment

Year 9 MyFitness Ruffey Lake

Year 9 MyCity excursion

Year 9 MyOutdoor excursion

Thursday 28 March

Year 10 Inspiring Girls

Last day of Term 1, 2:30pm finish**

** Note the adjusted timetable on the last day of Term 1

Period 1 9:00am – 10:00am

Period 2 10:00am – 11:00am

Recess 11:00am – 11:30am

Period 3 11:30am – 12:30on

Lunch 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Period 5 1:30pm – 2:30pm

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

Tuesday 30 April

Soundworks

Wednesday 1 May

Stringworks

Monday 13 May

DSC House Athletics Carnival

Monday 20 - Wednesday 22 May

Instrumental Music Camp

Tuesday 4 June

Music Winter Concert

Student Led Conferences - Bookings Now Open

The Student Led Conferences will take place on Tuesday 26th March from 7:30am to 8pm. They are offsite meetings via MS Teams therefore students do not need to attend school.

Students will have been given a Term 1 LReflection sheets that they are encouraged to complete and bring to their SLC meeting.

Semester Progress reports are in the process of being finalised and they will be available to families prior to the SRCs.

The attachments below provide instruction on how to book your child's teacher. Meeting links will be shared shortly.

Good Friday Appeal - Gold Coin Free Dress Day

Next Tuesday 19th March, the Student Representative Council invite students to support the Good Friday Appeal by participating in a gold coin free dress day. All money raised will go to the Royal Childrens Hospital. The gold coin will also put you in our College raffle to win amazing prizes!

Student Representative Council team

Dunk-The-Teacher

Mark your calendars! Our SRC students have been hard at work designing, testing and refining the ultimate contraption for our Dunk-the-Teacher event during lunchtime in the College Quadrangle on Tuesday, March 19th.

Get ready to show off your aim and support a good cause! Bring your spare coins and join in on the excitement while supporting the Good Friday Appeal. It's just $1 for one attempt, $2 for three attempts, or $5 for a guaranteed dunk.

Harmony Week – Theme Everyone Belongs

Monday 18th March – Sunday 24th March 2024

Harmony Week recognises and celebrates diversity and brings together Australians from different backgrounds and cultures. It is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values.

Appropriately the following days fall within Harmony Week (Cultural Diversity Week):

Harmony Day, Thursday 21 March
National Close the Gap Day, Thursday 21 March - an annual awareness event that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between the indigenous and the non-indigenous communities in Australia
United Nations Day for the elimination of Racial Discrimination

The colour orange is used to celebrate Harmony week as Orange represents meaningful communication between people. Students and staff are encouraged to wear a touch of orange to show your support of Harmony Week or to come in full Orange on the out of uniform day on Tuesday.

The College is celebrating Harmony Week through the following activities.

Day	Activity
All week	Harmony week book display in the Library Orange jelly and orange cup cakes on sale in the Canteen
Tuesday 19 March	Crafternoon Club: students are invited to make Orange friendship bands and/or origami crane
Wednesday 20 March	- Nowruz is the Iranian or Persian New Year celebrated by various ethnic groups worldwide. Nowruz means ‘new day’ in Persian and is a traditional festival of spring that has been celebrated for more than 3000 years.
Thursday 21 March	- There will be a display and live music set up in the Quadrangle at lunchtime to recognise and build awareness of Nowruz. - Junior School APD Harmony Day
Friday 22 March	Special Breakfast Club outside W-Block where students will be making an inclusion banner for Junior school

Wendy Howes

Significant Events Coordinator

Action Plans for Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes & Anaphylaxis

On Compass there will be an event running from 18 March to 26 April for students that are affected by these conditions and have outstanding documentation. Action plans and Management plans will be attached to the event.

Action plans are to be completed by a GP and management plans to be completed by parents/guardians. Any medication required must be supplied by the parents/guardians.

Sian Doyle

Health Centre Officer

College Council Election Outcome 2024

On Tuesday, 5th March, the ballots for the student position on College Council were officially counted.

As the number of nominating Parent Members and DET Employee Members for College Council were equal to the number of vacancies it was not necessary to conduct a ballot for these categories.

We are pleased to announce the following nominees will be endorsed as new members and continuing members on College Council at the upcoming Council Meeting on Wednesday, 27th March, 2024:

DET Member

Belinda McGee, Wesley Pfitzner, Tim Sprigg, Adua Cipolato

Parent Member

Andrew Mishura, Kin Lum (Kevin) Soh, Stamatina Pearce

Student Member

Chloe Lau (Year 12)

Below is the complete listing of the 2024 College Council.

DET Member	Glenn Morris - Principal & Council Executive Officer Belinda McGee Wesley Pfitzner Tim Sprigg Adua Cipolato
Parent Members	Vicky Paradisis Andrew Mishura Linda Masoni Ross Moll Stamatina Pearce Kin Lum (Kevin) Soh
Student Members	Harrison Parker Chloe Lau
Minutes Secretary for Council	Andrea Sprigg - Business Manager Helen Wilson - Office/Business Manager

We would like to sincerely thank our outgoing Council Members, Gina Carroll, Julie Daniell and Alan Wang along with our Student Member, Jia Jia Fang. Their generosity in terms of their commitment to our College has been greatly appreciated.

Art Olympia Competition

All teachers and students are invited to showcase their cultural identity through the beauty of art. There are 10 prizes up for offer!

This competition closes on Wednesday 24 April.

You can submit:

Analogue Artwork - using non-digital/traditional materials such as pencils, paints, paper and canvas.
Digital 2D Artwork - using digital tools such as a tablet or computer
3D Artwork - three-dimensional artwork such as 3D modelling or animation.
Comic Strip - is a visual representation of a story and a chronological narrative, which can be hand drawn or on a computer.
Interactive Novel - great explainer video can be found here.
Storyboard - is more of a guide of your story and can be done traditionally or digitally.

Sign up for the competition here:

Student Sign-Up Form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=N7Ns2Ycaz0S2mzzsM0pMH_yFHshbQIlBm_yPRGhv_vhUNDJHNklROFRFNlVNUExGQzRDQ003UkNIVi4u

Teacher Sign-Up Form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=N7Ns2Ycaz0S2mzzsM0pMH_yFHshbQIlBm_yPRGhv_vhUOTZWSUIyQkJVOTVJQTVISlZUQUNPVkJLNi4u

The International Student Forum Team 2024

Don't have access to NBN?

Families with school-aged children are eligible for 12 months free access to NBN, as part of the Australian government's School Student Broadband Initiative. Please read the following link for more details and eligibility requirements.

https://www.anglicarevic.org.au/student-internet/

College Bell Times

Period	Time
Period 1	9:00am - 10:00am
Period 2	10:00am - 11:00am
Recess: 11:00am - 11:25am
Period 3	1:25am - 12:25pm
Period 4	12:25pm - 1:25pm
Lunch: 1:25pm - 2:15pm
Period 5	2:15pm - 3:15pm
End of Day	3:15pm

Canteen Payments

To keep in line with the school's mobile phone policy, only cash or card payments will be accepted at the Canteen.

Current Canteen Menu:

Interest Clubs & Homework Club

Looking for something to do at lunchtime?

As the year gets underway, more Interest Clubs will return (or start up). For now, here is a list of the lunchtime and after school clubs in Term 1.

Day	Club
Monday	Breakfast Club (from 8:15am), Rainbow Collective (LGBTQIA) in C13, Slime Club (Years 9-12) in W4
Tuesday	Crafternoon in C13
Wednesday	Crochet in C13, Anime Club in the Library
Thursday	Art Club in B3, Homework Club (3.30pm - 4.30pm) in A-Block
Friday	Rainbow Collective (LGBTQIA), Games Club in W-Upper, Enviro Club in B3, Movie Club in C13, History Club in L3, Badminton Club (3.30pm - 4.30pm)

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