From the Office

Public Holiday

School will be closed on Monday 9th June for the King's Birthday public holiday.

Enjoy your long weekend!

Devonport Christian School Inc AGM

The Devonport Christian School Inc. AGM will be held on Tuesday 17 June in the JILOA Centre.

The evening will commence with a time of connection from 6:45pm – 7:15pm. This is an ideal time for Association Members to catch up and chat over coffee and supper prior to the AGM commencing at 7:15pm. 

Members of the DCS community are welcome to come along, with Association members able to participate in the election of Board members.

Scholastic Book Club

Scholastic Book Club provides Primary families with an affordable and convenient way to encourage a love of reading for our students with each catalogue having a wide variety of books and gifts for families to choose from.  Scholastic Book Club earns our library additional resources from every book purchased.

A copy of the latest Scholastic Book Club catalogue has been sent home with all students today.  If you did not receive a catalogue, and would like one, please come and visit us at the school office.  Alternatively you can view the catalogue online here.

Parents please note: whilst the book clubs offer you the opportunity to purchase books at great prices, as well as allowing us to expand our resources, you are under no obligation to purchase items. 

All book club orders must be placed online via Scholastic Book Club LOOP for parents.  LOOP is the Scholastic Book Club Linked Online Order & Payment platform. 

To order and pay, please visit: www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download the LOOP app from your App Store.

The current catalogue will close on Tuesday 17th June.

For further information, please visit: www.scholastic.com.au/parents to find out more.

Founders Day 2025 - A Walking Celebration

DCS Founders, Association Members, past staff and students, are invited to join us on Thursday, 19th June, for our 2025 Founder’s Day Celebration Walk and Morning Tea, a special journey through our school’s present day. As we stroll through the grounds, we will pause at various locations to enjoy presentations by current students, before gathering in the Jiloa Centre for morning tea, reflection, and celebration. 

At DCS we deeply value our heritage and honouring the Founders who embraced the vision of bringing Christian education to Devonport. We are grateful to many who continue to pray for our school and those who are able to financially sow into the school with tax deductible donations to our building fund. We are especially excited to share updates on our future new Year 9/10 Centre building project which is well underway. The near future, in 2026, DCS will be educating Kinder through to Year 10 students and have projected over 460 students. 

We will gather at the Jiloa Centre at 9:15am on Thursday 19th June. A delicious hot beverage will be available before we commence our ‘DCS Celebration Walk’ at 9:30am.

Please RSVP through the following link: 2025 Founder’s Day RSVP or call 6423 1373 by Friday 13th June.

Year 9/10 Centre - Building Donations

At DCS we’re building more than just classrooms – we’re building opportunities, dreams, and a vibrant future for every student at Devonport Christian School. Our new 9/10 Centre will consist of Science Laboratory and Theory Classroom, Food Technology Centre (Commercial Kitchen), Visual Arts Studio, Design Technology Hub and five General Learning classrooms and an open area community gathering space.

Contributions to our Devonport Christian School Building Fund are tax-deductible. Feel free to contact Ken Clarke, our CFO, if you would like to make a tax-deductible donation.

ICAS Competition

We are delighted to inform you that Devonport Christian School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments again this year. 

What is ICAS?  

ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee, and Digital Technologies.

Every student who participates is celebrated and recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report to track development each year. Top performers are eligible for ICAS medals.

We encourage you to consider entering your children in Years 2 to 9 into ICAS this year. The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. Your child will be presented with high-quality, expert-developed questions, allowing them to apply their learning without the need for prior study or revision.

You may nominate and pay for your child to participate in any or all of the following competitions. Please note that Writing, Digital Technologies and Spelling Bee are not available for Year 2 students and we are not offering Spelling Bee for Year 8 and 9 students.

Payment Information

Online entry and parent payment:

Once you have decided which competitions your child/ren will be entering, please go to the ICAS website to enter your child and pay ICAS fees online. Visit the online Parent Payment System to make a direct payment to UNSW Global. Online payment for DCS will close on Monday 30th June 2025.

Visit:  https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/parent-payment/JAS299   

Access Code:  JAS299

Visit here to read the terms and conditions: icasassessments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf

Partnering with UNSW Global, we are proud to offer our students the ICAS Assessments and look forward to some fantastic results later in the year.

2026, 2027, 2028 Enrolments and Beyond

DCS Enrolments 2026-2030: What a joy it is to see the DCS community flourishing!

God continues to bless our school with strong interest from families seeking a Christ-centred education and we’re humbled to be receiving enrolment enquiries all the way through to 2030!

If you are already part of our beautiful DCS family and have younger children due to start in 2026, 2027, 2028 or beyond (or siblings for other levels including secondary), we would love to hear from you. We have already begun processing 2026 and 2027 enrolments, and we want to make sure our current families are well-supported and prioritised during this exciting season of growth.

If you have not yet completed an Enrolment Enquiry form, please go to our school website https://www.dcs.tas.edu.au/enrolments/ and click on the enrolment enquiry button to complete an enquiry form. 

If you are unsure whether you have submitted an enquiry, please don’t hesitate to reach out at enrolments@dcs.tas.edu.au and we will check for you. We are here to help and we value journeying alongside you as parents in faith and learning.

As we begin welcoming new enrolments into our growing DCS family, if you know of any family, friends, or community members who may be looking for a Christ-centred, nurturing school community like DCS, we warmly invite you to connect with our Enrolments Team via the above email and communicate with us about the family you are connected with, or reach out directly to our Principal, Chad Smit. We would be delighted to walk alongside them when opportunities open for new enrolments.