What's Happening In Secondary

In 2025 we are calling our Secondary students to: Stand Firm, Look Up, Reach Out.  

Our staff spent time carefully selecting these three phrases. We really love that they are ‘postures’ students and staff can take up, so expect to hear us using this language all year long! There are lots of ways these words can be used to encourage one another, but they also link to scripture and our ‘Limitless’ school theme. We can Stand Firm in the type of person we want to become and who we are in Christ. We can Look Up as we lift our chins and hopes, choosing to see the good and our God working in all things and we can Reach Out as we care for and serve one another. Resilience and mental health research suggests that teenagers are concerned with how to better support their friends and we want to keep building our culture of community – from our fresh Year 7’s to our entering-new-territory Year 9’s. 

We started the 2025 school year with a brief Gathering and it was exciting to see all 122 Secondary students together in one room. We have new staff members, new timetables and new routines for all our students to learn and we look forward to seeing everyone settle in. 

Please Reach Out to our Secondary admin and teaching staff if we can help with a smooth start to the year!

Getting to Know You Interviews

At DCS, we start the year connecting our parents with the classroom teacher. Our ‘Getting to know your child’ parent and teacher interviews occur in the second week of term in 2025. 

These Parent/Teacher Interviews will be held on Wednesday 12th February from 3.30pm-9.00pm. Primary Team will be available to meet in the JILOA Centre and Alpha HQ and the Secondary Team will be holding their interviews in the Secondary classrooms.

The aim of these ‘Getting to know your child’ interviews is to provide an opportunity for you to meet with your child’s teacher right at the start of the school year and to discuss with them anything that can assist your child’s teacher to teach him or her more effectively. Students in Kinder - Year 8 do not need to attend. We encourage Year 9 students to attend these interviews alongside their parents, as this provides a valuable opportunity for them to take an active role in their learning journey.

For these interviews, teaching staff will not come prepared to discuss your child’s academic progress but will be able to give you their perspective on how your child has settled in to their class. 

Interviews will be 10 minutes in duration.  This is a significant time to share about your child and their interests. Please come prepared to give your teachers your email address and contact details, so they can be in contact with you this year.

As a school, we strive to continue to have parents informed of their child’s learning progress throughout the year. This involves having connection with the classroom or subject teacher from the start of the year, through these interviews. Later in Term One, parents will receive communication from the classroom or subject teacher on student effort and behaviour progress and work habits through the Term One interim reports. These will be sent home to parents by the end of Term One.

Discussions and chats with teachers can happen throughout the term, where you can partner with the teachers and communicate with them, via email, phone or, where no restrictions limit us, in person. The second formal interviews will occur in early Term Three to discuss the Semester One student achievements.  

If you would like to make an appointment to discuss any aspect of your child's learning, please click here to book your times through Parent Lounge. We recommend booking early as spaces fill fast.  When booking, particularly for families wanting both secondary and primary appointments, please ensure to allow enough time between appointments to meet with staff in different buildings.

If logging in to Parent Lounge for the first time, please use the unique user code that was emailed and use the 'Forgot Password' option to set your own unique password. If you then save this in your browser you will be able to simply log in again in the future.

5&2

What is 5&2? It is a place for our secondary students to connect before the school day commences. 

We all know the importance of a good breakfast (and how much teenagers eat!) so delicious fruit and snacks will be available to help start their day.

Commencing next Thursday 12th February, 5&2 will be held every Thursday morning in the Secondary building.

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