Junior School
Upcoming Activities
Tuesday 23 April
Wind Symphony attends the Templestowe Rotary School's ANZAC Day service
Year 7 & Year 8 Taming Technology
Thursday 25 April
Anzac Day Public Holiday (no school)
Doncaster Secondary College & Doncaster RSL Dawn Service
Friday 26 April
DSC Anzac Service, period 4
Livestream begins 12:30pm: https://youtube.com/live/Y3K83rSKp1o?feature=share
Tuesday 30 April
Year 7 Turbo Day - Soundworks
Wednesday 1 May
Year 7 Turbo Day - Stringworks
Friday 3 May
DSC Cross Country trials
Wednesday 8 May
Year 7 & Year 10 Immunisations
Monday 13 May
DSC House Athletics Carnival
Thursday 16 May
Junior School Alternate Program Day
Monday 20 - Wednesday 22 May
Instrumental Music Camp
Tuesday 21 May
Year 7 Assembly
Thursday 23 May
Year 7 - Year 9 SEAL Maths CAT competition
Tuesday 4 June
Music Winter Concert
Monday 10 June
Monarch's Birthday Public Holiday (no school)
Wednesday 19 June
Year 7 - Year 9 SEAL: Oxford University Computing Challenge
Thursday 27 June
Year 7 - Year 8 SEAL Maths Games Day
Friday 28 June
Year 7 Assembly
End of Term 2
Junior School Alternative Program Day
Thursday 16th May
As part of the Year 7 & Year 8 Alternate Program Day, students will enjoy 'Sticks & Stones', which is a live theatre experience by Brainstorm Productions! The performance will explore different forms of bullying and aggression, and encourages respect, assertiveness and conflict resolution at school, at home and online. Students are challenged to consider the impact of their behaviour and develop strategies for managing emotions, seeking help and building respectful relationships.
Year 7 & Year 8 students will be permitted to wear free dress so that they may participate fully in the alternative program design.
The 'Hot-chip lunch' competition is still running
The chips are delicious! Just like last term, the class with the least Out of Class Notifications will be receiving this tasty prize!
Year 7 HPV and DTPa Vaccine
The Manningham Council’s Immunisation team will be visiting Doncaster Secondary College to administer the HPV and DTPa vaccine to year 7 students on Wednesday 8 May in period 1.
Consent must be given online by Saturday 4 May (consent will not be accepted on the day of vaccination).
To provide your consent, please click on this link:
CIRV/StudentConsentWithLink/PrivacyCollection
Further information can be found in the attached letter.
Managing Me
A friendly reminder that families need to be having a weekly conversation with their child about the work they have covered in Managing Me. A parent/guardian then needs to sign the Managing Me Conversation Log located at the back of their child's Student Planner.
Attendance Matters
Do you know that those DSC students in 2023 who achieved an ATAR of 97 and above all had attendance rates of 92%+?
There is a correlation between students’ attendance rates at school and academic performance!
Those students with minimal absences have been linked to:
- higher academic performance, particularly numeracy
- less likely to leave school early
- less likely to feel social isolation from school community and peers
- leaving school with more qualifications
- increased opportunities for students to learn and access educational resources, further increasing employment prospects
- decreased likelihood of absenteeism in higher year levels
- decreased alcohol, tobacco, and substance use in adolescents
- decreased likelihood of requiring social assistance
Uniform Reminder
As the cooler months arrive, we are noticing more students wearing long sleeve undergarments that are visible and are not part of the uniform list. We remind students of the following:
- T-shirts, if worn under the college uniform, must be white and must not be visible.
- Students may choose to wear the complete summer OR the complete winter uniform throughout the year, but a mix of winter and summer options is not permitted.
- In instances when students cannot comply with the College uniform requirements, a note must be provided by a parent/guardian and presented to the Junior School office prior to the start of the day in order for a Uniform Pass to be issued.