From the Office

Extended Leave

With school holidays fast approaching, please be reminded of the following from our Parent Handbook regarding extended leave during school terms:

Parents must notify the school in advance for a planned absence (such as a holiday or appointment) and this will be placed into the SchoolPro attendance system. Family holidays are required by State Law to be marked as unauthorised absences (See 3.3 in Attendance Policy with reference to the Education Act 2016). Parents wishing to take their children travelling during the school term for a period longer than 1 week, will need to complete an ‘Application for Extended Leave’ form and meet with the Principal for approval prior to travelling. This meeting will discuss a learning plan either before, during or after the trip to allow the student to catch up with work missed. 

Please contact the school office if you require an Application for Extended Leave form.

School Parking - Kiss and Collect

Kiss and Collect is a two-minute parking space to use when you would prefer not to leave your car. Students can be dropped off in the morning and collected from 3:05pm in the afternoon, without the need for the driver to leave the vehicle. 

Please do not park and wait in this space as that can cause parking congestion in the driveway. If you park and your child is not already waiting for you, please leave and go back around and through the driveway and park again. This will give your child time to move from their classroom to the Kiss and Collect waiting area. Students are dismissed at 3:00pm and then need five minutes to make their way from the classroom to the Kiss and Collect area.

Handy tip: if you want to come through after 3:15pm you will find there is usually no line up making for a quick get away!

Kiss and Collect has a staff member on duty until 3:30pm. Any students not collected from Kiss and Collect before 3:30pm will move to the Reception Foyer area to wait for collection.

NAPLAN 2024

Students will be sitting NAPLAN between 13 and 18 March 2024.

Well done to all of our champion Year 3, 5 and 7 students who participated in NAPLAN Writing today. 

Below are the remaining NAPLAN dates for 2024:

Thursday 14th March: Reading

Friday 15th March: Conventions of Language

Monday 18th March: Numeracy

School Photos

School photos are scheduled to be taken on Wednesday 27th March. If you would like to place an order for photos of your child or family group, these are to be placed online. Please find information below on how to order. Please note that the cut-off date for sibling photos is Sunday 24th March at 4:00pm. Orders for individual photos can be taken up until the day.

Full summer uniform is to be worn, including either the blue woollen jumper or navy layered jacket for primary students and the maroon blazer and formal uniform options for secondary students.

For students who have PE on Wednesdays, please come to school in full summer uniform. 

Early Learning

At DCS we offer two fun and friendly Early Learning programmes.  Come along and connect with others over a delicious hot drink while your children play.  Please call the school office on 6423 1373 if you require further information.

Little Sprouts

Little Sprouts is a hands-on nature-based playgroup for children aged 3 and 4 years and is held every Thursday from 8:45am - 10:30am. Gather together in the Kinder room and we will then move across to the garden area.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Lauren at heagneyl@dcs.tas.edu.au

Jiloa Juniors

Jiloa Juniors is held every Friday from 8:45am - 10:45am and is for children from birth to 5 years with their carers. Jiloa Juniors is held in the Kinder area.

We hope you can join us!