TERM 2 KEY DATES

Wednesday 3 May

Curriculum Day (student-free day)

Senior AFL Round Robin

Friday 5 May

DSC Cross Country Carnival, period 2

Wednesday 8 May

Year 9 MyCareer Insights testing

Tuesday 9 May

Senior Sport Round Robin

Senior Lawn Bowls team represents DSC at the State Championships

Wednesday 10 May

Trades Fit - Young Women in Trades & Tech Expo

Thursday 11 May

Intermediate Girls AFL Round Robin

Friday 12 May

Year 10 Macbeth incursion (payment due 5th May)

Wednesday 17 May

Year 12 Elevate session, period 1 (payment due 15th May)

Year 7 Taming the Technology workshop, period 1 (details to be confirmed shortly)

Year 9 MyAnimal RSPCA excursion

Year 9 MyCity Ice Skating excursion

Year 9 MyPhoto Botanical Gardens excursion

Thursday 18 May

Year 7 Humanities Ruffey Lake excursion

Year 10/11 Drama 'I Wanna Be Yours' excursion

Friday 19 May

Year 7/8 SEAL Australian Geographic Competition

Division Cross Country

Monday 22 - Wednesday 24 May

Music Ensemble Camp

Monday 22 May

Year 7 Ruffey Lake Fieldwork excursion

Thursday 25 May

Year 8 Sport Round Robin

Monday 29 May

North East Victoria Regional Concert

Wednesday 31 May

Year 7 Sport Round Robin

Thursday 1 June

Year 7 Girls Netball

Tuesday 6 June

Instrumental Music - Winter Concert

Thursday 8 June

Senior Girls AFL

Monday 12 June

King's Birthday Public Holiday - no school

Tuesday 13 June

Regional Cross Country

Thursday 15 June

Year 12 GAT

Tuesday 20 June

Year 12 Formal

Friday 23 June

End of Term 2

Art of Culture Competition

Showcase your cultural identity through the beauty of art!

All students and teachers who are passionate about art are welcome to participate in this competition. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to express yourself and potentially win one of the NINE fantastic prizes.

TOPIC:

“Your culture, our culture” students can choose their comfortable art forms to present their own culture through this art competition.

WHAT CAN I 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. You can include descriptions of camera angles.

WHERE AND WHEN TO SUBMIT?

The deadline is the 24th of May, Wednesday. The sign-up and submission forms can be found below. Please note that there are two separate forms for students and teachers, a kind reminder not to click on the wrong one. The participants should also note that the size of the files cannot be larger than 1GB. Students and teachers can also hand in their physical artwork at the International Student Learning Hub if technical issues occur. The artwork will be returned once the final decision has been made.

PRIZES

Get ready to win big! We have some amazing prizes lined up for this competition. In the first round, there will be a total of six prizes, with one prize for each year level. Whether which year group you're in, you could win big! But that's not all. The second round will be awarding three winners. Don't miss your chance to win these incredible prizes. Sign up for the competition today!

Student Sign-Up link:

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Teacher Sign-Up link:

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From International Student Forum 2023 representatives

Enviro Club

At Doncaster Secondary College we are passionate about creating an environmentally friendly school. To support this, the bread company Wonder is running a Recycling Rewards Campaign to help promote and support us in recycling. This challenge is asking all members of our community to bring in their empty bread bags, all brands are acceptable, and place them in the allocated boxes.

The boxes can be found in the front office and the W Block near the Junior School Office. These bags will be recycled back into an oil and then reconstituted into food grade packaging, creating a circular economy, reducing plastic in our landfill and the need for more resources.

Added bonus, in helping improve our environment, if we gather enough bread bags Wonder will provide our school with sports equipment.

We are looking forward to your contribution!

Parmis and Jana

Environmental Club

Canteen Update

Notification of Price Changes – 8th May 2023

Dear families, students, and teachers,

We are writing to you advising that the canteen will be implementing price changes across our menu, effective from 8th May 2023.

As you are no doubt aware that there is continued pressure on all prices due to a 7.4% national wide inflation rate. Adding to the current inflationary issue we are also currently going through a national hospitality industry labour shortage, which resulted in a significant increase of everyday business running expenses and wages.

We have absorbed many of these increases over the past 10 months and kept our prices the same, but My School catering now has no choice but to pass on these increases to our customers. We will be increasing all our prices by 8%-10% (Roughly 20-50 cent), to keep in line with the national inflation rate.

We understand that these increases will place pressure on families and but please be assured your pricing remains very discounted, and please check out the budget section on our online order system for discounted items.

We have included a new Term 2 2023 price list for your reference, and please ensure your children bring the correct amount to recess and lunch.

We would like to thank all students, families, and staff for their ongoing support and understanding. We hope to see you in our canteen soon.

Kind regards,

My School Catering

Wellbeing Resources

Tuning into Teens is a free 6-week parenting program run at Headspace Hawthorn which assists parents to help their teens understand and regulate their emotions - this is referred to as Emotional Coaching. The program is for parents and carers of young people aged 12-25.

Dates: 10th May – 14th June 2023

When: Wednesdays

Time: 6-8pm

Where: Headspace Hawthorn – Level 1, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

Cost: Free

Vaping and Young People

Manningham Council will be running a free online seminar for parents/carers on Vaping and Young People. Click on the link below to find out more.

Online: Tuesday 9th May - Young People & Vaping - Parent, Carer and Educator Webinar

Kinetic Bus Services Term 2 Update

Student Voice & Agency Opportunities

If you are a student who is interested in running a School Event and/or Awareness Day, please contact your Positive Climate for Learning and Community Engagement Leader for further assistance. The pdf below provides an annual list of events for 2023 that you might be interested in.

DSC Interest Clubs

As the year gets underway, more Interest Clubs will return (or start up) in 2023. For now, here is a list of the lunchtime Clubs underway in Term 1

Day	Club
Monday	Chess Club, KPop Club (room C13), Year 11 Hoops
Tuesday	Art Club (B3), Lego Club (C13), Book Club, Languages Club, Year 12 Hoops
Wednesday	Crafternoon (C13), Anime Club, Year 8 Hoops
Thursday	Music Jam Session, Enviro Club (B3), Junior Girls Basketball (Stadium), Year 10 Hoops, Chat Club (Library), Homework Club (3.30pm - 4.30pm)
Friday	Rainbow Collective, LGBTQIA (C5), Games Club (W block upper), Badminton Club (3.30pm - 4.30pm)

Wellbeing Hub

Don't forget that The Hub (near the Canteen) is open every day at recess and lunchtime for drop-in and everyone is welcome.

Community Pages

Doncaster Junior Football Club

Badminton Class at DSC Stadium