College Communications

TERM 3 KEY DATES

Wednesday 7 September

General Achievement Test

Thursday 8 September

RU Ok Day

String Soiree, Performance Centre, 7pm

(free event)

Friday 9 September

Casual Dress day - Sports themed

(gold coin donation to R U OK Foundation)

Wednesday 14 September

Short Story Competition - awards celebration, Library

Thursday 15 September

Last day of classes for Term 3, normal finish time 3.15pm

Friday 16 September

Professional Practice Day (teachers & staff)

Students work from home using Compass lesson plans

TERM 4 DATES

Thursday 6 October

VCE Art Expo, 6pm in Tunnel Vision

Spring Music Concert, 7pm Performance Centre

R U Ok Day

Hi Students,

On the 9th of September (next Friday), we will be having a sports day, free dress day. So come dressed up in the jersey of your favourite sports team and showcase your team spirit. It can be your favourite footy team, your favourite netball team or another sporting team.

There will be a gold coin donation for this free dress day, with all proceedings going towards the R U OK foundation.

With next week involving R U OK day, we felt that this was an appropriate charity to link our free dress day too, especially with the strides that have been made when it comes to sports and mental health.

The R U OK? Foundation was founded in 2009 with the goal of trying to raise awareness and change behaviour regarding mental health by simply asking someone, “Are you ok?”. Its goal is to inspire and empower people to connect with their friends and family and to check in with them to understand how they are going in life.

The link below goes directly to their website, where you can find more information regarding R U OK’s vision and story. 

A conversation could change a life | R U OK?

Jordan on behalf of SRC

Body Kind Month

In the final week of Term 3, Doncaster Secondary College, will join hundreds of organisations around Australia and participate in Body Kind Month to promote positive body image for our students.  

Body Kind Month is about promoting young people to: 

• Be Kind to their body - in the language they use, how they nourish and move their body 
• Be Kind to others - Online and face to face; and 
• Celebrate and respect the differences and diversity in their own body and others. 

Through activities run by the Wellbeing team, and educating students and their teachers, this aims to use strength-based initiatives to support our school community to raise awareness about body image.  

The home is also an important place to foster positive attitudes and behaviours around body, appearance, food and movement. We are encouraging families to get-on-board and have these important conversations at home. 

We have provided a Body Positive Conversation Toolkit with some prompts to guide the conversation with your young person(s). We want the conversation to be positive and promote acceptance, self-confidence and self-love. When guiding these conversations, keep an open mind, experiment and find out what works for you and your family.  

Let's Talk Body Confident Children and Teens Webinar

Parents/guardians are invited to a FREE webinar: Let's Talk Body Confident Children and Teens coming up on September 12.

Let's Talk Body Confident Children and Teens, is designed to help support the development of positive body image and healthy behaviours in children of all ages and genders. 

DATE: Monday, 12 September 2022

TIME: 7 - 8.15pm AEST, via Zoom

The DSC Wellbeing Team will host this session from 6:45pm, to provide an opportunity for parents/carers to ask questions or learn more about how we are promoting positive image body.  

Please register your interest by emailing Caitlin.wilks@education.vic.gov.au.

Thank you,

DCS Wellbeing Team

International Student Hub

As our new International Student Learning Hub is nearing its grand opening, we welcome our International students to have a say on how it is decorated. Please come and visit our new office (behind L1), or email Ms. HUANG at Dong.Huang@education.vic.gov.au 

National Song Writing Competition

If you like to write your own songs and are ready to have them heard, think about entering The Australian Children's Music Foundation's National Song Writing Competition is open. If you want your song heard, you can find out all about it via this link:  https://acmf.com.au/national-songwriting-competition-entryform/

See Mr Dean in the Music Centre for any advice or help with recording.

Entries close 22 September.

Cornucopia Yearbook

You can order your copy of the DSC Cornucopia 2022 yearbook through Compass. For $25 you will be able to enjoy school memories for many years to follow.   

Webinar: Boys and Screens

DSC families who have subscribed to our College Happy Families membership, have access to the following live webinar.

Boys & Screens

Gaming, Gambling & Pornography

Monday 19 September, 8pm

https://www.happyfamilies.com.au/live-webinars/boys-screens

A reminder that everyone at Doncaster Secondary College has access to our school's Happy Families Premium Membership. If you subscribed last year, remember that you need to re-subscribe to their new platform. The link to re-subscribing or signing up as a new member is here:

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel 9's "Parental Guidance", and is the founder of Happy Families. 

Parents of LGBTQIA+ Youth

Parents and carers of LGBTQIA+ youth are invited to a support group on Wednesday 7th September, 6:30-8:30pm at the Manningham Function Centre

This is a safe and inclusive space to discuss sexuality and gender topics, ask questions, receive support resources, and meet other families. There will be tea, coffee, and snacks. The group flyer is attached if you wish to share it with anyone else.

Support Group Info:

First Wednesday of the month during the school terms

September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7

6:30pm-8:30pm

Heide Room – Manningham Function Centre

699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster. 

The room is upstairs on the righthand side, across from Function Room 3.