Dedication 2012 Samantha Hinds passed away in March at the young age of 22. Samantha began Year 7 at Dominic College in 2002, completing Year 10 in Guzman House in 2005. Samantha progressed to Guilford Young College to complete Years 11 and 12 and found her passion for cooking. She embraced this interest with great gusto, commencing a course at Drysdale House, but was sadly cut short by her declining health. Class teachers recall Dominic College Samantha as: 2012 Yearbook is A positive and diligent student Mr Warwick Cardamatis dedicated to the A keen and self-motivated memory of Samantha young lady Mr David Reinbach A conscientious student with a Mary Hinds. friendly and happy manner Mr Brian Brennan Our staff who knew and taught Samantha, She was a great friend to others and gave her remember her fondly and with admiration very best to all that she undertook. for her spirit. Despite terrible health challenges throughout The Deputy Principal during Samantha’s her life that might overcome the best of us, time at the College, Mr John Visentin, Samantha lived life to the full and was never remembers Samantha as one of the most daunted. She is an example to us all of being thoughtful, caring and courageous young the most you can be in spite of adversity. women he has worked with. She never put her own needs above others and always We remember Samantha and give thanks for came to school each day ready to face life’s her life and memories, as we remember the challenges in a cheerful and positive manner. year 2012. Dominic College Yearbook 2012 i Contents Principal’s report 1 Savio 52 Rector’s report 4 Siena 54 College Captain’s report 5 Curriculum K-6 56 Religious Education 6 Kindergarten 58 Feast days 8 Prep 60 Social outreach 9 Year 1 62 English 10 Year 2 64 Science 12 Year 3 66 Mathematics 14 Year 4 68 Humanities 16 Year 5 70 Indonesian 18 Year 6 72 Japanese 19 Secondary curriculum 74 Health & Physical Education 20 Bosco House 76 Creative Arts 22 Guzman House 78 Applied Studies 26 Siena House 81 ICT 30 Savio House 83 Indigenous focus 32 Co-curricular sport 86 Individual Learning 33 K-6 sports teams 90 Magone Program 34 7-10 sports teams 98 Awards 36 DOSA 109 Cover Design credit: The 2012 Yearbook cover was designed by Year 10 student Immersion learning 39 Capital development 112 Brody Knight. Brody is part of the College’s Excursions 43 Parents & Friends Committee 113 Magone Program and computer graphics has been a significant focus of his indiviudal Co-curricular activities 44 Staff 114 learning program. In creating the design, Our leavers 120 Brody hoped to show the fun side of Infants 46 the school. Brody aspires to be a graphic Bosco 48 Student listing 136 designer or web developer/designer in the future. Guzman 50 Autographs 140 ii Dominic College Yearbook 2012 Principal’s report One of the keystones of the culture of Throughout the year we affirmed the four By developing a shared clarity about the Dominic College is our great sense of school central expectations we have of our students nature of learning, we can more authentically community. Students, staff and parents K-10: Respect, Honesty, Responsibility and design a meaningful and relevant curriculum alike continued to lead the expression Learning. These have been emblazoned on and develop educational practices that and enrichment of this in diverse ways our student diaries, our laptops, our awards support and enhance student learning. throughout 2012. and on signs around the College. Technology – the 21st century The Charter for Salesian Schools calls us to As we have worked to explicitly reinforce toolkit for learning be: A home that welcomes, a parish these expectations of our students, they have This year marked a very significant that evangelises, a school that responded with commitment to building a development in the College in our strategic culture of positive choices at home, parish, efforts to enhance student learning and prepares for life and a playground school and in the playground. engagement through technology. where friends meet and enjoy themselves. Vision for learning and teaching After a highly successful trial with our This year our K-10 teachers have worked Year 5 individual laptop program in 2011, Our 2012 College Yearbook certainly reflects with educational consultant, Dr Julia we continued this program into Year 6 our rich activity in these domains. Atkin, on the concept of powerful learning, and simultaneously launched our Year 7 focussing on the behaviours of learning. program. All of our Year 5-10 students Positive expectations of students will have their own laptop as 21st century The implementation of our School Wide This has seen our teachers identifying and learners, by 2015. Positive Behaviour Support program articulating shared understandings of what this year has underpinned the ongoing students are experiencing when they are A year of community gatherings implementation of our Charter for Salesian learning deeply and powerfully. The College held a number of significant Schools. community gatherings in 2012. The blessing Dominic College Yearbook 2012 1 Principal’s report > Dominic College Magone Program teachers Jeff Thomas and Kate Longey with Ms Gilligan. Kate was a finalist for the UTAS Teaching Excellence Award for her work in the Magone Program. Jeff won a National Excellence in Teaching Award for innovation. > Asian Festival guests: Ms Eve Xia, Ms Beth Gilligan, Dr Varuni Kulasekera, Festival Patron, Mr Masaaki Koyama, Japanese Shakuhachi player and Dominic College Japanese teacher Miss Masayo Marutani. > Year 8 athletes at the Years 7-10 Athletics Carnival at the Domain. > Year 7 students love their new laptops and custom- designed lockers. > Year 8 student Chris Tuffin > during the College’s Ash Student leaders join the Wednesday liturgy to mark the commencement of the former child migrants Lenten season. for 60th anniversary > celebrations. Dominic College Advisory Council. 2 Dominic College Yearbook 2012 > Ms Gilligan with Mr Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth during his visit to Hobart to speak on the Gonski Review Report and its recommendations. > Archbishop Adrian Doyle (left) at the College’s special liturgy in June. > Everyone had a favourite piece, at the successful Creative Arts Festival in November. See more student works on p25. and opening of the Savio Centre by Fr school. It proved a great springboard for It has been with sadness that this year has Bernie Graham SDB and Senator Carol students to demonstrate their understandings seen some of our students and staff lose Brown was a much anticipated event in about Asia, and to enter wonderful cultural dearly loved parents, grandparents and August. experiences from within the Asia region. family members. Our Parish Priest, Fr Lawrie Moate SDB, lost his mother. We The College formally responded to the The Creative Arts Festival at Salamanca lovingly enfold these children and families in ‘Charter for Catholic Schools in the showcased student work in Visual Arts, our thoughts and prayers. Archdiocese of Hobart’ with a special liturgy. Music, Drama and Media Studies. This Archbishop Adrian Doyle acknowledged our was an excellent opportunity for all in our As we bring 2012 to a conclusion, we commitment to nurture and give authentic community to enjoy the creative work of our pray especially for those who leave our expression to the Catholic character and students. community College. We farewell with ethos of Dominic College. This visit was the gratitude, Mr David Carey who retires this last the Archbishop will make to the College Faith development year after 30 years of loyal service to the before his retirement. The spiritual and faith development of our College. We wish David every happiness in students continued to be at the centre of all this next phase of his life. Asian Festival and that we do at Dominic College. Creative Arts Festival We mark our Yearbook memories with Our 2012 inaugural Asian Festival and We have taken every opportunity to reassure prayers of thanksgiving for a blessed Year of our Creative Arts Festival also provided our children and young people that they Grace at Dominic College. wonderful gathering opportunities for our are deeply loved and held precious. We community. continued to teach our students that God Ms Beth Gilligan is within each one of them and that it will Principal Our first K-6 Asian Festival was part of our be God who will sustain them and nourish commitment to becoming an Asia-literate them. Dominic College Yearbook 2012 3 Rector’s report > Fr Frank having a laugh with Xavier Combs in Year 2. > Fr Frank blessing the Caritas donation boxes in the Ash Wednesday Mass. > Year 7 retreat. > Primary students lead a reading in a special Mary Help of Christians liturgy. > K-6 students enjoying the religious songs being led my Michael Mangan. > Fr Frank with P&F President Mrs Sharon Cleland, Archbishop Adrian Doyle and Principal Ms Beth Gilligan. At Dominic College this year we have kindness’ approach to education that Don the loss of a dear relative or friend. At the begun using a description of the school Bosco proposed to both staff and students. same time we express our faith and solidarity with the expression: A Catholic school in These are experiences that should add flavour with those in need, in Australia and overseas the Salesian tradition. The two adjectives and enjoyment to studying and learning, through many outreach activities. that qualify and give a specific flavour to in the classroom, in the playground, in the Dominic College as a school are: Catholic chapel, at home and at school.