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St Dominic’s Residential Closure Proposal

The school recently consulted, between Wednesday 30th January 2019 and Wednesday 20th March 2019, on a proposal to close the residential care provision at St Dominic’s School. The rationale for this change is to ensure the future financial viability of …
16th April 2019

Residential Provision rated Outstanding

I was delighted that our Residential Provision was again rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted following their inspection in February.  I am so proud of all our staff; it is through their dedication, commitment and hard work as individuals and teams that …
16th April 2019

Roman Soldiers!

Year 7 groups worked really hard at making their own Roman Shields. They had a great time practising Roman Tactics outside and charging the enemy!  
16th April 2019

Raystede Animal Shelter

This term Year 8 have been studying poetry. With this in mind, we organised a trip to Raystede Animal Shelter. The trip gave the students the opportunity to observe the animals to inspire them to write their own poems.  
2nd April 2019

Careers Week!

Careers Week is always a busy and exciting time. Once again, the pupils and students took part in a range of activities. At the beginning of the week, Year 10 and the Sixth Formers met police officers from Surrey Police. …
2nd April 2019

Winchester Science Museum trip

The year 8 pupils travelled to Winchester to visit the Science Centre and Planetarium. On the long minibus journey pupils enjoyed playing ‘Guess the Disney Movie’ from the soundtrack. Pupils participated in a workshop called ‘Discover: Matter’; during which they …
2nd April 2019

Red Nose Day

A wonderful day was had doing ‘Red Nose’ activities, which included racing, baking, art work, and gaming. Everyone got into the spirit and had an enjoyable day. More photos can be found in the Friday Flyer under the ‘Families’ tab.
19th March 2019

National Apprenticeship Week

As part of National Apprenticeship week our Sixth Form students visited the National Apprenticeship Show at Sandown Park Racecourse. A large number of employers and training organisations, such as Network Rail, Superdrug, Canon and Ford, were available to talk about …
19th March 2019

The Great Brick Safari

KS2 Hawks class visited The Great Brick Safari at Wisley. Everyone had a great time exploring all the exhibitions and were really impressed that everything was completely made of Lego! Pupils got some great ideas for their own Lego builds.
19th March 2019

World Book Day

St Dominic’s celebrated yet another successful World Book Day where many pupils, students and members of staff got into the spirit of dressing up in an array of original and colourful costumes. Names of prize-winners will be posted in the …
19th March 2019

Pets as therapy

Year 6 pupils had a chance to spend time with Hemmick, the therapy dog. Archie, Laila, Callum, and Ava played, cuddled and read to Hemmick. They all had a very enjoyable day!
19th March 2019

Trip to the National History Museum

Year 9.3 and 10 have been out as part of the History topics. Year 9 went to the Natural History museum in London to see the dinosaurs, fossil gallery, human evolution and human biology exhibits. They also had the opportunity …
19th March 2019