It has been my pleasure to work as Acting Principal as Mrs Holding takes leave for the next 5 weeks. We have had many opportunities to grow and learn as a community in the last week alone.

Last week we held the College Captain elections, where ten incredible students stood in front of the students and staff of the College to propose their leadership. The staff and students were impressed by the differing ranges of proposals and the confidence and grace which each leader spoke with and I congratulate each nominee on their outstanding performances. The voting process took place immediately after the speeches and at the end of the day, the College Captains for 2023 - 2024, James Payne and Jasmine Sullivan were announced.

On Tuesday students and staff were visited by Helen Bramanathan from the Catholic Education Office - Canberra Goulburn. Students had previously begun their journey with Christian meditation at the College and it was an important time to spend with Helen as we further deepened our knowledge. We thank Helen for her time with us in Young. 

This week Hennessy Catholic College was randomly selected for an audit by the state education governing body NESA. The random inspection guidelines were as follows:

In 2023, 30 schools will be chosen at random:

• 18 government schools
• 8 individual non-government schools
• 4 systemic non-government schools.

In particular our assessment was based around the policies and procedures of “safe and supportive environment - child protection” and the Stage 4 and 5 curriculum area of Science. Hennessy prides itself on being a Child Safe school as well as delivering quality curriculum and high standards and as expected performed well under the inspection, with some identified areas for further growth.

The next fortnight sees many activities involving the community and we look forward to welcoming families to our Father’s Day Mass and BBQ breakfast next Thursday.