Academically the year has started very busily at Hennessy. Our senior students have received their assessments for this term. Students will need to ensure they have adequate time to complete tasks to the best of their ability. What they need most of all is time and must balance commitments outside of school and in the classroom, remembering every lesson counts.

For year 10-12  students we have processes around illness, misadventure and extensions. These, as well as appropriate forms,  can be found in the Student handbooks on the College website, their year group Google classroom pages and the Student Drive.

Some important points:

• If a student is absent for a task, they make contact with the College and myself - morton@cg.catholic.edu.au on the morning of the task.
• If a student is sick or unable to attend school on the day of the task, then they can apply for Illness/Misadventure and have the task rescheduled for when they get back. If it’s a hand in and they can still submit this from home on time, no paperwork is required.
• If the task is an in class task it is expected students must be present all day.
• All paperwork is required within 3 days of their return to school.

Extensions are only granted under exceptional circumstances; these need to be discussed with the class teacher first but then the students need to contact me directly to confirm if they have sufficient grounds.

Our ongoing assessment program in Years 7-10 is also well underway and many students have already received their common task for this term.

At the mid point of the term, unfortunately, we also have students starting to acquire negative points in the classroom. Students are reminded that what happens in the classroom is important and our core business as a school. Students should not be denying themselves or others in the class an opportunity to learn. Stay focused and do your best.

Remember, staff are here to help. Early and continual communication allows for collaboration between staff, students and parents and leads to positive outcomes.

Andrew Morton
Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning