Hello, and welcome back to term 3!

It has been a very cold start coming back to school, but through the last 2 weeks things have started to heat up! The First day back we had a whole school college assembly. The leadership team and staff were very impressed with the singing of the National Anthem, despite the technical difficulties, all students carried on, and should be commended for having such pride in Australia with their fantastic singing. Also, at this assembly, the silver award recipients were announced. To earn a silver award, a student must have at least 3 points in each area (Live spiritually, Learn dynamically & Act Justly) and have a total of 30 points or more. Early in week one we had 3 people earn a silver award; Bonny Bromham, Azalea Sullivan and  Eliza Taylor. In week 2 we had Jemima Mergard and Liam Payne earn a silver award. A massive congratulations to our silver award recipients!!

NAIDOC Mass
On Friday week 1, we had a beautiful mass to celebrate Naidoc Week. It was a fantastic way to acknowledge our ancestors in a reverent and respectful way, to 'Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud & proud'. Many schools from around the region attended this mass including: St Mary’s Primary Young, Sacred Heart Cootamundra, St Mary’s War Memorial School, West Wyalong, and St Josephs Grenfell. After a cleansing smoking ceremony and lovely readings from students, many Indigenous students from Hennessy and St Mary’s received awards, well done to Ashlyn Perry, Samantha Malkav and Hardy Glover from Hennessy! 

NEW: 
HENNESSY HEARTS! As of Monday, it was announced that Hennessy would be participating in a new process called ‘Hennessy Hearts,’ where all those working hard in and out of class will be given a card, which will provide them the opportunity to receive a canteen voucher… Could that be you? 

Year 12 vs Teachers Competition!
On Monday during break 1, Yr 12 went up against the Teachers in a game of netball. The teachers came in strong with great attacking power and a super GA, Simon Quinn, dominating throughout the whole game. Yr 12 held strong but couldn’t match the teachers’ pace and teamwork, the teachers made themselves a huge gap (9-3). The final stretch was close, there was only 1 minute left in the game. The crowd favourite Mr Watson was complimented and cheered for his amazing defence. The Teachers kicked it into gear and put a couple of quick points on the board, Year 12 were slow to follow. The final buzzer rang once again leaving the teachers with the win. The score… year 12 won’t tell (13-6). The teachers won the game by an astonishing 7 point lead!! If there had to be a Player of the match, it would undoubtedly be Mr Quinn, absolute machine! The Teachers now lead the Teacher/Student competition 2-0 with 3 games to come. COME ON YEAR 12! 

Hennessy World Cup 
Hennessy is now holding their very own world cup, better than the olympics… so I’ve been told. 

The structure will be;

Game 1: Year 11 V Year 12 – Friday 2nd August
Game 2: Year 7 V Year 8 – Tuesday 6th August
Game 3: Year 9 V Year 10 – Wednesday 7th August
Game 4 – SEMI FINAL : Winner Game 2 V Winner Game 3 – Friday 9th August
GRAND FINAL – Winner Game 4 V Winner Game 1 (TBC)

This Friday Yr 12 will take on Yr 11. Bring your A game teams! Will Yr 12 finally win something at school!? Watch this space for more!

Try a trade expo 
Coming up on Thursday 22nd August, is a ‘Try a Trade Day excursion’ for interested Years 9-12 students. Hennessy students are invited to attend this one day excursion leaving at 9am and returning by 3.10pm. A large number of potential employers and organisations will be there, and students will have the chance to see demonstrations, try out tools and equipment or create something. This will be the biggest expo in the region promoting apprenticeships, traineeships and entry level employment opportunities in construction, automotive, electrical, plumbing, hair dressing, hospitality and many more. There will be no charge for this excursion. Interested students should complete this google form. https://forms.gle/j35QF1wgtTSaU6hd7 (students only)

Successful students will be emailed with more details. It will be a fun day, and we encourage anybody interested to put their name down. 

Trial Exams
Coming up we have the year 12 trial examinations, which will take place over the next 2 weeks. We wish all of year 12 the best of luck, please don’t stress! You’ve got this! Same applies for all those going for leadership roles from year 11 for 2024-25 school leadership, all the best!  

That’s all for this week. Thanks again for tuning into this week's Leader’s Lounge! 

All the best with Term 3! 

James and Jasmine
Your College Captains :)