Week 7 Wellbeing Report 

CAPTAINS REPORT 

• Year 12 formal 

In week five, the 2020 year 12’s celebrated their formal with their parents and guardians. Parents were invited at last minute due to COVID-19 and restrictions were put in place however it turned out to be a great night! The hall was kindly decorated by the staff and Bob which looked amazing and very colourful. 

A massive thankyou goes out to all the incredible hospitality girls in Years 10 and 11 for assisting in serving food, drink and volunteering their time to help clean up afterwards. Miss Worner and our lovely canteen ladies worked incredibly hard to prepare and cook all of the food and help out on the night. Overall, the night turned out to be great fun for parents, year 12 students and our other volunteers. Thank you to all, your hard work never goes unnoticed.  

• Year 6 Orientation Day 

Last week we had the pleasure of meeting a large group of year 6 students from several different schools! The house leaders and the leadership team got the opportunity to meet them all followed by a liturgy and some fun games. The year 6’s were given a tour of the school and took part in activities such as science experiments, cooking and sports which occurred over a period of two school days. It was great seeing all the new students interact with one another, they are such a lovely year group and we cannot wait for them to join us next year! We also have some very exciting news at Hennessy, which is that next year we will have the highest number of students since 2013, which is a great accomplishment. Well done Hennessy team!

• McAuley dine and donate 

On Tuesday 17th November, McAuley House held its Annual Dine and Donate initiative. The initiative is a community service project where the students prepare and donate meals to those less fortunate in the Hilltops community.  

Some of the meals were donated to the Young Crisis Accommodation Centre, which has evolved into a multi-purpose service centre offering tailored support plans for homeless people and those at risk of homelessness, including young people, women, men, individuals and families. The centre still maintains crisis accommodation for women and women with children. Without the help of our year 11 McAuley students, teachers and cleaning ladies we wouldn't have been able to donate all these amazing meals and assist those in need, so a massive thankyou to all of those who attended and assisted!

• PC challenges 

This term the leadership team has placed a strong emphasis on planning PC challenges and year activities to be introduced next year in order to foster inter-year and inter-house engagement. We plan to introduce a myriad of activities such as trivia, board games, handball, as well as music and sporting challenges. Last week we kicked off our first PC challenge - all houses have begun their respective Among Us challenges. We would like to thank Mr Quinn for making the trophies, keep a look out for the end result!

• Wellbeing 

Fairy Bread - In celebration of National Fairy Bread Day which was founded to combat mental health among Australia’s youth, on Tuesday 24th of November, with the help of Mr Chifley and Miss Worner a group of year 12 girls gave up their study and lunchtime to distribute colourful sprinkles, sugary goodness and lots of smiles.

Dolly - During the past couple of weeks, we have all had the pleasure of meeting Hennessy’s new wellbeing dog, Dolly. Mrs Stadmiller brings the adorable black lab to school on Fridays, we love her visiting our classrooms and saying hello in the playground. Working with the SWAG group, we hope this initiative will help support our students’ mental health and wellbeing in the future We would like to thank everyone’s support and cooperation in helping Mrs Stadmiller train her.

Written by: Olivia McLennan and Giselle Capra

MOVEMBER
As at the 25th of November, the Hennessy Movember team has raised $4,619 which has smashed the original target of $500. Fast approaching is the end of the month, where all funds are donated in order to support innovative world-class men's health projects in key focus areas – prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. 

Overall, Hennessy is ranked 9th in the school competition. Special mention to Mitchell Brown, Mr Chifley and Rylee O’Brien for leading the way in money raised.

HOUSE AWARDS 

Over the past few weeks Hennessy has been flooded with events and opportunities for students to be involved in a variety of activities. It is great to see so many students seizing the opportunity and reaching Level 1 and 2 in the House Awards System.

The Level 1 House Award requires students to show involvement in all 3 areas: Live Spiritually, Learn Dynamically and Act Justly. Congratulations to students who have attained this achievement in Weeks 5/6 of this term:

Bella Brownlie, Hayley Grotegoed, Eliza Taylor, Mia Hennock, Jesse Jewitt, Fergus Moore, Xavier Capra, Charlotte Cottrell, Madison James, Isabella Harrison, Charlotte Doldissen, Brianee Taylor, Lillian Williams, Josh Cameron, Ryan Blake, Nicholas Canellis, Zoe McRae, Charlotte Coddington, Harry McAtamney, Millie Davidson, Damon Xia, Breanna Ulrick, Zack Corcoran, Adison King, Elisabeth Hall, Emily Pratt, Rory O'Brien, Grace Gibson, Rylee O'Brien, Liam Jewitt, Imogen Noakes, Ethan Smith, Michael Perry, Mitchell Brown, Joy Cass, Holli Madgwick, Indyana Bedford, Emily Dillon, Sarah Dillon, Amy Knapman, Ellie Croker, Chelsey Terry, Alex Block, Charlotte Hudson, Mattea Tarce, Lily Coddington, Lachlan Reynolds, Sophie Barnes, Mollie O'Leary, Tessa Barnes, Isabella Turner, Anna Harden, Sebastian Hartman.

The Level 2 Bronze Award is attained by students who are involved in at least 10 activities (at least 2 in each set area). Congratulations to our first two recipients of this award, Hayley Grotegoed and Bella Brownlie.

     

YEAR 12 STUDY SESSIONS 

Year 12 students have been meeting as a group and working on assessments and spending some quality time together as a group. Enjoying each other's company and working with staff. Year 12 has one more session in Week 8. Continue working hard Year 12. 

YEAR 12, 2020 - RESULTS MORNING TEA

On Friday 18th December, we will be welcoming back the Year 12 class of 2020 to celebrate their achievements. 

LEAGUE TAG 

Yesterday, we took two teams to the South West Slopes Riverina competition held in Young. The girls were amazing, they conducted themselves with pride and showed their strengths on the field. It was fantastic to see the girls who have not worked together as a team before come together. 

Results were; 

Team 1: Game 1 draw, Game 2 win, Game 3 win and Game 4 win

Team 2: Game 1 win, Game 2 win, Game 3 loss and Game 4 win

Both teams came away from the day in first and second position. It is very clear that we have a lot of talented young football players here at school. 

Players players; Lizzie Sinclair & Tay Butcher.

Standout players from the day; Amelia Rowan, Emma Craig, Lydia Martin and Sara Collins. 

DATES FOR DIARY

Week 8 

• Year 10 Work Experience 

Week 9 

• 9th December, Presentation Day (in year groups)
• 10th December, Year 9 Activities Day
• 10th & 11th December, Year 10 Activities Days

Week 10 

• Tuesday 15th December, last day for students