Mission Australia Survey – Last week Mission Australia released its yearly youth report. The College Wellbeing team uses the report findings to address issues and target student concerns for 2022.

In the next few weeks, the College will receive a Hennessy based report based on our student responses. The College will look at student responses to address these concerns through the Student Wellbeing Sessions, the SWAG group and classroom discussions.

Nationally the 3 leading concerns for youth in 2021 were – Covid 19 (46%), The Environment (38%), Equality and Discrimination (35%).

Assistant Principal handover - This week I also handed over to Mrs Mary Wright who will take on the Assistant Principal position next year. Mary brings a lot of educational knowledge and is passionate about student wellbeing, I can assure you that the students are in good hands for 2022 and beyond.

As this is my last newsletter I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the Hennessy community who has made my time so enjoyable and enriching.  As I have often said to the students the greatest part of Hennessy is the students and this continues to be the case, but the students are a reflection of their parents and the guidance of the College staff.

Hennessy is a great community and I say that as a teacher and a parent of a past student. My Tom on his first day at Hennessy stated that” Dad, I walked across the playground and 3 teachers knew my name and who I was. I spent 4 years at my old school and nobody knew me”. That has stuck with Tom and myself and we have been truly privileged to be part of this great community and will greatly miss it.

I hope that Christmas for you is a time of rest, relaxation, and family.

Mark Chifley

Assistant Principal