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Hennessy Catholic College

May 7 th 2015 Issue 13

Ripon Street,

YOUNG NSW 2594

Ph: (02) 6382 1486 Fax: (02)63824585

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Sat 9th May—

Hennessy Deb Ball

Tuesday 12th May—

NAPLAN Begins.

Wed 20th May—

Arch Dio Cross

Country, Canberra.

Wed27 th May—Da

Vinci Decathlon

Fri 29th May —CG

Basketball, Canber-

ra

Prayer of Thanks on the Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice 5th May

O God, we thank you for the life of Blessed Edmund Rice.

He opened his heart to Christ present in those oppressed by poverty and injus-

tice.

May we follow his example of faith and generosity.

Grant us the courage and compassion of Blessed Edmund as we seek to live lives

of love and service.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Blessed Edmund…Pray for Us

Live Jesus in our Hearts…..Forever

Amen.

Aspirations Program 2015 This past Wednesday Hennessy hosted, as part of our partnership with the Aus-tralian Catholic University, 120 students from across the Western Region Catholic secondary and primary schools of the Archdiocese, a gifted and talented program focusing on Creative Arts incorporating modern learning skills of creativity, col-laboration, communication and critical thinking. This program will run over five days spread out between now and November. It was wonderful to see the young people engaged in this program within our learning spaces and enjoying the hos-pitality we have to offer. The feedback was terrific and my thanks go to Mrs Frances Moore and her team of presenters from ACU, the College Executive and in particular Mrs Jenny Holloway and Mr Brett Cowan for the organisational work involved in pulling the day together. We look forward to day 2 in June! Open Day 2015- ENROLMENTS ARE NOW DUE. On Wednesday also, we opened the college to our community to come and have a look and experience Hennessy in action. Well over a hundred families came through during the afternoon. It was a real pleasure to meet the young students and their parents and extended families in many cases. It was a whole college effort and thanks must go to all the staff who presented to parents as well as the many students from Year 7 and student leaders from Year 12 who acted as guides. They truly are our best advertisement! Thanks too to the efforts again of Mrs Holloway, Mr Cowan, Mr Harton, Mr Bob Ashton and the team who set everything up. We are served so well by these peo-ple. I look forward to meeting the families as we now move in to the period where we need enrolment forms to be dropped in and interviews booked with you and the College Executive. Please get your forms in asap. Enrolments are due now.

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College Athletics Carnival A great community day. Yesterday we held our College Athletics Carnival in cold and windy conditions at Gus Smith Oval. However, the students entered into the day in a very enthusiastic way. Many records were broken despite the conditions and a great day was had by all. Thanks to Mr Croese for his organisation and to the support of all staff who worked very hard to ensure the day ran well. More next week… Sr Philomena- Diamond Jubilee and the St Marys Primary School Shelter. In honour of Sr Phil’s 60th year as a Presentation sister, St Mary’s Primary School opened their new playground shelter named in her honour and blessed by Fr. Tom. We share in the heritage of the Presentation Sisters in Young and it was great to be there to help her see her fine work over many years so well recognised. It was nice too, to be able to see St Mary’s cele-brate having their shelter which will add so much to the school . Visit by Year 10 students from Cootamundra and Temora Today we host Sacred Heart Cootamundra and St Anne’s Temora Year 10 students who are to become part of our Year 11 cohort in 2016. We are an integral part of their Kindergarten to Year 12 pathway of Catholic Education within this part of the Archdiocese. We look forward to working with them and their families. Today they will take part in some information sessions, have lunch with us- a BBQ and take part in some inter-school games. Debutante Ball 2015 This coming Saturday night we have the 2015 Debutante Ball hosted by the Hennessy Community Council at the Young PCYC. Best wishes to all debu-tantes and partners for this significant event in the community calendar. It should be a great evening.

God Bless.

Chris Browne

College Principal

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Community Connections

Successful Parent Evening on Raising Teens

Thank you to those parents who took the opportunity to attend David Ko-

bler from Media Choicez presentation on raising teens on Monday night.

Our year 10 and 11 students have hopefully spoken to you about the young

men and women’s seminars presented by David and Katie on Tuesday. In

June, we have Marcele Bernard’s presentations of Speak Easy to our junior

students and Fear for our older students continuing our theme of good

men and women.

David made many good points regarding parenting and how we can help

with the impact of being a youth in today’s society and that although they

have the most access to information and connection throughout the world

their level of isolation is increasing. As parents we need to make strong and

difficult decisions but the line of communication needs to recognise and

share mistakes that are made and how your child would cope given that

situation. It is not just a matter of saying “do not do…” but looking for ways

to share and direct expectations. Feedback from the evening by parents was

very positive and we look forward to future parent evenings.

Uniform

Reminder students are to wear the school jumper, in the first instance, be-

fore placing a plain blue jacket over it. Students will be asked to resolve by

removal of garment.

Change in Date for Variety Night

Variety Night will now be on Wednesday 24th June; with the Community Council meeting moving to Thursday 25th June.

School Mass

Please mark the date of Saturday 23rd May for Gallagher house school mass at 6pm on the Saturday night at St Mary’s. It would be great to see as many of our students and families, taking the opportunity to celebrate their faith and breaking bread together.

Driver Policy and Processes

All student drivers upon receiving their licence (P plates) need to

complete and submit the drive to and from school forms to me to be pro-

cessed. The policy and form are available on our school website.

Gerard Simms Assistant Principal-Director of Community

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Teenage Girls WITH DANETTE WATSON

YOGA WORKSHOP

CALLING ALL GIRLS AGED 12 & ABOVE

SUNDAY, 24TH MAY 2015, 10AM-1PM

AT THE YOGA TREE STUDIO

FOR

THIS fun, active workshop WILL CONCENTRATE ON UNDERSTANDING

YOUR BODY & HONOURING/WORKING WITH YOUR BODY

THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE MONTH.

GIRLS WILL LEARN:

THE YIN/YANG OF THEIR MONTHLY CYCLE:

» WHEN TO BE CREATIVE, CHALLENGE YOURSELF & GET THINGS DONE

DURING THE MONTH; &,

» WHEN TO BE QUIET, INTROSPECTIVE & SELF-NURTURING DURING THE

MONTH.

TWO DIFFERENT YOGA SEQUENCES FOR ACTIVE TIMES & QUIET TIMES.

TWO DIFFERENT MEDITATIONS/RELAXATIONS FOR ACTIVE

TIMES & QUIET

TIMES.

OTHER ACTIVITIES & STRATEGIES TO STAY BALANCED,

PEACEFUL & CONFIDENT

WHILE HONOURING THEIR FEMININE GIFTS.

NO NEED TO BRING ANYTHING DURING THE WORKSHOP -

JUST WEAR COMFY

CLOTHES! REGISTRATION FEE IS $50 only. FOR BOOKINGS OR

INFORMATION,

CALL DANETTE AT 0419-242-053 OR VISIT...

DANETTEWATSONYOGA.COM/GIRLS-YOGA-WORKSHOP

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ELOUERA SPECIAL SCHOOL

Cake Stall

FRIDY 15TH may 2015

WESTPAC BANK YOUNG

8.00am

All proceeds will go towards building an all weather purpose shade cover for

the Menzies Playground.

Library Study Afternoons: Please note closure dates

Due to the College being unable to provide supervision

for students at the Library for afternoon study on Tues-

day 12th May and Tuesday 19th May (week 4 & 5 Tues-

days) the Library will be closed and unavailable for stu-

dents on those afternoons. All other Tuesday and Thurs-

day afternoons will operate as normal. 3:30pm-5pm. No

study in Week 10. We apologise for any inconvenience

and thank you for your anticipated understanding.

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The Grandparents Workshop

Babies haven’t changed but our knowledge has!

Today many grandparents are providing care for their grandchildren either on a permanent basis

or in a child minding capacity. Since your own baby was born, there have been many changes in

how we care for women in pregnancy and birth and how parents care and nurture their new ba-

by.

Young Community Health Centre will be running a group for new or existing grandparents de-

signed to give grandparents the latest in health care information with regards to looking after ba-

bies and young children.

Topic will include:

Changes in pregnancy and birth

Breastfeeding

SIDS

First aid and safety in the home.

Recognising post natal depression

Looking after yourself as a grandparent.

This is a free workshop!

When: Friday 29th of May 2015 between 9.30 and 2.00.

Where: CWA rooms, Lovell street, Young.

For more information or to register, phone Wendy Fisher or Catrina Richens at Young Health

Service on 6382 8700.

PARISH & SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE DINNER Friday, 22nd May at 6.30pm

'PULLING DOWN THE SHADES'

ON REFUGEES

with Guest Speaker JON STANHOPE

former ACT Chief Minister & recently

Administrator Christmas & Cocos Islands

Tickets available from: Young Services Club; Gilberts Bookshop & M&M's Music Store

$30 per person (Drinks may be purchased from the Bar)Tables of 10.

''Get a table together for a social and enlightening night".

Please support this non-fundraising & non-political event and ask your friends to join you.

Kickstart Soccer

'Kickstart Soccer’ is a program designed for children with a disability aged

5-12 who would like to participate in a team sport and learn to play soccer in

a structured, fun environment. The focus of the program will be on skill de-

velopment, active participation and having fun.

Parent/carer participation is vital for this program to run successfully. De-

pending on each child’s needs and abilities, parents or carers will be asked to

participate in the program with their child or at the very least remain at the

field for the duration of the session (approx. 45 minutes).

The program will be conducted at Gus Smith Oval Young beginning on Satur-

day 23rd May in conjunction with the junior soccer competition.

The cost for the 2015 season is $30 which includes the use of a playing

shirt.

Socks, $10 and shorts, $20 can be purchased at the club house when regis-

tering.

Registrations will be held at Gus Smith Oval on Saturday the 9th and 16th of

May from 9.00am to 11.00 am.

For further information about the program please contact Leonie Dunn on

0404159645 or email kickstartsoccer@younglionssoccerclub.com.au

Young Lions Soccer Club

Young Lions Soccer Club