We welcome our Department of Education visitors Warren

Blissett, Greg Foy (Assets) and James Quiring (Technology) to

the school this week. The Assets and Technology team will be

spending all week collaborating with Karen Heldon, Director,

Territories Capital and Major Projects, Department of

Infrastructure and Regional Development and her team.

Thank you to the NICS staff who will also be contributing

during their stay.

NICS Debating Team

Joni King, Harry Hayes, Ruby Ciantar and Ashley Kytola will be

flying out off the Island today to take part in the State

Championships in debating. Students will be attending the

Sydney University. Well done students and Ms Hale who has

once again developed these students with the skills of

debating. The school community wishes you all the best of

luck we know that you will do your school and the Island

proud as debaters and ambassadors. Thanks to the

community for their incredible support.

Outrigger Competition

We wish Ada Nebauer all the best as she leaves tomorrow to

compete in the South Queensland Outrigging Championships.

Good luck Ada and well done with your achievements.

Year 10 Work Experience

Our Year 10 students have completed their first week of Work

Experience with another week to go. The school community

would sincerely like to thank everyone who has helped in any

way to make this possible for the students.

Judi Byrnes

Our fly in/out School Counsellor will be back on Island on

Monday 28th November. For appointments please contact me

at the school if you would like an appointment with Judi for

yourself and/or your child.

Student Medicals

A few weeks ago a package was put together to distribute to

students with health conditions which may require support at

school, we want to work with you to keep your child healthy

and safe at school. Parents/Caregivers have been asked to

complete the forms and return to the Front Office. If your

student has an allergic reactions, asthmatic etc. or is

anaphylaxis an Action Plan is requested which is available

from a doctor at the Norfolk Island Health and Residential Age

Care Service (Norfolk Island Hospital).

Academic Prizegiving

Will be held at Rawson Hall on Wednesday 14th December

2016, commencing at 6pm. Invitations will be handed to

students next week.

The Norfolk Island Central School P&C is calling for expressions

of interest for the operation of the NICS canteen from 1st term

of the 2017 school year.

It is likely that the regulation of the service will fall under

the NSW DEC NUTRITION IN SCHOOLS POLICY which is

available online at that address. It is important that prospective

operators have viewed this policy. Details of leasing

arrangements will be discussed with prospective operators in

the last week of term 2016.

Expressions of interest should be address to:

The Secretary,

NICS P&C Association

Norfolk Island Central School

P.O. Box 214

Special at the

Canteen this Week

Cheese Burger—$5

Homework Centre is offered to students every Tuesday

afternoon from 3pm to 4pm in the School Library.

All students from Year 3 to Year 12 are invited to

attend. This is a great opportunity that is offered

to study and complete their homework, this is

supervised by teachers.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! 3-6 NEWS

Changes for 2017:

As of next year, due to Departmental guidelines, cakes and lollies will no longer be allowed to be brought in

to share with classes, due to children with Anaphylaxis and Allergy conditions. We are sorry for any

inconvenience with this. But I am sure you will understand the good intentions behind it.

Stage 3 Tissues please:

Although it is coming to the end of the year colds and coughs are still upon us and as some children have not

yet brought in tissues for their class for the year we are asking for some boxes to see out the year please!

Thankyou in anticipation.

THE YEAR 7/8 DEBATING TEAM FROM NORFOLK ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL

WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING THEIR QUEST TO COMPETE IN NEXT WEEK’S

NSW PREMIER’S DEBATING CHALLENGE.

We would like to thank NICS staff, the SRC and our fellow students (for believing in us!) and the following clubs, organisations and individu-

als for helping us financially.

We wouldn’t be competing in Sydney without you!

THE NORFOLK ISLAND ROTARY CLUB THE NORFOLK ISLAND BOWLING CLUB

THE NORFOLK ISLAND RSL CLUB THE NORFOLK ISLAND QUOTA CLUB

LIONS CLUB OF NORFOLK ISLAND & ARTHUR’S VALE & DISTRICT 201N5 –

Kings Langley Lions, Manly Lions, RICHMOND LIONS, CITY OF RYDE LIONS, CARLINGFORD-DUNDAS LIONS & the Follow Your Dream Foundation

THE P&C GAI BRODTMANN MP

Results showing the impact of

schools that do implement L3:

It’s the most magical time of year…your child

can write to Santa To all the boys and girls on Norfolk Island it is almost time to start writing your letters to Santa Claus.

Santa’s mail box will be on the footpath outside of Beauty ‘N’ More (opposite The Golden Orb Bookshop) each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.00 to 5.00 ~ Wednesday and Saturday until 1.00 pm from Thursday, December 1st, with the last mail closing for the North Pole on Friday, December 16th.

When writing to Santa it is important to tell Santa your full name and Norfolk post box number for him to send a letter back to you….ask Mum or Dad or an older brother or sister for help or to check you have done it correctly to make sure you receive a reply from Santa Claus.

P.S. Mrs. Claus tells us Santa is looking forward to receiving many letters from Norfolk Island.

Norfolk Island Central School PO Box 214 Norfolk Island 2899 Phone; 0011 6723 23000 Fax: 0011 6723 23100 email: office@school.edu.nf

Dear NICS Families,

All students are invited to join us for an End of Year Fundraiser for Jonny and Mai on Thursday 8 December. It is a great opportunity for the NICS community who want to make a difference in one of our student’s life to come and have a fun time, enjoy a sausage sizzle and make a donation.

The event will be filled with lots of the Easter Carnival favourites like the jumping castle, the green machines, bubble soccer and lots of other stalls.

Tickets are priced at: $ 10 per student

$ 15 for 2 students

$ 20 for 3 students

And $ 25 for 4 students

Your ticket will include one sausage on bread, and unlimited turns on the Easter Carnival stalls of your

choice. Extra sausages are $1.

Please and fill in the form below and return to the office with the money by Tuesday 6th December for

catering.

We truly hope to see you there! Thanks in advance for your support.

Sincerely,

NICS SRC, Youth Assembly, Staff and P&C

My child/children_______________________________ will be attending the event. Yes No

(Name and Grades)

Number of children: ________________ $10 $15 $20 $25

Extra sausages: ________ @ $1 each TOTAL:

Thursday 8 December

Love Love

below useful. Head lice are only found on the human head or hair. Head lice do not live on furniture, hats, bedding, carpet or any-

where else in the environment. Treating anything other than the human head does not eradicate head lice.

There are two main treatment options to remove head lice:

Mechanical removal

Chemical removal

Mechanical removal Mechanical removal involves applying conditioner to dry hair. Cover all of the hair with conditioner, detangle hair

with normal comb and separate into sections. Then, using a fine long toothed metal lice comb, comb through the

hair in sections. The conditioner does not kill lice but stuns them for about 20 minutes enabling easier removal.

The long toothed metal comb will remove nits and the stunned head lice. Wipe the comb on a white tissue and

check for any lice or nits. Keep combing until no more appear on the tissue. This method should be done every sec-

ond or third day until no nits and lice remain, usually about 7 to 10 days. Please see the explanation below for

more detailed guidance.

This method is the preferred way to detect and treat head lice because it is effective, does not contribute to insecti-

cide resistance in head lice and also presents a low risk of skin irritation.

This method also helps manage head lice before they become established on the head. Simply keep a good head

lice comb in the shower and every time your family washes their hair use the fine comb through the hair. This will

ensure lice are "caught" before they lay too many eggs. If your children are old enough to wash their own hair en-

courage them to use the comb themselves. Or keep a comb handy to where you wash your children's hair and use

it every shampoo.

Chemical removal

What you need for this method:

Normal comb to detangle hair prior to using metal lice comb

Chemical treatment containing synthetic or natural insecticides that kill head lice (talk to your local pharmacist

to identify the treatments containing insecticides)

Fine toothed metal lice comb (available from your local chemist or online)

White paper towel If you choose to use a chemical treatment, remember to follow the instructions carefully. You will also need to

comb through the hair to ensure the treatment is working. If you find dead lice it means the product has worked. If

you find live lice, the treatment has not worked. Don't be tempted to re-apply or over-apply the same chemical if it

doesn't appear to be working. Instead switch to another treatment that uses a different chemical compound or use

the ‘comb and conditioner method’ as described under the mechanical removal. It is very important that you repeat

the chemical treatment in seven days to kill any newly hatched eggs as most chemical treatments will not kill the

eggs (nits). Once your child is free of lice and nits, remember to regularly check with a fine toothed head lice comb and condi-

tioner as described above. Early detection and treatment will prevent re-infestation of other family members and

classmates.

Some tips for treating long hair

Depending on the hair length and type, it is often easier to neatly section long and thick hair before applying conditioner to avoid getting the hair into a terrible tangle. Some ideas on how to do this are described here:

Part long hair once from forehead to scalp, and use hair clips to keep the part in place.

Apply conditioner along the part line. This is to stop lice from crossing from one side of the head to the other.

Part the hair in a straight line from the ear around the scalp to the centre part and clip or pin the top section to the crown of the scalp. Do this also on the other side until you have four sections. You can part the hair into