St Johns Ambulance Report - Anaphylaxis

Year 12 Lunch

Thank you to the Administrator of Norfolk Island, Mr Eric Hutchinson, who kindly hosted a luncheon on

Wednesday for the outgoing Year 12 cohort for 2021. The students appreciated the hospitality and best wishes

as the HSC fast approaches.

Stop work meeting

As you may be aware, there has been some industrial action this week in the form of stop work meetings. There

is the potential for further stopwork meetings over the next week or two. There will be no disruption for families,

with all action planned during the day, and all students being fully supervised in the playground or classrooms.

The Inagural Gabrielle Beaumont Environment Award

Gab’s family are pleased to offer this new award in her memory.

Gab grew up at Norfolk Island, and she was passionate about our beautiful island. When she was eight years old

she became President of the Environmental Club that she formed with Ellie Shaw, Sashie Connolly, Kellie Muir,

Livi Cooper and Dean Menzies. They held regular and very formal meetings in a garden shed at Cutters Corn.

They opened a bank account for the money they raised, which they used to buy native trees. Together, this

group of eight-year olds planted trees in the National Park.

Gab completed her HSC at NICS whilst working at Foodland where she persistently asked customers, “Do you

really need that plastic bag?”. Gab was the founder of Boomerang Bags here on Norfolk and was passionate

about reducing her carbon footprint.

The prize will be awarded in recognition of a student’s keen interest in sustainability and contribution towards the

protection of the natural environment at Norfolk Island, and is open to students from Years 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Nominations will be made by the Committee of Stage 3, 4 and 5 Teachers.

Prize: A copy of the book, Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon and $200 prize money.

Ways you could show your eligibility include:

Volunteering to help with tree planting and weed control around Norfolk; joining the NICS Sustainability Group;

always participating in recycling and repurposing activities such as the Lids for Kids project; join the Norfolk

Wave Campaign and Take 3 for the Sea. Don’t forget to check the local paper for more opportunities to protect

our environment.

Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten Orientation continues next week with the second visit occurring on Thursday, 21st October. Current

Year 1 students are assisted as they will become buddies when school resumes next year. The following

Kindergarten Orientation dates are below;

Thursday, 21st October 9.30am – 10.30am

Thursday, 28th October 9.30am – 10.30am

Thursday, 4th November 9.30am – 11.00am (students to stay for the recess break)

For further information, please contact Gill Brown on 23000.

Things coming up in Term 4, Week 4:

Year 6 into 7 transition – Monday, 25th October, Period 5

Visual Arts museum excursion – Tuesday, 26th October

Kindergarten Transition – Thursday, 28th October 9.30-10.30

SLR excursion - Thursday, 28th October

Year 9 Marine Studies excursion - Thursday, 28th October

Save the date:

Sports and Citizenship Awards Ceremony – Wednesday, 17th November. Time TBC

Academic Prizegiving Ceremony – Wednesday, 15th December. Time TBC.

Regards,

Russell Moore

Acting Principal