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Principal’s NoteIt is with a heavy heart, we farewell Ms O’Brien from CMS.Ms O’Brien will be helping Northern Territory Education developPositive Behaviour Framework across the region.

Ms O’Brien came to CMS in 2010 from Centralian SeniorCollege during the merger of ANZAC High School and AliceSprings High School as a Maths teacher, her professionalismand dedication was recognised and by 2014 was acting asPrincipal. We will miss your guidance, wisdoms and amusinganecdotes at CMS but wish you the best in your new position.

I would also like to take this opportunity to farewell the followingstaff; Miss Rebecca Hunter, Miss Julia Smith, Ms MelanieO’Neill, Ms Lauren Michener, Mr Malcolm Solomano, AndreaMayfield and Girls at the Centre Staff.

I wish all our families a safe and happy Christmas and lookforward to seeing our returning students in the New Year.

Yours sincerelyEddie Fabijan

2015 CMS Yearbook on Sale2015 Yearbook is now available at Student Access for $5.

Update your UniformTo all student’s families

If families would like to update student uniforms for 2016, theycan return old items for a $5 refund and use it to buy newuniform items.

You could then use your $5 saving to buy a yearbook!

Year 9 Graduation DinnerAs we come to a close there are a number of events and itemshappening for our Year 9 leavers.

On Monday the 7th December students will be transportedfrom CMS at 1150 to the Gap View Hotel for a farewellafternoon. Students will be provided some food and soft drink,and are able to use the pool facilities at Gap View. Pleaseensure your child is equipped with swimwear, towel, change ofclothes and sunscreen. Attached is our school permission form.This will need to be returned for your student to attend.

On Tuesday evening from 6pm until 8.30pm we are holding ourYear 9 Dinner Dance for students at the Star of Alice. Studentsare requested to wear semi-formal clothing. If students arerequiring transport, please contact the school for moreinformation.

On Wednesday 9th December, students will be involved in theColour Smash; a note should have already gone home, pleasecontact the school if you would like more information on this.

The Leavers shirts have arrived and we are asking all studentswho ordered one at the end of term 3 to pay their $34.00 andcollect their shirt before the last day. If your child did not attendthe Presentation Night, they will have a portfolio to collect fromthe year 9 office.

We are all looking forward to an enjoyable last week of schoolwith the year 9s and would like to see them attend until the lastday.

Please contact Ben Balmer for more information by phoning theschool or emailing ben.balmer@ntschools.net .

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Orientation Day

Students commencing in 2016

Week 10, Monday 7 December

Primary school students planning onattending Centralian Middle School in 2016,are invited to attend an Orientation Day on7th of December. For further details, pleasecontact Kristi Beynon on 8950 2500 orfollow the Orientation Day Link

I’m sure our current CMS students will show them howwelcoming our school is.

Colour SplashSRC are running a CMS Colour Splash inWednesday, Week 10 to raise funds for ourSchool Leadership Camp in 2016 and tocontinue supporting Acacia Hill School withtheir Blue Earth Active Program.

$10 will get you entry, a t-shirt and abarbeque lunch. Payments will be collected until Tuesday.

All students are encouraged to get involved.

Library OverduesMany students have received their library overdue notices.Please ensure all library books are returned by Tuesday 8thDecember. There is a special treat for students returning theirbooks.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Australian Pacific GamesCongratulations to Taylor Moldrich, Ariki Lowe and CopelanFord who participated in the School Sport Australia PacificSchool Games Combined Touch Championship between 20and 28 November in Adelaide.

Birthday Wrap upMiss Axten, Miss Chapman and Mister Dustin made sure allstudents and staff knew who was having a birthday inNovember. Happy Birthday Ms O’Brien, Ms Beynon, MissThompson and Mr G.

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Nurse Glover Recognition for 41 YearsService

Our CMS Nurse, Barbara Glover, has beena health professional in Central Australia formore than 41 years. As you might imagine,Barbara has been ‘in on the action’ for anumber of the Territory’s most memorableincidents. This is Barbara’s story.

As a young girl, Barbara had been acceptedinto Midwifery in Subiaco and at Royal Hobart but there was aone-year wait. “I think my mother wanted to get rid of me. Shecut out a newspaper advertisement for nurses needed in theTerritory and left it lying around for me to find. At the time theCommonwealth would pay airfares to the Territory for thosewilling to stay 12 months so this suited me perfectly.”

Barbara started as a Registered Nurse in the CasualtyDepartment of Alice Springs Hospital in August 1974. Laterthat year, Darwin would experience a weather event that nearlywiped the city off the map. Cyclone Tracy unleashed a directhit on the city on Christmas Eve, decimating Darwin and leavingAlice Springs with the Territory’s only functioning hospital.Medical staff at the Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) were puton stand-by for deployment to Darwin but were stood downwhen the incident was declared a natural disaster and insteadDefence and Commonwealth resources were sent. As womenand children were evacuated by plane to interstate cities, thosewho were able to drive made their way south to Alice Springs.ASH had a very busy time patching up those who made it tothe Centre whilst supporting the medical efforts underway in theTop End.

“I remember making Kaolin and Pectate (for treatment ofdiarrhoea, dysentery and cholera) with Mr Neville, thePharmacist at the time. We used a bath tub and the outboardmotor from his boat then hand-filled the bottles from the tub,labelled them by hand and sent them up the track to Darwin.We were adaptable and doing all we could with what we had.”

In August 1983 Barbara was working in the Accident andEmergency (A&E) Department when a man at Uluru deliberatelydrove his 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded Inland Motelat the base of the Rock, killing five people and seriously injuring16. “This was one of many big incidents, but the unit wasalways busy. I enjoyed the variety of working in A&E whichinvolved medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric cases.”

“The other highlight of my career was working with Dr Win Lawin Ophthalmology which involved travelling to Tennant Creekand Nhulunbuy where we held clinics and conducted minoroperations” she said.

In 1986, 13 years after Barbara had intended to, she completedher Midwifery studies and more than 40 years after her arrivalshe’s still in the Alice.

Nowadays Barbara is based at the Centralian Middle School asa School Nurse, a job that she loves. “If I can make a differencein one child’s life, I know I’m succeeding.”

Retirement is on the horizon, with plans to spend time travellingAustralia by road. “After 41 years in the Northern Territory, Ithink it’s about time I saw Kakadu” Barbara said.

Barbara we thank you for all that you have brought to our HealthService and your dedication over so many years.

Thank you from Nepal

Kat Sherrin sent us a letter telling us about hertrip to Nepal

“The village is an hour and a half bus ride outside the centreof Kathmandu that stops in Nepal’s oldest village Sunkhu andthen you have to hike 40 minutes uphill walking over 800 stairs(we decided to count on one of our many trips up) as thereare no buses that run up the hill. The village is very small witha tiny school with just over 200 students. We were living in avolunteer house which was actually pretty nice three bedrooms,two western toilets with very temperamental plumbing and nokitchen so we had to do all of our cooking outside on the firewhich actually wasn't too bad. The first month we spent therewe were working on the rebuilding of the school which firstlyrequired us to move 120 tonnes of dirt with only shovels andone wheel barrow definitely different to working in receptionthat's for sure! We originally thought that we might be able touse the fundraising money and build the toilet up there, butunfortunately during our stay Nepal signed a new constitutionthat India was unhappy about so they closed the borders andrefused to supply gas or fuel to Nepal making it impossibleto find a truck who would be able to bring up supplies. Afterspeaking with the principal we decided we would use themoney to fix the school’s library, not that it was much of alibrary just a very smelly musty dark room with some mouldyrotten books. In the end that's what our last month in thevillage was spent doing cleaning and sorting through the messof books, painting the library, putting in a window so the roomwould actually have some light and fresh air and visiting whatseemed like every book store in Kathmandu to stock the libraryup with new books, which is why I wanted to email and say“Thank you!” again, to all of you and everyone else at CMS whodonated money because seeing how happy the teachers andchildren were on our last day when we presented them with thefinished product was probably the best part of my whole trip.”

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Clontarf Academy Girls @ Centre

Thanks for the memories.

A huge THANK YOU to Girls at the Centre coaches; ShellyBestmann, Jenna Browne, Amanda Freestone and JodiLennox. Thanks for the memories.

Girls Academy

Sissy and Samarra are pleased to announce that the newGirls Academy Room has moved to their new location inC Block upstairs. We will be open from Monday 7thDecember and look forward to seeing you there.

You can contact us on 8950 2525.

Samarra Schwarz –Samarra Schwarz –Program ManagerProgram Manager

Nicolette ‘Sissy’ Dunn –Nicolette ‘Sissy’ Dunn –Development OfficerDevelopment Officer

Online Bullyhttps://esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/esafety-issues/cyberbullying

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Strategic PlanFollow the link for our department's new Strategic Plan for 2016and beyond. We will look at this to promote alignment betweenwhat the system wants and what we are doing.

Given these targets and the work of our community, theinteresting challenge for us to consider is to dream what ourschool will look like by 2018?

Community AnnouncementsPlease email annie.willis@ntschools.net for any communityannouncement you would like placed in our newsletter

Carols by Candlelight Colouring Competition

Healthy Teeth

The Department of Health (DoH) provides aFREE dental service to all children attendingprimary and secondary school. If your child/children require a check-up or treatment,please contact Flynn Drive Dental Centre on89516713. A parent or guardian MUST attend with their child/children

Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)

Are you a migrant who wants to learn English?

The AMEP offers free English classes to eligible students. Day,evening and distance learning classes are available in AliceSprings. Free childcare is available during day classes.

English courses are also available for people not eligible for theAMEP.

For more information or to enrol:

T: 08 8946 6578 or free call 1800 019 119Or at Alice Springs campus: P: (08) 8959 5254E: rhonda.drew@cdu.edu.au orE: migrantesl@cdu.edu.au

The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) is funded by theAustralian Government Department of Education and Training.

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