Prep - Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on the afternoon and evening of Thursday, April 21. To book an interview, please log into Parent Lounge and click the 'Parent Teacher Interviews' tab at the top of the page.

Interviews this year will be held either on campus or via phone call. Once the schedule is finalised, teachers will contact parents on their list to organsie an in-person or phone interview.

*Please note - Year 3 and 6VIC interviews will be held at a different day - information is in their booking form.

The final phase of the car park development is now underway. The extension will cover the large space between the current car park and the front of the ELC, essentially doubling the car parking available. The additional car spaces will ease congestion in the mornings and afternoons, and provide our whole TMC community with better parking options.

To allow for this extension, the construction team have now taken possession of the 'reverse only' car spaces immediately to the left of the driveway entrance. It is expected that the construction will be completed before the start of the 2023 school year.

The College thanks our school community for demonstrating patience as we move into this construction phase. The short-term loss of a small number of car parks will result in a significant gain for all.

College photo day is scheduled for Thursday 28th July.

More details will be provided nearer the date, however we are providing advance notice as these are the photos that are also used for the Year 6 and Year 12 graduation photo booklets.

The date is also shown on the TMC calendar, available on our Website 

Have you been into the 'School Links' section of Parent Lounge recently? In this section of the TMC parent portal, families can access a range of information including TMC Policies and Procedures. A few of the policies available include:

• Academic Policy
• Administration of Medication 
• Child Protection
• Code of Conduct (Students)
• Code of Conduct (Parents)
• Electronic Devices & ICT Services
• Family Law
• Student Absence
• Student Bullying

Head of Secondary, Mrs Fiona Stevens, will be on Long Service Leave for the first five weeks of Term 2.  Mrs Stevens has been at TMC for 20 years and is looking forward to a quiet break. During Mrs Stevens' leave, Ms Hanna Green will be Acting Head of Secondary. Ms Green has a Masters in Educational Leadership and is looking forward to taking on the role. 

Important Secondary school contact details while Mrs Stevens is on leave include:

• Acting Head of Secondary: Ms Hanna Green - hgreen@tmc.qld.edu.au
• Welfare Coordinator: Mr Kane O'Neill - koneill@tmc.qld.edu.au
• Year 7 & 8 Coordinator: Mrs Helen Garnar - hgarnar@tmc.qld.edu.au
• Year 9 & 10 Coordinator: Ms Liz Black - lback@tmc.qld.edu.au
• Year 11 & 12 Coordinator: Mr Dave Haskins - dhaskins@tmc.qld.edu.au
• VET Coordinator: Mrs Peita Parker-Browne  -pparker@tmc.qld.edu.au
• Sports Coordinator: Ms Chanel Fletcher  - cfletcher@tmc.qld.edu.au

As the term comes to a close, we are saddened to say farewell to the lovely teacher, Ms McCredden as she heads off on maternity leave. She has been with us for 7 years, and teaches History and English to secondary students and will be missed dearly by her students. On behalf of TMC, we wish Ms McCredden the best of luck and can’t wait to see her again next year. 

We’re excited to announce that TMC parents have exclusive access to Elevate Education’s Parent Webinar Series this year. Elevate works with our students, delivering high impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series, you will learn how to better support your children at home through reinforcing the skills they learn at school.  

Wednesday 30th March @ 7pm (AEDT)

Essay Writing Masterclass

 Register for free here

In the Essay Writing Masterclass, Elevate will show you: 

   The importance of goal-setting in essay writing

   How you can provide real-time support & feedback to speed up the process of improvement

   How students can begin to self-assess their work so they can become independent writers

The webinar is run live online from 7-8pm (AEDT) where the presenter will share Elevate’s key research and skills, and will conduct a live Q&A so you can ask them questions directly.

If you are unable to make the webinar, don't worry! If you sign up to attend, you'll receive the webinar recording on Thursday morning:

Register for free here

Should you have questions or would like to contact Elevate directly, their details are listed below.

 1300 667 945

 aucoaching@elevateeducation.com

 https://go.elevateeducation.com/e/891981/au-schoolwebinar/8w651/193996325?h=gkOaiNLR3qqczWDF_U3T8tfBAWFcQFGjHjW-TA0bd1M

As part of our unit, Three Chords to Rule Them All!, Yr 5 have focused on learning to play three primary chords on the ukulele - C, F and G7 - on which many popular songs are based. We have explored The Lava Song, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Twist and Shout, La Bamba and Lean on Me. 

You will see Yr 5 playing ukulele in our Primary-wide video recording of Lean on Me, which was a featured activity of the recent Harmony Week (a link to the video will be provided once editing is complete - watch this space!). 

Yr 5 have also been broadening their use of ICT in Music. They have used Kahoot! and Google Forms for music theory quizzes, Chromebooks to record themselves playing ukulele for assessment, and have been manipulating rhythms in the Groove Pizza online program. Well done Yr 5!

Ms Kristy Jewell

Congratulations to Year 5Vic who have shown super enthusiam and focus to their French learning during Term 1, and are the winners of the Eiffel Tower award for year 5 & 6!

Mme Michelle Dowd

Year 1 Vic winners of the Term 1 P-4 Eiffel Tower due to their super efforts and lovely behaviour during French lessons.

Mme Michelle Dowd

Year 2 Val

Pre Prep have been learning to recall Nursery Rhymes focussing on the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ nursery rhyme in the lead up to Easter.  

We learnt Humpty is an egg and explored rhyming words exploring an experiment with an egg hypothesising would the egg float or sink in the bowl of water.  Thanks to one of our family members who shared through the Story park learning App that fresh eggs will sink and old eggs might float!  The next day we found out when enough salt is added to the water, the saltwater solution's density becomes higher than the egg's, so the egg will then float! 

Road Safety

VAL group continues to explore road safety after taking part in fire/lockdown drills last week. 

A fun stop/go game was planned outside with the whole class on Thursday.  Mrs Walsh showed either a red, green or orange traffic signal to the children and they responded by either stopping walking or going slow movements.  With the increase in activity over at the construction site the children are dressing up in construction role play using many of the road safety signs to ensure the other children are safe in their play!      

The Early Learning Centre wishes you all a wonderful holiday break with your family.  If you are attending our Vacation Care program over the two weeks, have fun with the variety of experiences the educators have planned. 

Mrs Rachael Fernandez

Last weekend Mr Schönherr, Year 5VIC Teacher, travelled up to Noosa to compete in the Noosa Ultra Trail Event. He competed in the 25km Cross Country, which saw him run through national parks, trails, roads and over/through multiple creek crossings. He took out 3rd place in his age category. Speaking with Mr Schönherr, he said that this was his warm-up for the TMC cross country and wants to challenge students to do their best at the upcoming cross country carnival. Well Done Mr Schönherr!

Miss Chanel Fletcher

One of our wonderful Teacher Aids, Ms Ruth Visser, represented Queensland for a week of games at the National Championships in Newscastle.  After playing 5 games through the week they beat NSW in the Final to become the National Campsions of the 40+ category.  You're Amazing Ms V!

 Island Futures: What lies ahead for Zenadth Kes? closes on

Monday 25 April 

Explore and celebrate contemporary Torres Strait Islander identity, when you visit this powerful and vibrant exhibition. Discover more than 200 objects and images, interwoven with Islander perspectives and stories, along with a number of works from well-known artists.

Don’t miss your chance to explore the extraordinary world of the Torres Strait Islands here at Queensland Museum.

Exhibition closes Monday 25 April (ANZAC Day public holiday)

Free, no bookings required

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Celebrate what makes us special at this year’s Kids Take Over with a packed week of hands-on activities and experiences ready to inspire young creatives to tackle 2022 head-on.  Plays, Gallery tours, workshops, exhibitions, fun indoors and out, plus kid-friendly dining options – HOTA is your one-stop school holiday destination.

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