Jared Henningsen was the College Captain in 2002. He now lives in America and was visiting Australia for a family wedding.

He just had to come by the College and say hello to Mrs Melbourne!

It was a joy for both of them. Jared couldn’t believe the changes and the growth of the college. Back in 2002 Mrs Melbourne was his English Teacher and it was her first year as Principal. Jared went onto University of Qld gaining Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts. He went into Marketing and Promotions in radio in Australia for Austereo, Grant Broadcasters and the Australian Radio Network. Moving to America saw his success with CBS Radio as Director of Integrated Marketing until he launched into a new direction as Vice President of Event Operations at Ice Castles.

Ice Castles is a Utah-based company that creates acre-sized, all-ice castles at venues across the United States. Fantastic structures that become wonderful venues for Valentine’s Day and weddings. Of course, he only actually works in the winter (when the ice doesn’t melt!) and the rest of the year he enjoys life by his lake-front property.

What a success story for Jared and the College!

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 

The time has once again come to shine a spotlight on some more of our new teachers. This week we will be introducing Mr Bourke.

Mr Bourke came from a small town in NSW, who was previously a sports coordinator at Inverell Public School. He currently teaches year 5 and has previously been a coach for touch and rugby, as well as for disability inclusion sport. He says that his favourite part of being a teacher is interacting with different students and understanding how they learn and what works best for them. He also mentions that he is looking forward to seeing how things work at the school, with him previously working at kindergartens, as well as coming to the school due to wanting a change, as he hadn’t lived in Queensland, and to experience what it was like at TMC.

We would like to welcome Mr Bourke and are all looking forward to having him be a part of our TMC community.

How can parents support their children in these turbulent times? Join leading clinical psychologist Dr Andrew Fuller for a free webinar, where he will give his expert advice. Register your place https://theparentswebsite.com.au/free-webinar-building.../. This webinar is an initiative of the National Independent Schools Alliance.

Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions on Tamborine-Oxenford Road at Wongawallan from next week (week commencing 14 March 2022) until mid-2022.

Traffic in the Howard Creek Causeway work zone will be reduced to one lane 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Traffic will be controlled by signals.

Vehicles from:

• Colin Meagher Road will only be able to turn right (towards Oxenford) 
• Lanes Road will only be able to turn left (towards Oxenford) 
• Coonardoo Court will be able to turn right at any time or left when the traffic signals are green (give way rules apply)

At Lanes Road, a single lane side-track will operate around works at the intersection with Tamborine-Oxenford Road. Traffic on the side-track will be controlled by signals.

The speed limit in all work areas will remain at 40km/h during this time.

Temporary traffic signals and speed restrictions in place, please drive with care and follow roadwork signage.

Weather, site, and contractor conditions can impact works, delaying start and finish schedules.

For information on the latest traffic conditions, please contact the Statewide Traffic Management Centre on 13 19 40, or visit https://qldtraffic.qld.gov.au

This week's featured image is of Year 11 students on camp this week. A full story about the camp will appear in next week's newsletter.

Our staff will maintain the privacy of any child who tests positive, so please respect that they can not discuss private information with other families. The College does not identify if particular cases are in a VIC or VAL class, as all cohorts spend time together learning inside, eating and playing outside, as well as for privacy reasons. Specifying VIC or VAL could detrimentally reduce the awareness of the other class.

Given the current outbreak it is to be expected that cases will occur from time to time, and the staff at the College are following all guidelines to create the safest environment possible. As always, please monitor your child for any signs of the following and perform a PCR or RAT. If they have any of these symptoms, do not send them to school:

• fever
• coughing
• sore throat
• shortness of breath.

Other symptoms may sometimes include:

• runny nose or congestion
• headache or fatigue
• muscle or joint pains
• nausea or loss of appetite
• diarrhoea or vomiting
• temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste.

If you or anyone in your family tests positive please report this to us so we can record this information. Under the current Health Directive we must keep a record of any students who test positive or are isolating as a close contact.

Pelvic Pain affects 1 in 5 women and 1 in 12 men at some time in their life – yet it’s a condition that is rarely discussed.

As most types of pelvic pain can’t be diagnosed with blood tests or scans, it’s easy for women and men with this problem to suffer pain for years before finding the help they need.

The Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia is a not-for-profit organisation formed to build a healthier and more productive community by improving the quality of life of people with pelvic pain. 

Pelvic pain affects a large number of girls, women and men of all ages, ethnicities and social backgrounds. PPFA aims to minimise the suffering and burden of pelvic pain on individuals, their families and the community through awareness, education, funding, support and research.

Clinical Educators from the Periods, Pain and Endometriosis Program (PPEP) Talk® with the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia (PPFA) will present a seminar to students in Years 10 to 12 on Wednesday 23rd of March.  

PPEP Talk® aims to increase school attendance through educating secondary students on recognising and managing pelvic pain. 

PPEP Talk® is funded by the Federal Department of Health. Developed by medical and education professionals, the program educates students about what is normal, and how to pick when pain could be a problem. This talk equips all students with strategies to recognise and manage pain for themselves or to support others.

The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of all students who completed Year 12 in 2021. The Next Step survey is a brief, confidential survey that gains a comprehensive picture of the employment, study and life choices made by Queensland school completers in the year after they finish Year 12.

Between March and June, all our students who completed Year 12 last year can expect to receive instructions to complete a web-based survey or a telephone call from the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office. Please encourage them to take part. If their contact details have changed, please assist the interviewer with their updated details or forward the survey to their new address so they can participate.

Thank you for your support of the Next Step survey in 2022.

Further information on Next Step, including results from previous years, is available online at www.qld.gov.au/nextstep or on toll free telephone 1800 068 587.

The College is excited to welcome volunteers back to school. Volunteering to read with our little ones is great for the children, but also gives our helpers a great sense of community. Mrs Pavey from Learning Enhancement is putting a call out for any parents who would like to volunteer on a regular basis to assist children with their reading. If you are interested, please fill in the following Google Form.

Support A Reader Volunteer Form

Tuesday was a very exciting day in year four, as we were able to discuss the importance of a special lady in our life. Some children chose to express some gratitude for their mothers or were really proud of their sisters as well as grandmothers. We drew a picture of them and described their attributes for being an awesome role model. Others wrote a letter to their important female role models. It was a special moment in our day to share why these ladies are such superheroes and are deserving of  our gratitude.

Mr Cameron Hall

Year 3 have been learning about states of matter in Science this term. On Thursday we used jelly crystals and combined them with some boiling water. We watched the crystals dissolve into a liquid when we stirred them and also saw steam (gas) coming off the boiling water. The students observed different states of matter as we completed the experiment. We poured the mixture into cups and put them into the fridge overnight. On Friday we observed the mixture in the cups to find they changed into a solid. Of course eating the jelly was the best part! 

Ms Gemma Newman

One of the best gifts any parent can give a child is the love of books and the joy and benefits of independent reading for fun.  Children who read at home, or are read to, have a head start on reading success in school.

Our School participates in the Scholastic Book Club.  Up to twice a term, catalogues containing a selection of books for all ages, are sent home with children.  Each order helps earn free books and teaching materials for our classrooms.

It is easy to order.  The Book Club Loop platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card.  Your child’s order is submitted directly to school and the books will be delivered to class.  You can place your child’s order at scholastic.com.au/loop or by using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.

What fun we have been having in the early learning centre! In Pre Prep the children have been very busy exploring and extending their interests based around zoo animals, shapes, counting and caring for plants. 

The children have demonstrated great imagination in our construction area, exploring the zoo animals and building houses and roads for the animals in collaboration with peers. We are learning many skills as we engage in construction  play.

• Measurement
• Problem solving
• Imaginative play and negotiating with peers.

We have noticed an eagerness to learn to count and recognise numbers 1 - 20.   The children have really enjoyed taking turns to write their favourite numbers on the interactive whiteboard . To support and extend learning we have implemented planning group time learning using counting books, singing counting rhymes and participating in craft relating to numbers.

Some of the children are very clever at recognising shapes! We have had a great time learning shapes at group times and going on shape treasure hunts in the room! We have produced some wonderful artworks based around this topic.

How do plants grow, we wondered?

The children took a closer look at sunflowers and seeds to investigate this topic further. It feels soft, some of the children noticed as they used sensory capabilities to explore the plants and sunflowers. We will continue to investigate this topic over the next few weeks growing seeds, extending the children's language as we learn to label different parts of plants.  

In the Kindy Vic this week baking rainbow cupcakes was a highlight. Everyone was super excited! The children all took turns at either adding an ingredient or mixing it all around. We all noticed there were lots of coloured sprinkles throughout the mixture. Then into the oven it went and we couldn't wait to taste it for morning tea! 

Mrs Rachael Fernandez

A big congratulations to  Amelia who has been nominated for Junior Athlete of the Year and the Showhorse Rising Star Award in 2021. Her achievements in Equestrian only seem to keep getting bigger and better and we are excited to see what she can achieve this year. 

TMC was also a finalist for School of the Year in 2021. 

Miss Chanel Fletcher

This week Lachlan Williams travelled to Rockhampton for Regionals in Cricket. He said that South Coast was an amazing experience and that he had a lot of fun with his teammates and the coaching staff. Furthermore, the opportunity enabled him to learn a lot not only in cricket but also in team work and cooperation. 

His stats from the tournament: 

Day 1 - Game 1 Vs Met West      2/10 from 5 overs

           - Game 2 Vs Northern      1/14 from 5 overs

Day 2 - Game 1 Vs Peninsula     1/ 16 from 5 overs

          - Game 2 Vs Capricornia    1/ 15 from 4 overs 

Day 3 - Game 1 Vs Sunshine Coast  0/ 14 from 4 over

Overall they came 3rd, after losing a nail-biting game against the Sunshine Coast which come down to the last ball with the Sunshine Coast winning on the last ball.

Well Done Lachlan. 

Miss Chanel Fletcher

Every day, thousands of Australian children suffer the effects of eczema, and families struggle with managing eczema and children’s behavioural and emotional adjustment.

Healthy Living Triple P is an adaptation of the successful Triple P - Positive Parenting Program, offering practical ideas and support for parents of children with eczema. This innovative online program is designed to help parents manage their child’s eczema more easily, help children cope with their eczema and emotions, prevent and manage difficult child behaviour, and reduce the impact of eczema on families. 

Over the next few months, parents of 2-10 year old children with eczema are able to access Healthy Living Triple P free of charge as part of a research project through the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Griffith University, and the University of Queensland. For more information, please visit us at https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/eczema/, contact Dr Amy Mitchell on (07) 3735 6462, or email healthyliving@uq.edu.au. 

For further information please contact Rachel or Kathy, Griffith University at cadrp@griffith.edu.au or by phone on 07 3735 3351.

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