This week, students from Years 5-10 competed at the annual A.B. Paterson Speaking Competition. Congratulations to the Primary students involved: James H, Ariana S, Isobel S, Riley B and Mason G. They all spoke with confidence and represented the College proudly.

On Thursday evening, three of our Secondary students represented the College with Pride at the annual AB Paterson Public Speaking Competition. Nick B from Year 9 and Lily P and Ethan H in Year 10 went up against some stiff competition from schools across the Coast. Each speaker must speak for 6 minutes in Year 9 and 7 minutes in Year 10. They were judged on their content, structure, focus and purpose as well as their delivery and engagement with the audience. 

I am happy to announce that both Nick and Lily were successful in placing in the top two of their heats and both will be competing on Thursday next week in the Year 9 and 10 Grand Final. Whilst Ethan was not successful in moving on to the next round he presented an excellent speech on the value of adversity. I would like to congratulate all three students on their efforts and wish Lily and Nick good luck in the finals where I am sure they will do themselves and the College proud. 

Mr David Haskins

Wildcare are in desperate need of towels to look after the sick, injured and orphaned wildlife they take care of.   If you have any old (clean) towels that you could donate then Wildcare would love to have them. Our fabulous SRC students will be coming around over the next few weeks to collect them from students.  If you have too many for your child to bring please bring them along to Admin, ask for Jules Booth and she will happily take them from you.

Thanks in advance! 

Last Wednesday saw TMC attempt our first ever whole school spirit boosting meet up. This is a project that has been in the making by our very own spirit committee. The idea was to encourage the houses to create some cheers and encourage each other to have  a sense of pride for their various house teams - Kyle, Nicholls and Walton. Each house met up on the oval and practised their war cries. We then came together and cheered our little hearts out, looking to see who had the most creative chant and who was the loudest. 

Mrs Melbourne was out there looking for the winner - congratulations goes to Nicholls who was the loudest and most energetic team. We then moved into our tug or war competition between each house group. Kyle was the clear winner in this competition (we eat our wheaties!!!). However the teachers didn’t do too well against the school leaders. We didn’t even get a chance to tug the rope, we were annihilated! Congratulations goes out to the students, but next time the teachers will win!!! Thank you goes out to all the leaders who were instrumental in helping us run such a successful afternoon. 

Mr Cameron Hall

As we move towards the end of the year, we have noticed a decline in uniform standards amongst the students. We ask that parents prompt students regarding their uniform and the College's expectations, 

You can find our uniform policy within the TMC Handbook at item 5.1. For additional information and guidance, you can find images of our uniform by following this link. 

Students not meeting the College's expectations will be given uniform breaches, which may result in a 30 minute lunch time reflection. 

Mr Kane O'Neill

October

Year 7-12 Swimming Carnival - Wednesday 19 October 

Year 12 External Exams - 24th October - 15 November

November

Prep - Year 2 Music Concert - 11:40 am Wednesday 2 November

Year 7 Immunisations - Monday 7 November

Year 7 2023 Orientation Day - Thursday 10 November

P-6 Swimming Carnival - Friday 11 November

Prep Gala Night - Friday 11 November

TMC Awards Day @ HOTA - Thursday 17 November

Year 12 Formal - Friday 18 November

Year 3 - 6 Music Concert - 1.40pm Monday 21 November

Pre-Prep Graduation - Wednesday 23 November

Year 6 Graduation Dinner - Wednesday 23 November

End of Term 4 - Friday 25 November 

December

Office Closes for Holidays - Friday 9 December 

January

Office Reopens - Monday 9 January

Term 1, 2023 Begins for all Primary, Year 7, 11 & 12 students - Monday 23 January

Year 8, 9 & 10 students return - Tuesday 24 January

On Monday, year 12 student Sophie B attended an army experience day at the Kokoda Barracks at Canungra. The day allowed students considering a position in the Army, Navy or Airforce to talk to current serving personnel and ask any questions students have, including about how to join, specific queries about specific roles, what it's like to be in the army and much more. 

Sophie says that throughout the day she learnt the benefits of being in the army, while enjoying the new friends, experiences and opportunities given. She also enjoyed the great team building and physical tests, which all helped her develop more knowledge about the life of a soldier and what they do. She further mentioned how she enjoyed the experience and is definitely considering a future career in the army.

Thank You to the Australian army for holding the information sessions and providing students the opportunity to learn more about an exciting career in the Army.

This week, Year 9 Science has had the opportunity to explore the various components of the eye through a dissection. This involved carefully making incisions in particular areas in order to carefully extract structures such as the tapetum lucidum, a structure that gives many animals their enhanced night vision. 

Mr Jack Hadley

This week, with the start of their Year 12 studies looming, Year11 had the first of many university incursions designed to better inform them of their choices moving forward. This week we had Dr Sam Canning, Head of the School of Design Technologies from Griffith University come visit the students to dazzle them with some of the amazing things that can be achieved using digital 3D printing processes. From 3D printed metal flowers to medical implants to fully wearable 3D printed dresses, Dr Canning displayed the incredible opportunities that the design process can provide. 

Perhaps the most important lesson the students learnt was that although they may not be amazing at science, the growth of technology means that they can still fulfill a passion for design in the technology world. Likewise, those who struggle with art can still pursue a creative career solving real life issues for people all over the world. 

I would like to thank Dr Canning for his time and we here at TMC look forward to further developing our relationship with the School of Design Technologies in the future. 

Mr David Haskins

On Tuesday, Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the Brisbane Museum. We explored most areas of the Museum, including Connections Across the Coral Sea (which taught us about the ancient First Nations communities), Minerals - Inspirational treasures from the Earth and the Discovery Centre (where we explored insects, mammals, arachnids and reptiles). 

Mrs Julie Sands and Mr Cameron Hall

This week, 4VAL has studied more poetry, including humorous limericks.  As a class, we wrote a very entertaining limerick (you can be the judge).

There once was a man from Knox,

who had luscious long locks,

he jumped in a pool

and felt like a fool

so he covered his head with a box. 

Mrs Julie Sands

For the first six weeks of the term, the year 5 students have swimming lessons in the Tamborine Mountain pool. The swim instructors divide the students into ability groups so all students are learning at their own level. The students, whether they were confident or not, all had a try at developing their swimming skills. Great work all!

Mr Robert Schönherr

Congratulations to Alex and Callum who play for the under 15s Tamborine Mountain Eagles football club. This season they finished top of their division and won the Grand Final against Pacific Pines 3-0. It was a pleasure to coach both boys who are very humble with their accomplishments. Well done Alex and Callum and we are all cheering you on for next year's games, go Eagles.

Mr Jamieson

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