Art Camp attendees! Art Camp is here! This coming Monday 19 th + Tuesday 20th September. 9 am - 2.50 in the Art room. Bring your lunch, water bottle and creative spirit! Think about what image you wish to spray. Any questions email Ms Radley jradley@tmc.qld.edu.au

Vacation Care is operating from Mon 19th to Fri 30th Sept, except for Thurs 22nd Sept when the ELC is closed for the Public Holiday.

Bookings can be made online through the TMC website or by contacting the ELC on (07) 5545 3644 option 3.

September

September School Holiday - Saturday 17 September to Monday 3 October (Queen's Birthday Public Holiday)

Art Camp - Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 September

October

Start of Term 4 - Tuesday 4 October 

TMC Swimming Carnival - Wednesday 19 October 

Year 12 External Exams - 24th October - 15 November

November

Primary Music Concert - 11:30am Wednesday, 2 November

TMC Awards Day @ HOTA - Thursday 17 November

Year 12 Formal - Friday 18 November

Year 6 Graduation - Wednesday evening 23 November

End of Term 4 - Friday 25 November 

December

Office Closes for Holidays - Friday, December 9

January

Office Reopens - Monday, January 9

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

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

This week's featured image was taken during the Year 5 visit to the agriculture fair in Beaudesert. Read the full story in the Primary News.

Wednesday 21st September @ 6:30pm (AEST) 

How to Help Improve Your Child's Memory

Register here

Here's what Elevate will be covering: 

 How memory actually works (and how it has nothing to do with brain capacity)

 The most effective environments to assist in memorisation

 3 techniques you can implement overnight to improve revision

The winner of our Opti-MINDS Lucky Number Raffle has been announced! The Lucky Number is #17 bought by Eve Saunders! Congratulations Eve you have won the $250 prize. 

A BIG thank you to everyone who bought a ticket to support our Opti-MINDS teams make it to the State finals in October. 

Mr Dan Horn

On Tuesday the year 7's went to the Glow Worm Caves for a Science Excursion. The year 7's had been doing an assignment on Glow Worms, food webs and the impact of humans on the environment. It was great to see the conservation efforts that were in place to protect the native Glow Worm and there were many interesting and educational sites to see. 

Miss Chileen Radcliffe

On the final day of Mock Exams, Yr 12 had the opportunity to experience a live demonstration of a 'real life' car accident. Members of the Queensland Fire Service, Ambulance Service and Police came to the College and conducted the rescue of trapped car occupants following a simulated car accident. The event was designed to reinforce the importance of responsible driving and to show the students some of the real world implications involved with dangerous or negligent driving. The simulation was followed by a debrief and discussion. I would like to thank all the members of the emergency services who took the time to come and educate the students, our fabulous Yr 11 Drama students who added their own spice to the event, Ms Green for helping to supervise, Ted Bytes who generously supplied the vehicle and to James Croaker, Captain of the Tamborine Mountain Fire Brigade, for organising the event.

Mr David Haskins

On Thursday morning, Mr Stevens was given a lovely surprise by one of our new students, Teesha. For no other reason than to show kindness, Teesha made Mr Stevens a lovely handmade card and came to the office to drop it off. This simple act of caring, to 'pay it forward', exemplifies the TMC value of Kindness perfectly.

What a thoughtful act!

This term the year five students have been working hard at making a space diorama. The challenge was to find out what the conditions are like on the other planets in our solar system. Then the students had to find solutions to those challenges. In their 3D displays they demonstrated what that would look like. I think they all look amazing and on top of that the students presented their work to the year twos who came and visited our class to learn about the planets in our solar system.

Mr Robert Schönherr

Last week the students of year five went to the Ag-Ed in Beaudesert. The Ag-Ed is a yearly agricultural education experience especially for children in upper primary. The year fives got a chance to hold some baby chicks, feed calves and think about the importance of agriculture. The main outcome of our excursion was to see how agriculture might impact the powerful owl and how farmers can help in the conservation of . It was a great experience.

Mr Robert Schönherr

We’ve all heard of the tale of Little Red Riding Hood - a girl who bravely entered the woods to deliver food to her dear Granny… but have you heard of the version involving the nosey brother-sister duo, Hansel and Gretel, the sassy sisters, Rapunzel and Cinderella, and a piggy police patrol?  We mustn’t forget our Big Bad Wolf - a literature enthusiast with a ravenous appetite for fairytale characters!  Audiences were introduced to this rather quirky tale when a group of talented students from our primary school presented “Red Riding Hood”, the musical.  

The show was enjoyed by all at our fabulous Arts Fest Open Day!  Despite the rain and windy weather, a great time was had by all and exceptional performances were enjoyed by the cast and choir.  We couldn’t be more proud of the children involved.  They demonstrated extraordinary commitment and hard work!  Music and drama offer an amazing opportunity to grow confidence and performance ability, and these qualities certainly empower children to enjoy success in other fields and long into the future.  

We wish to thank all maintenance staff, teachers and teacher aides who contributed to this wonderful project.  We also want to thank you - our families - for your support.  Finally, we say CONGRATULATIONS to the cast and choir!  We hope that the experience is something you will cherish for many years.  It has been joyful working with you!

Mrs Deborah Horn and Mrs Felcity Addison

Last Friday 9th September, the Year 4 students and teachers slept over at school for their annual camp. 

The rain prevented us from walking to Curtis Falls but we made the most of the 'Great Indoors' by having a dance battle, competing in some spontaneous challenges and drawing pictures of our friends. 

All of the food that was to be eaten that day was our responsibility so we made healthy sandwiches, cut up fruit and poured out cordial. It was so much fun! 

Once the school bell rang at the end of the day, we ran the school! We built dens, played ball games, took over the playground and just had fun! 

Mr Hall and a few helpful students cooked the BBQ and we had delicious dinner of sausages, chicken skewers and vegetarian delights. 

After dinner, one classroom was the Nintendo-Switch room, while the other classroom relaxed by watching the Emoji Movie and munching on popcorn. 

We woke to a beautiful Saturday dawn and were collected by our families at 7:30. 

What a fantastic time we all had! 

A big thank you to Mrs Haskins who dropped in to help out (and feed baked treats to the teachers)

Mrs Julie Sands

Last Thursday the ELC invited Dads and Grandads along for a fun morning of activities.  Dad's and children engaged in soccer, painting portraits, costume changes at a photo booth, carpentry and colouring in cards.  It was lovely to see the ELC busy with happy children and parents!    

Pre Prep attended their first orientation to school with a transition visit to Prep Vic and VAL. Thank you Prep buddies for taking care of  Pre Prep!    

Mrs Rachael Fernandez

The Tamborine Mountain Football Club under 15s team are playing their Grand Final tonight against Pacific Pines. Coach Trevor (Mr J) and players Callum Sullivan and Alex Kirby are excited to finish their season strongly with a win. Go Eagles!

Mr Trevor Jamieson

Tamborine Mountain Colour Run is being held on Sunday 16th October at 11am - purchase your tickets here:

Tamborine Mountain Colour Run

With Term 3 coming to a close we’d like to invite the students of Tamborine Mountain College one more time to join us at Brisbane Children’s Writers Festival, which is happening Saturday 8th October (first week back in Term 4).

For the young writers in Year 6 to Year 12 in your school community, it’s an opportunity to work with industry leaders like Lian Tanner and Yvette Henry Holt, explore their creative voice and connect with other young writers just like them.

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