I started working with Ms V when I joined the college in 2020. Since then, Mr Holm, Ms V and I have been a teaching team (the dream team!) in Year 6. Together, we have worked through many challenges, and celebrated many precious moments.
Mr Holm and I were so lucky to have Ms V's support through the challenges of the pandemic. She ran online reading classes throughout lockdown, and was a much-needed 'voice of reason' through unchartered territory!
Personally, I have worked with Ms V as a part of the Primary Musical Production team, and watched in awe as she transformed students into lions, tin men, witches, monkeys, fish, puppets, and munchkins! She is an extraordinary artist and costume designer - thank you for making our musicals magical, Ms V!
Ms V has been a source of support for students in our classes - academically and emotionally. We will all miss her care and concern. She just has a way of knowing when someone needs some 'time out', a gentle chat, or a hug.
Thank you for being you, Ms V! We wish you all the best for your future adventures. You have a lot of love to share, and we are so grateful to have received that love over many years at the college. We will miss you.
Mrs Deborah Horn
The Inaugural TMC P&F Christmas in July Dinner.
Friday 22nd July at 6:30pm.
A beautiful 3 course meal at St Bernard’s Hotel.
Book your babysitter and dig out your daggy Xmas sweaters!
Fabulous door prizes and a prize for the best/worst Xmas jumper or outfit!
Will be a great night, so pencil into your diaries as tickets will be limited !!!!
Ms Black and Mrs Parker-Browne met with year 9 on Tuesday afternoon to start discussing their senior schooling and vocational training options for 2023. Students learnt what a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) is and that they need 20 points to achieve it, and started discussing ATAR and choosing pathways. Early in term 3 Tafe Queensland will come out to give students further information on the Tafe at School options that are available for all year 10 to 12 students as enrolment for 2023 will open in late August. Year 9 students are all very excited about their options for next year and are very keen for more information.
Mrs Peita Parker-Browne and Ms Liz Black
Art Camp postponed until September school holidays Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th. Book on line in Parent Lounge
Ms Jenny Radley
2022's Year 6 cohort was the first since 2019 to go on a week-long camp. In previous years, Year 6 students have spent time in Sydney and Canberra - a trip that many parents probably completed when we were school students ourselves. One of the positive outcomes of the pandemic was it forced a rethink about this trip and we identified that a learning experience based upon science and the environment would better prepare our students for the challenges ahead in Year 7 and beyond.
And snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef is much more fun than Canberra - sorry, but it's true.
On Monday June 6, 44 students and four staff flew from Brisbane to Cairns for a week of learning and adventure. The first stop was Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome where we learnt about some of the local reptilian creatures of Northern Queensland. Then it was time for the high ropes course and a walk around the zoo.
On Tuesday and Thursday the Year 6 students split into two groups, with one group heading to Fitzroy Island and the other sailing out to Moore Reef.
At Fitzroy Island we visited the turtle rehabilitation center to meet the volunteers looking after sick and injured turtles. Since they started about ten years ago, they have rescued, cared for and released back into the wild hundreds upon hundreds of turtles. We then enjoyed some fish feeding, a glass bottom boat ride and spent time snorkeling above pristine corals at Shark Fin Bay (named after a large rock on the beach shaped like a shark's fin). Finally, we enjoyed a presentation by a marine biologist who is working on restocking areas of coral that have been affected by coral bleaching. They are doing an amazing job, growing new, stronger, healthy coral in their underwater 'nurseries'.
The Moore Reef experience was amazing. It took two hours to reach the reef on a fast boat - it really felt like we were on a big adventure. At the reef there is a permanent pontoon, about the size of two basketball courts. They had everything we needed for an incredible day of snorkeling on the reef, including a guided snorkeling tour with a marine biologist, a glass bottom boat ride and a 30m water slide! We swam with so many different kinds of fish and even a few turtles!
On Wednesday we traveled on the famous Kuranda Train to Barron Falls and into the rainforest. We were treated to a ride on an Army 'Duck' built during World War II, an indigenous dance performance, boomerang throwing and a spear throwing display.
On Friday, we headed to the Cairns Aquarium and impressed our guide with the knowledge we had picked up during the week. After a small delay on our return flight, we were safety back home again on Friday night.
Thank you to the 44 students for their outstanding involvement and enthusiasm, and to Mr Holm, Mrs Horm and Ms Visser for their support of everyone involved.
Mr Stevens
The Primary Learning Centre (PLC) will be renamed at the start of 2023. First opened in 2015, the PLC was our first building on the Primary campus and four classrooms were built inside the original house on the block. In 2017, two new buildings were opened, and so started a new tradition of naming our Primary learning spaces after local native animals.
As part of the College's commitment to enhancing our connection to the indigenous peoples of Australia, all building names will also proudly display the traditional Yugambeh word for the animals.
The Primary students voted on their favourite animal to rename the PLC. The choices were:
This was a 'kids only' vote - no teachers had any input at all. And the winning animal was...
EAGLE!!!
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