Monday this week saw the first meeting of our students to begin planning for their entry into the annual Opti-MINDS Sustainability Challenge. 

The Opti-MINDS Challenge is an inclusive team challenge which empowers participants to “Think, Create and Communicate”. Students are given a scenario and must create a ten minute play in response. 

The Opti-MINDS program provides the opportunity for students to collaborate within a team, to apply critical and creative thinking to unfamiliar contexts and to inform or persuade audiences. The program caters for a diverse range of learners and calls upon each team member to shine their light. 

This year a selection of Year 6 and 7 students will rise to the Opti-MINDS challenge. It is our hope that this program will help to strengthen the connections between our upper primary and lower secondary students through sharing the unique and unforgettable Opti-MINDS experience. 

The theme of this year’s challenge is “Resilience”. We have entered two teams this year with our students electing to tackle the challenges in the Language/Literature and Science/Engineering areas. We wish them luck in their Opti-MINDS quest to be “Unashamedly EXCELLENT!”.

Mr Horn

On Wednesday Year 5 were the target of the Ninja of Kindness. The unknown NOK left a large box full of potential fun and excitement. This type of behaviour has to be applauded! Year 5 loved this wonderful act of kindness which resulted in much fun for all. So whoever you are, Ninja of Kindness, thank you.

Mr Hall

TMC website - MAKE A PAYMENT button

A new feature recently added to the https://www.tmc.qld.edu.au/ website home page is the MAKE A PAYMENT button.

Click on the MAKE A PAYMENT button and complete the Online Payments form to pay College Fees and make other payments via credit card.

TMC also accepts payments directly into our bank account and via Parent Lounge.

A call out to all those who love or hate Maths… Now is your chance to shine!

A new addition to our Lions' Roar weekly newsletter is the Maths Matter section where we will challenge TMC families to try our Maths brainteaser!

The solution will be posted in the following week’s edition but if you want a MATHS MATTERS GOLD STAR then click on the form link and submit your answer beforehand.

Click link to post answer!

There will be a prize for the family with the most stars per term! (1 entry per family each week, please.)

Good Luck!

Mrs Garner

Term 3 – Week 2

Which number is missing from the middle?

This term students across the TMC campus can enter the Portrait of CC competition. Years 1 - 6 can enter our coloring-in competition - Color-in CC and Years 7 - 12 are welcome to submit entries into our TMC Painting competition - Paint a portrait of CC. 

Students are able  to obtain their color-in sheets in the Primary school from their teacher and students in Secondary can get their paint and canvases from Ms Radley, as well as images. The competition will be judged by Mrs Melbourne, Mrs Stevens and Mr Stevens at the end of the term. Entries close September 2nd.  

Mrs Radley

As part of our English unit, this week Year 5 have been exploring comic books and graphic novels. The students have been looking at the features of comic books, the language used and the illustrations. The students made their own comic strips using an online program. Here is some of their great work. Well done Year 5!

Mr Golden

Prep Vic and Prep Val combined to explore our Prep yard and create maps of all the locations. We have talked about birds eye views but this task was a challenge as groups of 6 had to work together to put everything in the right place. And it was lovely to be outside.

Mr Fern

Prep Val has been learning all about 'the past' and this then prompted some wonderful discussions about what we looked like as a baby so we decided that we would bring in photos of us when we were little.......we are so cute!

We displayed them in the classroom for our families to see.

Ms Brown

Level 5 Awards

On Wednesday the 22nd of July, Year 4 to 12 boarded the buses and headed down to Jimboomba for a fun and exciting day of athletics. Students competed in javelin, discus, long jump, shot put, 100m, 200m and 800 metre races to earn points for their house that ultimately go towards winning the Melbourne Cup at the end of the year. Records were shattered and tensions were high this year as the competition was some of the best ever seen. In each discipline, the top three students will have the opportunity to compete at District Athletics. Students who accumulated the most points in their age group will be named Age Champion. Age Champions will be announced next week.

Ryan Adams, Year 11 student

Congratulations to Cleah Sullivan (11val), our lead Senior Band flutist, on being accepted into the State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP). Pending COVID restriction changes, Cleah will join 60-100 other advanced secondary musicians from October 1-4 to work intensively on high level music under the leadership of eminent conductors from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. The event will culminate with a performance in the beautiful Conservatorium Theatre. This is a fantastic honour and we wish Cleah all the best!

Additionally, several of our Year 6 students have applied for SHEP - Primary, to be held 5-6 December. We wish them all the best with their application and hope to write again soon with more good news!

Mrs Jewell

Band students at TMC participate in a Practice Rewards Scheme to encourage regular practice. Congratulations to our many students who have earned rewards this year! Students earn different items at each practice milestone:

• 10 hours: Green certificate and 2 Excellence Stamps.
• 20 hours: Blue certificate, 2 Excellence Stamps and the Music Practice Badge. All students are encouraged to aim for this milestone!
• 30 hours: Bronze certificate and 2 Excellence Stamps.
• 40 hours: Silver certificate and 2 Excellence Stamps.
• 50 hours: Gold certificate, 3 Excellence Stamps and a music-related prize (e.g. instrument supplies like reeds or oil, music stand, a music book valued $10-15, etc).
• 70 hours: Diamond certificate, 3 Excellence Stamps and a music-related prize. 

It's especially great see so many of our Year 4 beginners earn their Green certificates and keep working toward their Blue certificate. I encourage all our band students to aim high. The Gold Certificate may seem hard to attain at 50 hours, but practising just 20 minutes, 4 days per week from Term 1 will add up to 50 hours by the end of Term 4. 

Mrs Jewell

Due to the recent resurgence of COVID19 cases interstate, the Year 11 & 12 Sydney Art Trip has been postponed until next year.

Year 8 this term are working hard on exploring vocabulary related to food. They've started this unit by discovering different cultural dishes in francophone countries. They've learnt that even though different countries might share a language, their cultural experiences are very different! Have a look at some of the dishes they've uncovered.

Ms Rodgers

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