Visiting classrooms and seeing our children excited and ready to begin this year’s learning journey has been a great privilege for me this week. On Monday afternoon as I was assisting with car park duty, I overheard several parents ask their child, “How was your first day?” The answer was the same which I received as a parent when I asked that question on Monday - “Fantastic!” 

While we may not receive such enthusiastic responses everyday, at TMC we do strive to make each day an enjoyable and engaging experience in education. 

Our College parents and guardians have an integral role to play in this. Supporting your child’s learning at home will set them up for success. The best way parents can do this is through the following strategies:

• Have a designated space for your child to complete any schoolwork. 
• Have a routine or a plan for when that schoolwork is to be done.
• Know what the expectations are for your child (ie home readers, sight words, topic revision, assignment work etc)
• Empower your child to complete the work themselves. As the child gets older, parental input into the work itself needs to be reduced. 
• Communicate with your child’s teacher.

TMC is running the following parent evenings next Tuesday:

• Primary Meet the Teacher 4:30pm to 5:30 pm
• Year 7 Parent Information Night 5pm to 6pm
• Year 11 Parent Information Night 6 pm to 7pm

The following week, TMC is hosting an Elevate Education Parent Seminar on Thursday 9th February from 5:30pm- 6:30pm that focuses on:

• How best to support your child at home in developing an effective study timetable
• How to motivate and support your child in working consistently
• How to manage technological distractions such as social media
• How to help your child prioritise tasks

There is no cost to parents for the seminar and the evening will provide information and practical skills to help you assist your child to manage their studies.

Together, we can set our children up for a great academic year. 

Mrs Fiona Stevens, College Principal

Tuesday 31/01/23 - Primary, Year 7 & 11 Parent Meetings

Wednesday 1/02/23 - P&F Meeting @ 8:40am, HIA Swimming

Monday 6/02/23 to 8/01/23 - Year 7 Camp

Thursday 09/02/23 - Parent Elevate Parent Seminar - Study Skills

Monday 13/02/23 - District Swimming

Tuesday 21/02/23 - Prep Parent Literacy Evening

Wednesday 1/02/23 to 3/03/23 - Year 11 Camp

Monday 6/03/23 - Year 12 Biology Excursion

Wednesday 8/03/23 - HIA Secondary Round  1

Friday 10/03/23 - Prep to Year 6 Cross Country

Wednesday 29/03/23 - TMC's Got Talent (Secondary) 

Friday 31/03/23 - Grandparents Day (Primary)

Free seminar open to all parents of TMC.

What an amazing week we have had welcoming our new Year 7 cohort to the college.

On Monday students arrived  looking fabulous and so grown up. We had our orientation day where they got to meet each other, meet the teachers, log on to their laptops for the first time, tour the school, sort their chosen sports and meet our Y12 leaders. I am sure they were exhausted. 

By day 2, we could feel the nerves were gone and we’ve watched them this week grow in confidence already as they make their way independently to new classrooms and meet new teachers.

We’ve also had some great messages from both parents and students

“As a mum of a new Year 7 I want to say a massive thank you for today. 

My daughter was really nervous this morning and this afternoon when asked how her day went, she said, “it was amazing “.  Thank you.”

“The last two days have been so much fun! I had a great time getting to know the teachers and how Secondary school will work. Thank you to you and all the teachers for a great first few days!!”

“I had a very good day on Monday -  I also loved your math class yesterday.” (Great kid!!)

We have a lot in store for Y7 families over the next few weeks too. 

On Tuesday 31st Jan,  we have our information night on campus on Tuesday 5pm-6pm. This is a chance to find out about how best to support your child as they make this transition to secondary school life at TMC. In week 3 we have our Orientation Camp at Redland Bay where they will try lots of new exciting activities that promote team building and resilience. 

I am delighted to lead this year group through this exciting year and expect the students to make some wonderful memories. 

Mrs Helen Granar (Y7/8 Coordinator)

The Year 10 Certificate II in Active Volunteering students kick started their 20 hours of volunteer work this week by helping to put together information packs for new families. The students are all very keen to get started and look forward to lots of volunteering opportunities for 2023.

Mrs Peita Parker-Browne

During January this year, our College Captains Cy and Molly had the opportunity to attend the 2023 Future Leaders Retreat presented by Griffith University. The retreat was held over 3 days and provided the students involved with the chance to engage with guest speakers, business leaders, academic leaders and other students from across Queensland. When asked about the value of the event, Molly stated "We learnt more than you can possibly imagine, not only from the amazing guest speakers, but from our Griffith student leaders, our lecturers, and most importantly, our fellow peers. It was an amazing opportunity, and a great way to set up for the year ahead of us."

Mr David Haskins

Year 6 at TMC is an exciting time!  Our units of study in term one are centred around the theme, "Back to the Future".  

On day one, we ventured into a time and place far from our classroom - the year 4023.  We landed on Planet Z - a planet much like Earth.  As a group, it is our goal to establish a space colony so that we can give Earth's delicate ecosystems some time to repair and regenerate.

Our first task was to build machines capable of moving boulders (marshmallows) from the surface of the planet.  Our goal is to access underwater river systems.  

As you can see from our pictures, the mission was a success!  

The students worked beautifully in teams to complete the challenge.  We were so impressed and look forward to our next STEM task!  

It has been a pleasure getting to know the students in our classes.  It's going to be a wonderful year.  

Mrs Deb Horn, Mr Kahn Holm and Mr Trevor Jamieson 

The Year 4 students have settled into week one beautifully!!  We have quite a few new students in our cohort this year who have all shown amazing resilience and have settled into life at TMC really well!  Returning students have also come back to school, ready for a fun and exciting year ahead, and they have welcomed all of the new students with such warmth and kindness.  This week, we have spent time getting to know one another as well as beginning our English narrative writing units, and learning about the Australian flag in our HASS lesson before the Australia Day public holiday.  Year 4 students also have the very important responsibility of raising and lowering the college flags each day this year, so Mr Stevens paid us all a visit to show us how to perform this important task each day.  We are really looking forward to a great year of learning and lots of fun ahead!

Ms Sarah Molloy and Ms Millicent Huber

We are so excited to be back at school and in formal uniform for the first time, no less!

We are still getting used to it all, especially the ties take some adjustment but we all agreed we look amazing!

We have had an incredible first week of getting back into the swing of things, catching up with our friends after such a long time away and getting to know our teachers.

We have collectively decided that this is going to be an amazing year for us, so you'd better hang onto your Akubras!

Mrs Martine Kramer & Mrs Julie Sands

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