Last weekend, the 2021 Opti-MINDS State Finals took place. This year (due to Covid restrictions) the finals were held in “satellite” events across Queensland. TMC played host to the 2021 Gold Coast and Brisbane South regions. Mr and Mrs Horn together coordinated and facilitated the day, opening the College to over 100 staff and students from eight schools.
The Opti-MINDS Creative Sustainability Challenge asks students working in small teams to “think, create and communicate” and collaboratively devise and present a ten minute dramatic performance to an open-ended challenge. At the State Final level, students must complete this challenge in just three hours!
Our College was represented by three teams of students who competed against schools from across Queensland - Cairns to Roma to Gold Coast and everywhere in between - 94 teams in total across the state.
Congratulations to the following team for their outstanding efforts:
TMC Team 3 (Science Engineering Category, Division II) - Jack Armstrong, Emma Anderson, William Fern, Logan Hayden-Du Plessis, Luka Haydock, Phineas Thomson and Mia Walshe
TMC Team 4 (Language Literature Category, Division II) - Archie Antunovic, Sophie Ashley, Chloe Creed, Harmony Corden, Lucas Regec, Sean Robinson and Scarlett Thomson
TMC Team 5 (Social Science Category, Division II) - Zoey Adam, Mia Armstrong, Annia Regi, Molly Smith
It is with great excitement that we announce that our Science Engineering team placed SECOND in the state, receiving an “Honours Award”, and our Social Science team placed FIRST in the state!
We couldn’t be more proud of our students!
We wish to extend a special thanks to our Parents and Friends organisation for sponsoring our students’ participation in the State Final. We are so grateful for your generous support.
Thank you also to Mr Holm and Ms Visser for attending the event as our caterers! We appreciate the many hours you invested into
We look forward to more Opti-MINDS fun in 2022!
Mr Dan Horn and Mrs Deborah Horn