TMC celebrates World Teachers' Day today. We are so proud of our wonderful group of teachers, inspiring our children to be their best everyday. This morning, the teachers enjoyed a complimentary coffee and a cooked breakfast from the College. Thank you, teachers!
In an effort to create better traffic flow through our car park, the College is bringing in two new initiatives from Monday next week:
Initiative #1 - The pick up car spaces along the footpath are being re-zoned
Previously, these spaces have been designated as 2-minute zones. This has resulted in some parents parking there to wait for their child to finish class, thinking they might only be two minutes away. From Monday next week, these spaces will be designated as Immediate Pickup Only. This means that parents may only park in these spaces if their child is already waiting on the footpath where the bench seats are. As the Primary bell rings at 2:50pm, no parents are allowed to park there before the children arrive at the car park.
Mrs Melbourne, Mrs Stevens and Mr Stevens will be in the car park each afternoon to remind parents about this new initiative. They will politely ask parents parked in the Immediate Pickup Zone to move along if their child is not ready to be collected. They would appreciate it if parents are able to remember this themselves, rather than having to be the "car park police".
Initiative #2 - Timing of Parent Arrivals
Primary students are dismissed from class at 2:50pm and Secondary students are dismissed at 3pm. From Monday next week, families who have a child in Secondary are asked not to arrive at the car park until after 3pm. Parents who collect both Primary and Secondary students are asked not to arrive until after 3pm. Primary students with older siblings can wait in the undercover area outside of the admin building or at the bench seats on the footpath. This initiative will greatly reduce the number of cars in the car park during the peak time of Primary departure, which will in turn assist all families as more spaces become available.
It may take a few days for everyone to adapt to these changes and we expect they will bring benefit to everyone in the long run.
The Student Representative Councils for both Primary and Secondary have joined forces in term 4 to organise a food drive for the Animal Welfare League. Christmas can be a hard time for animal shelters and we would love to help support them through this.
The items that the AWL request are: Food for all types of animals, both dry and wet food for dogs and cats, dog and cat collars, dog leads, animal beds and blankets - all must be new due to Covid regulations, puzzle feeders for dogs, all types of dog and cat toys, and long-lasting treats.
Students can bring items into their classroom teachers and they will be delivered to the Animal Welfare League during the last week of school. We thank you for your continued support of our Student Representative Council Fundraising efforts for 2020.
Mrs Peita Parker-Browne
Pre-Prep to Year 12 came together today and wore red for the Day for Daniel. Thank you to families for your generous donations which will be given to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.
The STEM counsel is once again trying to motivate students to help improve not only our school but our environment. They are doing this through their Organic Vegetable patch at the back of the school. The patch was built earlier this year and the students have been hard at work planting, caring for and harvesting food stuffs. The variety of foods that are being harvested are squash, chives, capsicum, zucchini, basil, coriander, oregano, spring onion and our very own watermelon, which the STEM counsel are hoping will grow in a square shape. The garden patch was made from materials from around the school with the compost material from the compost bin and materials from the frog pond; another project that the STEM counsel has been working on.
The fruits and vegetables were planted in mid Term 3 and we can now see all the greenery starting to pop up and really come alive! It is great to see fellow students really get into the core of Tamborine Mountain and build a sustainable way of producing homemade and homegrown foods and of course, enjoy the fruits of their labour.
Interested in the STEM Counsel? See Mr Hoyne for all the details.
By Lana Bignell
Students from Prep to year 6 were very excited to have a visit from Katherine, the Animal Welfare League's Education Coordinator. Katherine talked to students about how the AWL helps animals that have been abandoned or lost and how much their donations would assist in feeding and keeping the animals comfortable. Katherine also spent some time with the amazing Mr Clooney and Bean showing the students some clever tricks!
Donations are welcome from now until the beginning of week 8 and can be all kinds of cat and dog food, beds, leads and toys - please ensure all items are within the used by dates and other items are new for hygiene reasons. Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Peita Parker-Browne
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Pre-Prep VAL had a wild day celebrating book week last Friday as did Vic that was mentioned in last week's article. We loved all of the books that were brought in but didn't get a chance to read them all. We encourage your child to bring them in again as a show and share to tell us what they like about their book and so we can enjoy reading it as a class.
With such a love of books we have also been taking a closer look at parts of a book and the sequence of events in a story. Developing a love of books and developing comprehension skills are important literacy skills as they head towards starting school. You might like to take a look at some of the books we are looking at: Pig the Pug, Gruffalo’s Child, Where the Wild Things Are, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Gratitude Project Update
We are learning a song titled ‘What I Am’ by Will. I. Am. It teaches us about being grateful for our own strengths. I can be strong, brave and kind, musical and creative. We are learning that our strengths can help others to feel good about themselves and in turn we share gratitude. Don’t forget to contribute to our programme by sharing a heart with someone special in the class. ‘Something you are grateful for about them.’
Kindy
Thank you to William’s mum who shared with Kindy some very cute chicks with the group. It was a joy and a delight for the children to see, hear and touch a real chicken. Afterwards they could be heard having animated conversations about farms, and other farm animals.
To help get ready to transition to Pre-Prep they have been practicing self help skills like making their own beds before rest time and sitting cross legged at group time. If you are thinking about how you can support your child moving forward, practice developing your child’s independence at home. Moving to Pre-Prep means the children will be moving into a larger group and they will be asked to do more for themselves. Many of the skills around self help involve fine motor skills, don’t be afraid to allow them to use a small child size pair of scissors while being supervised during art and craft sessions or use pegs on an air dryer to help peg up some washing.
Outside School Care
A Carnival Day interest has been started this week in OSHC, a highlight to kick it all off on Monday was when the children participated in:
As a group of mixed ages it is always a challenge to cater for the range of abilities but we here at the Early Learning Centre love to support each other especially the older children who can model and encourage our younger 3-4 year old’s!
Stay tuned for more experiences over the remaining weeks of the term and our Vacation Care Program will be published next week!
Mrs Nikki Ashley
For over three decades, Lions clubs around the globe have been sponsoring a very special art contest in schools and youth groups. Creating peace posters gives children everywhere the chance to express their visions of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity. The Peace Essay Contest was created to provide an opportunity for visually impaired young people to express their feelings of peace and is, along with the Peace Poster Contest, a staple of Lions clubs around the world.
Our Year 6 students diligently worked towards this year's theme Peace through Service creating A-2 sized posters in a range of mediums. Students were inspired by themes of war, peace, relationships, careers and community involvement. Posters were judged by Lions Club representative Anna Earls and Ms Black. Dorian Raillard's ANZAC themed Peace poster was chosen from the Tamborine Mountain College students. Dorian's poster will be judged against other local designs. Posters will be hung at our local Tamborine Library for the Community to view all represented schools contributions.
Mrs Michelle Criss
Congratulations to Nicholas Brennan in 7vic who has been awarded Honours (A) for his first Comprehensive Saxophone Exam with the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). For the exam, Nick had to perform 3 saxophone pieces, several scales, answer general knowledge questions and complete sight-reading and aural (listening) tests. The examiner was impressed with Nick's tone and style. Well done, Nick!
Ms Kristy Jewell
On the 9th and 12th of October, Tamborine Mountain College had the pleasure of hosting two local artists who came to speak to next year’s Year 12 for their FIA1 Art Assignment. The artists, Tamara Armstrong and Susan Lhamo, came to the school in order to stimulate the students' creativity.
Each artist was chosen due to their being a local artist and having two very different art styles. Where Armstrong prefers realistic paintings that place an emphasis on drawing strong women, which is an exciting topic, Lhamo is an abstract artist who focuses on painting forests but in abstraction using colour to create movement and beauty. This provides a nice contrast between the two styles and lets the students explore different styles and see which they preferred.
The students participated in a variety of activities during both workshops. For Tamara’s workshop the students practiced painting portraits and trying to find something about the person they were painting in an attempt to reflect this on the canvas. In Susan’s workshop the students looked at landscapes and attempted to paint them in an abstract way. A highlight according to Ms Radley was being able to watch the students create these beautiful artworks, many of which are currently in the admin because of how good they were.
Overall, the art incursion was extremely well received and overall a successful experience. Many students got to try a style of painting that they wouldn’t have been used to or hadn’t tried before to much success. If you ever have the opportunity, look at some of the amazing work hanging in the Administration Foyer that the talented students at TMC have created.
By Portia Ilaoa
Here at Tamborine Mountain College, students are able to choose between a variety of exciting activities for recreational sports during Term 4. Sports include surfing, Top Golf, Jumps, bowling, Clip’n’Climb, Art Excellence, Wakeboarding and Aquasplash. These sports give students an amazing opportunity to try new things and participate and stay engaged with school sports.
Every Second Wednesday, each student takes the bus to their chosen sport and has a blast or a splash! This opportunity makes TMC a unique school, allowing students to try new things, make new friends, and mix with students from other grades with similar interests in sporting activities. TMC Term 4 Rec sport broadens our students’ lives and allows us to venture outside the school.
Lana Bignell
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