Palm Beach Currumbin State High
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Palm Beach QLD 4221
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Email: info@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au
Phone: 07 5525 9333
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31 August 2020

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31 August 2020

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Capra_Christopher.jpgThis week will see the school host two major events in "All Shook Up" the School Musical and Restaurant Week, where our Creative Arts and Hospitality students get their chance to shine and demonstrate all that they have learnt over the past few years. We have COVID-19 plans in place and we ask that parents and visitors to the school show patience at these events and please comply with staff directions and follow the rules outlined on the signage. These events are ticketed and we have limited numbers in attendance, so please do not just turn up on the night as they are already sold out.

Congratulations to the Open Boys soccer team who are the State Schools Premier League champions for 2020, defeating Chancellor State College in the final. Well done to the two school debating teams with the Intermediate Team going through the season undefeated and the Senior Team losing the final by one point.

Exams commence in a few weeks, with senior secondary having an exam timetable. Students should be aware of their exam schedule and when they will be required to be at school.

Transition activities with our local primary schools has commenced with a number of Currumbin and Elanora State School students visiting the school over the past few weeks. We ask that any current PBC students with younger siblings (in catchment) please submit their enrolment forms as soon as possible.

Chris Capra
Executive Principal

CRICOS Provider Name: The Queensland Department of Education trading as Education Queensland International (EQI) CRICOS Provider Number 00608A

The ‘busy end’ of the Term is upon us. It is a good time to check in with your student to see how they are feeling about their achievements so far this term and how they will meet the challenges that remain. While it will include subject assessment, demands might also include sporting finals, musical or drama performances and club activities, not to mention family and social events.

You can support your young person by helping them map out their final few weeks – their commitments, deadlines and plans for revision and study. You can access your child’s assessment calendar at the link below. Breaking large tasks – such as preparing to write a History essay under exam conditions – into smaller tasks – maybe half an hour of practising writing out essay plans – can reveal how achievable the job ahead actually is. This in turn can reduce stress for students – and their parents.

Year 12

Our Year 12 students will have important assessment in Week 9 and 10 of this term as they attempt to maximise their results to improve their post schooling pathways. The school will conduct Mock exams for General subjects and finalise assessment for Applied and VET subjects during this time.

Arrangements for Year 12’s attendance from this point until the end of the school year have been communicated to students and parents via email. Below is a summary of those arrangements:

 

Non- ATAR
(Student only does applied and VET courses)
Non-ATAR with General
(Student does a mix of applied/VET + up to 3 General subjects)
ATAR Student
(Student does 4 or more General subjects)
Term 3 Attends all classes as normal until the end of Term 3. Attends all classes as normal until the end of Term 3
* unless they are in a Mock Exam.
Attends as normal until Tues Week 9.
Attends only for Mock Exams from Wednesday Wk 9- Wk 10
Term 4 Only attends in Term 4 if assessment pieces are outstanding or if wanting to do extra qualifications. Attends only for General Classes Weeks 1-2.
Studies at school or at home for Week 3 (class teacher available for individual consultation at normal class time if needed).
Attends Exams as relevant from Week 4 onwards
Attends only for General Classes Weeks 1-2.
Studies at school or at home for Week 3. (class teacher available for individual consultation at normal class time if needed)
Attends Exams as relevant from Week 4 onwards

The extra qualifications available for our Year 12’s in Term 4 include Construction White Card, Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA), First Aid and Safety training, Basic Barista course, Basic Bar course and Responsible Service of Gambling (RSG). All courses will have fees and limited numbers. To register for a course students should contact our Industry Liaison officer Ms Shreeve in Y block ( sshre6@eq.edu.au ).

A reminder for students interested in apprenticeships to register with Ms Shreeve in Y block as a number of agencies have vacancies now. This database is also shared with future employers that contact the school with opportunities for school leavers.

The school website has a section which contains all the details regarding upcoming External Exams
https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/testing-and-assessment .

Parents and students should also be familiarising themselves with the myQCE website and its link to External assessment:
https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/external-assessment.html.

All Year 12 students have been emailed their LUI number and should by now have logged onto their QCAA learning account in the QCAA student portal. This is accessed via the myQCE website https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/index.html. Students need to ensure that they use a personal email to register, as they will not have access to their school email at the end of the year. Student results will be published by the QCAA directly into their learning account on 19 December.

This is the first year of ATAR scores which will be calculated and published by QTAC. All ATAR students that wish to have their ATAR sent to them on 19 December need to register with QTAC, again using a personal email https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar/ .

Year 11

Year 11 students will finalise Unit 2 in shutdown during Week 10 of this term 14 to 18 September. The schedule of these exams has been published on the student curriculum drive and the school website https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/testing-and-assessment. The school Assessment Policy is also on this link. A reminder that all assignments are due at 9:00am on the due date and that teachers are instructed to make a judgement on the evidence, which is available at this time. Late assignments are not accepted.

Moving forward Year 11 students will commence the summative units for ATAR in Term 4 of this year and will have their first assessment for Unit 3 in the last week of Term 4. This will be a full shutdown in the week of 23 to 27 November.

We wish all Year 11’s who are undertaking the school leadership application process the best of luck over the coming few weeks as they undertake speeches and interviews.

Year 10

Thanks to all of the parents and caregivers who have supported their young people to complete the SET Plan process in a timely manner. The school is currently processing students’ requests, to develop a timetable to best meet the needs of Year 11 2021. In the meantime, students should be working to develop their skills and knowledge as best as possible, to provide strong foundations for their work habits next year.

Year 10 students are again reminded that they are much better off commencing a school-based apprenticeship and traineeship (SAT) in Year10 than in Year 11. Please see Ms Shreeve in Y block for more information regarding SATs.

Year 10 students will have shutdown exams on the last 3 days of this term 16 to 18 September. The timetable has also been published on the student drive and the school website. https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/Curriculum/Testingandassessment/Pages/Testingandassessment.aspx

School based traineeships available

New exciting traineeship opportunities are available in the Pathways Centre Y Block for year 10’s for Term 3. Job boards will be updated regularly with new positions. Students can collect a registration form and apply now. Get paid while gaining a qualification when doing a school based traineeship and earn up to 8 QCE points!!

Rebound Indoor Sport Centre Elanora

Recruitment and information session will be held Thursday 10 Sept @ 3:30pm
Where: Rebound Indoor Sports – 335 Guineas Creek Rd, Elanora
Students need to take a copy of their resume on the day

A variety of traineeships are on offer with a focus on business, hospitality, retail and tourism

Hospitality and Business Traineeships:

  • Chempro Chemist - Tugun & The Strand Coolangatta
  • PRA Psychology Consulting Mermaid Beach
  • KFC – Palm Beach, Mermaid Beach & Robina
  • Plantation House Café West Burleigh
  • Boost Juice Stocklands
  • Coming Home Co Robina Kitchens
  • Mexicali Nobbys Beach
  • Paddock Bakery Burleigh
  • Soul Origin Robina
  • Pizzeria Coolangatta
  • Active Earth Nut and Seeds – Burleigh
  • The Pines News and Gifts Elanora
  • Garden of Vegan Burleigh hospitality and cookery focused
  • Grind Me Coffee Miami
  • City Beach Robina & Surfers Paradise
  • Hudson Coffee John Flynn
  • Third Base Coffee Robina
  • Love Italy – Surfers Paradise
  • Passiontree Velvet Robina and Pacific Fair
  • Paperbark Burleigh
  • Crema Espresso Coolangatta
  • The Original Bakery Tugun
  • Guzmen Y Gomez Burleigh
  • IGA Currumbin

School based vacancies links:

Ignite Education: https://www.ignite.edu.au/job-vacancies/

Aurora Training Institute please visit their vacancy page: http://www.aurora.edu.au/schools-program/

Prestige Training Services vacancies, Please visit this link for more opportunities https://prestigestaffingsolutions.org.au/job-board/

School Leavers should check the following links for fulltime employment opportunities

http://srajobs.sarinarusso.com/Vacancies/

https://www.busyatwork.com.au/support-jobseekers/jobs/

https://www.megt.com.au/job-board

https://www.mrael.com.au/index.php/your-career/vacancies

Year 12’s are invited to leave their details with the Pathway Centre, when potential employers are looking for staff at the end of the year, students will receive this information in text/emails.

There are more opportunities on the job boards. Please come into Y Block to register.

Love your current job? Would you like to turn it into a traineeship? Come to the Pathway centre and let’s see if we can create a traineeship for you in your current role.

The Pathway Centre is open before school and first break to apply for any of the above positions

Congratulations to Emily Petworth who signed up as a school based trainee at Niche & Co Tugun. Haines is her employer in the photo – RTO is Aurora Training

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Congratulations to Libby–Tyme McEvoy who completed a school based traineeship with Hudson Coffee @ John Flynn.
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Sonia Shreeve - Industry Liaison Officer

Students Planners

At this very busy time of year, it is easy for students to feel overwhelmed by the amount of assessment that they need to complete. The easiest way to alleviate this pressure is careful time management using a school student planner. This planner should be taken into class every lesson and key dates (due date for drafts, due dates for assessment, returning excursion notes etc.) recorded. By doing this, the student can avoid the last minute meltdown that often drags the whole household into panic. Using class time effectively and accessing teacher help will also help manage academic tasks. Parents are encouraged to check their child's planner and help them prioritise tasks. It's also a helpful way to check the "facts" that a student will often tell their parents (ie."my teacher didn't give me any homework", "I have no assignments due" ).

Please do not hesitate to contact teachers directly via phone or email. All email addresses can be found under in the 'Staff Contact List' under the Contact Us Page on the PBC website.

Subject selection

Year 8 and 9 students  are completing their subject selections for Year 9 and 10 respectively. Students/parents can complete the hard copy forms and return them to Student Services, or the form can be submitted electronically.

For those families of Year 9 students who may be considering alternate education options in 2021, such as Varsity Learning College Flexi-school if you could advise Anita Sgalippa - Principal Junior Secondary, in writing of your intent that would be much appreciated to assist us with our planning.  

Junior Secondary Student Leadership Selection

Students at present are considering nominating for House leadership positions in 2021. The positions available are Junior Secondary Head Prefects and we will elect 2 leaders for each house.

Now is the time for students to be speaking with current Prefects, Captains and House Leaders about the roles, and completing nomination forms (which are available from Year 7/8 Student Services in D Block and from House Leaders).

We wish all of our students well on their leadership journeys.

Meeting Commitments

The ‘busy end’ of the Term is upon us. It is a good time to check in with your student to see how they are feeling about their achievements so far this term and how they will meet the challenges that remain. While it will include subject assessment, demands might also include sporting finals, musical or drama performances and club activities, not to mention family and social events.

You can support your child by helping them map out their final few weeks – their commitments, deadlines and plans for revision and study. You can access your child’s assessment calendar at the link below. Breaking large tasks – such as preparing to write a History essay under exam conditions – into smaller tasks – maybe half an hour of practising writing out essay plans – can reveal how achievable the job ahead actually is. This in turn can reduce stress for students – and their parents.

Link to the Assessment Calendar: https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/Curriculum/Testingandassessment/Pages/Testingandassessment.aspx

Plan to Finish Well

Each day, students at PBC are challenged to ‘give nothing but the best’. To achieve their best, students need to be fully committed to their attendance and learning. In Junior Secondary, teachers will be teaching course work right up to the end of term. When assessment is completed, teachers introduce foundation concepts for the coming term. For these reasons, please plan for your child to attend school through to Friday 18 September.

Please note that to maintain the integrity of tests, the PBC assessment policy states that exams are not to be sat early. If a student is forced by their commitments to miss a test, they will sit it as soon as possible afterwards.

After the holidays, school recommences on Tuesday 6 October 2020.

Megan Lu – Showcasing an outstanding science student

Lu_Megan.jpgMegan Lu, a Year 12 student, is one of our most outstanding science students. So outstanding, that she was one of four school nominees for The Peter Doherty Award for Outstanding Senior STEM Student. Megan was nominated for the award, for not only her high achievement in STEM subjects, but also her dedication to her chosen future pathway – Marine Science. She has always shown a passion for the marine environment. Earlier this year, Megan was one of 24 students across Australia to have been successful in an amazing opportunity at the University of Tasmania to participate in a camp focusing on temperate marine biology. Not only was there over 500 applications for this opportunity, Megan was only one of a few students to receive a full scholarship to attend.

 “I applied for the Introductory Course into Marine and Antarctic Science initially as an opportunity to build my connections with the scientific community for the future, and to gain a plan for a pathway into a research career as a deep sea biologist during the Maria Island camp in April. However, COVID struck - postponing the camp until November. As a stand in, the coordinators and professors of the course set up a mini-university course in the meantime. I decided to continue with this course to further 'get to know' UTAS, the lecturers and the like-minded students in the course, as well as use the open-choices of assignment topics to dive into my passion further, into the abyss.’ ~ Megan Lu

Read the very impressive essay attached that Megan wrote for a piece of assessment, of which she received a High Distinction. The essay addresses the topic: ‘Marine plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to marine species. Write an essay on the impacts of plastic pollution on marine species, and how society can progress towards solving this environmental problem’. There is no doubt that in the future Megan will be known as Dr Megan Lu, a published world-renowned marine scientist and authority of the deep sea.

Lee-Anne Bramley
Head of Department – Senior Science

Palm Beach Currumbin Spanish Students Claim First Place

Regional Education Perfect Language Championships 

28 July- 4 August 2020 

The EP Languages Regional Championships are a set of competitions where languages students can compete against other students in their region and earn points from completing all languages content. It is a great way to engage students in their learning.

Our students performed exceptionally well at the event claiming first place in the region.

A huge congratulations to our Year 8 Spanish Language Academy and Year 9 Spanish students who helped us to achieve 1st place for Spanish in the regional Education Perfect Language Championships for Queensland. 

The competition was held online from 28 July until 4 August with students competing during class time and from home. Overall, we gained over 13,000 points and received 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze and 2 Credit awards. We are extremely proud of their commitment and achievements and look forward to competing again next year!  

Congratulations...

Nina Avaemai - Gold  (8 Spanish Language Academy) 

Lily Maunsell - Silver (9 Spanish) 

Layne Brown - Silver (8 Spanish Language Academy) 

Ethan Campbell - Bronze (9 Spanish) 

Owen Dorey - Bronze (9 Spanish) 

Raisa Bielicka - Bronze (9 Spanish) 

Corey Howard - Credit (8 Spanish Language Academy) 

Bonnie Hardy - Credit (9 Spanish) 

Ms Fielding and Mr Griffin

PBC Surfers make the most of Interrupted Competition Schedule

With multiple events in 2020 placed on standby and then 1 by 1 cancelled throughout the year, PBC surfers have revelled in the limited opportunity to test their heat craft in regional and state competitions in the past month.

Jackson Graham and Sai Maniwa have won the PBC Open Surfing Male and Female Titles. Their names will go on the Perpetual trophy along a list of past winners some of which have gone on to have success on the world stage.

The Oceanic Zone and South Coast regional school selection events have set up a strong platform for PBC dominance with 19 of the 24 students selected as representives at the up coming QLD school titles on the Sunshine Coast in Week 9 of Term 3. PBC also completed a clean sweep of the M.R. Shield division, winning all 4 age groups showing the great depth of talent in the program.

Surfing Qld have also completed their state rounds and Jackson Graham, Matt Boyle, Jordy Halford and Rico Haybittle have all emerged as State Champions in their respective divisions. Raya Campbell, Tom Whitpaine and Riley Munro (NSW) have also gained state selection. These students will now wait, fingers crossed, in hope that the scheduled Australian Junior Titles can also go ahead in December at North Stradbroke Island.

The students and teachers would like to thank Phil McNamara (long term program and world tour athlete coach) and Stace Galbraith (ex PBC student and now professional coach) for sharing their expertise during the weekly sessions.

Sports Excellence Surfing Coaches
Ben Falvey
Blair Semple

The recently revamped (affiliation with Brisbane Roar) Schools Premier League came to a conclusion on Thursday 20 August at Gold Coast United’s fields. The grand finals were relocated to the Gold Coast to allow PBC’s senior boys to play, so thanks must go to the other schools in the grand finals to allow this to happen.

3 out of 4 teams from PBC were successful in making the semi-finals in 2020. All squads travelled to Logan Metro (minus our NSW Border Bubble players) to contest these matches. Junior boys and girls lost to Cavendish Road SHS whilst our Senior Boys beat Helensvale SHS 4-0 with a convincing display.

The Senior Boys played Chancellor State College for the second year running in the grand final. In a tight battle the PBC team came out victors 1-0 with Finn Tewson scoring the only goal of the match. Congratulations to all players within the squad for another successful year and being 2019 and 2020 back to back champions of the SPL!

Shane Robinson
Football Excellence Coach

The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, self esteem, life skills and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and by doing so, equips them to participate more meaningful in society

Wellbeing Education

Aside from allowing you to personalise things and save more money, woodworking is also healthy for your mind and body. It even has social benefits! With fantastic guidance lead by Mr Bond and Industrial Technology staff in Mr Brown, Mr White and Mr Greg - Monday afternoons our Year 8 Clontarf Academy participants have started creating their very own skateboards. Without knowing it the young men have had to use math skills, such as shape, size, contrast, comparing and problem-solving. All students have been very mature and trusted whilst being on task and the projects are taking shape – no pun intended. Watch this space for the results in our next edition.

Our room is treated as a home away from home for our boys. Family and friends like to gather here to access activities and enjoy each other’s company. Fresh paint, new pin boards, new floorboard to replace old, dated carpet and a great kitchen. Our room has transformed from what was once a basic class room into the safe space for our members to access which they are very proud of. The Kitchen has always been an essential part of every Clontarf Academy room nationwide. This is largely due to most of our budget going toward feeding hungry growing young men. We would like to thank Clontarf Partners Bunnings Warehouse Burleigh Waters Store for their amazing kitchen donation. This has certainly made our cooking and cleaning tasks easier and improve the functionality of our day to day program engagement. A big thanks to Mrs Farrell HOD of Academic Excellence for giving us one of her rooms to claim as our own. Massive shout out to the tireless work of Mrs Rowsell, Mrs Hayman and Mr Capra for making it all possible.

Senior students from Year 10 have sat with Operations Officer Selwyn to discuss SET Planning and being prepared to make a genuine commitment to study. Furthermore recognising that they will need to achieve an appropriate balance in their lives between study commitments, part-time work, family life, social life and leisure activities. Students, parents and teachers will work in partnership to assist every learner to make informed decisions about their learning and future pathways. This assists Director Anthony Mitchell and Employment Officer Jordan Atkins when working closely with Years 11 & 12 students not only find a career path but one they will enjoy long term. With their time at school getting shorter for our current senior group, conversations and steps are being put in place to secure post school employment and or study. Week 8 we will hold our very first PBC Clontarf Employment Forum where we will host local and national partners in a speed dating style morning to discuss the workforce and opportunities within.

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Anthony Mitchell,
PBC Academy Director

Basketball

As always, the basketball matchup between the teachers and students proved to be full of excitement. Specials guest flew in from everywhere with police officer Dave and Uncle Drew Maccan making surprise appearances. The teachers had a slow start with Ella Brow and Kye Mills making them pay through easy buckets. Casey Walker’s ability to draw in the teachers on defence and find the open player was pretty to watch. As the game went on Mr “MVP” Patison and Mr Pasley started to make it rain. Mr Brown’s trick passes and Mr Johnstone’s first ever 3-pointer were some notable moments. The teachers went on to win 39-25, notching a convincing win to put the teachers comfortably in front for the week.

Football

After losing the 2019 edition of the teacher vs student match for the first time in decades the teachers were out for revenge in 2020.

After a stirring pre-game speech by Mr McCullagh the teachers started the much better of the two sides and took a well deserved lead through Mr Patison. Slowly the students worked their way back into the game and equalised through Eli Hughes and then took the lead through an Isaak Sikiric screamer. Soon after Mr Morley was denied a blatant penalty by referee Mr Capra and the students looked to be heading towards victory. Mr Patison was the man of the moment equalising with his second strike of the match. There was late drama in the 25th minute of injury time when the students were through on goal with the goal at their mercy, however Mr Moakes produced an unbelievable goal line clearance to salvage a 2-2 draw for the teachers.

Netball

The Year 12 girls once again showed their domination over the teachers in the annual Student Teacher Netball game.  Brooke Swindells and Shiphrah Lemusu led the students through the centre of the court, controlling play easily.  The somewhat confused teachers did their best to keep up, but Taira Price-Williams put on an absolute shooting master class nailing goals from all over the circle.  The students took a narrow 3 point lead into the first break, but the teachers remained hopeful. Mr Patison and Mr Morley must be commended and Mr Darnett showed that his AFL skills could be easily transferred to the netty court. The second half was a physical affair, with Bronte Dwight sending Mr Johnstone off for a HIA following a sneaky headbutt and the students consolidate the scoreboard.  Tiarah Taurimo and Phoebe Mueller turned plenty of ball over in defence and Taylah Boucher capitalised at the other end. Well done to all the Year 12 netballers. The Students and Netball were certainly the winners in 2020.

Touch Footy

The annual Student v Teacher touch football game was once again an epic battle of Game of Throne proportions. After a timid start, the Year 11 and 12 girls from the Senior Sport Ex Touch Football program stepped up and really made the teachers and referee Mr Capra work very hard. Emily Phillips scored a great try where she made Mr Russell look very slow, Malia Morgan dominated a few teachers in the touch, Shana Tudehope threw some great long balls and the team as a whole showed a lot of the resilience and skill. But in the end they couldn't combat the electric footwork of Mr Johnstone, the hole hitting of Mr Patison, the elusiveness of Mr Morley and the tenacity of Mrs McCormack with the teachers coming out winners 7-5.

Click the links below to hear the latest from PBC’s Wellbeing Team.

Senior Secondary Guidance Officer

Read the attached article for the latest information targeted to senior students of careers and pathway information.

https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/support-and-resources/guidance-officer

Junior Secondary Guidance Officer

Attached is the latest article from our Junior Secondary Guidance Officer Anna Willis. “Inside the Man Box”

Let’s talk… Body Confidence – Children and Teens

See below for a free webinar for parents around supporting a positive and healthy body image for their teens.

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BODY CONFIDENT CHILDREN & TEENS FREE WEBINAR

SUPPORTING BODY CONFIDENCE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOOD AND EXERCISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE

2 Sep 2020- 8:15pm

With so many confusing messages around weight, food and health and with so many adults struggling with their own body image it can be difficult for parents to know how to support their child as they move through adolescence.  Join Butterfly for a relaxed and informative webinar for carers of primary and secondary age children to give knowledge, information and tips to help you better understand and promote positive body image in the home.

SESSION LENGTH
1hr 15mins

COST
FREE - Registration essential

PLATFORM
Zoom

Book here

Need more? You can find lots of resources to help create a body confident home environment by joining Love Your Body Week for Families. Click here.

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

  • Overview of body image and the importance of prevention
  • The spectrum of body and eating issues from healthy to unhealthy, to disordered and clinical diagnosis
  • Key influences on body image, including social media and the importance of positive following
  • Diet culture and weight stigma
  • Busting common myths around eating disorders
  • Reducing appearance based talk and how to respond when a child expresses negativity towards themselves or others
  • The power of role modelling positive body image and healthy behaviours
  • Understanding early warning signs and the importance of early intervention
  • Referral and support information, including Butterfly's National Helpline

“So glad I attended. There is so much pressure on kids these days and it's hard to know what to do. This has given me lots of practical ideas.” Parent, WA

Butterfly is Australia's largest charity supporting all those affected by eating disorders and negative body image. These events are offered as part of Butterfly's new initiative, Love Your Body Week for Families to help Australian homes respect, appreciate and celebrate ALL bodies.

Contact:
E: educattion@butterfly.org.au
T: 0406 993 995
www.buttery.org.au

We encourage parents/caregivers to email your student’s excellent recent achievements to us. These achievements can be in The Arts, sporting, academic or community service. We would love to hear from you! Please email us at news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au with details of your student’s achievement and include at least one photo, and/or any links to media articles that we can share via our Parent Newsletter, internal communications and social media.

Netball Success

Congratulations to PBC's Ocean Karekare for her selection into the U16 Ipswich Jets to compete at the Netball QLD Nissan State Titles. The purpose of the Nissan 16U State Titles is to provide an opportunity for the best players, Queensland to compete against each other in a high quality competition (20-22 September at Nissan Arena). Netball Queensland will be using this platform to select the QLD U17 State Netball Team for 2021.

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PBC Netball – Alliance Cup

PBC Year 11/12 Netball team recently competed in the Alliance Cup with the following results...

PBC vs Robina SHS   47-23
PBC vs Southport   33-36
FINAL - PBC vs Southport   48-30
PBC were the winners of Alliance Cup!

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PBC Track Success

Somerset Invitation Meeting – Wednesday 19 August

Great day for our PBC athletes. We took 60 students and competed in a friendly APS Competition. We definitely held our own against the private schools.

A great team effort and also some amazing individual performances. We had individual wins for Aspen Anderson (14 G 1500m), Olivia Hooper (14G Hurdles), Will Mann (14B 100m, 14B Long Jump, 14B High Jump ), Taiti Avaemai (16B Shot), Ethan Hansen (16B Discus) and medals for Age Champion for Eva Pietrasziewicz (15G) and Ethan Hansen (16B)

   

Optima Wind Ensemble

Instrumental Music students have been rehearsing in the hall for the past 5 weeks, turns out the acoustics are pretty great! The sound coming from each ensemble has been incredible and to celebrate what should l have been the IM program’s Gold Coast Eisteddfod week last week, the Optima Wind Ensemble recorded the piece Declaration Overture which is a favourite but hadn’t been played since Term 1. Enjoy the mighty Optima Wind Ensemble. 

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Instrumental Music SHEP

These Incredible PBC Instrumental Music Students have been selected to participate in the State Honours Ensemble Program at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. This program hosts only the State’s highest performing musicians and students are selected from a pool of over 1000. Congratulations students!  Selected students include: Isaac Whittle, Austin Turley, Jamie Burdett, Kaleah Hickey, Chloe-Jay Byrne, Sarah Watkins, Jezebel Ratcliffe, Claire Seaton, Gabby Booth, Talulah Ratcliffe, Ky Follent, Luke Duffy, Jessica Moore, Olive Whalen, Sammy Cooper, Neroli Light-Law and Aiden Ikefuji

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PBC Tennis Girls on the road to Rocky!!!

During Week 5 our Tennis Excellence students took on the best schools from around the Gold coast in the Regional round with the winners qualifying for the state finals in Rockhampton. The standard was exceptionally high and our students stood up to the test. Our girls made the final and went on to win it in a tough match against St Hilda’s School and will now compete at the QLD State finals!! Our boys played equally well and also made the final but came up just short against a very strong TSS team. Amazing effort and attitude by all of our players both on and off the court. Good luck to our girls in Rocky!!! GO REDS!!!

All Shook Up – It is back on!

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*UPDATE* Due to overwhelming demand an extra performance has been announced!

Thursday 3 September at 6:30pm is the additional performance. Tickets go on sale from the Cashiers Window at PBC on Tuesday 1 September at 8:00am. All tickets are $15.

All other performances are SOLD OUT.

Palm Beach Currumbin State High School talent is guaranteed to knock your socks off! PBC is about to get “All Shook Up”.

The King lives on in September – so shake, rattle and roll your way to a Musical that can’t be missed.

PBC's 2020 Musical is to be performed at the PBC School Hall. 

6:30pm Thursday 3 September
6:30pm Friday 4 September
1:00pm Saturday 5 September
6:30pm Saturday 5 September

This is a show not to be missed. The cast is huge, the talent is incredible! Due to Covid-19 tickets are strictly limited to each performance so get in quick!

To purchase tickets visit the Cashiers window at PBC Administration. (No purchases can be made over the phone or online, you must purchase tickets in person).

ALL TICKETS - $15

COVID-19 restrictions are in place for this event, please:
- Sign in on arrival
- Ensure there are 2 seats between your family and the next for social distancing
- Strict hygiene practices will apply with hand sanitiser available at the door
- If you are feeling unwell, please stay home
- Seats are not allocated, doors open 30mins before show

NOTE: All Twin Towns tickets have been refunded. If you purchased tickets for the Twin Towns show and have not yet seen your refund in your account, please contact Twin Towns Ticket Office.

  

Red Pages

Support our local businesses! Visit the Red Pages today.

On the Red Pages you will find a list of businesses that are part of the Palm Beach Currumbin State High community. In these hard times of COVID-19 restrictions we have decided to do what we can to support our wonderful local community by promoting all of them here, free of charge!

Please support our community by checking out the Red Pages.

If you are a PBC parent or alumni and would like to have your business listed here please email the contact details, a short description and logo to Heidi Wallace at alliance@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au.

Categories include:

  • Education / Training / Employment
  • Dining / Entertainment
  • Finance / Consulting
  • Health / Beauty
  • IT / Marketing / Film Production
  • Legal / Real Estate
  • Retail / Tourism
  • Sport / Fitness
  • Trades / Services

  

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Absences

Full Day

Parents/Caregivers must notify the school and provide an explanation of a student absence by 9:00am on the day of the absence. 

The priority for notification is:

TEXT MESSAGE – (0426305728) – provide student name, year level date and reason for absence e.g. Sick

OR

EMAIL – absences@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au – provide student name, date and reason for absence

Example Text/Email – “John Smith Y8 03/06/19 Sick”

  

Entertainment App

For the first time ever, Entertainment Books will raise an extra $10 or $20 on top of the 20% we receive from every Membership sale from 14 August to 13 September. Amazing!  Check out some of the most popular everyday savings:

  • 5% off Woolworths groceries and fuel
  • 5% off Dan Murphy’s & BWS
  • 10% off Rebel Sport
  • 10% off Lorna Jane
  • 5% off jb-hifi and Big W


Start saving today whilst supporting us and the local community!

Click to purchase today!

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Follow us on Social Media

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www.facebook.com/palmbeachcurrumbinstatehigh

www.instagram.com/pbcshs

www.facebook.com/pbcalliance  

   

Dates to Remember

2 Sep

11:35am

Year 9 Market Day
2 Sep

6:30pm 

School Council Meeting
4 Sep

All day

Student Free Day - Teacher Professional Development Day
3-4 Sep

6pm

Restaurant Nights - Sold out

 3-5 Sep

Various 

All Shook Up Musical - The Hall 

 15 Sep

6:30pm 

P&C Meeting 

17 Sep 

All day 

Year 7 2021 Academic Excellence and Creative Arts Excellence Experience Day 

 18 Sep

 

Last day of Term 3 

 5 Oct

 

Queens Birthday Holiday 

PBC Alliance Partner Focus - LJ Hooker Palm Beach

The PBC Alliance welcomes our newest Gold Partner LJ Hooker Palm Beach. LJ Hooker will be supporting Palm Beach Currumbin State High School students by contributing to the development of a new and innovative Online Learning Platform focussed on Wellbeing - to help students reach their potential.

You can find LJ Hooker listed in our PBC Alliance online business directory with some great special offers for the PBC Alliance community – Visit http://www.pbc-alliance.com/

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PBC Alliance Business Directory

If you are looking to support our local businesses and local community when looking for a product or service look no further than the PBC Alliance Business Directory. All the listings are supporters of our students and local so please support those that support PBC. https://www.pbc-alliance.com/business-directory.html

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Would your business like to support our students?

Become a Partner today. Visit www.pbc-alliance.com

Thank you to all of our amazing and supportive 2020 Partners!

Bendigo Bank Tugun Community Bank Branch

Synergy Fitness

Aurora Training Institute

LJ Hooker Palm Beach

Southport Sharks

WHYse Choices

Veteran Mentors

Gold Coast United

Capital Pest Management

Stone Style

Currumbin RSL

Prestige Services Training

Inspire Physiotherapy

Firewire Surfboards

Tweed Seasports

Trade Glass

Real-Crete Brisbane

Rhys Wildermoth, First National Palm Beach

Griffith University

CHG Integrated Wealth

The Pines, Elanora

Woolworths, The Pines

99 Bikes, Burleigh

PFD Food Distributors

Esportif Management (Nash Dawson)

Bond University

Southern Cross University

Burleigh Bears Rugby League Club

Currumbin Eagles Junior Rugby League Club

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Fraser Financial Services

Wilson Haynes Law

Big Screen Video

Belinda and Stephen Phelan

Meatsmiths, Elanora

Palm Beach Surf Club

MRAEL

Shingleback Off Road

The Suns AFL Club

If you are interested in learning more about the PBC Alliance visit our website! www.pbc-alliance.com

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Canteen

19 August was National Potato Day and the canteen celebrated with all things potato! Specials included Jacket Potatos, Potato Noodles and Fully Loaded Chips.

   

Uniform Shop

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Trading Times during Term times

Monday to Thursday: 8:00am – 12:15pm

2021 Senior Jerseys

Senior Jersey samples are available in the uniform shop for 2021 year 12 students to try on. Orders close Friday 4 September.

Winter Jumpers

NEW - Fleece jumpers have arrived! They are available to purchase for $40.

Blue Jackets & Track Pants

Available.

Red Jackets

Out of sock.

Sport Excellence, Dance & CAX Uniforms

All Sport Excellence, Dance & CAX uniforms are available to pick up from the uniform shop.

Bucket Hats

Small-Medium & large bucket hats are back in stock & available to purchase for $15

Reds Socks

XL, L, M, S socks are available to purchase for $4 pair.

Lost Property

The uniform shop is holding unnamed lost property including shoes, training gear and bags. If your child has lost something please have them take a look through the lost property bin located at the uniform shop. Please check at D, E & Y block for all named items. At the end of the term all unclaimed/unnamed lost property will be disposed of, so please check for your missing items before they disappear.

Student Welfare Pool

Parents/caregivers are welcome to donate PBC school uniforms back to the Uniform Shop at any time, as their children grow or they leave the school. All items of uniform clothing are welcome including shoes.  These donations will be passed on to the Student Welfare pool for students in need. 

Flexischools Orders

If you have placed an order for your child via Flexischools, please have your student come and pick it up from the Uniform Shop.

Payment methods available:

Please note: Payment by credit card can only be taken in person at the Payments window. Credit Cards cannot be processed over the phone or in writing

  

2020 GC5 Sport Cluster Day Cancellation

Due to COVID19 the 2020 GC5 Inter-school Competitive Division Sport and Recreational Sport was cancelled.

PBC will put a credit on the student’s account. If that is not suitable we kindly require the student to go to Finance (A Block) to collect a Parent Refund Form. This form is to be completed and returned to Finance.

The only exception is for students participating in skateboarding. The cost will be $50 which includes bus travel and professional instruction from an external Coach if the student wishes to participate in this activity in Term 4.

  

Cashier Window Operating Hours

Over the counter payments can only be accepted between 8:00am and 1:00pm on Monday to Friday. Alternatively, you can make payments via BPOINT from your invoice or statement or Direct Deposit.

  

For Internet banking please use the details below:

School’s Bank Account:                    PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN SHS General A/C

BSB Number:                                  064-404 CBA Branch Burleigh Heads

Account Number:                          00090303

Reference/Details:                        Record both Student ID AND the reference Code to ensure your payment can be recorded correctly. (Reference Code = ITEM BEING PAID FOR e.g.: 2018 SRS8 or 2018 ACEX10)

   

SRS Fees

Make payments the quick and easy way using BPOINT. Visit www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete, follow the prompts or phone BPOINT on 1300 631 073.

Parents/caregivers experiencing financial difficulty can email ParentSupport ParentSupport@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au.

Payment plan options are available including Centrepay -a service to families whereby periodic payments can be made to the school or Direct Debit via credit card (monthly). Paperwork is available from the Student Services Office to activate either of these plans.

  

QParents

Parents – have you registered for QParents yet?

Are you using QParents to stay in contact with our school and to access information about your child’s schooling?

If you haven’t yet registered for QParents, register now.

You can provide your 100 points of identity documents for registration online through QParents, or in person at your school.

If you have limited identity documents, or experience difficulties registering, please contact your school for help.

QParents is a great way to stay informed about what’s happening in your child’s school life

 

  

Saver Plus

Could $500 help you with high-school costs?

https://www.facebook.com/SaverPlusAU

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Nixon’s Hope for a Cure

You can help save Nixon's life! Nixon is only 4 years old and currently in treatment for relapsed Neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a very aggressive childhood cancer. At the end of November 2020, we need to get Nixon to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York for a vaccine treatment against Neuroblastoma. 

Nixon has less than 20% chance of surviving the next 4 years without this treatment. However his survival rate will increase to up-to 80% after the vaccine treatment in New York! 

The costs associated with this vaccine trial is AU$350,000. The hospital fees alone are AU$232,000. Click the link to read more about Nixon.

To raise funds we are holding a Multidraw Raffle with over $30,000 worth of prizes to be Won! Tickets are $10 each entry. 

  

https://go.rallyup.com/nixonshopeforacure

  

Spark their Future

To support parents and carers of young people, the department has released the evidence-based Spark their Future website. This website provides engaging, non-confronting information and support to help parents keep their child engaged with learning and education pathways.

Articles have been developed through extensive research and in collaboration with subject matter experts, including guidance officers and behaviour experts, and other agencies, such as the Queensland Family and Child Commission and the non-state schooling sectors, to develop joint articles featuring education and youth policy leaders.

Articles are targeted at parents of teenagers, when disengagement is most prominent, and upper primary students, when signs of disengagement begin to emerge.

https://www.sparktheirfuture.qld.edu.au/

 

GLAM Hire

Formal Dress Hire * Gold Coast Based ~ try before you hire * Mobile service available * Australia wide postage

 

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Raising Children in Your Neighbourhood Survey – Have Your Say!

Your community has been chosen to participate in a survey conducted by the Every Family research project at The University of Queensland. This survey aims to capture parenting experiences and beliefs about parenting support and raising children within your community. Any parent or carer of children aged under 18 years can participate. The anonymous and voluntary survey takes 15 minutes to complete. You will have a chance to win 1 of 200 $50 Coles Myer gift vouchers for participating. Complete the survey online at: https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/racyn/

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Are you prepared for bushfire season?

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Last bushfire season was one of the worst ever, so it’s important to create a bushfire survival plan so you and your loved ones are prepared if bushfires strike again.

There are simple steps you can take to prepare, like clearing gutters, reducing vegetation around your home and ensuring there is adequate access to your property.

During bushfire season, it's important to know what's going on in your area. Even if you don't live anywhere near bushland, bushfires can affect you while you're on holidays or travelling.

Check if your postcode is at risk at the QFES website.

 

School Holiday Beach Volleyball

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