Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Last Friday we were visited by Hon. Karen Andrews Minister for Home Affairs and Hon. Trevor Evans, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management, to discuss the school’s environmental credentials and sustainability program. The tour included a Q & A session with the Year 12 Geography students who asked some very articulate and probing questions about federal environmental policies.  

At this stage the latest round of COVID restrictions has an impact on school staff who are required to wear a mask in their staffroom if they can’t socially distance and adult visitors to the school, who are required to wear a mask until told otherwise. With the current restrictions we have delayed our NAIDOC Day recognition assembly until further information about lifting the restrictions is announced. Our School Track and Field Championships will still be going ahead next Thursday and Friday, with Friday being the main carnival and participation day.  We look forward to seeing all the students there in their house colours.

Chris Capra
Executive Principal

Coming up in week 3 is our Track and Field Carnival, a great day for everyone to get involved in their house activities, have some fun and some will qualify to represent PBC at the District Track and Field competition.

The main event will be Friday 31 July with the whole school participating in the either the track and field events or just coming along to earn house points and have some fun on the inflatables / obstacle activities. You are encouraged to wear your house colours as the first event will be a house parade around the track.

The Friday is a compulsory school day so the expectation is that everyone comes along and has a fun day.

There will be an opportunity to qualify in other events that do not take place on the Friday (30 July), during week 3.

Tuesday 27 July – 7:.30am                        3000m (meet oval)

Thursday 29 July – 7:30am                      1500m (meet oval)

Thursday 29 July – 3:15pm                      200m / 400m Hurdles (meet oval)

Thursday 29 July – Period 3 & 4              Long Jump / Discus / Javelin

For these events, you MUST sign up on the sheets outside the S block staffroom door (outside, opposite the oval) – Especially necessary for the Thursday, period 3 and 4 events so you will get excused from your timetabled lessons.

All the other events will take place on the Friday.

One of the recent submissions for the Year 7 English Assessment was from Byron Taylor who wrote the following Biography about his Great Grandfather who recently turned 100. Well done Byron.

On Friday PBC welcomed Federal Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Karen Andrews and Assistant Federal Minister of Waste Reduction and Environmental Management, Hon. Trevor Evans for a tour of the PBC Sustainability Shed, where they were given a demonstration of the industrial compost tumbler purchased with the support of a $20,000 Communities Environment Program grant in 2020. As of this week, our compost tumbler has processed in excess of 1000kg of food scraps and generated more than 100kg of compost, much of which has been used to enrich the soil in the gardens here at school.

Mrs Andrews and Mr Evans were given an overview of the sustainability program and PBC’s desire to reduce our environmental impact and implement processes that will divert waste from landfill. The Ministers also spoke to a group of sustainability-conscious students about the importance of finding ways to reduce waste and recycle resources, for both environmental and economic reasons, as resource separation, recovery and recycling will provide employment opportunities for local industry and manufacturing. Mrs Andrews and Mr Evans congratulated PBC for the steps we’ve taken on our path to become more environmentally sustainable.

June was the last month for the Leo’s this term before our two-week holiday break. 4 new members were inducted into our wonderful club by President Peter Smith of the Lion’s Club.

This month the Leo’s made many donations. Firstly PBC Leo’s Club donated $200 to Baby Give Back. We also donated to the local Girl Guides and Scouts. We made a $250 donation to Girl Guides, as well as a $250 donation to the Scouts.

At the end of term the Leo’s had Nadia and Ken from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary visit us and speak to us about themselves and what they do at the Sanctuary as well as their animal adoption program and research programs. Nadia is the education manager as well as Ken, who also manages the indigenous programs in the sanctuary and in the community. We collectively decided to adopt an echidna and a koala. As well as this we donated a total of $450. This money will go towards the adoption of the animals and their research programs for the Tasmanian devil, Kroombit Tinker Frogs, Echidna and Eastern Bristle Bird.

In the last week of school, the PBC Leo’s were given a Gratitude morning tea from Care Class P3M. This a part of their kindness class project and was an absolute surprise and pleasure for all the Leo’s. P3M’s message to the PBC Leo’s was: “Thank you, PBC appreciates all you do to represent our school. P3M acknowledge you for giving up your own time”.  The Leo’s were grateful with this display of gratitude. Thank you Care Class P3M.

Coming up next term we have the Trivia Night which will be held at the Palm Beach Currumbin Sports Club on 20 August. We will also be continuing our Currumbin Special School Breakfast and our IGA weekly BBQ’s!

Michelle Wykes, Leos Club Secretary, PBC Student

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.

Squash Queensland Junior Championships

Congratulations to PBC's Shona Coxsedge who attended the Squash Queesnland Junior Championships. Shona won First in the U17 Girls and Third in the U19 Girls! Shona was also selected in the Queensland Sharks team to contest the Australian Junior Championship teams event in Canberra 29 Sept to 2 Oct. Fantastic result Shona! 

Queesland Netball State School Championships

Congratulations to PBC's Brooklyn Kingi (Yr7) who was selected to the U12 South Coast Netball team. South Coast played 11 games all up at the State Championships, winning 10 of their games by quite large margins, and drew their game against Met East. It came down to a count back to determine 1st and 2nd place, with South Coast coming out on top by 10 goals. Brooklyn was then selected for the QLD team! Fantastic effort Brooklyn!

NAIDOC 2021 South East Region Awards

Congratulations to PBC's Indi Bowyer who won the Senior Sportsperson of the Year Award at the 2021 South East Region NAIDOC Awards held last month. Indi's achievements have been outstanding. Indi competed in the U20 Queensland Basketball team in May and is currently playing for Logan in the NBL1 Competition.

PBC - RED Olympians! - TOKYO OLYMPICS

It will be exciting times watching the Tokyo Olympics with a number of REDS on show! Congratulations to the following PBC alumni and forever REDS...

• Mackenzie Arnold, Jay Rich-Baghuelou and Kye Rowles who are in the Australian Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympics for Football!
• Jordan Wood and Tom Green who are in the Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 as part of the Canoe Slalom/Canoe Sprint team.
• Brandon Wakeling who is in the Australian Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympics for Weightlifting! 

Good luck to all of our amazing and awesome PBC alumni! We will be cheering RED for you throughout. #GoREDS!

2021 School Opinion Survey

The annual School Opinion Survey will be conducted in Term 3 and will close on 30 July 2021. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (8 and 11) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.

An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 5 July.  The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2021.  Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it.  The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone. 

Parents/caregivers who do not have access to the internet at home are welcome to complete their survey online at the school. School computers/tablets will be available.

2022 Sports Excellence Program

Any current student wanting to trial for a Sports Excellence Program for 2022 please contact Excellence Enrolments Officer Tara Gonzales-Judd on tgonz6@eq.edu.au. Trials will be held from 9 to 26 August.

Reds get Grateful

Growing Good Humans

The third podcast in our Growing Good Humans Term 2 project is from Kieran, Year 11. This a raw and honest discussion about the challenges this phenomenal young person has faced very early in his life.

Students have been engaging with these podcasts as part of their CARE curriculum this term and have explored concepts like GRATITUDE, Forgiveness and Resilience as they hear each of these stories.

https://youtu.be/69q2DnTPGn8

Follow PBC on Social Media

Our social media accounts are the best way to stay connected with the daily happenings of our school. We will upload any important messages, reminders, student achievements and general news. With posts every day, year round, this a great way to celebrate our awesome school.

If you have any news about your student that you would like to share please message us via Direct Message on Instagram, Messenger on Facebook or email to news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au.

Instagram @PBCSHS

Facebook @PalmBeachCurrumbinStateHigh and @PBCAlliance

What you missed on our socials…

Reds Gratitude

V1M Care Class created a gratitude wall with notes to various staff members at the school, teachers, cleaners and canteen ladies! There were many many lovely notes to many many various people. What a lovely way to start the day!

Triple J Unearthed

PBC’s Year 11 Music Ex students Bonnie Kruger, Damon Perkins and Olive McCagh (Band - Tomorrow's Forecast) are going from strength to strength!

After rocking it at Creekfest last weekend and also being featured on Triple J unearthed, they have now been featured in an article of the top 5 unearthed high entries in the country this week.

Tomorrow's Forecast

School: Palm Beach Currumbin State High, QLD

For fans of: Middle Kids, Angie McMahon and/or Didirri

There's a good reason why we gave this lot a shoutout on our socials last week. Olive, Bonnie and Damo uploaded their golden indie gem Room on my Shelf on day one of the competition and they have a very good reason to be so confident.

Whilst Room on my Shelf spruiks a similar maturity and restraint to the likes of Gang Of Youths, it's underpinned with a youthful energy that's largely carried by the sweet, hopeful vocals. There's no doubt about it, Tomorrow's Forecast is looking extremely bright.

Click this link to hear the 

https://ab.co/2UhrzLC

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Congratulations to the PBC students who recently completed their Silver and Bronze Award Adventure on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail.

The International Award gives students up to four QCE points. Sign up at https://www.onlinerecordbook.org/fo/

Gold Coast Secondary Principals Alliance Awards

Congratulations to PBC's:

• Lucy Johnstone, IT Admin Guru, who has been nominated by her peers for the 2021 Excellence in Educational Support Award. Lucy is an incredible help to many students and staff daily.
• Tom Pasley, Teacher, who has also been nominated for the 2021 Excellence in Secondary Teaching Award. Tom is a very well respected and appreciated teacher with students and staff alike.
• Shane Roberts, HOD of HPE, who has been nominated for the 2021 Excellence in Secondary Education Leadership Award. Shane is an amazing leader and teacher to students and staff.

We wish all of our amazing nominees the best of luck. 

PBC Time Capsules

The hunt for a buried 1976 time capsule resumed through the holidays with the help of an excavator and Kazz Preston with her metal detector.

We had good intel on where this time capsule was buried so dug down to where we hoped to find it but had no luck. We are now sure this 1976 capsule has been dug up already and either relocated or was maybe too damaged to be of any worth. We will continue to follow leads on where it may have been relocated to.

Through ex-student feedback we now believe there may have been up to 5 time capsules over the years. The first was buried in late 1972 coinciding with the official opening. It was buried near the B Block stairs near the old school canteen. There was plenty of materials collected for this one including a copy of the Gold Coast Bulletin and student artwork. The spot is now under concrete. The second was the 1976 time capsule mentioned above, buried below the PBC letters that used to lay in front of the old admin building (currently Y block). The hole we dug did not reveal any remants of this time capsule so we are thinking it was relocated. The next one was in 1981 and was buried in front of the Science block (J Block). The area has also been concreted over. We have been told of another one buried at the base of the main flagpole in the main quad which is unfortately under artificle grass and then there is the 1996 one buried somewhere at the end of C Block (exact location unknown). If you have any memories of any of these time capsules or know what was in them please let us know. Thanks to all involved in the search.

If you are looking to recover lost jewellry or valuables you can call Kazz on 0422 560 001.

Year 7 Music Excellence

In Week 10 students in Year 7 Music Excellence had the pleasure of performing their ‘Australian Music’ assessment in the school theatre. Throughout this unit students have been exploring music that is uniquely Australian. Australian music is both steeped in tradition, and at the forefront of innovation. Congratulations to all the performers for their amazing work. Keep an eye out over the next week for a peak at some of their performances.

PBC Fundraising

Water Fountains

Our Hydrate the Reds fundraiser was a success! Over these school holidays 5 refrigerated, filtered, twin water bottle fillers were installed around the PBC campus. We hope the installation of these hydration stations will significantly reduce the number of disposable water bottles being purchased from the canteens and ending up in land fill. The school is creating messaging around recycling and hydration to be added to the panelling on these towers. The P&C team thank everyone who donated to this project, whether it was $5 or $500. Together we can make a difference in our students’ schooling experience.

If you have any questions, concerns or ideas please contact the P&C by emailing pandc@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au or come along to a meeting. They’re held on the 3^rd Tuesday of each month during school term at 6:30pm in the Trade Training Centre. Our next meeting is Tuesday 20 July. We would love to see you there.

Reds Sports Towel

The PBC P&C Association have produced a fantastic 'PBC Reds' Sports Towel for our latest fundraiser. The towel features the PBC Reds logo and are a perfect size for all our students to use during their training activities. The towel has ultimate absorbency, is lightweight and quick drying and looks great! At just $25, these towels are available now at the PBC Uniform Shop.

The money raised through the sales of our Reds Towel will go towards more chilled water bubblers for our students.

Towel size 50cm x 110cm

Entertainment Books

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Dates to Remember

Partner Shout out!

Welcome and thank you to our newest GOLD Partner, Annabel Trends!

About Annabel Trends...

Ann Dawe dreamt up ideas for the home back in 1967…bright 60’s colours, bold patterns and innovative kitchen napery emerged from her own kitchen table, all those years ago. Gradually over the years, Ann explored new niche markets so that Annabel Trends has become what it is today – a family company dedicated to supplying the marketplace with giftware that sets trends, with strengths in design, colour, practicality and presentation.

In 2006, Ann’s daughter Sally relocated Annabel Trends from Melbourne to the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is at the Burleigh Heads factory that a large proportion of the giftware is made and assembled. Fabrics, ribbons, packaging and products are sourced all over the world. Although Annabel Trends’ began with kitchen napery, which is still a strong line for the company today, other product categories emerged: garden gifts, scented therapeutic and soothing products, travel accessories, spa and pamper products, bath and body products, baby gifts, and decorative home wares. Ann continues to do what she is passionate about most – scouring the world for the latest trends and innovations, in order to develop exciting new products.

Annabel Trends understands the need for new ideas, and the product mix constantly changes. Take time to browse the site, and come back soon to see the latest from the market leaders.

Thank you to long time member Annabel Trends for coming on board with the PBC Alliance to support our students as a Gold Partner! If you are keen to check out the range at Annabel Trends visit their online store www.annabeltrends.com.au.

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

Would your business like to support our students?

Become a Partner today

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

https://www.pbc-alliance.com/business-directory.html

Thank you to our 2021 Partners

- helping support PBC students to achieve their potential.

Bendigo Bank Tugun Community Bank Branch

Synergy Fitness

Titans Gold Coast

Smile Street Coolangatta

Aurora Training Institute

Prestige Services Training

Annabel Trends

Grip Star Socks

Stone Style

LJ Hooker Palm Beach

Southport Sharks

WHYse Choices

Capital Pest Management

99 Bikes, Burleigh

Currumbin RSL

Inspire Physiotherapy

Tweed Seasports

Trade Glass

Palm Beach Surf Club

PFD Food Distributors

Griffith University

Bond University

Southern Cross University

Esportif Management (Nash Dawson)

Burleigh Bears Rugby League Club

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Fraser Financial Services

Stacks Law

Southern Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce

Meatsmiths, Elanora

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

Boardwalk Maintenance

The Parks & Recreational Services will be undertaking some routine maintenance works on the boardwalk behind PBC high school from Thursday 22/07/2021 to Friday 23/07/2021. The boardwalk will be closed for community use on the Friday 23/07/2021. For further information please contact Ash Turner, Parks Project Officer, T:5581 7074. cityofgoldcoast.com.au

Gold Coast Water Polo

Gold Coast Water Polo in conjunction with Water Polo Queensland are running a series of Junior Club Nights open to all new and experienced water polo players on the Gold Coast. These sessions are being hosted at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (Southport) and will be open to kids aged 10-14 years old.

REGISTRATION:

https://www.waterpoloqld.com.au/news/gold-coast-water-polo-junior-club-nights/

Supporting our school’s Parent and Community Code of Conduct

Our school strives to be a safe place for students to learn and for staff to work.

We have adopted a Parent and Community Code of Conduct so that all visitors to our school can understand what’s expected of them. 

The Parent and Community Code of Conduct sits alongside our Student Code of Conduct and the Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service, which applies to all staff.  

A copy of the new Code can be found at the Education website