Dear Parent, Caregiver,

Online Services Consent Survey – Year 7 & 10

Our school uses tools and resources to support student learning, including third party (non-departmental) online services hosted and managed outside of the Department of Education network.

This week, you will be receiving an email from surveys@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au to inform you about the third party online services used in our school and how your child’s information, including some personal information and works, may be recorded, used, disclosed, and published to the services.

Please do not ignore this email and complete the survey at your earliest convenience. Not completing this survey will delay your young person’s access to crucial online services that support their learning in the school.

This email will contain the personal information you need to complete the survey and to ensure the email is not a scam:

• Student name

• Login ID

• Access Code

• Link to the survey

If you have not received a survey invitation email by Friday, 3 March:

In some instances email systems place the online consent survey email into a spam or junk folder. Furthermore, the email is automatically sent to the parent who is the enrolling parent.

The survey can only be completed once per student.

Next Step Survey

Our recently graduated (Year 12 2022) students will be invited to participate in the Next Step Year 12 Completers survey between March and June 2023.

Next Step is a statewide post-school destination survey of all students who complete Year 12 in Queensland. Insights gained from Next Step assists schools to improve their services for senior students and improve students’ transition from school to further study and employment.

Further information about Next Step is available at www.qld.gov.au/nextstep/.

Week 10 new units will commence

Week 10 will be a normal school week and as such we would ask families to plan for their child to be in attendance as classes will be starting new work.

Term 1 Reports

Student Term 1 Interim reports will be emailed home on 26 April. 

Term 1 reports are interim reports. This means that they will indicate a child’s Term 1 achievement, effort and behaviour in each subject.

Please ensure that the email address we have recorded for you is current to ensure you receive your child’s report.

We encourage you to follow up on this report by attending Parent Teacher Interviews in Term 2. Information about how to book Parent Teacher Interviews will be sent with reports.

NAPLAN Update

PBC is once again preparing for NAPLAN - the only national assessment all Australian students have the chance to undertake. All students participated in a rehearsal on 23 February, so we could check our systems and familarise the students with their NAPLAN rooms.

As students progress through their school years, it’s important to check how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and numeracy. NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents and caregivers to see how their child is progressing against national standards and over time.

Online NAPLAN 'adaptive’ testing presents questions which may be more or less difficult depending on a student’s responses. This allows a wider range of student abilities to be assessed and measures student achievement more precisely.

NAPLAN is for everyone. Adjustments are available for students with disabilities who have diverse functional abilities and needs. If your child needs an adjustment, contact HOD Inclusive Practice Jane Bell.

Should you wish your child to be withdrawn from NAPLAN testing, please contact the Junior Secondary administration so that a form can be provided to you. This form should be returned to the school by 10 March.

NAPLAN tests will be conducted on 15, 20, 21 and 22 March. The tests last one period each; all other lessons will run as timetabled on these days.

Thank you to all of our Year 11 and 12 students who recently participated our Growing Good Humans Gala Days. These days allow us to come together as cohorts to engage with and drive our flagship wellbeing programs such as Growing Good Men and Women. We were also blessed to welcome the Good Humans Factory, Tommy Herschell from Find Your Feet, YouChoose Driver Awareness and our Queensland Health Nurses into school to deliver engaging, informative and hopefully inspiring programs to our students.

A big thank you to our students for engaging in a mature and progressive manner with these programs, as well as to our Heads of Year, HOD Positive Education Paul Bullpitt and GGW facilitator Anna Wyatt for their dedication, direction and commitment to this program. We look forward to welcoming our Year 10's early in Term 2. 

The senior school also congratulates the recent recipients of Optima Awards. It was a pleasure to host the Term 1 Optima Awards that recongnised outstanding achievements from Semester 2, 2022.

Signing in / out of Senior Secondary

Signing in late: Senior Secondary students are expected to be in Care class for a 9:00am start every day. If your student is late for school, eg. has an appointment that cannot be made outside of school hours, please send a written note explaining the reason with your student. 

Senior Secondary requests that a note is brought in, rather than a phone call or email. The Senior office is very busy in the mornings and emails/phone calls often do not reach the sign in desk. 

Students signing in without a note will be sent to their Head of Year.  

Signing out early: Students must bring a note to Y bock before school if they are required to sign out early that day. This note will be approved by their Head of Year, allowing the student to sign out as necessary. Students must sign out through Y block before leaving school grounds. 

PBC requests that sign outs are minimised, to ensure that students are not missing out on valuable learning time. A reminder that driving lessons and driving tests must be scheduled outside of school hours.  

We thank you for your support on this matter. 

Senior Study Skills 

Year 11 and 12 Students will be given the opportunity to attend an on-campus experience day at Griffith University early in Term 2. It will occur on a GC6 cluster day so students are not missing classes. Further information will be provided in the coming weeks.  

Students can collect permission forms from Y block or contact the Senior Study Skills Coordinator, Deb Kerwick on dphil107@eq.edu.au. 

Assessment Calendar and Procedures  

Assessment Calendars for Years 10, 11 and 12 have been uploaded to the school website https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au. Click on the Curriculum tab and then under Testing and Assessment. This information will be useful for parents and students when planning their study timetable.  

The Year 11 exam timetable has also been uploaded on the school website. These exams are scheduled for Wednesday 15 to 17 March. Year 11 students do not have a shutdown this term and are required to attend school every day. Students attend all timetabled classes except when they have a scheduled exam. Students need to ensure that they are appropriately managing their time and do not leave study and assignments to the last minute as they will have numerous assessment items due in Week 7 and 8.   

Parents are reminded that exams will be scheduled in Week 10 at the end of each term for Years 10 and 12. The Year 10 and 12 shutdown calendars for Week 10 of this term (29 to 31 March) will be published on the school website in the coming weeks. As per the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority guidelines and handbooks, family holidays are not grounds for missing assessments or exams. 

All students and parents need to be aware of the Senior Secondary Assessment policy. The policy is published on the school website (https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/ ), under the Curriculum /Testing and Assessment tab. Students requiring extensions need to apply to the relevant Head of Department at least 48 hours before the due date. Students requiring special provision, now known as an Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (AARA), will need to complete the application, available on the school website, and meet with the Guidance Officer Mr Jones and /or the Inclusive Practices coordinator Mr McManus.  

School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships 

PBC prides itself on strong partnerships with our community and is happy to report a number of current openings for Year 10 and Year 11 students to undertake School based Apprenticeships and Traineeships  (SATS). These courses provide students with paid employment and work skills, additional QCE points  and a Certificate 3 qualification which may provide tertiary options. Students should come to Y Block an speak with Ms Shreeve about the current opportunities.  

School based traineeships available

New exciting traineeship opportunities are available in the Pathways Centre Y Block. Job boards will be updated regularly with new positions. Students can collect a registration form and apply now.

Taking applications from Year 10’s !!

Get paid while gaining a qualification when doing a school-based traineeship and earn up to 8 QCE points!! Already working!! Why not convert your job to a traineeship, gain QCE points, and gain a qualification in your current job. A variety of new traineeships are on offer with a focus on business, hospitality, retail, sport and tourism

2023 Queensland Training Awards: Are you currently doing a school-based traineeship/apprenticeship? Or recently completed one? Queensland Training Awards nominations are now open. Please visit this website to apply https://desbt.qld.gov.au/training/qta

Hospitality and Business Traineeships:

• Burleigh Heads Surf Club
• The Shelf Café and Deli the Pines
• Coffee Club Stocklands
• Goodness Gracias
• Springbok Foods Burleigh
• Boost Juice The Pines
• The Pantry Cafe
• Ground Coolangatta
• COWCH Broadbeach
• Zambrero’s Coolangatta
• BSKT Mermaid Beach
• Hi Poke Kirra
• Mr Potato Palm Beach
• Barefoot Blonde Palm Beach
• Portside Coffee Currumbin
• Pancake Diner Burleigh Heads
• Wendys the Pines
• Tallebudgera Surf Club
• The Pines News and Gifts
• Sumptuous Fine Foods – Currumbin
• Airport Retail Enterprises – Gold Coast Airport
• Earth N Sea Pizza Coolangatta
• Maries Pizza – Various locations
• Zarraffas – various locations
• Shingle Inn the Pines
• Brumbys Bakery – Christine Corner & The Pines
• Sandwich Chefs The Pines
• Guzmen Y Gomez Burleigh & Robina
• KFC – Palm Beach, Mermaid Beach & Robina
• Surf Easy Currumbin

The Shelf Deli and Café the Pines: New Traineeships available, Cert 3 business with hospitality focus looking for 2 new trainees to work in popular local café in the Pines.

Seeds of Life Wholefoods Q Super Centre Mermaid Waters: 3 positions available Cert 3 business with hospitality and retail focus, join the team at Seeds of Life Wholefoods in the bakery, café and production email direct to  info@seedsoflife.com.au.

Palm Beach Currumbin Rugby Union Club: School based traineeship in hospitality and school-based apprentice in commercial cookery, both immediate start, both offering lots of experience in the hospitality industry. Email resumes to manager@alleygators.com.au or accounts@alleygators.com.au.

HB@33 Salon Currumbin: work day Fridays and some weekends email Julie to apply hbat33studio@gmail.com.

Airport Retail Enterprises: Traineeships at Gold Coast Airport working across a variety of hospitality venues in the airport arrival and departure lounges. Taking expression of interest. Don’t miss this great traineeship opportunity, working in the Gold Coast’s brand-new terminal. Collect an A.R.E expression of interest form from Y Block 

Picture Framing: Looking for being a picture framer, this involves cutting and joining moulding, cutting mats mounting of photos, artwork, prints etc including preparation of framing of football jerseys and all manner of other interesting pieces. Please email Callie Cheap as Chips Framing  calliecahir@gmail.com

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 Staffing Solution 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:

• https://www.goldcoaststudentjobs.com.au/
• 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
• https://novaskill.com.au/jobs-available

Looking for a Trade??  Casey from Gold Coast Trades college has many opportunities available for school leavers looking for a trade eg: metal roofer, painting/decorating, carpentry, tiling, Automotive & plastering.

Please email your resume and industry of interest to casey@peopleperformance.com.au  or Tracey Egan tracy@peopleperformance.com.au 

Dean from Inscope Training has employers looking for school based and fulltime students in carpentry, tiling, plastering and painting. Students will need a driver licence or close to getting one and reliable transport. Call Dean from Inscope on 0406 307 654 or email resume through to dean@inscope.edu.au.

OSMAC are seeking keen Year 12 students that want to secure an apprenticeship in the following trades only: Air/Con & Electrical, Engineering Trade, Plumber, Carpentry, Plastering, Painting, Cabinet Making, Shopfitting, Tiling, Light & heavy vehicle & Panel beater/spray painting. Email resume to Kirsten Twyford  - kirsten@ogt.com.au

McDonald’s casuals: apply via these links

Tugun: https://smrtr.io/4LXdX

Palm Beach: https://smrtr.io/4RX8W

Elanora: https://smrtr.io/4LXbg

Coolangatta and Burleigh Heads visit: https://careers.mcdonalds.com/australia

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.

Sonia Shreeve - Industry Liaison Officer

Rugby League Excellence

Tonie Carrol Cup

The Rookie Reds boys boarded the Reds Bus and headed to Beenleigh with one goal – to qualify for the Top Tier Broncos Challenge that would see them play the elite schools in Year 7. To do this we needed to win at least 4 of our 6 games, and with only 3 weeks preparation, we were going in a somewhat blind. Little did we know that the searing heat of the day and challenge of some very strong opponents would forge the next generations of Reds

Results

• Game 1 def Caloundra 38 nil (MoM Jaxon)
• Game 2 def Wavell 16 -10 (MoM Mason and Brayden)
• Game 3 def Forrest Lake 30 nil (MoM Stanford)
• Game 4 def Stretton 28 nil (MoM Mason)
• Game 5 def Bellbird 32 nil (MoM Brayden)
• Game 6 def Keebra 16 nil (MoM Rico)

Awards

Best Back – Mason, Best Forward – Brayden

Finishing undefeated and with the best For and Against, the boys were the first PBC team to win the Tonie Carrol Cup since its inception in 2016. This was a great achievement by the boys and they learnt the Reds Song to celebrate. “Everywhere we Go…….”

I am very proud of the boys first up effort and need to extend a Big Thankyou to our Seniors Head Coach Tim Maccan for coming up and assisting with the Rookies, and also to all the families who travelled up to support the boys. What a great start to the year.

Aaron Zimmerle, Coach

You for 2032

The YouFor2032 initiative is a talent transfer program looking to identify and transfer talented athletes into Olympic sports that have partnered with our program. We are looking for athletes with exceptional capacities that may be interested in transferring to a new sport in which they may excel.

The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is on a mission to systematically unearth and develop Queensland’s most talented athletes and prepare them for success in 2032. Cue Australia’s largest talent identification program – Youfor2032! Youfor2032 stretches right across Queensland, to find athletes with extraordinary elite potential who could achieve medal success in 2032. 

QAS talent coaches and advisors will be hosting testing sessions at PBC on Friday May 2nd where they will facilitate physical athletic testing (e.g. agility, sprinting, endurance) as well as nonphysical components. All that is left to do is register! More information to come.

Youfor2032 seeds the dreams of young aspiring athletes. If you are aged between 13-23 (Olympic Sports) or 13-30 (Paralympic Sports) you are eligible. The quest for the best starts now!  

SPSF - Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund

Applications for 2023 scholarships are now open!

SESF Scholarships support secondary school students up to 18 years old, who’s financial circumstances would preclude them from otherwise participating at representative level for their state or Australia.

To find out more: https://sesf.org.au/application/

Dance Excellence

Students in Dance Excellence have had a fabulous start to the year learning their class competition routines with guest choreographers- 

• Year 7s -   Natalie Keevers (Lyrical) 
• Year 8's - Amanda Taylor (Jazz) 
• Year 9's - Kira Stray (Lyrical) 
• Year 10's - Anna Johnston (Jazz) 
• Year 11/12's - Mackenzie Jade (Contemporary) and Kira Stray (Jazz) 

Students are also working on their strength and conditioning with a focus on activities such as Tabata with Ms Skyring, HIIT with Miss Swanborough and Pilates with Ms Hall.  

For GC6 Cluster Day this term, dancers have the opportunity to travel as a team to Wet'n'Wild for team building, fitness and fun. 

Auditions for the Super Teams were held last week. This year we will also be having junior secondary super teams and these will be run by two of our senior Dance students- Zayarnee Bornholt and Indyana Loveday. Our guest choreographers for the senior super teams are the talented and highly sought after Nicole Wells and Heidi Jennings. 

Music Excellence

Music Excellence has seen a fantastic start to the year with a myriad of very special experiences for our students. Students are working hard on their first units of the year.  This term, the Junior space invites PBC alumni and a full-time independent musician Zac Hubbard, back into the classroom to offer mentorship, support and rich learning experiences for our students.

Candlelight Concert  

Year 8 and 9 Music Excellence students were treated to a candlelight concert in a 100 year old cathedral filled with candles and a stunning performance by a string quartet.  This was an inspiring night for our talented music students to be exposed to such a high calibre of performers and musical arrangements. 

Drum Masterclass 

It was such an amazing experience to get such a skilled musician to come in for a percussion masterclass. We got to explore quite an extensive range of topics, from brands and quality of drum kits to how to tune different types of drums. Dave Amphlett was such an inspiring person to be taught by, and the level of knowledge he possessed on the instrument was phenomenal. We were even allowed to have a jam on Dave’s kit! Overall, it was a terrific event and I’m so grateful to have been part of it.  
Anjali (Music Ex – Year 9) 

Composition Workshop 

Senior Music General students were provided the opportunity to learn from Senior Lecturer and Head of Jazz from Queensland Conservatorium of Music as part of their course. Dr Steven Newcomb shared insights into his creative process as a composer, unpacking his recently released contemporary piece ‘Pluto and the Sun’. Students gained valuable knowledge around sustaining a career in the music industry and were treated to a number of performance pieces as part of this rich learning experience.  

Palm Beach 100 Celebrations 

Over the weekend, we had 16 Music Excellence students performing at the Palm Beach Centenary Celebrations. The performers did an outstanding job! Congratulations to everyone and thank you to families for coming along and supporting this community event. 

Drama Excellencee

Talented PBC Alumni Remy Heremaia recently returned to The Arts, to share his expertise and knowledge as an Acting student at the prestigious Victorian College of Arts. Remy led intensive classes to both Drama and Drama Excellence students across all year levels.  The junior students revelled in the fun and spontaneity of his workshops.  Year 12 Drama were enlightened by Remy’s insight into their Dramatic Concepts; Year 9 & 10 Drama Excellence explored authenticity in performance; whilst Senior Drama Excellence focused on monologues. The students and staff adore Remy and are so proud of his achievements and humanity. 

Visual Arts Excellence

The 8 Art Excellence have started the year by learning about tone and flat lay still life drawing. Students are half way through their first artwork in the program and are already showing exceptional skills. The program is designed so that students explore painting, printmaking and ceramics in their first year.  

Year 9 Visual Arts Excellence students are working on a unit that explores materials, techniques, and processes that an artist may use when working.  The exploration is based on portraiture and so far, the experiments have considered types of contour drawing and realistic drawing.  Materials have included oil paints and coloured pencils on a variety of surfaces.  In the coming weeks, the class will put their hand to digital manipulation of portrait photos they have taken.  

Year 10 Visual Art Excellence students are currently in the process of creating a Body of Work that explores alternative perspectives of public places. This unit allows students the freedom to explore their personal aesthetic through their art-making. Throughout this unit, students are experimenting with a range of painting and drawing materials and techniques that will allow them to further develop their knowledge of building a resolved Body of Work. 

The SEQ Year 12 Regional Leadership Camp will be up there with Term 1 highlights. Day 1 involved an intense touch football battle on the sand with some of the Year 11 students who also accompanied the seniors to our Worksite Visit at SEE Civil. SEE Civil discussed pathways and how to get started in the civil construction industry. The boys were not short of questions and were keen to get started that afternoon. As a group we all put our minds together to complete a pre-start safety checklist which gave a good insight on how important safety is on site. The camp consisted of many workshops, around well-being, goal setting, becoming a leader by following and leading with weaving and much more. To end the camp leadership games where held at the beach to put into practice team work, positive communication, and enjoying each others company in the sun.

Junior Wellbeing Team

Palm Beach Currumbin State High has several staff working with students in Years 7, 8 and 9.

This includes the Head of Year and Guidance Officer who may refer your child onto the Chaplain, Social Worker or other specialist staff who work on campus with our students.

If you have any concerns, it is best to contact the Head of Year (HOY) in the first instance about school procedural and peer interaction issues. For matters relating to personal support, counselling, undiagnosed learning difficulties and career discussions, please contact the Guidance Officer.

If you are taking your adolescent to a Specialist doctor such as a paediatrician or psychiatrist, please inform the Guidance Officer. If the paediatrician or psychologist needs to do tests or surveys to form (or rule out) a diagnosis, please inform the Guidance Officer. The Junior Secondary Inclusion Coordinator (Sally Taylor) is also a wealth of information for students who may have a Learning Difficulty but are not yet formally diagnosed. Examples of conditions that impact students at school would be: ADHD, Dyslexia, Auditory Processing Disorder etc.

Thank you for supporting your child in their education,

Guidance Officers Sue & Rebecca for Anna Willis who will be returning to PBC on Monday 6 March.

Senior Secondary Guidance Officer – Steve Jones

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

School Based Youth Health Nurse

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.

Skateboarding

Massive congratulations to PBC’s Chloe Covell, Yr8, who won the Silver medal at the Skateboarding World Street Championships in UAE. Chloe put in an awesome first run and landed 3 amazing tricks in the final to finish with a score of 253.51. We are excited to watch this Red’s journey to the Olympics! Go Chloe! The Reds are all cheering for you.

Taekwondo

Congratulations to PBC's Year 10 student, Tait Cushing, of Hartmann's Taekwondo Currumbin, who recently competed in Thailand at the 10th NSDF Taekwondo Championship. This was following a three day training camp with Champion Taekwondo, Bangkok, who have produced both National and World Champions. There were over 2000 competitors, 1800 of them fighting across two days. With 34 competitors in his division Tait won his first round fight progressing to the second round where he again won. Absolutely exhausted  after a 3:00am QF battle, he lost to Pakasit WAIYAYOD from Taipei who went on to win Silver. This is an outstanding achievement for Tait in his first ever international competition.

Jujitsu

Congratulations to PBC Cooper Kinman, Future Stars Excellence student (Jujitsu). Cooper competed in BJJAO National Australian Open 2023 and won double Gold so both in GI and No GI. Cooper won all his fights by submission and got second fastest submission of only 7 seconds. In GI, Cooper fought against someone who was 5 belt division above his belt which is a massive achievement.

School Emails

Please note that due to a change in staff, parents/caregivers will no longer receive school emails from Corinna Green. Those school emails will now come from Lucy Johnstone - ljohn573@eq.edu.au. 

Please remember to check your junk mailbox incase any important school messages are going there.

Duke of Edinburgh

Funding assistance to expand The Duke of Ed Award has been put to great use at Palm Beach Currumbin State High School. Since July 2022, their award participants have grown to more than 40 students.

Teacher and Award Leader CJ said they were developing a full school implementation plan over the next year.

“The funding assistance has been essential to increasing Award enrolment, and we expect to grow beyond our targets as the momentum continues,” CJ said.

Growing Good Humans

2023 is going to be an amazing year for Growing Good Humans and we are hoping to get some motivated student mentors involved. Do you know of a Good Human?  Are you a Good Human who wants to be a part of the culture change here at PBC? Please fill out the electronic application form that is on student notices and email back to Ms Wyatt or awyat25@eq.edu.au – (TTC staffroom) and Mr Bullpitt pbull2@eq.edu.au – (Library/Maths staffroom) or come and see us for a paper copy in our staffrooms.

Valentines Day

Our Student Leadership Team spent the day delivering Valentines Day roses to students, teachers and staff, spreading love, friendship and kindness to everyone all while raising money for charity!

Kinetic Bus Services

School Bus Pass Amnesty Period Extension – Term 1 2023

From 23 January 2023 to 31 March 2023 there will be an amnesty period for all students awaiting delivery of their School Bus Passes. This period is to allow for the printing and distribution of 2023 School Bus Passes. 

What does this mean? Students can travel to and from school without a 2023 School Bus Pass during this time.

Changes to HPV Vaccination

Selective Entry @ PBC

  

Applications are now OPEN for selective entry into PBC's Academic Excellence, Creative Arts Excellence and Sports Excellence programs. If you know anyone that has a student entering Year 7 in 2024, who may be interested in applying for any of these programs, please direct them to our website.

Homework Club

Optima Yearbook on Sale Now!

2022 Optima Yearbook is available to purchase!

Purchase yours today for just $30 from the Uniform Shop and Finance Window. The 2022 Optima is packed full of fun and colourful content! Messages from key staff, student leaders and house leaders. Photos, photos, photos and more photos of as many students as we could fit in. Enjoy stories from all departments and major events. Excellence Program reports, major events highlights, Champion House news and a Farewell to Year 12 gallery, memories and messages. There is also a PBC 50th Birthday celebration section highlighting all the fun celebrating PBC's 50th Anniversary. The magazine covers all faculties, all year levels and all programs. DON'T MISS OUT!! Stock is available until sold out.

International Homestay Families Needed

PBC Tennis Courts – Available to hire

Love tennis!

PBC's tennis courts are now open to the public to book. Our new lights make it a great venue for a night game. Local, inexpensive and convenient.

How To:https://play.tennis.com.au/PalmBeachCurrumbinStateHighSchool

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 action. With posts every day 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 tonews@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au.

Instagram@PBCSHS

Facebook@PalmBeachCurrumbinStateHighand@PBCAlliance

Dates to Remember

The PBC Alliance continues to grow and develop into what is now a wonderful local business community network with PBC at the centre. We appreciate the generous support for our students, from all our Partners and Members.

We welcome a number of new partners in 2023 including:

The Inspiring Brighter Futures Foundation has signed up to support our students, as Silver Partners, sponsoring PBC’s student wellbeing program, Growing Good Humans.

Inspiring Brighter Future’s is an amazing non-profit foundation whose purpose is to mentor, support and inspire people in our local communities to move their lives onwards and upwards. Their focus has always been on arming people with practical skills to enable them to create better lives for themselves, their families and their communities.To contact call 0421 495 104 or email to info@inspiringbrighterfutures.com. Website: inspiringbrighterfutures.com

Thank you to Harrison & Harrison who have chosen to support our Rugby League Excellence students in 2023 as Silver Partners.

Harrison & Harrison provide financial advice for clients across a number of different financial areas for both businesses and individuals. For many, finance and business can be confronting, complex and create stress. H&H demystify it and provide comfort that they take care of the finances and business while their clients focus on their work - enjoying life. Put simply, H&H allow their clients freedom from fears and headaches associated with business and finance. H&H are a source of knowledge and expertise, straight talking, clear and concise, patient, easy to be with, a good friend and an educator.

Get in touch today to arrange an obligation-free meeting or chat to discuss how they can help. Tel: 07 5636 6305 Email: contact@hhfg.com.au Website: hhfg.com.au

A huge thank you to The Good Human Factory who have signed up as Bronze Partners to support our Growing Good Humans program, providing a workshop to our Year 11 students. The Good Human Factory is about connecting curious minds with simple mental health strategies that last a lifetime.

To find out more about The Good Human Factory, visit their website: www.goodhumanfactory.com

Thank you to local landscaping business LD Total who are Bronze Partners for this year. LD Total is creating a beautiful memorial garden around the stunning ANZAC Memorial stone feature donated by Stone Style in 2021. We are looking forward to seeing the finished garden in place before our next Anzac Ceremony. 

LD Total are located in Currumbin and are a national leader in commercial landscaping. For three decades they have been taking pride in delivering complete landscape solutions for our clients. From design to construction, maintenance, irrigation and lot packages, their end-to-end service expertise makes them a dependable partner. To contact call: 07 5607 0508, email qldadmin@idtotal.com.au or visit: www.ldtotal.com.au.

All our Partners and Members can be found in our online Business Directory. Please support those businesses that support our students!

Thank you!

Thank you to our amazing partners that have already signed on to support our students in 2023!

PLATINUM

Aurora Training Institute

Bendigo Bank Tugun Community Bank

Eoghan Murphy - Kollosche

Find Ya Feet

Gold Coast Titans

Grip Star Socks

SmileStreet Coolangatta

Stone Style

Synergy Fitness

Tweed Sea Sports

GOLD

Belle Property - Rhys Wildermoth

Bond Sport

Capital Pest Management

Prestige Services Training

Southport Sharks

MSP Photography

SILVER

99 Bikes Burleigh

Currumbin RSL

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Harrison & Harrison Financial

Inspiring Brighter Futures

Michael Hart MP, Member for Burleigh

Palm Beach Surf Club

PlayBk

RJ Beaufils & Sons

Trade Glass

BRONZE

City of Gold Coast

Fraser Financial Services

LD Total Landscaping

The Butchers Table The Pines

The Good Human Factory

REDS SUPPORTERS

Balloonery Gold Coast

BOQ Elanora

City Venue Management

CVM Academy

Fight 4 Youth

Laura Gerber MP

Mighty Minds

PBC P&C

Signature Dance

VMA Promotional Products

Youth Music Venture

TERTIARY PARTNERS

Bond University

Griffith University

Gold Coast TAFE

Southern Cross University

PBC Alliance Business Directory – support our local businesses

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 of our Partners and Member businesses are listed in this directory and are looking to help you whereever they can. All 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.

School Council Elections

As an Independent Public School our School Council plays an integral role in the governance of our school. It is important that every parent understands the work the council will undertake in this year as it will have significant impact on the strategic direction of our school.

The School Council is responsible for providing strategic advice to the Executive Principal and overseeing the governance of the school. Training is provided to new members.

School Council members serve a two year tenure and we would like to acknowledge the following members who have recently completed their time on the council:

• Elaine Braniff – Non-teaching Representative
• Tom Pasley – Teaching Representative
• Amanda Sutherland, Philip Follent and Jane Clancy – Parent Representatives

Accordingly, vacancies exist for:

• 1 x Non-teaching Representative
• 1 x Teaching Representative
• 3 x Parent Representatives

This year the School Council will be responsible for providing advice about the implementation of PBC's 2022-2024 Strategic Plan. Members of the council will play an essential role not only in shaping this plan but keeping key members of the school's leadership to account on the key agendas and strategies.

If you are interested in being involved in this work, I encourage you to nominate for the School Council. I also encourage those staff members who are not interested in joining the council to have their say in who represents them by voting in the school council elections.

Details of the nomination and election process are as follows:

• All self-nominations close on 27 March 2023
  
  
• School Council election day for Staff and Student representatives will be 17 April 2023 – 7:30am – 9:00am in TTC Bar/Dining area
  
  
• School Council election day for Parent representative will be 17 April 2023 4:30pm – 6:00pm in TTC I01. 

Nominations

Nominations for parent, teaching and non-teaching staff positions for the Palm Beach Currumbin State High School Council are now OPEN.

The nomination form can be found here.

Nominations for all positions will close on Monday 27 March 2023 at 4:00pm.

Elections for the Teaching and Non-teaching staff positions will take place before school on Monday 17 April 2023 from 7:30am – 9:00am in the TTC Dining Room.

Elections for Parent Representatives will take place on Monday 17 April 2023 from 4:30pm – 6:00pm in the TTC Room I01.

We look forward to receiving your nominations.

Kellie Pedemont - Returning Officer

Trading Times during Term: Monday to Thursday: 8:00am – 12:15pm

2022 Optima Yearbook

The 2022 Optima Yearbook has arrived & available to purchase from the uniform shop for $30. Available until sold out.

SPEX Tee Recall

A batch of the new SPEX tee’s have been recalled due to a fault in the sleeves. If you have a new SPEX tee, please bring it to the uniform shop to check if it a recalled item. It will be replaced with a new tee.

Formal Uniform

All formal items are available in all sizes.

Winter Uniform

Red sports jacket, $80

Navy jacket, $70

Track pants, $55 - All sizes available XXS – 5XL

Fleece jumpers, $40 - All sizes 8 – 22 available

Sports Uniforms

All sizes available.

Sport Excellence

All sizes available.

Dance

Limited sizes available.

AQP, Engineering & Construction

Limited sizes available.

Caps & Bucket Hats

Adjustable caps, sm/med & large bucket hats available for $15.

Reds Socks

Mid & ankle length, S, M, L, XL & XXL available for $4 pair.

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. 

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 & 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.

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:

• Flexischools Online com.au
• Credit Card
• Cash
• Cheques not accepted.
• Please note: Payment by credit card can only be taken in person. Credit Cards cannot be processed over the phone or in writing.

The finance window is now located in D Block. The Payments Window is open on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:00am to 12:00pm.  

Year 7, 2023 invoices have been issued (Please check your Junk mail if not received). 

GC6 Interschool Sport invoices have been emailed to the financial parent (don’t forget to check junkmail). Payment is required by 28 February.

For information on GC6 Sport, permission forms, etc please visit https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/calendar-and-news/news/2023-cluster-days

To arrange a 2023 payment plan or to discuss payment options please email finance@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au or visit our website  https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/support-and-resources/payments. We are currently responding to a high amount of enquiries, therefore our response maybe delayed. We are sorry for the inconvenience and will respond as soon as possible. 

QPARENTS 

What is QParents? QParents is a user-friendly portal accessible via app or web browser, providing parents with secure online access to information about their child’s schooling. You can access information about:

• attendance details
• timetables and upcoming events
• report cards and assessments
• invoices and payment history.

 Download QParents https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/login   

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