21 May 2018

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

With the recent retirement and promotion of some key primary school principals in our area, Anita Sgalippa has been appointed Acting Principal of Tallebudgera SS for the remainder of 2018. Anita has been the Principal – Middle School at PBC for the past three years. Whilst Anita will not be at PBC physically, we look forward to continuing to work with Anita as a key cluster school member. Alison Fahlbusch will be taking Anita’s position for the remainder of this term. Alison is substantively a Deputy Principal at Miami SHS where she has also been the Acting Principal, in addition to these positions Alison has held a leadership position at Elanora SHS.

It was a big week for PBC students last week (which week isn’t). The Creative Arts faculty had a massive Friday with a 1st place in Lyrical Routine, 3rd place in Jazz Extension, 3rd place in Contemporary Extension and 4th place in Jazz against 38 other schools at the Brisbane Eisteddfod, St Laurence’s College. The Open Rugby League Team and Year 10 team both had amazing victories over arch rivals Keebra Park SHS. Watching over 300 PBC students launch onto the field at the final siren of the Open’s win demonstrated the school spirit at its absolute best. The Gold Coast Bulletin ran stories about the PBC v KPSHS Rugby League rivalry for three consecutive days last week including a whole double page spread. NAPLAN is finished for another year and the year 7s that I supervised did their best and treated the tests seriously, although they were looking forward to getting back to class as normal.

Also in the Gold Coast Bulletin last week were two days of stories about mobile phones and their use of school grounds. PBC has the policy that our students may use their phones during the two break times however they are not be used or switched on whilst in class. The exception to this rule is when the students are using their phones at the direct instruction of the teacher to enhance their learning. Students who are caught using their phone in class, will have their phone confiscated for the remainder of the day and a detention issued.

Regards
Chris Capra
Executive Principal

Senior School Update

Assessment

• Assessment calendars for Term 2 are available on the school website (https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/Curriculum/Testingandassessment) under the curriculum tab
• The Senior Schooling Exam timetable will be published on the school website shortly; exams will commence on 14 June.
• Year 12 QCS students will have practice exams on Wednesday 13, 20 and 27 June during sport allocation
• Parents and students are again reminded that teachers will begin Term 3 work once exams are completed and that students will need to attend every day up until the end of term.

Year 12 S.A.V.E Incursion

As part of our ongoing commitment to our student’s welfare, all Year 12 students will be participating in the S.A.V.E Emergency Services program hosted by the Queensland Police Service, to be held at school on Friday 22 June, from 8:00am to 3:05pm.

Attendance is compulsory and students should wear their full school uniform. A light breakfast will be available from 8:00am with the program commencing at 9:00am. Throughout the day students will participate in sessions run by various emergency services and groups including the QLD Ambulance, QLD Fire and Rescue, QLD Police, Gold Coast City Council Disaster Management and Surf Life Saving QLD. These sessions will cover a range of important issues facing young people including road safety, road accident and injury, CPR, staying safe at schoolies, surf safety, flood dangers and drugs/alcohol.

QCAA Learning Accounts

All Year 12 students were recently issued (via their school email) with instructions to log onto the Student Connect website at www.qcaa.qld.edu.au . It is important that students do this to ensure that their details such as correct spelling of their name, address and date of birth and subjects studied are correct. At the end of Year 12 it is the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, not PBC, which will issue and send out the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and OP and Senior Statement. Students who log on by 31 August are also in the running to win an Apple MacBook Air. Any students who finds that their details are incorrect should contact Ms Ashby in Y block.

VET News

Students in Years 11 and 12 have access to the following courses and opportunities through external training organisations that PBC partners with. Students are eligible to access these courses free of charge if they have not yet used their VETis funding. Students also gain valuable QCE points on completion of the course.

Gold Coast Trades College

The following courses start at the beginning of Term 3 and run every Friday at Gold Coast Trades College in Currumbin.

Cert I Construction (2 terms) (Year 11 and 12)
Cert I Construction- surfboard shaping (2 terms) (Year 11 and 12)
Cert II Electro-technology (1 year) (Year 11)
Cert II Horticulture (2 terms) (Year 11 and 12)
Cert II Automotive (1 year) (Year 11)

See Miss McQueen in F Block to enrol

Prestige Services Training

Cert II Horticulture at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary every Wednesday, starts in two weeks. Enrol through Miss McQueen in F Block

RSA Course

27 June at PBC during school hours for only $50 per student

Click this link for information on a TAFE Gold Coast Industry Funded Barista Short course available to high school students.

Year 12 QCS classes

In addition to the practice tests identified above students have been attending masterclasses on the last 2 Thursdays afterschool. The last of these classes is on next Thursday 24 May from 3:15 to 4:45pm in the Trade Training Centre. All students are strongly encouraged to attend.

During Term 3 12 QCS students will be required to stay at school during allocated sport time on a Wednesday for their final preparation for the QCS exam.

SETP

Year 10s will soon commence planning for their subject selections and pathway for Year 11 and 12. The first session will be held at the end of shutdown on Tuesday 19 June.

Students are again reminded of the requirements for subject selections next year:

School Guidance Officers News

For information about university options, open days and other information please click this link.

Pathways Centre News

For information about alternative pathways and job opportunities please click this link.

Middle School Update

We welcome our new acting MS Principal Alison Fahlbusch who is replacing Anita Sgalippa until the end of term 2.

NAPLAN

THANK YOU NAPLAN PARENTS!

Thank you to every parent who supported their student through the NAPLAN testing last week, and who actively stayed in touch with the school about absences. We had a large number of students attend the catch up tests on Friday, which means that families will now get a fuller snapshot of the students’ progress in their essential literacy and numeracy.

Our Year 7 and 9 students are to be congratulated for their amazing efforts over the three days of NAPLAN. They were calm, settled, prepared and almost every student visibly gave their best effort. They should be proud of their work.

The QCAA will release NAPLAN reports about mid-August, at which time they will be mailed home to families. Each year, PBC uses the data as part of its ongoing efforts to improve teaching and learning for every student. We look forward to sharing our school results in Semester 2.

Middle School Optima Team

Optima Assemblies

We recently held our tri-annual OPTIMA Awards Assemblies – celebrating outstanding achievement within our Middle School, across the pillars of dedication to behaviour, academia, the Arts, sports and service to the community. We had outstanding results across our Middle cohorts and taking the opportunity to formally recognise these achievements is a regular highlight on the school calendar. Thank you to all parents who took the time to attend and support your students, and thank you to our award recipients for your dedication to your craft.

Attendance

‘Every day counts’ is an Education Queensland initiative that aims to assist in improving student attendance at school through a shared commitment by students, parents, caregivers, schools and the community.

The 2018 PBC attendance target is 95%. Parents/caregivers will be notified of an unexplained absence for their child each day. Your child’s attendance is monitored in every lesson by the Year Coordinator. In addition, a parent/caregiver will be contacted if your child has repeated unexplained absences by the:

• Year Coordinator – 5 days
• Dean of Students – 10 days
• Deputy Principal – 15 days or more

Parents/caregivers may be prosecuted if they do not fulfil their legal obligations in regard to enrolment and attendance of their child at school, or participation in an eligible option. For further information go to the link below.

Exemption

If a student is absent for more than 10 school days an exemption must be completed by parent/caregiver. (If travelling overseas copies of dates and travel destinations must be included with the exemption submission). If your family requires an Exemption for 2018 please complete the paperwork and return to the Middle School Student Services office ASAP.

Assessment and Holidays

Please note that core assessment this term spans across Weeks 7 to 11. When the assessment occurs well before the holidays, teachers will be commencing the next unit of work, and students will be involved in significant work up to the last day of term. For this reason, we request that parents arrange for students’ holidays to be taken during the official holiday period only.

For further information, see the Assessment Policy here:

2019 Year 7 General Enrolment Evening

We are already making plans for a smooth transition to high school for our local Year 6 students. The Middle School Team will be liaising with local primary schools regarding invitations for our 2019 Year 7 General Enrolment Evening is on Wednesday 13 June. Families living in our catchment area, who have not already applied for or attended the Selective Entry @ PBC Program night, are welcome to attend this evening.

House and CARE Update

What a wonderful time it is at PBC, with the chance to represent your House in a plethora of events around the school. Last week saw our very first AFL based competition, with students competing in the Handballing challenge. The Gold Coast Suns kindly loaned their targets, often used during the Suns home games entertainment. It was great to see members of our own Australian Rules sports excellence program, both boys and girls, as well as students who had never handballed a footy before taking part. Whilst emphasis in House events is always on participation, it was excellent to see great skill on show. Special mention to the winner of our senior competition, Isaac Perrett, a Phoenician who skilfully hit the target 14 times in a row. In the Middle School, it was another Phoenician, Benjamin Rafferty who won the event with 8 handballs in a row. Congratulations also to the Athenians who had the highest participation in both the Middle and Senior school comps.

The Inter-House Maths Competition was a calculated success in 2017 and returned bigger and even better in weeks 3 and 4. During the initial rounds, students battled the clock in an attempt to complete a series of both simple and complex mental arithmetic problems, aiming for both speed and accuracy. Participation was tremendous, particularly in the Middle School. The final was held in the theatre, with students from every House and every year level represented. With just 5 seconds allowed for each question, students had to answer complex problems individually in front of a vocal crowd. School Captain Braith Gausden (Spartans) was definitely a crowd favourite, however he was eliminated by an incorrect answer, with only a few competitors remaining. In the end it came down to a two way battle between Austen Younger (Athenians-Year 9) and Lisa Goldspink (Vikings-Year 7). Austen had the benefit of experience (having placed second in last year’s competition) and buzzed in quickly with the correct answer on the final question to take home the win. Awesome effort Austen! Congratulations to Lisa, who as a Year 7, battled the best in the school with confidence and composure.

On sale now at the uniform shop are House buffs! These can be worn at any Inter-House competition, including major events such as Athletics Day (coming up in Week 3, Term 3) and are a great way to identify with and support your House. Buffs are available for each House, from the uniform shop before school and are just $7 each.

Care classes have been tackling the very serious and often confronting issue of bullying. Students have been provided the opportunity to combine and work with their ‘sister’ class, enabling students from Years 7 all the way to 12 to unite and be heard. Students are currently developing their own campaigns promoting PBC’s strong anti-bullying stance. These campaigns will culminate in presentations in class in Week 11. As a discussion starter, our own student leaders wrote, filmed and edited a video, which all students have now seen. It is a great piece and we recommend you take a look if you haven’t already. It is available for viewing on the PBC Facebook page. Please take this opportunity to continue to keep communication lines open with your own young people at home.

PBC’s Got Talent House Finals are being held in this week. PBC’s Got Talent has been running for many years and is a real highlight on the school calendar. The best act from each House Final will progress to the Grand Final in Week 7. The Grand Final will also feature a special exert from the school musical ‘Grease’. Gold coin donations will be collected at the door of the PBC’s Got Talent Grand Final with all money raised going to PBC’s elected charity for 2018, Livin.

Good luck to all students.

Krista I’Anson, Tim Hart, Jarrod Wells, Andrew Goodman
House Leaders

Academic Excellence News

On Saturday, PBC went to the University of Queensland to compete in the 2018 Philosothon. Over 200 hundred students discussed, and tried to come to some agreement on the following:

• We have forgotten the purpose of education
• Free will is not important
• Our society is not progressing
• Some cultures are better than others

PBC came a very respectable third, and as there was so little separating 2nd and 3rd, have qualified for the third year running to compete at the Australasian Philosothon. PBC students are flying to Adelaide to compete in this year’s competition later in the year.

Back: Aiden Eddywing, Toby Cooper
Middle: Riley Smith, Matthew Lee, Robbie James, Kobi Wickens
Front: Brooke Hartley, Ruby Allen

Sport Excellence – Rugby League News

Long live the Rivalry….. without a champion opponent, greatness cannot be achieved.

Wednesday night the Open Reds defeated the defending Australian Schoolboy Champions Keebra Park in a pulsating Rd 3 of the Broncos Challenge at Pizzey Park. The final scoreline of 26 to 22, didn’t tell the whole story as Keebra threatened to score in the final play of the game, only for fullback Glenn McGrady to bat the ball dead and save the day. The hundreds of student spectators, teachers and Reds Alumni including Kevin Proctor, Keegan Hipgrave, Will Mathews and the original Red Champion Craig Weston were treated to an epic encounter.

An early lead of 18 to 4, from tries to captain and halfback Thomas Dearden, Man of the Match backrower Juwan Compain and centre Kyah Watts was eroded in the 10 minutes after halftime when Keebra ignited to take the lead 22 to 18.

Desperate defence and an unbelievable 1 on 1 steal by Glenn McGrady on a runaway Keebra centre swung momentum once again, with Ediq Ambrosyev scoring in the corner shortly after to draw scores level.

Five-eighth Toby Sexton then stepped up and calmly slotted the conversion from the sideline to once again take the lead. Another penalty goal to Toby just before fulltime would see an end to the scoring. Keebra has always been renowned for their physical forward packs and this game was no different, so praise also has to go to the Reds middles (Props Adyn Anguna and Jovahn Tearoiti, hooker Jed Edwards, and lock Solomon Torrens) for their outstanding performances.

A round win is great, but now the key is to continue to improve before we once again meet in the Knockout Stages of the Schoolboys Cup. As the boys say, it’s time to “RedUP!”

Aaron Zimmerle
Sport Ex Rugby League Coach

School Nurse News

Recent news stories in the media have prompted discussions around consent and what consent actually looks like around sexual activity.

When our bodies are subject to stress we fall into modes FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE.

In the past we have utilised the “NO MEANS NO” motto, meaning if we do not want to engage in sexual activity you verbally have to say NO. This has been replaced with YES MEANS YES.

The reasons for this change include persons drunk, drugged, sleeping, unconscious or in a FREEZE state may not have the opportunity, confidence or means of saying NO.

We have now seen the ‘ENTHUSIASTIC YES’ which you may have seen in the news recently.

I strongly urge parents to talk to your teens about consent and what this looks like. Our teenagers are being bombarded with sexual messages daily from TV, music, advertising, online websites and their friends. Sex is often joked about and discussed in a derogatory or stereotyped way. Informing our teens on what acceptable behaviour is and what is not is important and where to get help to avoid unwanted pregnancy, STI’s or sexual assault.

The age of consent remains at 16 years of age.

Recent studies have indicated that when parents and schools talk to their teenagers about sexual health teenagers are LESS likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours and are less likely to fall pregnant or contract an STI (Family Planning QLD)

For further information please refer to

(formally Family Planning QLD)

Act for Kids – Sexual Abuse Counselling Service 5508 3822 (service provided in the home)

Gold Coast Sexual Health Clinic: 5576 9033 (free and confidential sexual health services, testing and treatment. (No Medicare card required)

As the School Based Youth Health Nurse I am employed by QLD Health but my office is permanently embedded within PBC. Students can access me by coming directly to my office in J Block. I am also available to parents. Please contact the school and I will be able to set up a confidential appointment for you.

Your School Based Youth Health Nurse, Hilary

General News

PBC LEO’S

Macpherson Community Service Award

The Leo club of PBC with 35 members has been acknowledged for their commitment to community service. Well done to the many Leo members who received community service awards at the Optima assemblies. You should be very proud of your ongoing commitments to community service both within the Leo club and within your own community. A special recognition should go to Sotari Turley, Leo President, who received a Macpherson Community Service award for her contribution to community services. A very deserving award and as Leo president, Sotari has led by example and has been a worthy role model for others in the Leo club.

The IGA barbeques are an ongoing fund raiser for the Palm Beach Lions and Leo clubs and our members work with members of the Lions club to raise much needed funds for the community.

The Leo club members are organised a concert for the residents of the Galleon Garden’s retirement village on Sunday 20 May, and provided the entertainment as well as helped serve the residents morning tea. We have some very talented Leo members both past and present, who offered to perform. Also, other members of the school music and drama departments also offered to display their talent and entertain the residents.

Finally, in June, members of the Leo club have volunteered to work on a stall at the Tugun Fruit Market to promote the use of and help sell reusable bags.

Thanks to members of the Palm Beach Lions and Lioness clubs for their continued support for the Leo club and I would like to welcome to the club Mrs Apanui and Mrs Withington.

Denise King
Leo’s Club Coordinator

PBC Fundraising

The new 2018 | 2019 Entertainment Books are HERE!!!

PBC P&C is excited to be offering the 2018/2019 Entertainment Book to School families & Staff!

Let’s support local merchants by getting out there and enjoying their wonderful restaurants and other activities whilst supporting our School and helping us raise funds!!

Save $$ when you visit Palm Beach SLSC, The Beach Shack, Avia, Club Talle, Lester & Earl, Tugun SLSC, Subway, Bakers Delight, Maries Pizza, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and many more local merchant partners.

Order your 2018|2019 Entertainment™ Membership today to receive up to $20,000 in savings!

Choose from the traditional Entertainment™ Book or the NEW Entertainment™ Digital Membership , which puts the value of the Book onto your iPhone or Android smartphone!

Each membership has hundreds of 25% off, 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for restaurants, cafés, attractions, hotels, shopping, groceries and travel and contain over 2,000 offers that you can use whenever you like until 1st June 2019.

PLUS PBC retains 20% of the price of every Membership sold which will go towards our new Library precinct!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Nicola on 5593 2063

Student Achievements

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 Facebook.

Optima Band Camp

In week 3, students from the PBC Instrumental Ensemble enjoyed the annual Optima Wind Ensemble Band Camp. Students and Teachers travelled up to Mt Tambourine for 3 days of wonderful music making and bonding. Students from Years 7 -12 worked hard in rehearsals for up to 7 hours each day and enjoyed some fun and games each night. The ensemble are making some magnificent music and it was great to see them all enjoying each other’s company in the lead up to our next performance - Fanfare.

Queensland All Schools Cross Country

Congratulations to the 20 PBC students who competed in the Queensland All Schools Cross Country on Saturday 5 May at Rivermount College, Yatala. Hard course and fierce competition, but our PBC students ran exceptionally well. Special congratulations to Mackenzey Ormiston who gained a Silver medal, coming back from a long term injury and ex PBC student Tommy Campbell for winning the gold medal.

(competitors in photos Jayda Anderson, Aleira Usher, Daniel Bray, Jake French, Maxine Goodwill, Tayla Moryta, Ethan Gray, Liliana Cuic, Tommy Campbell, Mackenzey Ormiston, Cooper Hermes-Rebello)

District Championships Cross Country

A MASSIVE well done to the PBC Cross Country team for winning champion school at the district championships at Pizzey Park (for the 33rd time in a row) - Some excellent individual and team results

Asia Pacific Regatta - Kayaking

Carter Brodhurst-Hill will be representing Australia in kayaking this weekend in Adelaide at the Asia Pacific regatta and then again in July where he travels to Poland for a 3 week training camp before heading to race in Bulgaria at the World Junior Championships.

He is very excited to represent his country again this year. Carter finished 6th in Mens U18 K2 1000, 6th in Mens U18 K1 1000 and 4th in Mens U18 K4 1000. Fantastic effort Carter!

Surfing Success

Congratulations to Kai Tandler who won the World Surf League Pro Junior at Currumbin last month.

Congratulations also to Lucy Tandler who Won Bede's Grom Shootout U16 Girls at North Stradbroke Island, 07May2018

What an incredible surfing family! #GoReds!

Dates to Remember

P&C Meeting

The next PBC P&C Meeting will be on Tuesday 19 June at 6:30pm in the Trade Training Centre. During this meeting we will be discussing fundraising opportunities. We are eager to meet with members of the PBC community to discuss ideas and to connect with anyone willing to assist with fundraising. This is a chance to support PBC for the quality education and amazing opportunities it provides to our kids!

PBC Alliance News

PBC Alliance Breakfast

The next PBC Alliance Breakfast is coming up on Friday 1 June 2018. 6:45am-8:15am in the Trade Training Centre. Our Business Networking breakfasts are a great opportunity to connect with other community-minded business people, hear from guest speakers from within our local community, take the opportunity to form business relationships with win-win outcomes and make new friends. It is also great way to keep connected with PBC and hear about the newsworthy happenings relating to our students.

Enjoy a delicious full buffet breakfast and barista coffee, served by our own hospitality students, that have gained experience by working in some of our Pathway Businesses.

This breakfast will feature guest speakers Larissa Rose of Glowing Green, Michael Wyatt of Stone Style and Ian Grace of the Youth Music Venture. Tickets are just $20. Please RSVP by 30 May 2018 to ensure your place!

PBC Alliance Partners

Thank you to all the wonderful businesses that are 2018 PBC Alliance Partners! The support of these amazing businesses, for our students, is hugely appreciated.

• Glowing Green Australia
• Aurora Training Institute
• Prestige Service Training
• Stone Style
• Griffith University
• Southport Sharks
• Struddys Sports
• Capital Pest Management
• Currumbin RSL
• Firewire Surfboards
• PFD
• GCU Gold Coast United
• Mighty Minds
• Trade Glass
• Tweed Sea Sports
• Tree Trunk Digital
• MSP Photography
• Retire Me Young
• Fraser Financial Services
• Wilson Haynes Solicitors
• Burleigh Bears Rugby League
• Currumbin Junior Rugby League

PBC Alliance Business Directory

If you are looking for a product or service look no further than the PBC Alliance Business Directory. All the listings in this directory are supporters of our students so please support those that support PBC.

Would you like to advertise your business in the PBC Alliance Business Directory? Membership is just $25 which includes a business directory listing, invitations to all our events and inclusion on our newsletter database so you can be kept up to date with PBC Alliance news. Head to the link below to sign up!

BYOD

Please see our website for details:

Administration

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:

Resources and Activities Schedule

To assist parents with budgeting, detailed below are current fees and activities with due dates for payment (due to short timeframes some excursions may not be listed).

For credit card payment or to request bank details for direct bank transfer, please telephone the school, or visit Student Services between 8:00am-1:00pm.

SRS Fees

Make payments the quick and easy way using BPOINT. Visitthe link below, 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

Saver Plus

Community Notices

133 Army Cadets Recruitment Open Day

The 133 Army Cadets second recruiting intake takes place on Saturday 9 June 2018 at PBC, entry is via the community pool entrance. The Open Day will occur onsite between 0900hrs- 1300hrs (9:00am – 1:00pm) on Saturday 9 June 18. The invitation to attend is open to any young person aged between 13 and 16 years.

The Australian Army Cadets (AAC) is a leading youth organisation that is involved in training and adventurous activities in a military like setting. The program has more than 16,000 Army Cadets between the ages of 13 and 19 based in 240 units around Australia.

Our motto is "Courage, Initiative, Teamwork and Respect".

The cadet programme has strong links to the Australian Army and is a part of the Australian Defence Force Cadets. While cadets are encouraged to consider enlisting in the military, it is not required that they do so.

Activities of the Army Cadets include navigation and orienteering, team building games, camps, ceremonial drill, radio communication skills, basic bush skills, equipment maintenance, participation in cadet bands, shooting the Australian Defence Force Service Rifle, the F88 Austeyr with one-on-one Army supervision. Cadets learn self discipline, personal organisation skills, leadership, teamwork and mateship.

We parade on Wednesday nights between 1730 and 2030hrs (5:30pm – 8:30pm). As part of our program Cadets are provided with uniforms and field equipment required for participation. For more information please see our website below, or contact us at 133ACU@armycadets.gov.au for an information package.

Mobile Dental Clinic – Gold Coast Oral Health Service

The School Dental Van is currently at PBC and offering FREE dental treatment. We will be leaving the school on 22 June so if you have not made an appointment yet please do so by calling 1300 300 850 as soon as possible.

If a parent is unable to attend, please get your child to collect a consent form from the van that you can sign and your child can bring it to their appointment on their own.

Youth Music Venture

Stand United for Luke

Luke Sullivan is a Currumbin local and father of two that has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. Visit Facebook @StandUnitedForLuke for information on how you can support the family.

Meet your local police!

You're invited!

Come and meet your local senior police – find out what's happening with law and order in your community – both during the Commonwealth Games and afterwards – and ask any questions you may have! 5:30 PM Thursday 24 May at the Currumbin RSL

The Burleigh, Palm Beach and Elanora (Police) Community Consultative Committee was established to develop a partnership, between the Police and the community and meets every three months in an open forum:-

• To update the public on law and order matters in the community
• To give everyone the opportunity to meet the senior Police at the Palm Beach and Elanora Police stations – whose responsibility is also Burleigh.
• To discuss any issues regarding community safety

Everyone likes to feel safe in their community, so come and share information and air any concerns, fears or grievances you may have, so the Police are able to act accordingly! And develop a close relationship with your local police and initiate ongoing cooperative communication.

Sincerely,
Ian Grace, Chairman
Palm Beach, Elanora & Burleigh Police Community Consultative Committee

Fortnightly Funny…

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