We were delighted to celebrate the academic and leadership achievements of our senior students at the recent 52nd Annual Academic Awards Evening. Thankyou to all parents and staff for your attendance and support, but most importantly for the achievements of our award winners, with many not only topping a subject, but receiving further recognition from our local universities and partners.

We were privileged to celebrate many significant achievements, however major awards presented were as follows:

2023 School Dux – Sean Lunney

2023 Runner-Up Dux – Layla Ahern

Congratulations to both Sean and Layla, who have achieving simply breathtaking results this year and are well prepared for both External Exams and the release of ATAR results in December.

We also introduced the school community to our 2024 Student Leadership team, led by 2024 School Captains Emma Suttle and Zane With. It is a wonderful opportunity to lead our school and we trust the student leaders will thrive with this responsibility.

2024 Student Leaders

School Captain Emma Suttle

School Captain Zane With

Vice-Captain Charlotte Hart

Vice-Captain Cooper Hansen

Prefect Baedan Black

Prefect Shaylee Borg

Prefect Layne Brown

Prefect Zara Gilany

Prefect Sunny Kama

Prefect Grace King

Prefect Will Mann

Prefect Indigo Margetts

Prefect Stella Palmetto

Prefect Jaide Parks

Year 12

External Assessments commenced on Monday October 23. These will continue up to Tuesday November 14.

All year 12 parents and students have been emailed the External Assessment Guide which provides all details regarding these exams. It is also available here: 

https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/_media/documents/external_assessment_guide_students.pdf

The school website has a section which contains all the details regarding upcoming External Exams  

https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/testing-and-assessment

Students need to be familiar with the timetable, directions for students, equipment and calculator requirements included in these documents.

The whole PBC community is wishing all our Year 12s the best as they prepare for these assessments.

All year 12 students have been emailed their LUI number and should by now have logged onto their QCAA learning account in the QCAA student portal. This is accessed via the myQCE website https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/index.html

Students need to ensure that they use a personal email to register, as they will not have access to their school email at the end of the year. Student results will be published by the QCAA directly into their learning account on December 15.

All ATAR students that wish to have their ATAR sent to them on December 15 need to register with QTAC, again using a personal email https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar/

Year 10 and 11

Year 11 students have commenced Unit 3 (year 12) work and will complete summative assessment in the majority of subjects at the end of this term. Unit 3 and 4 subjects will contribute to students ATAR and both Unit 3 and 4 must be completed at a C level or higher for students to achieve QCE points.

Subject changes for Year 11 closed on Friday October 20. As students must maintain their subjects for Unit 3 and 4 there are no more opportunities for Year 11 students to change their subjects whilst they are at school.

Senior school admin is currently reviewing the academic performance of 10s and 11s. A reminder again that all students need to be passing at least 5 of their 6 subjects and that students that continue to fail more than 1 class may have their enrolment reviewed.

Assessment calendars for term 4 will soon be published on the school website under curriculum/testing and assessment.

Year 10 and 11 Shutdown exams will commence in the week of November 20 to 24. All students may have timetabled exams up to and including the last day (November 24 for 10s and 11s).

A reminder that all drafts and assignments are due before 9am on the due date and that exams cannot be given early to students because of other commitments. Please refer to the school assessment policy on the school website for further details.

Remember Link and Launch Grace for your 2023 graduate. Grace will see to it that Grade 12 leavers receive free individualised advice and support to ‘open the door to their future success’. Know someone suitable who will be graduating or has graduated in the last two years? Text or call 0467 951 239 or email gmack73@eq.edu.au. #linkandlaunch

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