Hospitality

As with every Term the hospitality department has been full to the brim with exciting events, challenging new topics, rewarding experiences and delicious meals. 

Our year 8 classes have been working to develop fundamental cooking skills, cooking meals ranging from breakfast wraps & scrolls to fried rice & burgers. We aim to give these students a ‘head-start’ – setting them up to succeed in the production of a range of meals and developing a love of cooking, encouraging them to see it through till the end of their schooling career and beyond.  

Year 9 has run on a rotational basis this year – with one class taking the subject for a semester only, then swapping through. Thus, we have been lucky enough to have eight individual classes of year 9’s this year, taking them through the nutrition, healthy eating and Indigenous foods units of learning. Students have been challenged to make modifications to a recipe to account for the recommended nutritional intake in their healthy eating topic. The Indigenous foods unit has introduced the students to a range of Indigenous Australian herbs & spices, requiring the students to use Indigenous spices in their assessment practical cook.  

Year 10 has covered food around the world, nutrition, herbs & spices and food science this year. The students were challenged very early on in their learning, running a ‘Marketta’ in term 1. The year 10 students chose a country, researched culture & traditional foods, adapted their chosen recipe and produced a food item from their country to sell to the school community. The students worked in teams, costing their food items, creating marketing materials for their product, and ultimately putting on two successful Marketta days.  

Drama Excellence

Our Drama Excellence students performed two evening showcases of “Cosi” by Louis Nowra in our PBC Theatre. Set in a psychiatric facility, Così is a play about friendship, romance, community, and difference. It is 1971 and Australia is protesting the war in Vietnam. Inside the hospital, the resident patients are listening to Mozart, learning their lines, and occasionally skipping their medication. It is art, it is mayhem, it is a wonderful roller coaster all the way to opening night. The drama excellence student's interpretation and portrayal of each character was fantastic, and the audience were in stitches. Our drama excellence teacher Ashlie Mearns did a wonderful job directing this Australian classic and the standard of acting was exceptional. Special guests included Mrs Wise and Mr Kern.

Senior Music Showcase

Our Senior Music Showcase was an epic night highlighting the immense talent we have here at PBC. Selected performances and compositions were showcased at this event and the sold-out crowd revelled in the program of classical and contemporary music. A highlight on our Arts calendar. Thanks to Maka Mason for the photos.

Restaurant Nights

Restaurant week was an enormous success again this year as the Certificate 3 Hospitality students took us on a culinary journey with their three course meals and canapes. The two evenings showcased excellent service and food and the feedback has been extremely positive. A highlight on our hospitality calendar. Guests were also entertained by Year 8 Music Excellence student and singer/song/writer Myles O’Grady. 

Swell Festival

Our Year 8 Visual Arts Excellence students walked over to Swell Sculpture Festival at the end of last term and viewed over 75 large scale contemporary sculptures set among the natural landscape of Currumbin beach. Students were also treated to a unique experience of an artist led mosaic making workshop and masterclass. 

Our Year 9 Music Excellence students also featured at the main stage of Swell Sculpture Festival and impressed the community crowds and were very professional both on and off the performance stage. Congratulations to you all! Thank you to the sound crew (Senior Music Ex student Cameron Dixon) for his leadership and to our year 9 students Luke, Matt and Josh. A special thank you to families and friends who were able to come down in support of our young musicians. It really was a great day. 

Jazz Night

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Dance Night

Our Annual Dance Night Showcase was taken to a whole new level this year at the STAR Casino. Wednesday 18th October over 180 students performed their class and eisteddfod routines. The night was jam packed with world class standard dancers and was extremely professional. We are so proud of our Dance Excellence community, the dance excellence program that is led by dance teachers Madonna Hall, Loren Skyring and Abby Swanborough. Our guest performers Currumbin Primary school were also featured and some of our most talented musicians took to the stage to entertain over 680 audience members. The feedback we have received about this event has been overwhelmingly positive. 

Year 12 Dance Mentors

Year 12 students and future Dance teachers Kayleigh Sutherland, Tamara Andersen and Danika Mason have been attending Currumbin SS and Elanora State school weekly to teach and mentor future PBC dancers. We are so proud of the leadership role that these young women have taken on. Each student has choreographed and managed their own dance troupes in the local primary schools. 

Under the Lights

Friday the October 20 was PBC Instrumental Music's Night of Night's- 2023 Under the Lights. The Senior Quad was transformed into an evening performance venue, with three stages, decorated tables, and chairs for an audience of over 500, Colourful lights, delicious food, and of course, high-quality music performed by our incredible Instrumental Music Students. Thanks to everyone who made this a wonderful and memorable evening.

Gold Coast Music Festival

PBC Optima Wind Ensemble participated in the first ever Gold Coast Music Festival held at Emmanuel College Theatre on Saturday 21^st October. Our Optima musicians performed at a very high standard in front of a large audience, as well as being assessed by the Music Fest Adjudicator. The group received a platinum award in the A-Grade division. Well done Optima Wind Ensemble!

Four of our Year 12 Visual Arts students, Scarlett Miller, Emily Remington, Angie Smit and William Todd, were selected as regional finalists of the Qld Government Creative Generation Awards for Visual Arts. State wide, there were 459 submissions from 177 schools, so for these four art students to be acknowledged for their works is quite a feat. We are proud of the efforts of Scarlett, Emily, Angie and Will… congratulations to you all!

Arts Awards Evening

Our 14th Annual Arts Awards Evening was held in our Theatre last Friday October 27. The awards night was a spectacular way to recognise and celebrate our most talented and devoted Arts students at Palm Beach Currumbin State High. A theatre of over 200 community members recognised the achievements of these talented students and it was an intimate and warm evening of performances and accolades. We were also able to induct our 2023 Arts Ambassador for 2023 Alumni Remy Heremia into our PBC Hall of Fame. Pics by Maka Mason.

Junior Awards Night Creative Arts Performances

At the recent junior Awards Ceremony Ms Swanboroughs year 9 excellence class performed their beautiful routine “Break it, to Fix it” choreographed by PBC Alumni Kira Stray. Year 9 CAX music and drama Future Star award recipient sang an emotional piece from the musical “The Waitress” and was a real show stopper. Here are some photos captured by Lou of the amazing performances on the night.