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! There are a number of ways you can let us know. Email us at news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au, or message us through Facebook Messenger or Instagram direct message with details of your student’s achievement including at least one photo, and/or any links to media articles that we can share via our Parent Newsletter, internal communications and/or social media.
Touch Football
The Palm Beach Touch Football Club U18 girls team spent 3 days competing in the Qld Junior State Cup in Hervey Bay last month. The team is made up of current Year 11 Touch Excellence students. Teylar Ross, Malia Morgan, Isabella Lee and Hannah Glew. The girls made it to the grand final after being undefeated. The grand final was a match up against coast club rivals Gold Coast. Unfortunately the girls were defeated 7-5 in a tensely contested match. Congratulations girls on an amazing representative.
Eisteddfod - Vocals
Bayley Jacobsen and Zackary Hubbard recently won 2nd place at the Vocal Eisteddfod in the duo section. Bayley also competed in most vocal sections and was awarded the Paul Sharrat Trophy for overall Most Outstanding Vocalist in Contemporary/Musical Theatre 16-20yrs. What a great result! Well done to both students.
PBC Students - Nil Sed Optima
PBC were recently notified of a good news story where three of our Middle School students went to the aid of an elderly lady who tripped and fell while at The Pines. The boys went to her aid helping her up and walking her home. They boys stayed with her until they were no longer needed (for about 20 mins!). Their kindness and compassion shown for this lady was hugely appreciated by her and her daughter and the story ended up on the local Palm Beach community Facebook page. Once the boys were identified we were able to acknowledge them and congratulate them on their fantastic example of community spirit. Congratulations Macca, Byron and Brody. When asked why they helped the lady, they immediately explained, ‘well that is just what you do.’ Fine examples of Nil Sed Optima, nothing but the best.
Rugby League
Congratulations PBC's William and Kaleb Smith who were both selected in the Queensland Rugby League U12 teams. Billy was selected to the Queensland Team and Kaleb was selected in the Queensland White team. The boys competed at the Rugby League National Championships. Both teams did very well and had to compete against each other in the Grand Final! It was a very exciting 20 All draw result. So joint winners. Queensland White were undefeated the whole tournament so took the gold medal home. Billy and Kaleb both showed great sportsmanship running on side by side but in different Queensland teams together to play the GF. They both got to make the tunnel for Broncos at Suncorp stadium recently representing their Queensland team. Well done boys!
AFL
At the recent U15 School Sport Australia AFL National Championships, PBC's Jed Walter Year 9 was named in the All-Australian team. Having just turned 14, this is a remarkable effort against older boys. Jed was outstanding in every game, through his impressive workrate, taking contested marks and elite goal kicking. Jed was also awarded the Coaches Award for the Queensland team. Congratulations Jed!
Congratulations to PBC's Jai Murray, Year 7 who was selected to play at the AFL National Championships in Mandurah, Perth for the QLD Blaze U12 team. The Qld team performed well throughout the comp in wet and slippery conditions and ended up coming 4th overall. Jai was named MVP, Most Valuable Player for the QLD team. Well done Jai!
We Will Rock You!
Congratulations to PBC's Jazz Woodall (Year 9) a PBC Creative Arts Excellence student. Jazz has had a successful audition and has been casted for ‘We Will Rock You - Worldwide Tour, The Musical'. We Will Rock You will be staged in Brisbane in January 2021 and Jazz will be working very hard in boot camp sessions and rehearsals to prepare her for the standard required. What a fantastic achievement, Jazz's dedication, passion and work ethic has paid off. This is a dream come true for Jazz, who will now dance on the big stage along leading professionals.
Jazz also recently scored a whopping 93/100 and winning her tap solo at Evolution Dance Competition on the Sunshine Coast. Jazz now qualifies with all the top scoring dancers from around Australia to the National Finals. Well done Jazz! and good luck!
Basketball
PBC's Kye Mills has just retuned from playing Basketball in Kuala Lumpur for South East Queensland being chosen from 60 boys to play. It was an intense and very different style of play and the team competed against universities! Kye's dedication and hardwork ensured he was valuable member of the team. Well done Kye!
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Congratulations to PBC's Sunny Bower, Year 10, who competed at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Queensland State Championships on Saturday 17 August on the Gold Coast. Sunny placed FIRST overall winning the event with 4 Gold medals for her rope, ball, clubs and ribbon routine. Sunny now prepares for the National Clubs Carnival in September 2019. These outstanding results are a credit to Sunny as she devotes up to 18 hours a week in training at the Elite Rhythmic Gymnastics Club! Well done Sunny!
PBC's Turtle Hero!
How great is PBC’s Mr John Costello! Featured on Friday's Seven News saving the turtles off our beaches. Click the link to see the story.