Spanish Champions: Conquering the Language Realm!

Our Spanish students demonstrated their skills on the language battlefield, conquering competitions left and right! At the Education Perfect Languages Championship for 2024, PBC claimed victory in Queensland, securing the top spot in the 1-50 students category!

We also achieved:

• 9 bronze awards (Top 20% of competitors from around the world)
• 17 credit awards (Top 10% of competitors from around the world)
• 10th for Spanish overall in Australia (out of 678 schools)
• 3rd for Spanish overall in Queensland (out of 192 schools)

A massive round of applause to all students who competed, with a special mention to our students who achieved a bronze award:

Angelina Key (our top-performing student!), Marina Malthus, Grace Cybulski, Chase Rangeley, Feb Browne, Sophie Paull, Sereia Sheining-Cruz, Steph Mentink and Alfie Gill.

In addition, well done to the following students who achieved a credit award:

Tahlia Simpson, Harper Palmer, Khiani Atkinson, Abbie O’Connell, Skylar Cox, Hilja Asp, Thomas Mona, Harper Hughes, Ella Garlinge, Levi Harris, Emily Ferris, Hayden Williams, Ashana Forrest, Karoline Indresæter, Trisuli Boxer, Theodore Dukworth and Jordyn Durrington.

Our students answered over 45,000 questions during the competition, helping us to achieve some of our best results to date. Well done to all those who participated! ¡Felicitaciones! (Congratulations!)

The Spanish Language Team

Year 10 Legal Studies Excursion to Supreme and District Courts in Brisbane

Year 10 Legal Studies students recently had the opportunity to visit the Supreme and District Courts in Brisbane. After an introduction from court staff, including an opportunity to enter an empty court room and sit on all the chairs (including the judge’s and accused’s), students we able to view a variety of real cases from inside District and Supreme Courts in operation. These included sentencing hearings, trials involving drug offences and assault, and even real murder trial! One of the bailiffs was kind enough to take us on a tour of a jury room, where deliberations are made to determine the guilt or innocence of a defendant. The experience ties in perfectly with students’ current assessment where they must use evidence and cases to formulate and present arguments, for the prosecution or defendant, in a trial simulation.