Release of Year 12 Results

The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) will release student QCEs, OPs and Senior Statements through student learning accounts on the Student Connect website, https://studentconnect.qcaa.qld.edu.au, from 9:00am on Saturday 14 December 2019. QCS results were released into student’s learning accounts on Wednesday 13 November.

Students must know their Learner Unique Identifier (LUI) and password to log in and check their results. Students will be able to access their results more quickly if they have previously activated their learning account. Students have been emailed and reminded on many occasions to log into this portal to check their account details but many have chosen not to do so.

Senior Education profiles will be mailed out by the QCAA from Monday 16 December. PBC will email home Year 12 exit statement Friday 13 December.

OP ineligible students wishing to know their Rank need to contact the Queensland Tertiary Admission Centre (QTAC) directly on 1300 GO QTAC (1300 467 822) or http://www.qtac.edu.au; as these are not automatically sent out to students.

Reports

Year 10 Semester 2 reports will be emailed to parents on Friday 13 December.

Year 11 Unit 3 interim reports will not be finalised until early Term 1 of 2020.

A reminder that in 2020 all Year 10 and 12 exams will be scheduled for the last week of each term. Year 11s will have a different schedule for Term 1 and 2 however will also have exams in the last week of school in Terms 3 and 4.

GC Secondary School Captains Leadership Summit – 2019

This week I was privileged enough to be invited to spend three days on camp with our student leadership group for 2020, as they participated in the Gold Coast Secondary School Captains Leadership Summit Program at the Runaway Bay Sport and Leadership Excellence Centre. The program is based around immersing the students in a course based on learning about the theory of leadership, building communication and public speaking skills and exploring/developing their own leadership style. The students also had to create, plan and present an ‘Innovative Action Plan’ to their school administration team, based on what project they would like to lead in order to benefit the student community at PBC for 2020. They did a fantastic job on this and I look forward to seeing them leave their legacy at PBC through achieving completion of their project next year.

The students got the opportunity to hear presentations from respected members of the Gold Coast community, and learn from their experiences in a leadership role. Some of the presenters included: Moyra Major (Hot Tomato Radio Presenter), Marlena Katene (Music Journalist / Advocate for People with Disabilities / Entrepreneur), Mark Knowles (Australian Hockey Captain and Flag Bearer at GC Commonwealth Games) and David Crisafulli (State Member for Broadwater). These talks highlighted both the challenges and rewards that lie ahead in being a leader, and the skills necessary to work in a team environment.

Overall our students represented PBC with great pride and networked well with other students from several GC State Secondary Schools, forming positive relationships that they will keep in the future. The students are to be commended for how they engaged in the program and worked collaboratively to deliver an excellent presentation at the end of the three days. I have no doubt that PBC will be in good hands in 2020 with this outstanding group of young people. Well done Team!

Brad Dixon, Dean of Students Years 10/11