General News
Challenge the Title of Man - Workshops
Last week all of our Year 12 students joined PBC alumni Tom Herschell in his “Challenge the Title of Man” workshops.
Tom has now worked with over 600 of our young Men this term across all year levels as part of PBC’s Growing Good Men project. The workshops allow students an opportunity to challenge some of the more negative traditional notions of masculinity and to tell their story.
Here’s some feedback when asked “what was the best part of the workshop?”
- “Amazing work, the best thing I’ve done in my life”
- “..just how good the conversations that were had, learning new things on what being a bloke is really about.”
- “….to know that I’m not alone!”
Paul Bullpitt
HOD Positive Behaviour
Student Feedback
After the final bell goes each Friday, when the kids are crossing/waiting to cross the road, PBC TA Tom Flood asks students to name a teacher that has contributed to their week in a positive way. Here are Tom Flood’s students Gratitude comments from his crossing duty.
- Mr Sarasola - Media art assignment help
- Ms McGovern - Comfort after needle
- Mr Walsh - Helps with assignments
- Library staff (ladies) - Helped find laptop (reduce anxiety)
- Ms Kundris-Little - Helped with science assignment
- Ms Haidley - Helped with understanding maths - tax
- Ms Schatz - Always nice and positive
- Ms Witherington - Helped with draft feedback
- Mr McManemin - Really positive, made me laugh
- Mr Roberts - Draft feedback
- Mr Mackay - Awesome AFL session
- Ms Ashley - Allowing rest and meditation after needles
- Ms Seabrooke - English assessment help
- Mr Jeffery - Great science explanations
- Mr Howard - Helped decode/break down work for easier understanding
- Mr Buchanan - Great advice on woodwork project
- Ms Woodham - Care - always nice and positive
- Ms Thomas - Help with humanities assignment
- Ms Stewart - English draft feedback and help
- Mr Opie - Feedback and helping with work
- Teacher Aides - Helping when I don’t understand
- Mr Aledines - Helping with maths
- Ms Reid - Philosophy - constructive feedback
- Ms Masia - Stayed in at lunch to help with science
- Ms Smith - Assignment help
- Mr Bishop - Reduced anxiety after student had a panic attack
- Crossing staff - thankful for all staff that help at crossing times, and the chats
- Ms TG - Delivery Of video feedback
- Ms I'Anson - Chocolates!!
- Ms Stewart - Set up OneNote and showed how to use it
- Mr Lang - Makes lessons fun, jokes and stories etc
- Mr Roberts - Emailed and ‘checked in’
- Ms Henderson - ‘Was there for me’ - provided emotional support
- Ms I'Anson - Helped with assessment
- Mr Falvey - Even with smaller numbers has supported and encouraged surfing
- Ms Ashley - ‘Class party’ fun activities to help change mood
- Mr Urasaki - Upbeat, happy and makes lessons fun
- Mr White - Lots of emails linking revision to OneNote
Japanese Class heads outside
Mr Wilkes' Japanese class headed outside last week for a break from the classroom. They are learning the Japanese hiragana alphabet using mnemonics and games. This activity is called the hiragana line battle. A team lines up on each end of the hiragana card line, one member from each team walks along the card trail and says the character out loud. When they meet they rock, scissors , paper in Japanese, the winner continues down the line until they get to the end and win, the student who lost goes to the back of the line and the next member begins at the start. When they are finished the game, they race to collect the cards as I call them out. Students love this game and it is perfect for outside, not super wind friendly though!
Who wore it better?
Sometimes our teachers arrive to school 'on point'. We love the coordination here by Mr Hage and Mr Bullpitt :)
Debating Success
Recently, before the coronavirus situation cancelled events, was Round 1 of the GC Debate competition. What a great start for PBC it was. Our Year 9 team, Jett Mance, Cameron Thompson and Jezabel Ratcliffe, won their first debate 'The Royals are still relevant'.
Our Open A team (Year 12 experienced debaters), Robbie James, Toby Cooper and Talulah Ratcliffe, also won their debate 'Australia has over-reacted to the Coronavirus'.
Debbie Reid,
Academic Excellence Teacher
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Dates to Remember
3 Apr | Last day of Term 1 |
10 Apr | Easter Friday |
12 Apr | Easter Sunday |
13 Apr | Easter Monday |
20 Apr | First day of Term 2 |
25 Apr | Anzac Day |
4 May | Labour Day (QLD) |
Early Term 1 break - student free days
The Term 1 break has now begun for most students. Schools will remain open for students of essential workers, that is workers who are required in their workplace, and vulnerable students. Teachers will undertake professional development and prepare resources for learning@home from 30 March – 3 April.
Learning@home is the department’s new website that provides teaching and learning resources for students at home.
School will resume on Monday 20 April 2020 as normal unless health advice determines otherwise.
https://qed.qld.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media/novel-coronavirus
Buy Smart Competition
Looking for activities over the school holidays to keep the kids busy? Encourage them to get creative and enter the Buy Smart Competition to be in the running for a share in over $15,000 in prizes.
Students in Years 4-12 are invited to enter by making their own project explaining a consumer issue and to give advice on that topic. Past entries to the competition have included board games, posters, magazines, clothing, social media accounts and even music videos.
Entries are open until 5pm, Friday 18 September 2020. But it’s never too early to get started.
Find out more at the Queensland Government website.