Year 12 Update

Please check your email for further information regarding the upcoming Year 12 Graduation Ceremony and Formal Dinner. Also keep an eye out for more information regarding tertiary opportunities for Year 12 families in a special bulletin. The Graduation and Formal update includes information for non-ticket holders regarding livestream details as well as directions for all attending the event in person. Thank you to all families for your understanding around this COVID-impacted event.

A special congratulations to our Year 12 students (and our Year 11 Variable Progression students) who are still undergoing their External Exams. These have been a massive logistic exercise and these students can be proud in their knowledge they have prepared, performed and achieved well in what has been a significant change to senior schooling.

Year 10 and 11 Exams

Year 10 and 11 shutdown exams will commence in the week of 23 to 27 November. The shutdown timetable is still being finalised and will be published on the school website (https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/testing-and-assessment) in the next week.  All students may have timetabled exams up to and including the last day.

The last day of school for Year 10 and 11 students is Friday 27 November.

A reminder that all drafts and assignments are due before 9:00am on the due date and that exams cannot be given early to students because of other commitments. The school Assessment Policy is also published on the same link above as shutdown exam timetables.

A reminder that in 2021 all Year 10 and 12 assessment 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.

Uniform

As the end of 2020 approaches, parents and caregivers are asked to continue supporting our school's policy by ensuring students wear their PBC uniform well. This means having correct uniform items including footwear, limiting jewellery to simple earrings and a watch only, no visible makeup and hair worn in an appropriate manner. Many students identify themselves as PBC students on their resumes, and our school's reputation is in part spread by the way in which students are seen by the public.

Release of Year 12 results

The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) will release student QCEs and Senior Statements and Statements of Results through the Student Portal on the myQCE website https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/index.html from 9:00am on Saturday 19 December 2020. Students must know their Learner Unique Identifier (LUI) and password to log in and check their results. Students have been emailed and reminded on many occasions to log into this portal to check their account details but some have chosen not to do so.

Students will be able to download hard copies of their qualifications directly from the Student Portal on the myQCE website. They will not be sent hard copies from the QCAA though they will be able to request hard copies in the Student Portal.

Please note that as Year 12 results and Levels of Achievement are calculated by the QCAA, Year 12 students will not revive an Exit Statement or Report from PBC; they will only receive published results from the QCAA via the Student Portal.

Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)

ATARs are calculated by the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC). All ATAR eligible students should have registered with QTAC (https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar/ ) to ensure that they receive their ATAR on 19 December.

Year 12 school leavers seeking employment

A reminder to register with Ms Shreeve in Y block with your contact details and expressions of interest, this will be forwarded to The Department of Employment Small Business and Training which will broadcast students with relevant vacancies and opportunities.

Please note that in the new QCE students cannot be exempted from assessment in Unit 3 and 4 due to medical conditions/family circumstances. Students must complete all assessment in Unit 3 and 4 to attain credit for the QCE. Students that miss assessment due to extenuating circumstances will have to provide documentation to apply for extensions/change of date for assessment. The school may then negotiate a more suitable time for assessment that meets QCAA deadlines. This may mean the student completes alternate assessment at the end of the year or early in 2021.

Students that have a long standing medical condition that affects them completing certain modes of assessment should by now have applied for an Access Arrangement and Reasonable Adjustment by the QCAA with the school Guidance Officer Mr Jones.