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! Please email us at news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au with details of your student’s achievement and include at least one photo, and/or any links to media articles that we can share via our Parent Newsletter, internal communications and Facebook.

Classical musician to tour in Scotland

Congratulations to Charlie, Year 12 Music Excellence who was offered a position to play in the National Youth Wind Ensemble of Scotland in July.  Charlie will travel to Edinburgh and Glasgow to take up this wonderful opportunity, a joint initiative of the Youth Wind Ensemble and Griffith University Conservatorium.  This is an amazing achievement, and a once in a lifetime opportunity, and demonstrates Charlie’s dedication to be a young classical musician of merit at a state, national and International level.

PBC Debating

PBC's 2 senior debate teams (pictured) both won their debates last Wednesday night. Topic: Privacy is a privilege not a right.

Both Year 8 junior A teams also won their debates, and will debate again this Wednesday on the topic 'Society is too wasteful'.

Cadets

Aedan Ruth, Year 11 received the highest accolade possible in Army Cadets last week - the National Adventure Training Award. He was one of 8 Army cadets (chosen from 120 Queensland cadets), who were flown to Canberra to attend the special training due to their competence in displaying leadership skills, initiative, and self-reliance. The Adventure training included navigation, first aid, and CASEVAC procedures, quick decision making, survival, watermanship, physical fitness, and endurance. He was also awarded the "Esprit de Corps - Leadership Award" by popular vote for the past 2 years. Congratulations Aedan! What a fantastic achievement. Aedan also took part in PBC's Anzac Day Ceremony on 24 April.

Since joining the Army cadets four years ago he has become a Commanding Sergeant Major with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2). The Cadet youth development program and the opportunities it has provided for Aedan has helped him become a confident, compassionate and self-motivated young man. Aedan’s parents highly recommend the program to any youth wanting to expand their skill set and potential. 

Netball

Congratulations to our School Captain, sports excellence netballer and the 2018 Sportswoman of the Year, Abi Houston who was named Vice Captain of the U17 Queensland Netball team. Abi competed in the nationals in Brisbane Tuesday 9-16 April. Abi has dedicated every minute from September rehabilitating her body from a severe netball injury: a tear in her right medial meniscus, tears in the ACL and a sprained PCL. What an inspirational journey and young female athlete!

World Kickboxing Association Success

Congratulations to Jade Summers, Year 12, who recently represented Australia and won Gold when she defeated New Zealand in the World Kickboxing Association Junior Amateur World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand as part of the 4th International and Thai Martial Arts Games 2019. In order to raise the money to fund the trip to Bangkok, Jade not only worked at Sea World all Christmas school holidays but also recycled bottles for months and did a sausage sizzle so that she could reach her goal. What a fantastic effort with an awesome outcome! 

Surf Life Saving

With over 90 of Australia's best U15 Beach athletes at SLS AUSSIES at North Burleigh QLD, Stirling Crawford brought home a Bronze Medal for his Club Cudgen Headland. This ranks Stirling 3rd Nationally in U15 male beach flags. Stirling continues to hold his ranking from last year when AUSSIES was held in Scarborough in WA.

Congratulations to another SLS Champ, Vincent Whatmough Year 8. Vincent won Gold in the Beach Sprints at the SLS Aussies making him Australia's fastest U14 male beach sprinter. Vincent was also featured in the Gold Coast Bulletin. https://bit.ly/2HVJTC6

This SLS season Vincent has won 22 Gold, 11 Silver and 2 Bronze including back to back Gold at SLSQ State Championships for Sprints and Flags. He has taken out the 2019 Overall U15 Age Champion in SLSQ University Secondary School Surf League Championships and picked up the U14 Age Champion for both Flags and Sprints. Vincent was selected to represent QLD in their Cyclones team at Newport, Sydney for SLSA Inter-state Youth Pathways Cup.