PBC Anzac Day Commemoration Ceremony

On Friday 23 April PBC held its annual Anzac Day Commemoration Ceremony. The event was attended by many special guests including Michael Humphreys of Currumbin RSL, Michael Hart MP, Graham Dutton and Richard O'Keefe of PBC Lions Club, Bronwyn Drinkwater and Gay Rickard of the War Widows, Snr Sgt Gavin Peachy and Snr Cst Dave Sammons of QLD Police, Liam Jago, and Jane Clancy, Philip Follent and Amanda Sutherland of the P&C. Guest speakers were Michael Humphreys and Sally Farrell and student Remy Heremaia. Special thanks to the Australian Air Force Cadets who performed the Honour Guard and Dismount. Thank you to Mark Simpson who performed the bagpipes. Thank you to all the student leaders, Justin Hart and the music students of the PBC Optima Orchestra, Jezebel Ratcliffe who performed The Last Post, Anika Loftus and Jaide Parkes who sang the Australian and New Zealand National Anthems. Thank you to all PBC students and staff. It was a beautiful ceremony followed by a morning tea. Lest we Forget.

GC 5 Cluster Day 2

Wednesday 28 April 2021 - Round 2

Students travelling by bus are to meet their sport teacher at 8:45am at the YEAR 9 QUAD (between B and C Blocks) for roll marking. BUSES will DEPART at 9:00am. 

Where applicable students will be provided uniforms to wear for the day. All uniforms need to be handed back to the sport teachers at the end of the day so they can be washed and ready for the next cluster day. 

Generally, games will commence at 10:00am and will conclude at 2:00pm so students can get back to school on time. 

Due to COVID restrictions, spectators are not invited to attend these events. 

Please see link for Day 2 GC5 inter-school sport. 

PBC Cross Country

The weather was beautiful for our long awaited Cross Country Event that took place last week. We had 12 races across the day and the students were amazing in their attitude, behaviour and performances. It was also a great HOUSE event – with the winning house yet to be announced.

Age Champions

12 Girls – Charlie Hately,  Boys – Will Fitzsimmons

13 Girls – Charlotte,  Boys – Hunter Anderson

14 Girls – Kaylee Booth,  Boys – Jai Murray

15 Girls – Charlotte Hart,  Boys - Pedro Roschel Do Nascimento

16 Girls – Chanelle,  Boys – Brayden Spink

17 Girls – Brielle Reeves,  Boys - Ethan Gray 

18 Girls – Maxine Goodwill,   Boys – Matthew Andrews

The top 6/7/8 (depending on age) students will go through to represent the school in the district championships during week 3. Good luck to all of our runners.

**if you were selected and have received an email – please confirm whether you are available to Mrs Hart and return your permission slips asap***

The Kidnap Game - Theatre Night Tugun

Theatre night Tugun will be on Friday 14 May at 7:30pm with all proceeds going to the PBC Instrumental Music program.

Parents are invited to book a table of 5 at $20 per seat. No cash for tickets will be accepted on the night only for the raffle. BYO drinks and nibbles. To book please contact Mary Flynn on 5598 8733 or email flynn10@bigpond.com.

The play is: The Kidnap Game written By Tudor Gates and Directed By Lachlan Mitcherson.

Synopsis: Paul Kendon is a highly-successful international businessman whos world is turned upside down when a man claims to have kidnapped his daughter. Although Kendon is prepared to quietly pay the ransom, his security officer calls in the police in the form of the cool, intelligent Inspector Joy Hart. Kendon must take a back seat as Hart engages the kidnapper in a battle of wits, leading to the exciting climax with unexpected twists.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will be held across 3 days – Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 May. These interviews will be a return to face-to-face interviews and will be held in the PBC Hall. These serve as a wonderful opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their classroom teacher. By the interview date, all year levels would have received their first report card for the year. 

Please book these interviews via the link on the PBC website and using the attached instruction sheet. Timeslots will fill quickly, so please look to book in your interview as soon as you can.

Should you have any questions or problems booking your Parent Teacher Interviews, please contact the school.

April is Autism Awareness Month

“When you’ve met one child with autism, you’ve met one child with autism”. This quote reminds us that Autism is one part of who someone is, along with many other qualities. It is important to spend the time getting to know each child to understand how they interact in and view the world.

Autism Awareness Month is an opportunity to highlight not only the importance of things such as early intervention and timely support, but the uniqueness of people with autism, the diversity of autism and the celebration of difference. Embracing difference is all about supporting and nurturing the child who is perceived as different. It’s about making adjustments so each child can take their place in the community in a positive way, learning and engaging socially. It’s about enabling inclusion.

Follow PBC on Social Media

Our social media accounts are the best way to stay connected with the daily happenings of our school. We will upload any important messages, reminders, student achievements and general action. With posts every day this a great way to celebrate our awesome school. If you have any news about your student that you would like to share please message us via Direct Message on Instagram, Messenger on Facebook or email to news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au.

Instagram @PBCSHS

Facebook @PalmBeachCurrumbinStateHigh and @PBCAlliance

PBC Fundraising for Water Fountains

The P&C hope to supply our students with six twin water bottle filling stations that are foot operated, refrigerated and filtered. See the letter above that was email to all parents/caregivers today.

Sports Towels

The PBC P&C Association have produced a fantastic 'PBC Reds' Sports Towel for our latest fundraiser. The towel features the PBC Reds logo and are a perfect size for all our students to use during their training activities. The towel has ultimate absorbency, is lightweight and quick drying and looks great! At just $25, these towels are available now at the PBC Uniform Shop.

The money raised through the sales of our Reds Towel will go towards more chilled water bubblers for our students.

Towel size 50cm x 110cm

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PBC Chaplaincy Fundraiser - Save the Date