Student Achievements
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.
Oceanic District Cross Country
A huge congratulations to the PBC Cross Country Team who took away TEAM GOLD at the Oceanic District Cross Country Championships last week at Pizzey Park. Special mention to our XC Captain’s Mackenzey Ormiston and Samuel McAuliffe plus Ethan Gray and Starr Scott who all took individual Gold in their events. Great effort to everyone who took part – bring on Regionals!
Young Archie's Awards
PBC is thrilled to announce that last week Lily Norman’s artwork “Johnny” was selected as a finalist in the prestigious Young Archie’s Awards. Out of over 2000 entries, 30 are selected as finalist and will be on display at the Gallery of NSW. Congratulations Lily the work is truly amazing. Check out more details on the work by following the link https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/young-archie/
South Coast Waterpolo Championships
Congratulations to Year 11 student Charlotte Loring who competed with the South Coast team at the State Waterpolo Championship recently. After 7 games Charlotte's team topped the plate division before going on to win all their remaining games to claim first place for the division. Charlotte also received the encouragement player of the tournament for her division and was the only goalie in the tournament to not let in a goal. What a fantastic result! Well done Charlotte.
Year 7/8 Female Rugby League
In Term 1 our Year 7/8 female rugby league team competed in the Titans Schoolgirl Challenge. Led by their coach, Ethan Roberts, the girls played 4 games in all and came away with 2 wins and 2 losses.
Week 1 the girls played Keebra #1 and Beenleigh 1 (both sport excellence schools). The girls put up a great fight against both teams and came away with one loss and one draw. Week 2 we were up against Merrimac SHS and Keebra #2. This time the girls came away with one win and another draw.
This term features the Karyn Murphy Cup 2019. The Karyn Murphy Cup competition runs for 8 weeks and is comprised of schools from all over the Gold Coast.
With the girls enjoying the competition in term 1, they are all looking forward to Term 2 footy.
Senior Debating
PBC has two teams in the Senior Debate Competition this year. They have debated in two rounds against stiff competition and won both times. These are the topics they argued:
- Privacy is a privilege not a right.
- We should be vegetarians.
Coming up is the short prep part of the comp where students get the topic at 5:00pm and begin the debate at 6:00pm. One hour to prepare an eight minute argument is a tough gig - but they're up to it.
Queensland School Sport Rugby League Championships
Congratulations to PBC's Reico Ratana who was part of the South Coast Rugby League school team that competed at the Queensland School Sport Rugby League 14-15 Years State Championships. South Coast won the championship undefeated. What a great result! Well done Reico.
Queensland School Netball Championships
Congratulations PBC Netball Excellence students Brielle Reeves, Kiera Tufuga, Dakota Newson, Kyla-Rose Onehi-Karena, Brooke Swindells and Bayley d'Hotman de Villiers who represented South Coast School Sport in the QLD State Netball Championships in Townsville on 2-5 May finishing Runner-ups.
A big congratulations to PBC's Bayley d'Hotman de Villiers and Dakota Newson on being selected into the Queensland Secondary Schools U15 Netball team for 2019. The Australian National Championships will run 20-26 July 2019 at the Caloundra Indoor Stadium and will compete against the best U15 teams from ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC and WA.
National Athletics Championships
Congratulations to PBC's Starr Scott who competed at the National Athletics Championships in Sydney last month and placed 4th in the 800m finals, U16’s.
Starr ran an amazing race, running a PB of 2:13. What a fantastic achievement! Well done Starr.
Australian Surf Life Saving Championship
Congratulations to PBC's Toby Mayes Year 12 who won Silver in the Australian u17 Surf Race at the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championship at North Broadbeach. Fantastic effort Toby!
