Year 12

Year 12 students have normal timetabled classes for the first 2 weeks of this term. During this time all Applied and VET classes will be finalising assessment whilst General subjects are preparing for the upcoming External Assessments.

During the first 4 days of Week 3 (18 to 21 October) General students can attend classes for final revision if they wish or study at home. Applied and VET classes will not be scheduled during this time.

External Assessments commence on Friday 22 October. These will continue up to Tuesday 16 November.

All Year 12 parents and students have been email the External Assessment Guide which provides all details regarding these exams.

The school website also has a section which contains all the details regarding upcoming External Exams https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/testing-and-assessment.

Students need to be familiar with the timetable, directions for students, equipment and calculator requirements included in these documents.

A reminder that exams will commence at 9:00am sharp and that students need to be in full school uniform. As per current Qld. Health directives all students are expected to wear masks indoors.

The whole PBC community is wishing all our Year 12s the best as they prepare for these assessments.

All Year 12 students have been emailed their LUI number and  should by now have logged onto their QCAA learning account in the QCAA student portal. This is accessed via the myQCE website https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/index.html.   Students need to ensure that they use a personal email to register, as they will not have access to their school email at the end of the year. Student results will be published by the QCAA directly into their learning account on 17 December.

ATAR scores which will be calculated and published by QTAC. All ATAR students that wish to have their ATAR sent to them on 17 December need to register with QTAC, again using a personal email https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar/ .

Students are required to share their ATAR with the school.

Year 10 and 11

Year 11 students have commenced Unit 3 (Year 12) work and will complete summative assessment in the majority of subjects at the end of this term. Unit 3 and 4 subjects will contribute to students ATAR and both Unit 3 and 4 must be completed at a C level or higher for students to achieve QCE points.

This is the last opportunity that Year 11 students have to change subjects at school. Any students wishing to change should contact Mr McDougall or Mr Dixon as soon as possible.

Senior school admin is currently reviewing the academic performance of 10s and 11s. A reminder again that all students need to be passing at least 5 of their 6 subjects and that students that continue to fail more than 1 class may have their enrolment reviewed.

Assessment calendars for Term 4 will soon be published on the school website under Curriculum/Testing and Assessment.

Year 10 and 11 Shutdown exams will commence in the week of 22 to 26 November. All students may have timetabled exams up to and including the last day (26 November for 10s and 11s).

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. Please refer to the school assessment policy on the school website for further details.