Year 10

This week our Year 10 students will enter their exam shutdown period. We wish all of our students well with their final Year 10 exams. We are excited to announce that Mr Jason Cross will be leading your students in 2022 as the Deputy Principal in charge of Year 11. Jason is proud of how our Year 10 students have grown and matured over this year and cannot wait to support them in 2022.

Reflecting over the Holidays

We encourage your students to reflect over the holidays on their engagement and academic performance to date. This is especially important as your student returns to PBC in 2022 and enters into the non-compulsory phase of schooling. Are they willing to be the best versions of themselves and give nothing but the best? This not only applies to academia but also to their sporting, cultural and artistic pursuits. We challenge every Year 11 (2022) student to step out of their comfort zone and take up the opportunities that our great school has to offer.

Year 10 Students not Returning to PBC in 2022

If your Student is not returning to PBC for the 2022 school year, please complete the attached Leaving Form, advise the name of the destination School your student will attend or, if your student is working – please provide a letter from the employer confirming that your student is working 25+ hours per week. If your student is attending TAFE – please provide the Confirmation of Enrolment. Please email back to enrolments@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au. Any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

Year 10 and 11 Exams

Year 10 and 11 shutdown exams commence on Monday 22 November and will continue until Friday 26 November. The shutdown timetable is published on the school website.

Note that some Year 11 subjects e.g. Maths, Health Education and Visual Arts in Practice do not complete their first Unit 3 assessment item until early in 2021.

Year 10 and Year 11 reports will be finalised and emailed home from Wednesday 9 December.

A reminder that all drafts and assignments are due before 9am 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 school website under Curriculum- Testing and Assessment.

Please note that in the QCE students cannot be exempt from assessment in Unit 3 and 4 (Term 4 Year 11 and onwards) 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 2022.

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.

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 9am on Friday 17 December 2021. Students must know their Learner Unique Identifier (LUI) and password to log in and check their results.

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.