Reports

Reports will be out early next term for Term One’s work and so it’s a key time to reflect with your child on the efforts that they are putting in at school each day and on their ‘at home’ tasks and assignment work. Questions to ask them, as a good place to start are

• Do they think they are putting in their best each lesson and all lesson?
• What is getting in the way of them doing their best? 

Term 1 Reports are interim reports, giving grades to indicate your student’s academic progress as well as their effort and behaviour in each subject. If you do not have an email address registered at PBC, then a Report will be mailed home. 

Parent interviews are in Week 4 (10, 11 and 12 May) and I would encourage you to meet with your child's teachers to work together to get the best outcomes for them. 

Along with reflecting on this completed term it's also the time to set some goals for the new term and what actions will be needed to achieve them. I ask our teachers and our students to challenge themselves in this goal setting as it’s from discomfort and pushing ourselves that great growth will come.

NAPLAN

In week 4 and 5 our Year 7 and 9s will be sitting NAPLAN exams, these exam results are used by our English and Maths teachers to tailor programs to continue to build on the literacy and numeracy skills as the students move on to the next year level.  Our staff and those at the primary schools have been working on building the skills needed for these exams for years. 

The students will be sitting the following:

• Language Conventions ( grammar, punctuation, spelling) 40 minutes
• Writing 65 minutes
• Reading 45 minutes
• Numeracy 65 minutes

Should your child be absent for any of the tests, they will be provided with a catch-up session. Students require their school laptops charged for the day as usual, a pair of headphones will be issued to students for use during the exam period but they are welcome to bring their own pair. They will also need a pen or pencil for use on their scribble paper.

QLD School Immunisation Program

Attention Year 7 Parents and Caregivers,

Please check previous emails from Qld Health regarding the 2022 Year 7 HPV and/or Diptheria/Tetanus/Pertussis booster immunisation offered as part of the QLD Health School Immunisation Program.  

If you have not yet received this communication from Qld Health, please contact 1800940750 or email admin.immuniseGC@health.qld.gov.au.

The Year 7 students are offered:

• Diptheria / Tetanus / Pertussis (whooping cough) Booster  AND / OR 
• HPV Immunisation (1st of 2 doses)

The date for the immunisations are on Tuesday 29 March. 

The second dose for the HPV immunisation is scheduled for Term 3.

Please note: THE COVID-19 IMMUNISATION IS NOT BEING OFFERED 

If you want your child to participate in this program please contact Gold Coast Public Health up until 9:00am Tuesday 29 March.

Student Early Departure – Signing out prodedure

• Notes are to be written and signed by a parent/carer and presented to the Junior or Senior Secondary Student Services prior to 8:45am that day.
• The sign out note must specify the following:
  • The specific reason for signing out (doctors, dentist, etc.).
  • The time and date that you need to sign out of school.
  • If a medical appointment, the time, location and professional field must be included.
• Notes will be approved by a Head of Year and should then be collected prior to signing out of school at the Junior or Senior Secondary Student Services.
• Non-approved notes and absences may lead to disciplinary action.
• Students must show the signed note to their class teacher at the requested leaving time.
• Report to the Junior or Senior Secondary Student Service Office with the signed note to obtain and ‘Early Departure’ pass.
• It is appropriate for students to sign out no more than three times a term for an appointment or an activity during school hours.
• Head of Year will monitor early departures. Consistent early departures that impact engagement with school process may result in a disciplinary action.

If your student becomes ill at school and is sent home they will be issued with a leaving slip by the Sick Bay Officer. If they return later in the day they will need to report to the Junior or Senior Secondary Student Services Office and sign in. Administration Officers or Head of Year may contact home to query the validity/frequency of appointments during school hours.