Track & Field District Carnival

An amazing turn out of PBC athletes at the District Track & Field Carnival at Runaway Bay. We came home with a huge amount of medals and most importantly the overall Senior School win. 60 of our students will now going on to represent the Oceanic District at the Regional Track and Field in week 9. Congratulations to all students involved. 

  

Reminiscing - 50 Years of PBC Arts

  

It’s been 50 years since Palm Beach Currumbin State High opened on the banks of the Currumbin Estuary. 50 years of dances, musicals, exhibitions, stage shows, eisteddfods and concerts. 50 years of state, national and international representation on stages, television screens, galleries, concert halls and festivals across the world. 50 years of amazing memories, innovative productions and stunning performances that have inspired and continue to inspire those of us who were there, and the next generation of those who hope to follow in their footsteps.

It’s time for us to reminisce…

Join us on Saturday 3 September from 4pm - 8pm, for an Arts spectacular, celebrating 50 years of the Arts at PBC.

Featuring the best that PBC has offered over the last 50 years, we will be reminiscing the work of our best and brightest from PBC’s artistic foundations, seeing where they are now, and looking ahead at what the future holds for the next 50 years.

Be entertained by current creative arts excellence students, past practitioners and alumni on multiple stages and in multiple venues, including:

- Art galleries
- Film installations
- Street theatre
- Site-specific dance
- Buskers
- Concerts
- Cash bar
- Food trucks
- A complimentary drink and appetisers on arrival

The evening will culminate in a major showcase celebrating the performance highlights of the last half a century at PBC.

Featuring appearances by Courtney Monsma (Anna, Australian production of “Frozen – The Musical”); Cassidy Mackie (The Voice Australia 2022); Sheldon Riley (Eurovision 2022); Emily Monsma (Glinda, “Wicked – The Musical”); Vivien Carter (Lead Performer on The West End, London) and many more past and present PBC Arts students!

Tickets are just $25 and are limited for this once-in-a-half-century event. All our current Arts students will love to attend this show and be inspired by who has gone before them. Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/reminiscing-50-years-of-pbc-arts-tickets-391392895687

We invite you to reminisce with us…

   

2022 Restaurant Nights! 

 

Our hugely popular Restaurant Nights are back! Book your tickets to this wonderful evening of being hosted by our hospitality students and staff for an amazing 3 course meal. Restaurant Nights will be held on Wednesday 31 August and Thursday 1 September with three sitting times. Tickets are just $45 and drinks are available to purchase on the night. Email Ms Maher on tjame60@eq.edu.au to secure your places.

  

2023 CAX London Tour

PBC Arts Excellence is excited to announce the 2023 London CAX Tour to be held in the last 2 weeks of Term 4 2023. The tour is open to current Arts Excellence students in years 8-10 from Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and Music and selected Film and TV students. 

An information evening will be held Week 9, Tuesday 6th September in the Theatre. If you are interested in this opportunity please collect an ‘Expression of Interest’ form from the C Block Arts staffroom. The tour will provide diverse and rich opportunities for your student  to participate in workshops, visit galleries, museums, historical and cultural landmarks, UK schools and Universities. Your son/daughter will be immersed in the thriving London Arts scene and will be an exciting once in a lifetime opportunity.

  

Staff News

Congratulations to Ms Kathy Tatzenko, Science Officer, who has won the 2022 QEST Sandra Lewis Achievement Award. This award is in recognition of Kathy’s contributions to QEST and includes a bursary to attend LABCON 2022. LABCON is the 2 day annual conference of the Laboratory Technicians Association of Victoria, held this year at Crown Promenade, Melbourne in November.

What a fantastic achievement!

  

Science Week

PBC will be celebrating National Science Week this week. Activities that will be running each day during L1 include, a free science show, UQ, QUT and Griffith university pathways presentation and practical activities investigating the properties of glass (this year’s theme). There are some great prizes up for grabs – see the poster for entry details. A special advanced thanks must go to PBC’s own Science Club and our wonderful teachers who have volunteered time to help run the activities. See you week 6!

Junior House Camps

Don’t miss out on your chance to attend the Junior Secondary HOUSE camps at the end of the year from 5 - 7 December 2022 . All students in years 7-9 interested in signing up need to go and see Tegan in Student Services to pick up information and parent permission forms. Numbers are limited so finalise payment and return  permission slips by the 16 September 2022 to secure your spot. What an awesome way to finish the year mixing with friends and having fun in the great outdoors!!

  

Link and Launch

Elaine Braniff, our Link and Launch Manager, met with Kylee Mace Business Development Officer Apprenticeships/Traineeships, and was given a guided tour of the brand new and extraordinary new TAFE Robina campus. This campus will not just be a place of learning for students, but a place for the community to come together as students show their new-found skills at these state of the art training facilities.

This campus ensures that sustainability is embedded into every aspect of campus operations including campus design, course curriculum and student life.
More than 2,000 students annually will have the opportunity to study commercial cookery, hospitality, early childhood education and care, information technology, hair and beauty, sport and fitness and many more in the new campus which boasts its own customer service and fitness centres, a restaurant; café, conference and banquet centre.

Elaine would be more than happy to organise a tour for any PBC Year 12 graduates who may be interested in having a look around also and exploring their Vocational Education & Training (VET) options further post school.

Elaine is based in Y Block and can be contacted on:
Mobile: 0467 951 239 or
Email: ebran61@eq.edu.au 

  

PBC OPTIMA Magazines

2022 Optima Yearbook

The 2022 Optima Magazine is currently being put together and celebrates PBC in 2022. All the action, success, celebrations, students, staff and happy memories will be covered and is an excellent keepsake for every Red.

The pre-order form is below, if you haven't already, complete this form and pre-purchase your student's copy before they are printed in November 2022. Your student will receive their copy via their care class mid November. 

Please note that Year 12 students will receive a copy as a parting gift and do not need to purchase it!

50 Years Optima Magazine

The 50 Years Optima magazine is just $30 and is now on sale. There are 40 pages of PBC history all in one place and definitely a great keep sake for every RED!

These are available to purchase/collect from our Finance office or Uniform Shop. Huge thank you to PBC alumni Tahlia Moana and Michelle Hardwick plus PBC teacher Courtney Underwood for all their help getting this Optima together Thanks also to all the amazing PBC alumni, staff, ex-staff and community supporters that all contributed photos and memories.

  

International Homestay Families Needed

Got a spare room? Ever thought of being a Homestay host? Homestay families come in all shapes and sizes... they are married couples with or without kids, singles, singles with kids and grandparents too. Everyone has an opportunity to play a part in sharing their life, home and provide memories and cultural experiences to an international high school student.

Get paid more than $320 a week caring for one of our International high school students in your home.

PBC is due to welcome International students back on campus later this year and we are looking for Homestay families. Please contact Corinne Vanput at PBC for more information at cvanp1@eq.edu.au. Find out more http://bit.ly/eqi-homestay-host