Performance and achievements

​​​Queensland Academies Creative Industries Campus (QACI) enables learners to work toward achievements based on merit in a non-competitive environment. Students are engaged in a broad range of opportunities and we congratulate students on their dedication and commitment to their personal and academic endeavours.

*2024 International Baccalaureate Diploma Graduate Results

Top performing students at QACI in 2024 have shared their stories with us. Please read the following QACI News Article for individual student outcomes and what they are doing now.

2024 Highlights

Community engagement

• QACI Student representative Youth Champion for Queensland’s Youth Advisory Council
• QACI Student representative for the annual Lord Mayor Youth Advisory Council
• Year 10 Student Representatives in the Environmental Youth Advisory Council
• Student participation in School Leadership opportunities with Student Director, House Manager, Connect Mentors, ICT, Tech, Media and Cultural Ambassador teams
• Student representation in the Department of Education World Teachers Day celebration video and advertisements
• Student representation in the Qld Opti-Minds program and competition
• Student representation in the Qld Brain Bee Challenge
• Student representation in the Griffith University Ambassador Program
• Student participatin in the Qld EVATT Model UN Competition
• All Year 10 students attend the three-day Year 10 Induction Camp at the Alexander Hedland
  
• Aquafest school swimming carnival
• Runfest / Funfest cross country community event
• Talentfest school community talent carnival
• Flockfest whole school community end of year celebrations
• Student participation in a 6-week Brisbane Bullet Basketball program
• Student representation in the Australian Schools Beach Volleyball
• Student representation in Australian State Athletics Championships
• Student Community participation in Harmony Week
• Student Community participation in the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence
• Student Community participation in International Women’s Day
• Student Community participation in Pride Month Campus Celebrations
• Student Community participation in Book Week and International Literacy Day
• Student Community participation and recognition of NAIDOC Week
• Student Community participation in Queensland Mental Health Week
• Year 11 Student Leadership Development Day
• Year 11 Student Leadership 3-day Camp - Stradbroke Island
• Year 11 Positive Education Program Unleashing Personal Potential – City Scavenger Hunt
• Aspire Community Showcase and Awards Celebration
• Student Investiture Assembly
• Year 12 Graduation Community Celebration
• Year 12 Formal
• Year 11 Semi-Formal
• Student-led QACI Cabaret Performance
• Student-led QACI Drag Race Performance
• ANZAC Day Commemorative Assembly and Student Representation at the ANZAC Commemorative School Service
• Year 10, 11 and 12 Debating Teams competed in the Queensland Debating Union school-level debating
• QACI Student participation in the Brisbane Primary School’s City Cluster Leadership and Legacy Project
• Successful student entry into the Start QUT Program introducing and allowing students to commence early university studies
• International Student Exchange with Japanese and Korean students to QACI
• Year 10 students Cert 11 Sampling and Cert 111 in Lab Skills
• Year 10 University and Careers Expo Day
• Introduction of external QACI Engagement Outreach programs:
• QACI Brilliant Futures for Year 7 and 8 students (application)
• QACI Bright Mind for selected Year 5 and 6 students (invited)

Music

• All music students participated in the 2-day Music Composition Camp with Queensland Academies Health Sciences at QACI
• Music students and student-led ensembles perform and three QACI Music Nights (Bands, Instrumental & Vocal, Ensembles)
• Year 12 students performed in the Year 12 IB Music Solo Recitals
• Year 10 and 11 music students performed in Music Solo Recitals
• 17 students participated in CGEN Department of Education’s Creative Generation State Schools Onstage

Film

• Year 12 Experimental Film Screening
• Year 11 iHuman (Year 10 2023 Films) and Micro Documentary Film Screening
• Year 12 students showcased their final Year 12 Individual Project, Cinematica
• Year 11 and 12 Film Students attended 3-day Film Camp at Natural Bridge
• Year 10 students participated in specialised editing workshops with film and moving-image artist
• Student award in BUFTA Bond University Film and Television Awards

Theatre

• Year 12 Theatre Students perform in Muse Unchained Theatre Performance, comprising of theatre ensemble performances devised and produced by students
• Year 11 Theatre students perform in the Absurd Theatre Showcase - What the Ostrich Saw
• Year 10 Theatre Students perform Cloudstreet, adapted by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo from the novel by Tim Winton
• Engaged Thomas Larkin (actor/director) to work with year 12 students on verbatim acting and preparation for auditions
• Brisbane-based designers Sarah Winter (stage design), Jason Glenwright (lighting) and Josh McIntosh (stage design) worked with the year 12s to support the design aspect of their Directors notebook task
• Marcus Oborn (voice specialist with USQ) lead vocal workshops with the Year 10 Theatre cohort in preparation for their first public performance of Cloudstreet.
• Engaged Clint Bolster from Homunculus to deliver a workshop on Commedia del Arte with Year 10 students.
• Theatre cohort attended Medea theatre performance at Queensland Theatre.

Dance

• Two students successfully performed as Part of the Australasian Dance Collective Youth company
• Year 10,11 & 12 Dance students attended two Dance Labs and engaged with workshops ran by local dance artists, exploring a range of dance styles and cultures including Hula, Samoan Dance, Ballroom, Pop, Lock, Breakdance, Capoeira, Lebanese fusion and Irish Dancing
• Year 10, 11 & 12 Dance students performed in Launch
• Year 10 students worked with Special Guest Artist Yenenesh Nigusse on African Dance
• Year 10 students worked with Phluxus2 Dance choreographer Hsin-Ju Ely (Raw)
• Year 10, 11 and 12 Dance students worked with Commercial Artist Brendan Hodder
• Year 12 Dance students worked with Dr Nerida Matthaei on a contemporary performance piece
• Year 10, 11 & 12 Dance students performed in Chrome
• Year 11 students invited to perform as part of the QUT Dance end of year performance
• Year 10 Dance students worked with Heilani Dance Productions exploring Haka and Polynesian Dance with the Poi
• Year 11 students worked with Corner Pocket Swing, exploring Swing dance
• Year 11 Dance students led a Dance workshop for visiting Japanese tour students
• Year 10 Dance students worked with Phluxus2 Dance artist Bella Hood in an exploration of site-specific dance
• Year 12 student accepted Cruise Ship contact at the completion of their studies
• Year 12 student accepted into the New Zealand School of Dance at the completion of their studies

Visual Arts

• Year 12 student award winner in the Department of Education CGen Excellence in Visual Arts
• Two students selected as finalists in the Next Gen Category of the Brisbane Portrait Prize
• Year 11 and Year 12 Visual Arts students participated in the Visual Arts Big Day in with 5 practising Visual Artists
• All Year 10 and Year 11 Visual Arts Students attend excursion to GOMA 
• All Year 12 students exhibited in the Final Year 12 Art Exhibition, exIBit
• Year 10 students exhibited in the Year 10 Visual Arts Mark Making exhibition, Gallery 61
• Year 11 students exhibited in the Year 11 Abstract Art exhibition, Gallery 61
• Year 10 students exhibited in the Year 10 Printmaking our Identity exhibition, Gallery 61
• Year 11 students exhibited in the Year 11 Ritual exhibition, Gallery 61

Design Technology 

• Year 12 Design Technology Prototype exhibition

Science

• QACI QUT Sciences Partnership
• National Science Week Activities
• Science students participated in the National Science Week QUT Innovation Challenge
• STEM Enrichment students participated in the Brisbane EKKA cheese making competition
• Student representation in the Department of Education STEM Girl Power Camp
• Year 11 ESS and Biology students attended Toohey Forest Environmental Centre
• Biology Students attended the Integrated Pathology Learning Centre (IPLC) at the QIMR Berghofer, part of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Languages

• International Cultural Immersion and Study Tour to Spain
• International Cultural Immersion and Study Tour to France
• James Cook University Academy of Modern Languages Student Participation
• University of Queensland Institute of Modern Languages Student Participation
• MLTAQ Speech Competition

Business

• All Year 10 Business students attend Silk and Squeeg
• All Year 11 Business students attend XXXX Brewery
• Student participation in the Business Activate Program

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