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.

*2023 International Baccalaureate Diploma Graduate Results

2023 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.
• 186 students attend the three-day Year 10 Induction Camp at the Maroochy Waterfront Camp and Conference Centre
• Aquafest school swimming carnival
• Runfest / Funfest cross country community event.
• Talentfest school community talent carnival.
• Flockfest whole school community end of year celebrations.
• 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 students attend Year 11 Leadership Camp at Stradbroke Island.
• Year 11 Positive Education Program Unleashing Personal Potential – City Scavenger Hunt.
• Aspire Awards Community Celebrations.
• Student Investiture Assembly.
• Year 12 Graduation Community Celebration.
• Year 12 Formal.
• Year 11 Semi-Formal.
• 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
• Daejeon Dongsin Science High School (DDSHS) Korean Student Exchange
• Indigenous Study Tour Trip to Scott Desco Indigenous Community in South Australia
• Year 10 students Cert 11 Sampling and Cert 111 in Lab Skills
• 3 Year 10 Student Representatives in the Environmental Youth Advisory Council

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 two QACI Music Nights

• Year 12 students performed in the Year 12 IB Music Solo Recitals.

• Year 10 and 11 music students performed in Music Solo Recitals.

• 20+ students participated in CGEN Department of Education’s Creative Generation State Schools Onstage.

• Year 11 student as part of Broken Records hosted Backdoor Arts Performance to raise funds for the Australian Conservation Foundation

Film

• Year 12 Experimental Film Screening

• Year 11 iHuman (Year 10 2022 Films) and Micro Documentary Film Screening.

• Year 12 students showcased their final Year 12 Individual Project, Cinematica.

• Year 10 (2023) iHuman Film Screening.

• 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 artists.

Theatre

• Year 11 Theatre Students perform Immersive Epic Theatre Production - War and Courage

• Year 12 Theatre Students perform in re-imagine Muse Theatre Performance, comprising of invidual ensemble group performances devised and produced by students
  

• Year 11 Theatre students perform in the Absurd Theatre Showcase - Beyond Reason
  

• Year 10 Theatre Students perform Greek Theatre – Medea and Antigone

• 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.

• Engaged Emma Churchland and Dan Gough from IMRSE to provide artistic support for the year 11 immersive theatre production, War and Courage.

• Engaged Brisbane-based designers Sarah Winter (stage design), Jason Glenwright (lighting), Michael Futcher (Direction), Tony Brumpton (sound design) 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 in Medea and Antigone. NJ Price also worked with the cast of Medea to provide support for stage combat.

• Engaged Clint Bolster from Homunculus to deliver a workshop on Commedia del Arte with Year 10 students.

• Attended 2 productions – Drizzle Boy and Don’t ask what the bird look like at Queensland Theatre

Dance

• Three students successfully performed as Part of the Australasian Dance Collective Youth company

• Year 10,11 & 12 Dance students attended Dance Lab and engaged with workshops ran by local dance artists (Nerida Matthaei, Bruna Ribero, Yasim Coronado Veranes & Rachel Dowse)

• Year 12 Students worked with QUT Dance intern Adrian Malbasias to develop a choreographic work for Garage

• Year 10 students worked with Brisbane based choreographer Louise to develop explore Brazilian Samba
  

• 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 & 12 Dance students performed in Launch

• Year 10, 11 & 12 Dance students performed in Garage

• Year 10 & 11 students invited to perform as part of the QUT Dance end of year performance.

• Year 10 Dance Students worked with QACI Alumni  Zoe Davidson-Wall, currently studying Music Theatre at The Western Austarlian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
• Year 11 & 12 Dance Students worked with QACI Alumni Sarah Macreanor, 2.6 million followers on TikTok  - @smacmccreanor.
  

Visual Arts

• 2023 Department of Education CGen Excellence in Visual Arts winners Caitlin Davies for their artwork Matrilineal. Eliska Elliot for their artwork Bursting form the Seams. Grace Sun for their artwork Topography of the Soul and Helena Wade for their artwork The Art of Introspection.

• 2 Year 10 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.
  

• Year 10 and Year 11 Visual Arts Students attend excursion to GOMA for the AIR Exhibition.

• 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 

• All Design Technology students participated in the QACI Design Day workshops with 9 industry experienced experts in their chosen field of Design.

• Year 12 Design Students obtained a certificate from the Products Innovation Institute in 'Designing cradle to cradle certified products for the circular economy'.
• 3 Students attended and online conference 'We can access" a UK based charity focused on 'learning how to create accessible learning spaces'

Science

• QACI QUT STEM Enrichment Program with Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

• Student Community participation in Scinema as part of National Science Week at QACI.

• Students selected to work with QUT Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI QUT) Research Program as part of QACI’s education out of the classroom (EOTC) program

• National Science Week Celebrations
  

Languages

• 1 Student participated in the James Cook University Academy of Modern Languages.
• 4 Students participated in the University of Queensland Institute of Modern Languages.
• 1 Student awarded Silver in the MLTAQ Speech Competition
• 1 Student participated in the AML Course

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