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

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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