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Yarrabilba State Secondary College

Yarrabilba State Secondary College
Yarrabilba State Secondary College, 2020
Location
Map
Yarrabilba, Logan City
,
Queensland
,
4207

Australia
Coordinates27°48′28″S 153°07′01″E / 27.8078393°S 153.1170387°E / -27.8078393; 153.1170387
Information
TypeState secondary day school
MottoLearning today, leading tomorrow[1]
Established2020[3]
PrincipalBelinda Tregea[4]
Grades
  • 7–11 (2023)
  • 7–12 (2024)[5]
GenderCoeducational
Enrolment729 (August 2022)[6]: 2 
HousesLorikeets, Osprey, Kingfishers, Rosellas[2]
Colour(s)     Navy, white, red, sky blue
MascotYarrabilba blue tongue lizard
Websitewww.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au

Yarrabilba State Secondary College (YSSC) is a secondary school located in Yarrabilba, a locality of Logan City (Queensland, Australia).

Infrastructure

Construction

In 23 March 2019, the first sod of soil was turned in the $65 Million project, led by "Broad Construction", to build a state secondary school at Yarrabilba,[7] one of the eight schools built as part of the Palaszczuk government's investment of more than $450 million.[3] Construction was completed in 2019 and the school was opened in 2020.[3]

Computers

The Logan-based Social enterprise "Substation33", which repurposes technology, donated computers and laptops to the school, some of which were used by coding tutorial groups.[8]

School leadership

Belinda Tregea, the school first and current principal of Yarrabilba State Secondary College, is an English, history and legal studies teacher who was previously the last principal at Dinmore State School, which closed pursuant to a government initiative.[9][4]

Students

Years

The school was opened for grades 7 and 8 in January 2020.[3][10]: 2  The school began incrementally offering the first classes of higher year each subsequent years, i.e. year 9 (2021),[11]: 2  year 10 (2022),[6]: 2  year 11 (2023),[5] and finally year 12 (2024).[5]

Student enrolments

In 2023, Yarrabilba State Secondary College was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,839 students.[12] The school's Programs of Excellence in Educational Excellence-Ecology and Sustainability, Sports Excellence- Fitness and Nutrition, Performing Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Yarrabilba State Secondary College has the following capacity to enrol:[12]

  • 75 in the Program of Educational Excellence – Ecology and Sustainability
  • 150 in the Program of Sports Excellence – Fitness and Nutrition (High Performance Sport)
  • 150 in the Program of Educational Excellence – Performing Arts (Music, Dance, Drama, Public Speaking)
  • 75 in the Program of Educational Excellence – STEAM

The school had 260 students on its first day.[9] Since then the trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:

Student enrolment trends
Year Years Boys Girls Total
7 8 9 10 11 12
2020 185 92 N/A N/A N/A N/A 138 139 277[10]: 2 [13]
2021 206 195 109 N/A N/A N/A 265 245 510[11]: 2 [14]
2022 222 200 187 120 N/A N/A 367 362 729[6]: 2 [15]
2023 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

House structure

The school's four sports houses are named after Australian birds:

Current house system
House name Colour Australian bird
Lorikeets   Green Lorikeet
Kingfishers   Blue Kingfisher
Rosellas   Red Rosella
Ospreys   Orange Osprey

References

  1. ^ "Our College". Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ "YSSC's First Sports Carnival". (www.yarrabilbabulletin.com.au). 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Keys to Yarrabilba State Secondary College handed over". Jimboomba Times. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Principal's Welcome". Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Crockford, Toby (19 January 2023). "Yarrabilba State Secondary College principal's son among new teachers for school's fourth year". Cuorier Mail. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Yarrabilba State Secondary College – School Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting – 2022" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 30 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. ^ "$65 Million State Secondary School – Yarrabilba". Your Neighbourhood (www.yourneighbourhood.com.au). 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. ^ McGhee, Rachel (30 January 2022). "Donated laptops arrive just in time for year 10 students at Yarrabilba Secondary College in Logan". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (www.abc.net.au). Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b McLennan, Matt (28 January 2020). "Belinda Tregea looks forward to revolutionising education as Yarrabilba State Secondary College opens its doors". Jimboomba Times (www.jimboombatimes.com.au). Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Yarrabilba State Secondary College – School Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting – 2020" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 2 June 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Yarrabilba State Secondary College – School Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting – 2021" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 30 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Yarrabilba State Secondary College". Education. Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 2022. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrabilba_State_Secondary_College