Dear Parent/Caregiver
Thankyou for considering Yarrawonga College P-12 when making one of the most important decisions you will make as a parent. Choosing your child’s school can be such an overwhelming experience for many parents, it pays to do your research, and importantly make the decision based on the facts. You’ve made the first and most important step in making the right decision for your child by coming along to see and hear the facts about Yarrawonga College P-12.
For children to thrive at the College we need to ensure that there is a strong and ongoing partnership between parents/students/teachers and the community. The College continually works on our communication between teachers and families, please ensure that you have the Compass App on your phone if you decide to enrol your child to receive all current information and communication when your child begins at the college.
Teachers and support staff across the College, work hard to support all students daily and help them feel safe. As parents we all want our children to learn and feel safe in a nurturing and caring environment, the Prep team always ensures that’s the case. Teachers work together with Education Support Staff and other professionals to tailor all learning and wellbeing needs to each individual student. Recruitment of staff is strategic to employ teachers who are passionate about achieving the best for students through a caring and compassionate approach.
All parents should know that the school they send their child to is able to provide a quality education that sets their child up for future success. The commitment staff have made to agreed approaches to teaching continues to pay off across the College. Yarrawonga College P-12 achieves excellent outcomes for students and consistently meets and exceeds Similar School and State level performance benchmarks. Once again in 2023 the college achieved at a high level in most areas of the National Assessment Program of Literacy and Numeracy, (NAPLAN) across all year levels. In 2024 the College was identified by North East Victoria Region as a school demonstrating excellence in school improvement and leadership across curriculum, teaching and learning.
The Year 12 cohort from 2023 achieved excellent results and the College continued to uphold stronger than State level exit destination data, (the percentage of students with a successful pathway when they leave school). The College prides itself on creating future pathways for students and once again has been very successful in doing so. In 2023 a Yarrawonga College P-12 student scored 99.05 on the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, close to a perfect score!
The College is working hard to achieve the vision of 0-99 education provision for the Yarrawonga and Mulwala community. In 2023 an announcement was made by the Minister for Children that Yarrawonga College P-12 will receive a Kindergarten on site at the beginning of 2026. When successful the next stage of the P-12 Capital Works Project will see new Year 7 & 8 classrooms, Year 9 – 12 classrooms, Year 7-12 Science and Creative Arts classrooms, Gymnasium with full size Basketball Court and College Oval on the Gilmore Street site.
As students’ progress through year levels at the College they are supported to develop resilient and positive approaches to learning. The college has a comprehensive Mental Health and Wellbeing Team that is instrumental in providing timely on the ground support to students and families. This targeted support and referral that students can access has helped to engage them into learning through a more strategic approach.
College uniform is an important part of our positive environment, and we expect it to be worn with pride. Please also remember that your child attending school every day when they are well is so important to their future success.
The College works to develop student self-worth, independence, resilience and a sense of community, whilst at the same time instilling the College values of Integrity, Cooperation, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility. These five values underpin all that we teach and do. Staff at the college hold a shared sense of responsibility to work towards developing a positive learning environment for all students.
Damien Keel
College Principal
