Yarrabilba State Secondary College Explained

Yarrabilba State Secondary College
Motto:Learning today, leading tomorrow[1]
Mascot:Yarrabilba blue tongue lizard
Houses:Lorikeets, Osprey, Kingfishers, Rosellas[2]
Colours: Navy, white, red, sky blue
Established:2020
Type:State secondary day school
Gender:Coeducational
City:Yarrabilba, Logan City
State:Queensland
Country:Australia
Postcode:4207
Principal:Belinda Tregea
Enrolment:729 (August 2022)

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,[3] one of the eight schools built as part of the Palaszczuk government's investment of more than $450 million. Construction was completed in 2019 and the school was opened in 2020.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] [7]

Students

Years

The school was opened for grades 7 and 8 in January 2020.[4] The school began incrementally offering the first classes of higher year each subsequent years, i.e. year 9 (2021), year 10 (2022), year 11 (2023),[8] and finally year 12 (2024).[8]

Student enrolments

In 2023, Yarrabilba State Secondary College was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,839 students.[9] 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:[9]

The school had 260 students on its first day.[6] Since then the trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:

Student enrolment trends
YearYearsBoysGirlsTotal
789101112
202018592N/AN/AN/AN/A138139277[10] [11]
2021206195109N/AN/AN/A265245510[12] [13]
2022222200187120N/AN/A367362729[14] [15]
2023TBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBA

House structure

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

Current house system!House name!Colour!Australian bird
Lorikeets GreenLorikeet
Kingfishers BlueKingfisher
Rosellas RedRosella
Ospreys OrangeOsprey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our College . Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). en. 27 October 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231021172013/https://yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au/our-college. 21 October 2023. dmy.
  2. Web site: YSSC’s First Sports Carnival. (www.yarrabilbabulletin.com.au). 1 October 2020. en. 27 October 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20221119212328/https://www.yarrabilbabulletin.com.au/2020/10/01/ysscs-first-sports-carnival. 19 November 2022. dmy.
  3. Web site: $65 Million State Secondary School – Yarrabilba. Your Neighbourhood (www.yourneighbourhood.com.au). 23 March 2019. en. 27 October 2023. live. https://archive.today/20231027055425/https://origin.yourneighbourhood.com.au/state-secondary-school-yarrabilba. 27 October 2023. dmy.
  4. News: Keys to Yarrabilba State Secondary College handed over. Jimboomba Times. 8 November 2019. en. 27 October 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200227065227/https://www.jimboombatimes.com.au/story/6481758/yarrabilba-state-secondary-college-staff-move-into-new-buildings. 27 February 2020. dmy.
  5. Web site: McGhee. Rachel. 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). en. 30 January 2022. 27 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230810042054/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-30/qld-laptop-stress-yarrabilba-state-high-school/100781648. 10 August 2023. live. dmy.
  6. Web site: Belinda Tregea looks forward to revolutionising education as Yarrabilba State Secondary College opens its doors. Jimboomba Times (www.jimboombatimes.com.au). 28 January 2020. Matt. McLennan. en. 27 October 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200128230628/https://www.jimboombatimes.com.au/story/6600117/principals-career-dream. 28 January 2020. dmy.
  7. Web site: Principal's Welcome. Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. en. 27 October 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231021172040/https://yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au/our-college/principals-welcome. 21 October 2023. dmy.
  8. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College principal’s son among new teachers for school’s fourth year. Cuorier Mail. 19 January 2023. Toby. Crockford. en. 27 October 2023. live. https://archive.today/20231027061604/https://www.couriermail.com.au/queensland-education/yarrabilba-state-secondary-college-principals-son-among-new-teachers-for-schools-fourth-year/news-story/d4b3a6fc192a27634750ee6fd2955268?amp&nk=4ab81bad8d49e08a3a06580d655b3e11-1698387375. 27 October 2023. dmy.
  9. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College. 2023. Education. Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 23 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230609035922/https://education.qld.gov.au/parents-and-carers/enrolment/management-plans/yarrabilba-state-secondary-college. 9 June 2023. live.
  10. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College – School Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting – 2020. 2 June 2023. Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 27 October 2023. https://ia600500.us.archive.org/25/items/annual-report-2020_20231027/annual-report-2020.pdf. 27 October 2023. live.
  11. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD. 2020. My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). en. 27 October 2023. https://ia600509.us.archive.org/26/items/acara-2020_20231027/ACARA-2020.pdf. 27 October 2023. live. dmy.
  12. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College – School Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting – 2021. 30 June 2022. en. Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 27 October 2023. https://ia600503.us.archive.org/12/items/annual-report-2021_20231027/annual-report-2021.pdf. 27 October 2023. live.
  13. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD. 2021. My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). en. 27 October 2023. https://ia600506.us.archive.org/0/items/acara-2021_20231027/ACARA-2021.pdf. 27 October 2023. live. dmy.
  14. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College – School Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting – 2022. 30 Jun 2021. Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 27 October 2023. https://ia600504.us.archive.org/29/items/annual-report-2022_20231027/annual-report-2022.pdf. 27 October 2023. live.
  15. Web site: Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD. 2022. My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). en. 27 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231021172013/https://yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au/our-college. 21 October 2023. live. dmy.

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