Yarranlea Primary School is a small, multi-age, independent primary school situated in the bushland setting of Griffith University's Mount Gravatt campus, on the Southside of Brisbane. Yarranlea is a small, student-focused school operating in a conventional classroom setting that tailors the Australian National Curriculum to enable personalized learning. Our teachers facilitate excellent social and educational outcomes relative to the unique skills and abilities of each student. Yarranlea is an independent organization that values a learning partnership between students, their families, and teachers, creating a community where we constructively work with each other to enable our students to believe in themselves and achieve their potential.
A SMILE defines our vision for our school, and we believe that when a community smiles together, it is aligned to a standard value system and able to achieve its goals. We believe that our school must remain small to build strong relationships with their peers and teachers. We also believe that a multi-age school does not define a child's performance by chronology but by their specific learning needs. This embodies a personalized learning experience. We must also strive to inspire our children to reach beyond their expectations of themselves and achieve their goals; we must provide them with an inspirational learning environment that empowers them to meet the rapidly changing world's challenges.
Yarranlea is a small, student-focused school operating in a conventional classroom setting that tailors the Australian NaGonal Curriculum to enable personalized learning. Our teachers facilitate excellent social and educational outcomes related to the unique skills and abilities of each student. Yarranlea is an independent organization that values a learning partnership between students, their families, and teachers, creating a community where we constructively work with each other to enable our students to believe in themselves and achieve their potential.
To thrive, we must instill in them resilience and self-belief in order for them to become leaders in our communities. Our motto of, Believe Achieve, links those powerful ideas in a concise and useful phrase. Our values represent the critical few principles that guide our behavior:
- Positivity
- Integrity
- Respect
- Responsibility
At Yarranlea, students will journey through various learning experiences to promote their cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development phases. The core curriculum based on the Australian Curriculum (ACARA) builds a solid grounding in the fundamental Learning Areas of English, Maths, Science, Health and Physical Education, LOTE (Languages other than English), Technology and the Arts.
Enriching activities, camps, creative engagement, choirs, international culture and beliefs, language experiences, and excursions are integrated into the core program to allow students to explore their fuller interests and skills. Japanese is the LOTE taught at Yarranlea Primary School. All year levels will participate in Japanese studies. Our LOTE teacher is Mrs. Marilyn Potter.
Yarranlea Primary School promotes positive curriculum initiatives, and partnerships with the Faculty of Education at Griffith University and joint projects with Faculty staff and students (preservice teachers) may be incorporated into the school curriculum program. Preservice teachers may also be invited to participate in seminars and workshops held from time to time.
