Yarrabilba State Secondary College

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Yarrabilba State Secondary College
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Yarrabilba State Secondary College, 2020
Address
Yarrabilba State Secondary College
22-60 McKinnon Drive

Yarrabilba, Logan City
,
Queensland
,
4207

Australia [1] [2]
Coordinates 27°48′28″S153°07′01″E / 27.8078393°S 153.1170387°E / -27.8078393; 153.1170387
Information
Type State secondary day school
MottoLearning today, leading tomorrow [3]
Established2020 [4]
PrincipalBelinda Tregea [5] [2]
Grades year 7–year 12 [6] [2]
Gender Coeducational [7] : 2 
Enrolment1,030 [8]  (August 2024)
HousesLorikeets, Osprey, Kingfishers, Rosellas [9]
Colour(s)
  •   Navy
  •   White
  •   Red
  •   Sky blue
MascotYarrabilba blue tongue lizard
Website yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au [1] [2]

Yarrabilba State Secondary College (YSSC) is a secondary school located in Yarrabilba (Queensland, Australia), a locality of Logan City. [10]

Contents

Etymology

The indigenous Australian Wanggeriburra clan of the Yugambeh language group occupied the land of Yarrabilba before the arrival of Europeans. [11] The suburb's name, and hence the school's name, are based on the word "Yarrabilba" meaning 'place of song' in Wangerriburra/Bundjalung language. [11]

Infrastructure

Construction

On 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, [12] one of the eight schools built as part of the Palaszczuk government's investment of more than $450 million. [4] 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. [13]

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. [14] [5]

Students

Years

The school was opened for grades 7 and 8 in January 2020. [4] [15] : 2  The school began incrementally offering the first classes of higher year each subsequent years, i.e. year 9 (2021), [16] : 2  year 10 (2022), [17] : 2  year 11 (2023), [6] and finally year 12 (2024). [6]

Student enrolments

In 2023, Yarrabilba State Secondary College was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,839 students. [18] 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: [18]

The school had 260 students on its first day. [14] Since then the trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:

Student enrolment trends
YearYearsBoysGirlsTotalRef
789101112
202018592----138139277 [15] : 2  [19]
2021206195109---265245510 [16] : 2  [20]
2022222200187120--367362729 [17] : 2  [21]
202316821617517398-415415830 [7] : 2  [22]
2024TBATBATBATBATBATBA5324981,030 [8]
2025TBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBA

House structure

The school's four sports houses are named after Australian birds: [9]

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Contact us". Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). Queensland Department of Education and Training (www.education.qld.gov.au). Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Yarrabilba State Secondary College (A789)". Schools Directory (www.schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au). Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Our College". Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  5. 1 2 "Principal's Welcome". Yarrabilba State Secondary College (www.yarrabilbassc.eq.edu.au). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 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.
  7. 1 2 "Yarrabilba State Secondary College | School Annual Report | Queensland State School Reporting | 2023" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 7 June 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD -> 2024". My School . Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  9. 1 2 McGuire, Dustin (1 October 2020). "YSSC's First Sports Carnival". (www.yarrabilbabulletin.com.au). Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Suburbs". City of Logan (www.logan.qld.gov.au). Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Yarrabilba". City of Logan (www.logan.qld.gov.au). Archived from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "$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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. 1 2 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.
  15. 1 2 "Yarrabilba State Secondary College | School Annual Report | Queensland State School Reporting | 2020" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Yarrabilba State Secondary College | School Annual Report | Queensland State School Reporting | 2021" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Yarrabilba State Secondary College | School Annual Report | Queensland State School Reporting | 2022" (PDF). Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training. 2 June 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  18. 1 2 "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.
  19. ↑ "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.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ "Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD". My School . Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Yarrabilba State Secondary College, Yarrabilba, QLD -> 2023". My School . Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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