Department of Education - Victoria

Yinnar South Primary School is a gorgeous school nestled in the idyllic Jeeralang Hills. Our current enrolment is stable at 19 students, with a junior and a senior classroom running. The grounds include various playgrounds, a vegetable patch, chicken coop, basketball court and vast outdoor learning spaces. The Yinnar South Community Hall is on-site, and this is where our Playgroup operates as well as `Their Care' our outside of school hours care program is run from. This space is also where the students participate in food technology. Our extensive grounds have a variety of different spaces for our students to interact with their environment. 

The school is well resourced with a 1:1 laptop program. iPads are also used to support learning across curriculum areas. Promethean Interactive boards and large televisions also support student development in all inside learning spaces.

Yinnar South Primary School is a safe, inclusive learning environment where we strive to ensure that all students reach their full potential and receive targeted teaching and learning at their point of need. Our workforce consists of three teaching staff, three education support staff members and principal.  Our therapy dog, Winnie is onsite every day offering support, cuddles and a game of fetch for all students and staff. 

Literacy and Numeracy are key focuses at Yinnar South Primary School with all teaching staff able to identify the needs of all students and support them at their point of need. Students utilise all learning spaces throughout the school. Students participate in Art, Science, PE and Patch 2 Plate, which is our gardening and cooking program as well as MARC Van experience each week. 

Our school is committed to providing an environment where students feel supported to start, to try and don't give up. Students are encouraged to chant this motto in the classroom during inside learning and in the outside learning spaces where challenges are met, and opportunities are provided. Our student's model positive behaviour, and our classrooms are engaging, interesting and full of student voices sharing their learning. Our school acknowledges that student wellbeing and student learning outcomes are linked. Our school is an active member of the Yinnar and District Sports Association, connecting and working with other schools within our cluster. We attend camps with a variety of local primary schools. 

 

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth. 

SC3    Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4    Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.    

SC5    Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.