Yarra Valley Grammar overlooks the Yarra Valley and picturesque Dandenong Ranges. Our students excel under the guidance of great teachers who love what they do and seek to inspire them to strive for excellence. The School offers an extensive range of contemporary opportunities and sets high standards of performance, encouraging all students to achieve their personal best.
Great teachers are able to vary the way they teach to suit the way each student learns. This takes patience, flexibility and the ability to see things from the students’ perspective. Yarra Valley Grammar’s team of teachers know their material, love their subjects and love to teach. They have a genuine interest in getting to know their students, so they can teach them effectively, encourage them to achieve their best, identify issues or problems, and care for their welfare.
Yarra Valley Grammar’s broad curriculum is responsive to individual student needs, with extra opportunities for enrichment and support. Key Learning Areas include Art and Design, Business Studies, Design and Technology, English, Health and Physical Education, Humanities, ICT, Languages, Mathematics, Outdoor Education and Science.
A unique aspect of Yarra Valley Grammar is its spacious grounds and extensive onsite playing fields, superior facilities for music, drama and dance within the School’s Performing Arts Centre and Music School and the School’s internationally acclaimed Hearing Unit has a high-tech facility onsite.
Welcome to Koonung Secondary College. Koonung Secondary College is a vibrant and thriving learning community located in Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs, close to public transport, surrounded by parkland and excellent sporting facilities. Our College motto, ‘Excellence through Endeavour’ guides our work and approach in ensuring that every student is provided with the key skills to reach their aspirations and goals. Our College stands by its strong values of excellence, endeavour, respect, resilience, collaboration and resilience. We pride ourselves upon the high level of support we provide our students, both academically, socially, and emotionally.
Our programs and approach enable our students to develop-
Aspiration to achieve academic excellence
The ability to think critically and creatively
The ability to be adaptable and resilient
Respect for self, others and the wider community
Strengths in developing the whole person, including sport, leadership, culture and community development
We are a College that consistently focus on self-improvement, including our approaches to improving teaching and learning as well as the physical environment. The College has recently opened a new $6.05 million Middle Years learning space and planning for the renewal and re-development of learning spaces is continuing.
Our students’ VCE results and NAPLAN achievement is consistently strong, and we are proud of the pathways of our students. We have a supportive parent and carer community and exceptional links to community groups to ensure that every student develops holistically in a wide range of endeavours.
I invite you to explore our website to view the range of exciting activities and programs on offer to support the academic, social, and emotional learning of our students. The best way to appreciate our warm and friendly learning environment, our programs and our positive learning culture is to see the College for yourself. I would be delighted to show you and your child around.