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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.

As a Catholic Community, we aspire to lead in faith, guide with love and inspire through learning. Take courage, it is I…Be not afraid - Matthew 14:27 With a focus on Christ at the centre of our learning. Our aim is to ensure that our students become successful life-long learners, ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century. What this means is that whatever new situation or environment our students find themselves in, in the future, they will feel confident in their ability to learn new knowledge and skills. This confidence in their ability to learn is acquired in an environment where they will be stimulated to question and inquire, be asked to practise, be given feedback, encouraged to take risks and challenged to take responsibility for their learning so they can become the best person they can be. As a Catholic school we have a strong belief in the dignity of each child in our care, because each one of us is made in the image of God, this gives us a framework for how we educate, how we provide discipline and how we provide support and pastoral care for our students. We want our students to develop all their gifts, achieve their full potential, so we provide many opportunities for them to develop, not only in the core areas of literacy and numeracy, but also in areas of the Arts, Technology, Languages, Humanities, Sciences, Health and Physical Education. A holistic approach to education is what we provide and we believe this prepares students successfully for life after school. Ensuring that they have both the knowledge and skills, such as, communication, teamwork, critical thinking, technology use and problem solving which will allow them to adapt to an ever changing world.

The Knox School is one of Melbourne’s best independent co-educational, values-based schools. We celebrate each person’s unique spirit without any religious affiliation offering education from Early Learning to Year 12. The Knox School has a proud set of achievements in its young history and we judiciously take the best of our history and traditions and meld them with contemporary attitudes and behaviours to support our current needs. We recognise our cultural and spiritual diversity and we commit to the values that bind us into a thriving community and underpin everything we do: Achievement – Accomplishing ‘personal bests’ in the world of work, education and personal development. Care and Empathy – Being emotionally and physically supported, helping others and understanding their perspectives. Resilience – The mental/psychological skill to properly adapt to stress and adversity Respect – Honour or regard for the worth of others. Responsibility – Being personally accountable for and able to make decisions influencing a course of action. In providing the best possible education and future opportunities for our students, we positively influence not only their future but also the future of those with whom they come in contact. We warmly invite you to visit The Knox School and see how we can care for your child. I look forward to personally welcoming you on one of our regular tours. Please contact our Registrar, Tania Castles, to arrange a time to come and discover the Knox difference for yourself.