YPCC "Yuille Campus"
YPCC "Yuille Campus"
The Yuille Campus, is a flexible learning option (FLO) which provides alternative learning opportunities for Ballarat youth in secondary years. We work with students to re-engage in education, individualise our approach based on strengths, goals and passions, supporting them to reach their full potential.
Flexible learning options
We work with students to re-engage in education, individualise our approach based on strengths, goals and passions, supporting them to reach their full potential.
“The Yuille Campus provides a trauma informed and individualised learning space as a meaningful alternative to mainstream education, where strong, positive relationships underpin everything we aim to achieve.”
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The Yuille Campus is a place for our young people to be nurtured and empowered, to grow, flourish and connect.
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To provide exceptional flexible learning where an individualised approach allows all to feel empowered, grow, flourish and connect.
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To achieve our vision our mission is to…
Individualise learning
Develop relationships
Be trauma informed
Provide modified timetables
Identify and nurture individual strengths and passions
Facilitate low staff/student ratios
Provide a hollistic approach
Embrace diversity
Apply growth mindsets
Encourage high expectations
Be student centred in our approach
Be a safe, supportive and predictable space to learn
Model positive behaviours
Learn through camps and experiences
Build enthusiasm, capacity and hope
Provide needed resources
Build strong community partnerships
Live and breath the YPCC values of - BELONGING, EMPATHY, EFFORT and RESPECT
The Model
The Model
The Yuille Campus FLO is built around two main class rooms. The Pod 4 program which supports years 7, 8 and 9 students and the Pod 5 program which caters to years 10, 11 and 12 students. Teachers, Educational Support and our Allied Health team work collaboratively to team teach and give our students a positive educational experience.
At Yuille we offer a wide range of extra programs and supports to help our young people reach their potential through individual, small group, classroom/pod based and whole campus learning experiences.
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The Pod 4 program applies a modified Victorian Curriculum to engage students from year 7 through to 9 in their learning journey. The core learning within Pod 4 involves literacy (reading and writing), numeracy, wellbeing and personal development, science, health and physical education. The program also offers a wide range of elective-based programs such as cooking, industry and trade based skills, sport and fitness, ICT and gaming, art and creative learning experiences tailored to student needs. Students in Pod 4 also have access to our award winning Yuille Explorers Program aligned with real world learning experiences.
The Pod 4 program has capacity to support students via multiple teachers, education support, tutor and industry trained staff. Students also have access to a wellbeing support team including a Mental Health Practitioner, schools nurse and school employed occupational therapist and psychologist.
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The Pod 5 (years 10, 11 and 12) program delivers the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) curriculum to engage students in their learning. Students engage in the 4 core units of Literacy, Numeracy, Work Related Skills and Personal Development Skills in the context of real world, purposeful learning experiences.
Students are encouraged to find a Vocational Education and Training (VET) course that matches their personalised interests and matches their potential pathways for the future. Students also have the opportunity to create a personalised timetable that meets them at their point of need and allows them to participate successfully in VPC, VET and Structured Workplace Learning (SWL). Students in Pod 5 also have access to our award winning Yuille Explorers Program aligned with real world learning experiences.
The Pod 5 program supports students via multiple teachers, education support, tutor and industry trained staff. Students also have access to a wellbeing support team including Mental Health Practitioner, schools nurse and school employed occupational therapist and psychologist.
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The Yuille Campus is dedicated to putting in place the best supports and programs that we can find to support our young people. These include programs such as:
ICan Program
Food Bank
CAFS Thread Together
Industry tours
Skill building activities
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC)
Careers expo’s
Gym programs
Camps and excursions
Services access and support
Yuille Explorers Program (Y.E.P)
Music programs
Student electives
Trauma informed practices
Sexual health/ The Gist
Allied health team - OT, Psychologist, Mental Health Practitioner and Nurse.
“I have been to a few secondary schools and Yuille stands out to me because the teachers spend time building relationships to be able to better support myself and others”
Targeted Supports
Individualised lessons and supports to meet the needs of our diverse students
The Method
The Method
Classroom
The core subjects are imperative to the successful future of the students. The delivery varies however and core subjects are embedded throughout Classroom and Elective opportunities. The students learn the life long skills necessary through areas of interest and while doing so continue to develop their interpersonal skills and to strive to demonstrate active and informed citizenship within society.
The core subjects at YPCC 'Yuille Campus' include:
Literacy - Reading and Writing
Numeracy
Wellbeing, Personal and Social
Yuille Explorers Program (Y.E.P)
Health and Physical Education
VPC Units of Literacy, Numeracy, Personal Development and Work Related skills for students in Pod 5
Flexible Study
Individualised Learning at Yuille Campus means custom and modified timetables, unique to each student
“I just didn’t fit in at my old school. I couldn’t do a lot of the work in big groups where teachers taught things I didn’t understand. At Yuille Campus I get to learn in small groups and do projects with choice, plus in the end the experiences at Yuille Campus will help me to get a good job doing what I like to do.”
Electives
Electives include opportunities in the areas of:
Metal Fabrication
Wood Work
The Arts
Food Technology
Science
Sport and Recreation
Experiential learning through immersive exursions in the community
Literacy, numeracy and other relevant curriculum are embedded within the above elective opportunities.
Building on Passions
Yuille Campus delivers an individualised approach based on strengths, goals and passions
Experience
Students at YPCC 'Yuille Campus FLO' experience learning within the community in which they live regularly. Excursion opportunities are included in the Yuille Explorers Program and include visits to the Melbourne CBD, hardware stores, Lake Wendouree, recreational facilities and any other areas of interest that the staff team in consultation with the students believe will support their goals to be life long learners.
In 2025 some of the experiences offered included surf lessons in Torquay, sailing on Lake Wendouree, visits to markets in Melbourne, the Melbourne Performing Arts Center, rock climbing at CliffHanger and tours of industry and potential pathways such as working farms and Ballarat based business’.
All of these learning experiences held purpose and were embraced by those who had shown responsible choice making and in turn earnt each privilege.
Learn in real life
Practicing skills in the community in which we live gives meaning to learning and helps students to build valuable relationships
“I found my secondary school too hard, I was in trouble for not being able to do my work. I started to hang out with my mates up the street and stopped attending school. Yuille Campus allows me a flexible timetable that suits my needs. I have started to improve my reading comprehension and numeracy and this will help me when I start looking for a job.”
The Team
The Team
“At Yuille, it’s not just about providing a good quality education for students, it’s also about building strong relationships. Yuille focuses strongly on teaching students’ confidence, teamwork, and on helping them build the resilience and belief in themselves that will allow them to take on all of life’s challenges. ”
The YPCC 'Yuille Campus' is led by Assistant Principal Beau Guest with carefully planned consultation and support from main campus Principal, Brett Shillito and Assistant Principal, Sam Turner.
We understand that the students who attend YPCC 'Yuille Campus' have experienced challenges in their lives to date and for this reason all students have the privilege of learning with a minimum of two staff members along with support staff, each and every time they participate in a class at 'Yuille Campus.'
We believe that this staffing structure is imperative as we strive to support all student needs and to ensure they reach their full potential academically, socially and emotionally. The structure ensures that students can be supported in the most effective way possible to engage as learners.
The Pod 4 Team is driven by teachers Corey Grills and Luke Coulter, Education Support and Industry trained staff such as Tom Sarah and John Welford, MHP Anna Harber and tutor Michelle O’Brien.
The Pod 5 Team is driven by teachers Jack Sullivan, Tim Medlyn and Kaye Lock, Education Support and Industry trained staff such as Craig Montgomery, Beck Ashmore and John Welford, MHP Anna Harber and tutor Michelle O’Brien.
