St James Lutheran College - Hervey Bay
Welcome to St James Lutheran College
St James Lutheran College opened in January 2003. The school was established in response to parents who wanted a quality Christian education for their children.
St James caters for students from Prep to Year 12
Students are encouraged to develop to the best of their potential in a caring environment where each child is valued as an individual.
Students at St James Lutheran College are provided with experiences to encourage their becoming life- long learners through investigation, creativity, communication and reflecting.
Among the modern facilities at the school are interactive whiteboards in classrooms, along with pods of computers.
St James Lutheran College offers small class sizes, ensuring children receive individual attention.
Please contact the school to find out about our very affordable fees and discounts for siblings.
Curriculum
Subjects at St James Lutheran College include:
• English
• Numeracy
• Science
• Studies of Society and the Environment (SOSE)
• Information Technology
• Christian Studies
• Health and Physical Education
• Art & Craft
All classes from Prep to Year 7 have a music lesson with a specialist music teacher.
Our middle and senior schools are now blessed with state of the art learning facilities. With double streams at each middle and senior level, St James is able to offer a personalised yet varied curriculum learning experience.
Learning Extension and Learning Assistance
St James Lutheran College has an intensive whole school internal testing program. This enables groupings to be arranged to provide support to those students needing assistance and extension to those who have the ability to be working beyond their year level.
Extra Curricular
St James understands the importance of providing extra-curricular activities for students to become involved in as not only can it benefit students’ academic results it can also promote social development.
By providing a wide range of activities students have many opportunities to become involved with extra-curricular activities to enhance their College experience.
The Arts
Students in the Primary School and Secondary School are provided with many opportunities to engage in the Arts by participating in:
Arts Fest Week and associated competitions
Dance Groups School musicals and productions
Primary School and Secondary School Choirs
Various Bands
Individual Music Tutorial in a range of instruments – brass, woodwind, strings, piano and voice.
Sport
Sport is an important part of college life.
All students at St James Lutheran College enjoy an active sport curriculum and have many opportunities to participate in inter-house and inter-school competitions, in addition to representing the school at district, region, state and country levels if successful.
St James has an annual carnival program that includes:
Athletics
Swimming
Cross Country.
Following these events, students may be selected to participate further at local, district and state levels also.