Mental Health in Primary Schools - 0.5 MHWL

Location Profile

Lavers Hill K-12 College is set across two unique campuses in the beautiful Otway region of South West Victoria. Our main Lavers Hill campus is a welcoming rural College located along the Great Ocean Road, surrounded by extensive landscaped grounds and excellent recreational and sporting facilities. We offer a rich and engaging learning environment that supports students to develop both academically and socially within a vibrant and inclusive community. The College delivers a broad curriculum aligned to the Victorian Curriculum F¿10, alongside Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), VCE Vocational Major (VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) programs, in addition to flexible primary and kindergarten programs. Through our involvement in the Coastal Cluster of schools, students can access a broader range of VCE and VET opportunities across the region. We are also proud members of the Polwarth Small Schools Cluster, providing students with opportunities to participate in combined camps, sporting events and broader social learning experiences with other small rural schools.

Our second campus in Colac, the Greater Otways Applied Learning School (GOALS), operates as a Flexible Learning Option (FLOs) program supporting young people who may be disengaged from mainstream education. GOALS provides a highly supportive, relationship-based and pathway-focused learning environment, underpinned by trauma-informed practice and the Berry Street Education Model. Many students successfully reconnect with education through GOALS and transition into further study, traini…