Welcome from the Principal
Mt Hira College is a safe and inclusive Islamic school located in Keysborough in the South East of Victoria, Australia. We are very proud that our school is nearing the conclusion of our school build – which commenced in 2000. We have a beautiful school with its landscaped gardens, state-of-the-art sporting and classroom facilities, a large library, computer labs, science labs, shaded outdoor areas, a lecture theatre and a comfortable common room for our Year 12 students. Mt Hira also has an impressive level of ICT integration with multiple computer labs, laptop programs and access, iPad’s projectors and smartboards across the Senior, Middle and Junior schools.
In 2021, Mt Hira College opened its state-of-the-art Early Learning Centre (ELC). The centre’s mission is to provide excellence in early childhood education and care for all children, in partnership with families, and in accordance with the National Quality Standard, the National Early Years Learning Framework and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.
We follow the Australian Curriculum (Years F-10) and provide high quality teaching and learning programs across the key learning areas of English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, Technologies, the Arts, Health and Physical Education and Languages other than English (with the options of Turkish and Arabic). A key component of the College’s identity is offering Religious Education (Islamic Studies) as part of our F-10 program and our Middle and Senior students are privileged to have direct access to the KTICC (Keysborough Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre) Mosque for daily Prayer.
We also offer a range of electives to students and the opportunity for Year 10 students to undertake VCE subjects early (‘Head Start’ VCE program). We also offer a range of extra-curricular programs like an after-school soccer program, public speaking, debating and sporting programs.
Mt Hira College has an excellent VCE program with quality VCE teachers and a wide range of VCE subjects to meet students’ interests and abilities. We provide VCE students with holiday classes and after-hours support, wellbeing programs and other supports as needed. Students are also encouraged and supported to participate in externally-run VCE programs designed to bolster their academic success.
We have a dedicated and experienced Wellbeing Team, equipped with professional counsellors, speech pathologists and support staff working onsite to ensure our students’ diverse learning and emotional needs are catered for. Mt Hira has a fantastic, ever-growing team of respected teachers and additional support staff.
Mt Hira College is highly multicultural and its doors are open to all students regardless of their backgrounds or beliefs. The College endeavours to make everyone feel like they belong and all steps are taken to make sure that all College stakeholders and the greater community are treated with respect. Our inclusive environment builds students’ confidence, sense of self and encourages students to act with authenticity and kindness. Our College practices continually reinforce five key values that assist our College to achieve our objectives and to strive towards fulfilling our pedagogical vision. These values are;
-Respect
-Responsibility
-Fairness
-Honesty
-Excellence
We look forward to showing you our lovely school, though with our recent school growth we do have limited spaces in most of our year levels. Tours can be booked through the Front Office on (03) 9709 0100.
Mr. Tim Campbell
Acting College Principal