Yarra Me School 2021

  • Our School
    • School History
    • YarraMe Way >
      • Who we are?
      • What we do?
      • How we do it? >
        • Team Around the Learner
        • Understanding Behaviour
        • Zones of Regulation
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    • Working at YarraMe
    • Contact Us >
      • Compass (secure log in)
  • Outreach
    • Outreach Services >
      • Outreach Coaching Service
      • Secondary Consult
      • ASD Consultancy
    • Inclusive Resources
  • Intake
    • Hurstbridge Farm
    • Joey Program
    • Burra Program
  • Professional Learning
    • Attachment and Trauma Theory Course
    • Understanding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Course
    • Supporting Wellbeing & Mental Health Course
    • Professional Learning FAQs
  • Community
    • Child Safety Standards
    • School Council (secure log in)
  • Parent Resources
    • Help Desk
    • Courses for Parents
  • Our School
    • School History
    • YarraMe Way >
      • Who we are?
      • What we do?
      • How we do it? >
        • Team Around the Learner
        • Understanding Behaviour
        • Zones of Regulation
        • SEL
        • TORA
        • Language and Literacy
        • Interpersonal Skills
        • SWPBS
    • Reports
    • Working at YarraMe
    • Contact Us >
      • Compass (secure log in)
  • Outreach
    • Outreach Services >
      • Outreach Coaching Service
      • Secondary Consult
      • ASD Consultancy
    • Inclusive Resources
  • Intake
    • Hurstbridge Farm
    • Joey Program
    • Burra Program
  • Professional Learning
    • Attachment and Trauma Theory Course
    • Understanding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Course
    • Supporting Wellbeing & Mental Health Course
    • Professional Learning FAQs
  • Community
    • Child Safety Standards
    • School Council (secure log in)
  • Parent Resources
    • Help Desk
    • Courses for Parents

Sharing the Responsibility

We work in partnership with many agencies across Victoria to provide the best possible therapeutic education for seriously troubled children, young people and families, including:

  • local councils
  • children and adolescent mental health services
  • psychiatric hospitals
  • mainstream and special schools
  • other specialist and mainstream care providers
  • courts and the judiciary



Our School Council

Welcome Message from the YarraMe School Council President

School Councils are important partners in shaping future directions, improving student achievement, developing policy, building partnerships, enhancing communication and promoting safe and healthy school cultures.

Thank-you to our school councillors who have volunteered their valuable time and expertise to fulfil the important role as a member of our YarraMe School community.

As in previous years, YarraMe School is pleased to issue the School Council Welcome Package, full of valuable resources, tips, and ideas for a successful school year. As informed by the school council forums, the School Governance Network’s ten practical tips for councils can be accessed here

This package of information will guide you to the valuable resources from the Department of Education and Training (DET).


DET has detailed information about school councils online providing advice for schools and school councils that are a guide to ensure strong effective partnerships. A training package for school councils, Improving School Governance, has been developed to improve the knowledge, understanding and skills of school council members, school council presidents and school principals. The package consists of four modules: Induction, Strategic Planning, Finance, and Policy Development and Review. The modules can also be accessed online. Participants can complete the modules at their own pace, in any order and are able to return to each module as many times as necessary. To access the online training, https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/school-council-training/policy​ 

On behalf of the YarraMe School Council and YarraMe staff, I wish to thank our school councillors for providing their time as valued members of our school council for the 2022 school year.

Best wishes for an excellent year.

Nicholas Abbey                                                                                                 
School Council President  
                                                                           

Elected Council Members 


Nominee Members
Nicholas Abbey - School Governance Network (President)
Sasha Briseno - Parent Representative 
(Vice President)
Lena LaMendola - Hurstbridge Farm Nominee Department Of Families, Fairness and Housing
Elizabeth Dwyer - Area Director Nominee, North Eastern Melbourne
Department Of Families, Fairness and Housing



Community Members
Anne Smithies - VCAA (Treasurer)
Sarah Diplock - Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency  
Dr Anna Bortoli - Learning Visually

Fleur Warburton - Parent Representative



DET School Based Staff Members
Nance Sidoti - YarraMe School (Executive Officer)
Nicole Buljevic - YarraMe School
David Watson - YarraMe School
Jonathan Stone - YarraMe School 


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  • Management and Governance
  • Annual Implementation Plan 2022
  • Education Partnership Resource
  • Strategic Plan 2019-2022
  • Annual Report 2020
  • School Council 2022 Dates

Community and Education Partnerships

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Email yarra.me.sch@education.vic.gov.au | Phone (03) 9478 8895 | Fax (03) 9478 6686 | Address Highview Road Preston Vic 3072 | Postal PO Box 8228 Northland Centre VIC 3072  | ABN 32 453 166 084
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