Woodcrest State College
Woodcrest State College is a coeducational public Prep–Year 12 school located in the City of Ipswich suburb of Springfield in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 1600 students each year, with an official count of 1772 students in 2020. Since 2022, Woodcrest State College's role of Executive Principal has been held by Jeff Jones. The school also consists of two Heads of School, one Business Services Manager, two Guidance Officers and 91 teaching staff. Sporting houses. Woodcrest State College includes the following four sporting houses with their respective colours: Facilities . Facilities at Woodcrest State College include: Curriculum. Prep–Year 6. The Prep–Year 6 curriculum is developed from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority and includes English, Mathematics, Science, History and Geography. Additionally, specialist lessons are also provided, with Music lessons provided to Prep–Year 3 students, Health & Physical Education lessons provided to Prep–Year 6 students and Japanese lessons provided to Years 4–6 students. Signature programs. Catalyst Program. The Catalyst Program is a four-year program that enables students to engage in academically rigorous, inquiry-based learning in order to attain academic excellence. These students have opportunities to  engage in innovative learning experiences in which they solve real-world problems with the aid of emerging technologies. Academy Sports Programs. Woodcrest State College includes the Academy Sports Programs of the Basketball Academy, the Volleyball Academy and the AFL School of Excellence. Students selected in one of these programs are offered high-level coaching with access to elite competitions. WesTEC Trade Training Centre. The WesTEC Trade Training Centre is a national Trade Training Centre operated by Woodcrest State College in partnership with Forest Lake State High School, Redbank Plains State High School and Springfield Central State High School. WesTEC's  training partner, TAFE South West, provides industry standard training to Years 11 and 12 students in a range of training areas including automotive, construction, engineering, hairdressing, health support services and logistics. English. English is a compulsory core subject across the Year 7–10 curriculum. Students in Year 10 study either General English or Essential English. English subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include the General subject of English and the Applied subject of Essential English. Mathematics. Mathematics is a compulsory core subject across the Year 7–10 curriculum. Mathematics subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include  the General subjects of General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics, and the Applied subject of Essential Mathematics. Humanities. The Humanities faculty consists of the compulsory core subjects of History, Geography, Business & Economics and Civics & Citizenship across the Year 7-10 curriculum, with Business & Economics and Civics & Citizenship studied in Years 9 and 10 only. In Year 10, the elective subject of Philosophy is available. Humanities subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include the General subjects of Accounting, Ancient History, Business, Geography, Legal Studies and Modern History. Science. Science is a compulsory core subject across the Year  7–9 curriculum. Elective science subjects available to students in Year 10 include the semester-long subjects of Biology & Chemistry, Psychology, Science in Practice and Physics, Earth & Environmental. Science subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include the General subjects of Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science and Physics, and the Applied subject of Science in Practice. Japanese. Japanese is the Language Other Than English studied at Woodcrest State College, which is studied for one semester in Years 7 and 8. From Year 9, Japanese becomes an elective subject. Health & Physical Education. Health & Physical Education is a compulsory core subject  across the Year 7–9 curriculum. Elective Health & Physical Education subjects available to students in Year 10 include Physical Education and Sport & Recreation. Health & Physical Education subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include the General subject of Physical Education and the Applied subject of Early Childhood Studies. The Arts. Year 7 students rotate through the Arts subjects of Media Studies, Music and Visual Arts whereas Year 8 students undertake these same subjects as well as Dance. The subjects of Dance, Music and Visual Art are studied as elective subjects in Year 9 and in Year 10, the four  subjects of Dance, Media Studies, Music and Visual Art are available. Arts subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include the General subjects of Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Art and Film, Television & New Media. Technology. The subjects of Home Economics and Manual Arts are studied for one semester by all students in Years 7 and 8. In Year 9, these subjects become electives and the subject of Digital Technologies becomes available. Technology subjects available to students in Years 11 and 12 include the General subject of Design and the Applied subjects of Engineering Skills, Furnishing Skills, Hospitality Practices , Industrial Graphics Skills and Information & Communication Technology. STEM. Woodcrest State College's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program is an elective subject available to Year 10 academic students. In this program, students have opportunities to develop skills such as communication, collaboration, creative and critical thinking, ICT skills and personal social skills. Vocational Education & Training. Vocational Education & Training (VET) courses available to students in Years 11 and 12 include: