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Hills College - Educating global citizens
Hills College Jimboomba is a community minded school on a rural setting of 600 acres in the Scenic Rim region of Brisbane south, and yet still less than an hour’s drive to Brisbane city and the beaches of the Gold Coast.
The school has a growing academic reputation and has been listed as the number one ‘Most Improved Secondary School’ in Queensland based upon improvements in NAPLAN data over a five year period (reflecting improvements made in the 2009-2011 and 2012-2014 NAPLAN data).
There is an 18-hole golf course on site which services Hills Golf Academy students, and is world renowned in its development of young golfers – world number one ranked player Jason Day is a graduate of Hills College Golf Academy.
Hills Educational Foundation offers child care facilities, prep to year 12 academic programs, co-educational independent schooling, a language college, and a registered training organisation onsite, with amongst the lowest student/teacher ratios of any Queensland school.
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The college aim is ‘educating global citizens’ - further details are available on the college website hills.qld.edu.au.
If you would like a tour of the campus please contact reception on 5546 0667 to book.
Hills Early Learning Centre
Hills Early Learning Centre is a leader in early childhood education and care in the Jimboomba area.
Hills ELC provides care for children from six weeks through to school age, offering a Queensland government approved kindergarten program for the year before school starts. All of the programs throughout the centre are guided by the Early Years Learning Framework, and focus on children’s strengths, ideas, and interests.
The educators delivering these programs have many years of experience in the early education industry, and work alongside the centre manager to ensure that the programs are delivered holistically.
With a new manager commencing this year, Hills ELC has had a number of remarkable changes made which have lifted the quality of the centre immensely.
The centre is situated on the grounds of Hills International College, and enjoys views of the Hills golf course.
If you would like to arrange a time for a centre tour, please contact Tabitha or Ben on 5547 9616 to organise a suitable time.
Hills Golf Academy: Preparing champions for the future
Hills International Golf Academy is proud of the fact that they have helped in the development of world number one player, Jason Day.
Jason attended Hills College from 2002 to 2004 and was vice-captain of the college in his final year.
Former female number one, Yani Tseng, also attended Hills in her development years.
The academy has established a variety of exciting and unique golf education programs for young golfers with world class results.
With the longest golf course in Australia, its own 18 hole international standard golf course, and 8000 square metres of turf practice tees, Hills has created a state of the art training facility where students can live on our college campus within easy walking distance to all its facilities.
This provides a perfect opportunity for serious golfers to develop and maximise the professional skills necessary to perform at the most elite level.
Hills International Golf Academy has a variety of comprehensive training programs linked to Hills International College academic streams.
These links allow all golf students to strike a balance between their academic and sporting commitments, with a fully integrated timetable.
For further information, please contact the director of golf, USPGA ‘Teacher of the Year’, Tom Berndt at tom.berndt@hills.qld.edu.au or by phoning (07) 5547 9655.
