Harris Fields State School is a band 9 school located in Logan City and is part of the Logan Beaudesert Education District and the South East Region. Harris Fields has a high proportion of students with English as a second language, drawn from a large Pacific Island community. Approximately seven percent of our students are from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' community. The number of refugees fluctuates but is increasing to add to the rich cultural mix of our school. The school vision, 'success through encouragement, inspiration and leadership' is at the centre of our school. We target excellence in our curriculum and encourage all students to pursue high levels of educational attainment. There is a focus on enabling students to become active citizens in a learning, rapidly changing and digital society. Our curriculum is focussed on preparing young people to be active and reflective citizens by supporting students to become active in the community, by building students' confidence in their relationships with other cultures in Australia and abroad and by creating a safe, tolerant and disciplined environment for all. While supporting these values we maintain a strong focus on literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology skills. We have a love of the Arts which is clearly demonstrated in our musicals, concerts and choirs, a reflection of the richness of the many cultures of our school. Youth and Family Services provide a full time family therapist for our family centre which offers support to students and their families. Harris Fields signed its National Partnership Agreement at the end of 2009. This agreement has provided our school community with increased resources to support our students through a comprehensive personalised support network that allows staff to cater for the range of student needs, including our gifted and talented students. A specialist visual arts teacher provides an extensive art program for our students and an extension program exists for our highly..