Chinchilla State School has great students, great staff and great parents. It is very much supported by the community and values student success in all areas including academic, sporting and cultural. Chinchilla State School's motto of 'Play the Game' is incorporated in the school's vision of 'All children Learning to the Best of their Ability'. This is underpinned by the explicit teaching and implementation of schools values of learning, respect, responsibility, belonging and safety. The school offers curriculum programs in line with Education Queensland with a strong focus on literacy and numeracy. Students in Years 6 and 7 study Japanese. Learning is supported by a special needs teacher (literacy and numeracy) as well as a Guidance Officer and a student support committee. Literacy is a core essential in all learning. Chinchilla State School has a reading motto that was developed by students and voted on by the school community of "Reading Rocks, Chinchilla State School Socks!". The school operates a whole school reading program encouraging students and their families to read together each night. Weekly acknowledgement occurs of students who achieve the milestones in the "Read with" program. Each day students in Year 6 read with students in Years 1 and 2 for 15 minutes in the ROAR program - Reading Out Allowed Rocks The school rewards and acknowledges the appropriate behaviour. This acknowledgement occurs with weekly High Five awards, Give them a Hand awards given daily and Celebration Day at the end of each term for students who consistently display the attributes of a self-managed learner. Students are further supported by mentoring programs and chaplaincy. Opportunities for extension exist through the District Young Speakers competition, organised by the school, attendance at Writers Festivals, nomination in Literacy competitions and attendance at Gifted and Talented camps. Student leaders are developed by attending Impact Leadership, operating Project Club, organising sporting equipment loans and sporting..