Lauriston’s educational vision is to be a school for life. Our goal is to provide rigorous, innovative and engaging academic and co-curricular programs. We use a holistic approach to ensure our students develop the academic, emotional, ethical and social skills essential for success in the 21st Century. Our programs are underpinned by five core values. We value relationships and believe they should be based upon respect, understanding and tolerance. We value the courage to question, to act independently, to think differently, to face physical and moral challenges, and the courage to make decisions. We value creative reflection and the ability to assess both the rational and aesthetic when problem solving. We value intellectual enquiry and believe true understanding is having the ability to ask why and how. We value engagement in life and encourage students to connect with and value local, national and global communities. Lauriston is a K-12 school and offers a range of programs and facilities at different year levels. Our coeducational kindergarten for 3 and 4 year olds offer full day programs based on the Reggio Emilia philosophy, which places play as the basis of successful early learning. Our dedicated Prep to Year 2 campus features small class sizes to ensure increased individual support. We are the first independent school in Australia accredited to deliver the Australian Developmental Curriculum –a student centred approach that combines explicit teaching, investigation and play. Our Year 3 to 6 programs have a strong focus on literacy, numeracy and enquiry-based learning. We offer purpose built science and technology centres for both Junior and Secondary School and a one-to-one laptop program from Years 5 to 12. There is a strong emphasis on pastoral and academic care throughout the school. In Years 7 and 8 learning is linked across to support the provision of the pastoral and academic care program. Year 9 students are based at Lauriston’s unique Howqua campus; a residential experience that combines..