Yirara College

The annual Yirara confirmation service is an important occasion in the worship life of the college.

On the 20 March students and staff from Yirara College and members of the community celebrated the launch of ‘The Yirara Mix Book’, a book of stories and poetry written and illustrated by students.

Confirmation weekend is an important weekend in the life of Yirara College. On 2 November, 2014 10 young people were confirmed.

In August 2013 we came to central Australia to volunteer at Yirara College for one year. We are Lorena, Magdalena and Dorothea and are also known as ‘the three German ladies’.

With the beautiful clear blue sky as a background, forty white balloons rose into the air over Yirara College. It was the end of the final Sunday worship service for term one.

Earlier this year, senior student, Timmy Watson travelled to Canberra as a winner in the ABC’s national Heywire competition for 2011.

Year 10 students at Yirara College are once again preparing for a block of Vocational and Educational Training in Schools (VETis).

Bent metal rods, sharp-pointed nails and creative young hands have combined at Yirara College to enhance the Easter celebration of the school community.

I drove the Troopie around to the dormitory to collect three girls who had asked about visiting an elderly relative in the Old Timers’ Retirement Village.

Yirara College and Living Waters Lutheran School, both based in Alice Springs, were recently announced as the winners of the GenerationOne Hands Across Australia song competition.