Inclusion

Our Wembley Inclusion Team, includes the following staff members who collectively drive our work towards our SSP goal of: Enhancing student wellbeing and inclusion . 

Yard Supports & Student Engagement 

We’ve made several adjustments this term to ensure students feel safe, supported and connected during recess and lunch:

• More leaders in the yard to increase visibility and support
• Education Support staff providing one-to-one active supervision and support for students in the yard
• Help Hub, a student‑led station offering low‑level assistance (e.g., finding a friend, choosing an activity)
• Consistent teacher supervision, with staff rostered to the same areas to build familiarity and relationships
• ES supervision in key areas, including toilets, to ensure safe and appropriate use
• Quiet Club and the Wellbeing Room open for students who prefer calm, structured spaces

We also have a number of students participating in the Iron Champions program, a wellbeing initiative that helps young people build resilience, confidence and healthy habits through physical activity, teamwork and goal‑setting. It focuses on developing persistence, self‑belief and positive routines — skills that support learning and social success.

Harmony Week

Harmony Week 2026 was celebrated in many forms across the school this term. In classrooms, students read and engaged with a variety of mentor texts throughout the week. They learnt about inclusion and celebrations around the world. 

Our whole school also added to our world map to collect data on how diverse Wembley Primary School is! Please come and visit the map in the foyer of the main building.

On the Friday, all of our Year Six Cohort participated in a leadership opportunity where they presented to a younger year level about how important it is to stand up to racism. We are so proud of how the students embraced this opportunity, and you can read more in the Year Six slideshow in this newsletter.

We would like to give a special shout out to our Inclusion Captains, Charlie and Charlotte who led many of these items! Our assembly was full of crafted Harmony Hands, with a pledge to stand up against racism. 

Project Rockit

In Week 9, year 4, 5 and 6 students participated in the Project Rockit incursion around bullying and upstanding. The students were engaged in discussion around appropriate strategies and were guided around how to support each other. They engaged with content around help-seeking behaviours and how to help out their peers when things go wrong. 

Help Hub

Our new Help Hub is in full swing! Our Helping Hands leaders, Dela and Mackenzie, have done a great job of setting up our new Help Hub. Students can find Help Hub in the yard (on the OSHC deck) during lunch and recess. It is a place where students can come if they are not sure what to do, need help to find their friends, need a hand with a small problem or need an umpire for a game. We have already helped 76 students in the short time it has been open!

A big thank you to the first round of Y5 and Y6 volunteers for making this happen! 

Wembley News & Wembley Magazine

The latest episode of Wembley News has just been released! The latest edition includes: Meet the Preps, Harmony Day, Help Hub and the famous House Point Challenge. The episodes can be found via the school website under 'community'. If you have not done so already, please complete the permissions requirements on Sentral to confirm permission for your child to be on Wembley News.

Our student made Wembley Magazine has also launched this term. We were so excited to read our first edition full of writing pieces and fun activities from students of all year levels. The magazine is available in classrooms and the BER library for students to read, as well as the school website. An enormous thank you to Mr Zammit for getting this project up and running. If your child is featured and you would like to purchase a personal copy please send an expression of interest to: simon.zammit@education.vic.gov.au