Events

MOTHER'S DAY STALL

We will hold our Mother's Day Stall on Friday May 12. Please see the flyer below. Each class will attend the stall with their teacher on this day. If you wish for your child to purchase something from the Mother's Day Stall, please send them with an appropriate amount of money on the day.

Thanks to the WPA for organising this event.

ANZAC CEREMONY 

On Monday April 24 we hosted a special assembly in honour of our service men and women, and to acknowledge ANZAC Day. 

The assembly was led by our Year 6 School Captains who took part in lowering and raising the flag, laying a ceremonial wreath, as well as reading a collection poems that they wrote themselves. 

We are very proud of the way our students conducted themselves during this assembly; they all demonstrated our values of Respect and Empathy by listening with their whole bodies, taking time to think about and celebrate our service men and women and by singing the National Anthem with pride. 

Our Year 6 Captains spoke clearly and with confidence; we are very impressed with the way they held the attention of our student body as well as the way they led by example. 

Jet Smith

Trenches dug deep in the ground

Bullets dart through the sky

Mud like quicksand

While smokey explosions fill the air with not a single fresh breathe to spare

Through the war this crazy affair

On the 25th of April we remember those who died for us

We call it anzac day, a day for them

Bloody bodies

Tanks and planes

Infections in the deep trenches

And thirst and hunger like no other

But through it all the poppy lives and grows in the solely soiled earth forever

For them

And after 4 years of fighting they can come out of the trenches and celebrate they can go back to their families and feel the ferocious feeling of pride knowing that they made a difference in plenty of people lives and those that died even more so

Lest we forget

Hannah Mackey

In a dark and muddy ditch soldiers huddle together standing strong against the harsh winds that whip their faces in a corner bloody and matter bodies lie motionless while their families are getting the news they have been dreading since their husband brothers and even sons left home we remember those who have lost their lives for us and we salute them as we honor those who have fought for our lives to be better lest we forget

In a warm and comforting home where the fire is a blaze a woman and her daughter sit worrying about their son and brother in those harsh climates then there is a knock at the door the woman gets up and walks to the door and gets a letter that has the news she has been dreading all month she and her daughter and the many families sit on the floor and weep for their husbands brothers grandparents and sons

lest we forget

From sunrise till sunset these wonderful and brave people fought for not just themselves not just for their family but for everyone in their beloved country in the hope that we will be free and their hard work and sacrifice was rewarded by freedom 

lest we forget     

Stella Kiltorp

We march on and salute these brave soldiers who fought for us in battlefields miles away.  Leaving their families to sacrifice for their country.  And not knowing if they would ever get to see their family again. 

Or when this time would end. They  lost mates along the way knowing that a family lost a brother a dad, grandpa or even a son.

They fought for us dawn to dusk, sunrise to sunset. Day to week. Week  to month. Month  to year. Sad day to scared day, to confused weak. And finally proud week. Hot summer days to cold icy nights. They never stoped fighting even when they thought all was lost. 

Thinking about freedom in fields with poppies that represented the blood our soldiers left behind on their journey. But now it also represents hope, courage for when they were fighting in those massive battlefields. But now it gives us a symbol of remembering those who fought for our freedom so today lest we forgot all those men who made a difference here in our world where we stand freedom today. 

Rex Rees - Rex chose to read a published poem, by Trish Reeves

We remember those on ANZAC Day…

In the early morning, just before sun-up and while the sky is still grey, 

we silently remember the fallen and the wounded on ANZAC Day. 

Those who fought for our allied countries, both here and on foreign shores

Those killed, wounded and all returned service personnel in all the world wars; 

service men and women of every distinction and all ranks... 

We give you all our heartfelt gratitude and our sincere thanks. 

ANZAC Day is a day to remember the mates who were left behind, 

all service personnel who returned home injured, shell shocked or blind, 

and also those psychologically scarred by the bloody battlefield – 

their experiences are too horrific to be discussed or revealed.... 

As a nation we are united by tragedies and terrible loss, 

and each year we stand together under the Great Southern Cross. 

They are not forgotten, or overlooked by the passing of the years... 

silently we stand and remember them as the sun slowly appears. 

And as the bugle plays “The Last Post” and we humbly watch the dawn break, 

we appreciate how courageous they were when our freedom was at stake. 

They were people – much loved and full of life when they answered the call, 

on April 25th each and every year, we will remember them all. 

(c)Trish Reeves 2021

Octavia Farfaglia - The Spirit of Anzac

The strong united Anzac forces fought so bravely side by side, 

on beaches, 

fields, 

and in trenches. 

With the fire of courage inside, 

they were fighting for their countries, and for freedom. 

They war may now be over, 

yet battles still go on. 

With the fighting deep inside, 

between the right and wrong. 

Lest we forget. 

WPA Movie Night

On Friday April 28th, the Wembley Parents Association (WPA) hosted 'Movie Night' at Wembley - showing on screen was DC League of Superpets!

Whilst wind and rain meant that the screening was moved into the Sports Hall, it was a successful event with everyone having lots of fun. 

The Movie Night raised funds for Social and Emotional Wellbeing resources within the school. We will update the community in our next newsletter about the final amounts raised - We're still busy counting coins at the moment! 

A BIG thank you to Russell Hunt, and the WPA volunteers for organising and running this event.