A Message from Vassie 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land, the Wurundjeri, Woi Wurrung and Boonwurrung Peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Aboriginal people have a deep and continuous connection to the place now called Victoria. Aboriginal people have lived in the Maribyrnong River valley for over 40,000 years.

Welcome to Week Ten of Term Two, and our final newsletter for Term Two. 

Thank You

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our students, staff and parents for their support, partnership and effort throughout Term Two. 

What a great term it has been and we have had much to celebrate with Education Week Open Morning, parent helpers in our classrooms, incursions, excursions, Mother's Day Stall, Disco, WPA meetings, School Council meetings, sporting events, choir performances, Reconciliation Week acknowledgement, student fundraising events, student support group meetings, breakfast club continuing, Welcome Wembley club commencing, camps, excursions, and many more day to day learning experiences and celebrations. 

Wishing our Year Two students all the best as they head off to Sunnystones Camp on Thursday 20 June. 

We are incredibly proud of our students' learning and wellbeing growth, and greatly appreciate our teachers' focus on the learning, health and wellbeing of all students throughout this term. We thank our parents for your partnership. 

We very much look forward to Term Three!

Last Day of Term Two - Friday 28 June - 2:30 dismissal

Term Two concludes on Friday 28 June at 2.30pm, with assembly from 2:10pm. 

We wish all of our Wembley PS families a safe and restful Winter break. 

We look forward to welcoming our community back to school after the holidays. 

Term 3 Commencement - Monday 15 July 8:55am

Term 3 will commence on Monday 15 July at 8.55am. 

Their care will be operating a holiday program throughout the winter break. Bookings can be made by directly contacting TheirCare on wembley@theircare.com.au, ph: 1300 072 410.

DRESS UP DAY - FRIDAY 28 JUNE

Our Junior School Councillors (JSC) have arranged a Winter Wonderland Dress Up Day of Friday 28 June.

Students are invited to dress for Winter. Students may wear pyjama’s, dressing gowns, oodies, beanies, and other warm clothing for the day. 

JSC are asking for a gold coin donation, which will be donated to the Royal Children’s Hospital. 

Thanking Anna Kikidis, Adriana Jankulovski and our remarkable Junior School Councillors for planning this fantastic event for a great cause. 

PREP 2025 ENROLMENTS

A reminder to families who have children of school age wishing to enrol their child for prep in 2025, to enrol at your earliest convenience. Please visit our school website and/or contact the office to seek an enrolment form. I will be sending enrolment confirmation letter to families in late July.

Smoking Ceremony - Friday 19 July - 9:00-9:45

We will be holding a smoking ceremony on Friday 19 July - 9:00-9:45 in honour of NAIDOC Week. Parents, carers and siblings are welcome to come along. See below for photos of our smoking ceremony from last year. 

Remaining Pupil Free Days - Term 3 and Term 4

As previously shared, please note we have two upcoming dates below, which are pupil free days:

• Wednesday 24 July - Victorian Curriculum 2.0 
• Monday 4 November - Report Writing Day

TheirCare will be operating on the pupil free days to provide care for students, if required by families. Bookings can be made by directly contacting TheirCare on wembley@theircare.com.au, ph: 1300 072 410.

Semester One Reporting - Reports and Student Led Conferences

Teachers have been assessing student learning achievements and writing student reports, celebrating student learning growth throughout Semester One. Reports will be shared with parents via Sentral on Monday 24 June 2022, from 4:00pm. Parents will be notified via email from our Sentral parent portal. We encourage parents to read and reflect upon your child/ren’s report/s and celebrate their successes. 

Student Led Conferences

Please see the sentral notification that was sent home last week for instructions regarding booking student led conference times.

Student Led Conferences will take place on site next week. If you are unable to attend on this days specified, please make alternative arrangements with your child/ren’s teacher directly. 

During the Student Led Conferences, students are required to attend the conference (about 15 minutes) with their parent/carer, to present their Semester One learning and achievements. Please log onto the Sentral Parent Portal and book a time for each child, as bookings can only be made through your personalised Sentral Parent Portal.  

Year 5 and 6 Personal Development Parent Information Session - Sexual Health Victoria

A reminder to  all year 5 and parents that this evening we are hosting a parent information session regarding Personal Development, facilitated by SHV. 

Date: Wednesday 19 June

Time: 6:00-7:00pm

Location: Centre of BER Building-Rachel's classroom

School Disco

Our most notable update this fortnight is the everlasting joy of our SCHOOL DISCO on Friday 14 June!! Thank you to Russell Hunt and the many, many WPA volunteers for organising our school disco!!! It was wonderful seeing and hearing the boundless joy in our school hall on Friday evening. The most common reflection I heard was, "This is the best night of my life!"

Peer Mediators

Well done and thank you to Renee Johnson and Damon (peer mediator captain) for conducting the Peer Mediator Training with our 31 peer mediators. They have been making a difference in the yard and supporting student fun, safety, friendship and enjoyment in the yard. 

Pride Craft Stall and Bake Sale

Thank you to our Student Pride Club who arranged a bake sale and craft stall to raise money for the raimbow laces project and to donate money to Minus18 Youth. They raised $4,115!! Thank you to all students, staff members and families who supported this great cause which empowers student voice, agency and leadership. 

Hon. Melissa Horne MP Visit - Traffic Management and Road Safety

Hon. Melissa Horne MP visited Wembley PS on Friday 14 June, to discuss road safety matters, and to get an update on the Capital Works Project. 

Hon. Melissa Horne MP shared that the Department of Transport has approved and funded a change in the traffic signals on the corner of Wembley Avenue and Francis Street, to ensure a pedestrian head start, which will assist in moving towards rectifying some of the safety issues currently present. This will be done in the next fortnight. Melissa understands and is working in partnership with us to continue to work through the blind spots, safety barriers and ongoing concerns on the roads surrounding our schools. I thank the parents and staff members who have shared concerns with us, which I shared with melissa and which will keep our community safe.

Capital Building Works Project

Sadly, over the long weekend there was a significant break in onsite, and copper and data cabling was cut and taken, as well as materials, which will have a 2-3 week delay on the project completion, meaning we will move in, closer to late August rather than the specified date of August 2nd. I was sorry to hear this and to have to share this with our community. 

In our most recent site meeting the building team discussed insurance and seeking police reports. They are also looking at having some security and cameras fitted within the site, as our school cameras and residential cameras haven't managed to catch them in the act based on initial checks. Once I have an updated PC (project completion) date, I will update our community. 

We have placed a furniture order for the new building for each classroom, learning and specialist space. The furniture is now set to arrive in late August. 

We are arranging a Brick Fundraiser which will enable community members to purchase a brick/s which will be placed in a retaining wall and path in stage two of the landscape design, once the existing building is demolished. Watch this space.