A Message from Vassie 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land, the Wurundjeri, Woi Wurrung and Boonwurrung/Boonurung 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 eight of term three!

We have had a great couple of weeks at Wembley PS with Book Week, 5/6 Gala Sports Day, Wear it Purple Day, Western Bulldogs sports clinic, fathers day events and stall, and the final stages of our capital works project, as we move in this Thursday!

Grant Hobson, our facilities and maintenance manager is on well-deserved long service leave, until October 28. We wish Grant all the best during his leave, and welcome Stephen Harriman (Monday and Thursday) and Finnbar Hobson (Tuesday and Friday) who will replace Grant during his 6 weeks of leave. Welcome Finnbar and Stephen. 

Remaining Pupil Free Day - Monday 4 November

As previously shared, please note we have one final pupil free day on Monday 4 November which will be a 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.

Capital Building Works Project-Thursday 5 September!

We are very proud to share that we the new capital works building project is almost completed, and we get the keys tomorrow! Furniture is being delivered next week. 

5A, the grade four classes, Music, Spanish and Art will operate from the new building as of the final week of term four, Monday 16 September. 

The official opening will be on day one of Term Four, Monday 7 October, and the school office will be operating from the new building from this date. Entrance to the office will be from Wembley Avenue, opposite the crossing. 

All classes will have an opportunity to walk through the building in week ten. 

Watch this space for a community open morning and afternoon in term four, where parents will have an opportunity to walk through the building. We will share these dates with families in due course.

In the new building we will have 6 classrooms, as well as the art room, music room, Spanish room, STEM space, staffroom, school office, conference room, 2 x meeting rooms, and gender neutral/all access toilet facilities.

Year 4 classes, Rachel's year 5 class, specialist teachers and our office staff are now decanting, preparing to move into the new building throughout the final 2 weeks of term. We thank the parent volunteers who will be assisting the decnating process. 

Over the holiday break asbestos removal will occur, and demolition will begin, and at such time the TheirCare Holiday program will be relocating to another school during the holidays. We thank the Theircare Team, students and parents for your flexibility. 

Please note that the site fence will next week move into the eating area for stage two of the works which is demolition of the existing Block A building which will occur over the holiday break, and as such Breakfast Club will cease for the remainder of term during the decanting and moving phase, and recommence in term four. 

The progress is great and the most recent site walk was very pleasing. See below for photos! We are on the home stretch now. 

5/6 Gala Sports Day

On Wednesday 28 August, the Grade 5 & 6 students represented our school at the 2024 Westgate District Summer Gala Day. Our students demonstrated their skills in the sports they’ve been training for this term, (Volleyball, Volleystars, Hot-Shots Tennis, Lacrosse, and Cricket) displaying great talent, sportsmanship, and the Wembley values of respect, resilience, empathy and inclusion. We would like to acknowledge all of our teams for participating with enthusiasm and especially congratulate our Lacrosse and Hot-Shots teams, who have qualified for the next round of competition. I would like to thank Simon Zammit for coordinating the event, and the 5/6 teachers, ES staff, leaders and parents that assisted on the day! Well done, Wembley!

Spanish Day - Wednesday 18 September

Please join in the fun of Spanish day 2024. We invite all students and staff members to dress up on this day. See the below social story to learn more about Spanish day and see ideas about dressing up. On this day we will have a flamenco dancing incursion, churro eating, classroom activities, teacher/student soccer match, and many more fun events planned. Thank you to Dennis Mazzella and Vanessa Brown for organising this day. 

Wear it Purple Day

Thank you to our year 6 pride committee for coordinating Wear It Purple Day. We'd also like to thank Katie McClue, Sofia Courtney and Nathan Welsh for supporting this day, and Atlas Allen's parents Emmily and Kristy for kindly donating products from Minus18 for our rainbow wall. We appreciate the many community members that supported this day, with the see of purple and rainbows across the Wembley PS community, expressing our value of inclusion. 

Wembley Parent Association - WPA meeting  

Wednesday 11 September @ 5pm

Please come along to the WPA meeting next week, joining Linh Krygger, President, and the many valued voluntary members of the WPA. 

Westgate Tunnel Update - M80 Closure

Please see the below information regarding as upcoming closure of the ramps from the M80Ring Road to the West Gate Freeway citybound 24/7 from 9pm Friday 6 September to 5am Monday 23 September 2024.

The dates and times of these works are subject to change. For the most up-to-date and accurate information, please visit the Big Build Website.

Should you have any further questions or concerns, please call 1800 105 105 and ask for the ‘West Zone’.

Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Survey

At this stage 16% per cent of our community has completed the survey. The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. 

Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families' perceptions of school climate, student behaviour, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.

Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies. 

The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Friday 2 August to Friday 20 September 2024. 

All families are invited to participate in the survey. 

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / caregivers / guardians who speak a language other than English at home. Please reach out to your child's teacher, or the school directly for survey guides in your language.

Link for the survey https://www.orima.com.au/parent

PIN: 921685

We thank you in advance for your feedback. 

Association for Children with a Disability (ACD)

See the information below shared regarding ACD. 

Is your child starting Prep in 2025?

Then don’t miss this FREE online workshop, Starting Prep! For families with children with developmental delay or disability, you will gain the skills and confidence to support your child to transition to school.

Our friends at the Association for Children with a Disability (ACD) are running this popular workshop. You’ll learn how to build a positive relationship with the school and help the teacher get to know your child before the school year begins. Plus, your child does not need a diagnosis for you to register.

All workshops are led by professional facilitators who are parents of children with disability and have personal experience of advocating for their child at school.

Topics include:

• Understanding the language schools use
• Planning for your child starting Prep
• Building positive partnerships with school 
• Transition planning with kindergarten and school
• How school can support your child

Workshop dates:

• Monday 9 Sept – 10:00 am 
• Monday 9 Sept – 7:00 pm
• Tuesday 10 Sept – 10:00 am
• Monday 16 Sept – 7:00 pm

Places are limited for this FREE workshop.

Register now to secure your place.

https://bit.ly/SPsept24