Wilmot Road Primary, Shepparton, has a vibrant culturally diverse student population including 57% Muslim children from Arabic, Afghan, Sudanese and Turkish origin and 12% Koorie children. 90% of families receive EMA. Dedicated staff, interpreters, and community partnerships enable high parent school communication. Our school has equivalent fulltime staff of 20and Education Support Staff of 17. Our values of respect, relationships, excellence, fairness, honesty and success are central to all we do. Our motto is “Happiness Through Achievement”. Teaching and learning goals address the needs of students through explicit teaching and learning programs based upon data and differentiated learning. Our welfare programs further support student needs. These include a Welfare Officer, Breakfast program, Chaplain and Recreation program to develop strong student connections with school and community. Students enjoy specialist programs of The Arts, Physical Education, Technology, Reading Recovery and ESL support. Interactive whiteboards, computers, netbooks, digital cameras and Ipods complement literacy and numeracy learning. National Partnership funding has been used to build teacher capacity in Literacy and Numeracy interventions.