3 May, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear families, As we head into week two, there have been additional announcements by Education and Health authorities, indicating that it is safe to send children to school. Given that we have put into place many strategies at Woodend Primary School to keep both...
30 Apr, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear families, As we are seeing more students coming back to school, we are also seeing more adults in the yard. It is important that adults in our school remember to socially distance so that we can maintain a safe environment for all. A reminder that this means that...
29 Apr, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear families, Here we are at the close of day three of week one of our online learning program. It has been a very interesting three days and we have had to maintain a highly flexible approach as we have learnt a lot about the plusses and minuses of having an online...
23 Apr, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear families, Dr Spurrier’s letter to parents and to teachers was unexpected but not surprising given the lowered rate of infection that we have been able to achieve as a state. She has been clear in saying that it is safe for children to return to school. In...
5 Apr, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Families, What a lot has happened in only a few short weeks. On behalf of all our staff at Woodend, I would like to say a huge thank you to all of our front line people, the doctors, specialists, researchers, nurses, cleaners etc who work closely with COVID-19 in...