6 Nov, 2017 | Governing Council and Committees
Traffic, parking, and road safety around Woodend Primary School can be a hot topic in our community. Governing Council has a task force to work with Marion Council and the Way2Go program to look into our problems and possible solutions. We will be presenting our...
10 Sep, 2017 | Biodiversity and Nature Play Project, Events, Governing Council and Committees, Play Based Learning
In between showers on the morning of Thursday 7 September, we celebrated the official opening of the Outdoor Shop Fronts. The students had the opportunity to meet members of the Grounds Committee who were instrumental in making the shops. These members worked...
30 Jul, 2017 | Governing Council and Committees, Play Based Learning, science, Working Bees
Construction of the outdoor play shop frontages is underway outside Room 10 adjacent to the garden. Metal framework has been made ready for the fronts to be attached and paving put down. We were fortunate to have several hours of clear skies before the weather set...
15 Mar, 2017 | Governing Council and Committees, Student Learning, volunteers
Have you spotted some new features in our school yard? If you haven’t seen, you may have heard some music in the Plaza! With thanks to parent, Brett Simes, we now have a drum to beat in the garden of the Plaza. Brett made this out of a gas cylinder and...
26 Sep, 2016 | Events, Family Engagement, Governing Council and Committees
At our recent Governing Council meeting, we were very lucky to have a wonderful student presentation from Cooper & Jess, year 2 students from Mrs. Luke’s room 18 class. The students very confidently shared with us their wonderful book reviews of the book “The Cow...
15 Aug, 2016 | Governing Council and Committees, Student Learning
We love it when students are able to share their learning experiences with adults. At Woodend we are trying to involve our students in more offportunties to do this at staff meetings, at leaders’ and teachers’ conferences and also at Governing Council...
