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Basketball registrations now open!

Basketball registrations are open and available on Qkr. Term 1 Basketball cost is $75 which covers registration fee, uniform hire and student participation acknowledgement. Please note: Registrations will close on Friday 9th February 2024. Please note there is a...

Rose Ceremony 2024

It is soon time for us to officially welcome our new Reception students during our Rose Ceremony. It is a tradition at Woodend that we welcome our youngest and farewell our oldest students with a handmade rose. This Rose Ceremony links back historically where our...

Instrumental Music Lessons in 2024

Enquiries are now open for instrumental music lessons for students in years 3-6 in 2024. These lessons are offered by private providers. They have a weekly cost and occur during school times. After the initial registration of interest, all payments and ongoing...

2024 Assembly Schedule

We invite families to join us for this year's learning team assemblies, where our students will showcase their learning in a range of areas. Assemblies are held on Wednesday mornings. To ensure every student has the chance to participate fully, each class will work...

Acquaintance Night – Tuesday 6 February

Join us for a community evening and an opportunity to meet your child's teachers and visit their classrooms. It's the perfect occasion to mingle, make connections, and become acquainted with our school community. Each classroom will be open for half an hour during...

Woodend Sports News!

We finished off 2023 Sport with our Woodend students and community not only showing their skills but also their sporting spirit and team work. Thank you to all our students for participating and giving your best effort to your team and showing our school values os...

2023 Graduate Award Winners

Congratulations to all year 6 students who graduated from Woodend on Thursday night. The following students won awards for their hard work and dedication. Academic Achievement Eva Cornish Leni Knowles Andie Rosenberg Alexis Panopoulos Academic Improvement Billy...

Sports Wrap Up!

There has been so many opportunities for students to play a sport or be engaged in a team event! We wish to thank all of our Coordinators, Team Managers, Coaches, Umpires, Water carriers, Goal Umpires or any way that you may have supported a Woodend Sport this...

Garden News!

Last month we celebrated the chickens' 2nd birthdays! Happy Birthday Bingo, Queenie, Violet, Chicki, Bubbles and Waffle! They were very spoilt as the students fed them some extra special treats and by the photos, they loved them! Some children chose to make them...

Memento 2023: A Pollinator’s Garden

Buzzing with creativity! You may have seen this fence as you come up from the Woodend Children's Centre. The year 6 students have made this fence a lot more colourful now with their memento for 2023. During garden lessons at the start of the year, the 5/6 classes...

Approval of the 2024 Materials and Services Fee

Dear families, As the Chief Executive’s delegate, I have approved the amount for the 2024 school year, of $365. This follows a successful poll where the majority supported the amount of $365 being the 2024 Materials and Services charge for years Reception to Year...

Christmas in the Canteen!

Woodies Goodies Canteen is getting into the Christmas spirit! We have treats available ranging from $2.50 to 20c! These are over the counter items and are available for sale between this Wednesday 13/12 - Friday 15/12/23. Reminder: NO LUNCH ORDERS tomorrow...

Woodend Celebrates 2023: Live Stream Links

While we share in the disappointment that Celebration & Fireworks Night couldn't proceed last night, we look forward to the first of our student performances today in the gym at 9:50am. Below are the links to the live streams for all concerts. These links will...

Concert Update: Alternative Performance Schedule

Due to the unsafe weather forecast for this evening we have had to take the unfortunate but necessary decision to cancel our Celebration & Fireworks Night planned for this evening. To allow all classes the opportunity to show what they have been working so hard...

Performing Arts Opportunities 2024

We have many performing art opportunities available to Woodend students in 2024. MUSICAL 2024 We have an exciting opportunity for year 4-6 students for 2024 year levels. Please see the document at the end of the blog post for all current information and how to put...

You’re Invited! 2023 End of Year Assemblies

Families and friends of Woodend are invited to attend our upcoming assemblies. Please mark the following dates and times on your calendar: Week 8 Student Leadership Team Assembly Wednesday 6/12 - 9:20am This assembly will include a presentation by our Youth...

Decade Day & Dance Party 2023

Thank you for supporting our SRC fundraiser today. The event was a huge success with more that $700 raised for the Red Cross and lots of fun times enjoyed across the school. Some of the ways the Red Cross support the most vulnerable people in our local communities...

Woodend OSHC and Vacation Care Update

Dear parents/caregivers, We are coming up to the end of the term, and the beginning of another Vacation Care program, which will be able to accommodate our brand-new receptions as from the beginning of care in January as they are then officially enrolled in our...

Southern Valley Tennis

Congratulations to the 3 Woodend students who have represented Southern Valley over the last 3 days in the Tennis State Sapsasa Carnival. Southern Valley competed in the division 5 competition and were able to win their division. In 2024 Southern Valley will now be...

SRC Dress Up Day & Fundraiser – Friday 1/12

Come dressed in clothes from your favourite decade and help raise money for a community charity. SRC are hosting a Decade Dance Party to raise money for the Red Cross in the lead up to the Holiday Season. On the day we will have music & dancing in the new...

Rugby League Carnival

Congratulations to the 21 Woodend students competed today in an NRL competition at West Beach. Both the boys and girls team had great success throughout the day and played really well. They worked hard and had lots of great results. At the end of the day the girls...

Woodend Boys AFL

Woodend played in round 1 of the Statewide AFL Competition today at the Colonel Light Gardens Football Club. The team played two games against Colonel Light Gardens and Highgate. In both games the Woodend team gave it their best effort and worked hard against...

Reconciliation Week at Woodend Primary School

Reconciliation Week at Woodend Primary School has been a vibrant and meaningful celebration of learning, connection, and respect. This year, our focus centred on the deep relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Country. Across all...

Stay Up to Date with Woodend News and Calendar!

Strong communication and genuine partnerships with families help our school community thrive. As part of our ongoing commitment to making information easily accessible for families, you may have noticed that late last year our website was redeveloped. This timely...

Rugby League

Woodend participated in the Southern Valley Year 5/6 Rugby League competition today. The team played well as a team and improved in every game. Woodend won the Overall Values Award and represented the school really well. Congratulations boys on your success and...

Visit Our Garden During Reconciliation Week

Families are invited to visit our garden this coming Wednesday, the 28th of May. Our Aboriginal learners have been collaborating with Dylan, our garden specialist, on a community art project that celebrates the Dreaming story of the Rainbow Serpent. This Dreaming...

$4.5 million remediation of buildings update

Dear parents/caregivers, I am excited to share that planning is commencing to deliver a new $4.5 million project for the remediation and redevelopment of termite affected buildings at Woodend Primary School. The project will demolish and replace two buildings, and...

Off and racing at ‘The Bend’!

It has been very exciting for our school community to have nineteen riders join our Pedal Prix team this year! This has meant that we could enter two teams "Woodend Racing" and "Woodend Racing Too" and on Saturday, we had our first race at 'The Bend', Tailem Bend. ...

Singing along with Peter Coombe!

Last Friday 9th May, children from Reception -Year 2 and a few Primary classes were treated to an afternoon with musician, Peter Coombe. Songs that included: 'A Frog in my Cheese Sandwich' 'Quirky Berserky' and all time favourites 'Newspaper Mama' and 'Wash Your...

Mountain Biking

Congratulations to the 4 boys who represented Woodend as the inaugural year 5/6 Mountain biking team. Rhys, Ezra, Ryder and Roman did an excellent job in their 2 hour time trial around the Sturt Gorge track. The boys put in their best effort on a challenging course...

Board Game Expo

Last term, students at Woodend Primary School participated in a whole-school project as part of their Technologies lessons. Working in groups, students were challenged to imagine, plan, and create a board game that connected to or taught one of our school values:...