We are asking families to read together and send us a book review of a favourite book. This does not need to be very long or complex. A book review should tell us something about the story and characters. It should provide us with your opinion and ideally it...

What a fantastic morning we had on Wednesday 10 August. Woodend hosted the 13th Annual Hiragana Reading Competition and we were joined by students from 6 other local primary schools. This is an annual event for our Year 7 students. Competition is so fierce that we...

An Olympic theme flavoured last week’s Assembly. The Assembly was presented by Room 17 and 18 students on Wednesday 17 August. Dressed in Australian colours and/or as Olympic competitors, the children presented some of the Mathematics involved in the Rio...

Pop in for a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate – it’s a very casual gathering – a great time to invite a friend along for a visit, meet other school parents, or simply pop in for a hot drink and a chat. This term, on Friday 2 September and Friday 30 September,...

Wednesday 7 September is our school’s annual music night! This year we will be continuing with our format, using three stages to help keep the night moving along at an entertaining pace. This is a fantastic opportunity for our budding musicians to showcase their...

We'd like families to be Reading and Reviewing. The most exciting time of the year, at least from the Library perspective, is fast approaching. This year Book Week will be celebrated at Woodend Primary School in Week 5, from August 22-26. The national theme for...

Our Senior Choir has been rehearsing all year for their massed choir performance in the Festival Theatre. This will take place on Sunday afternoon, 18 September. The students will need to be at the theatre early (more details coming soon) but the concert itself...

Woodend Primary School Governing Council would like to inform school community members of a Marion Council development proposal for the Young Street /Hughes Court Reserve, pictured above. If you are a close neighbour to the school, Corey Wingard may have...

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 meetings....

  This information is from the Qkr Team...... The Qkr app, which we have available for quicker payments of a range of school transactions, has recently been upgraded with a fresh look and feel. If you still have the old version of Qkr, when you next access...

In room 17 this year we are working on 'Genius Projects'. Genius projects give us an opportunity to learn about something that we think is important or that we are interested in. We had to submit a proposal for our projects to show what we expect our new learning...

Yes I am retiring at the end of this term. I am very happy about starting my new life. My husband and I are going on a 3 month trip overseas to celebrate. Woodend Primary has been my second home for just over fifteen years and holds a special place in my heart. ...