With the start of a new school year it is timely to remind our community of some important traffic messages that help keep our young people safe on our roads while travelling to and from school. Much of this information is well known by families, however there are...

NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake. NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students...

Are you wondering how and where to get involved at Woodend? You are invited to join our Parent Network! Parent Network is a committee of parents & carers – our aim is to support parents, support the school, and build a strong WPS community. We like to have at...

Have you had an opportunity to visit our Woodies Goodies Canteen? If not, we would like to introduce you to our friendly and helpful Canteen staff. Karen My name is Karen. I am the Canteen Manager. I have two sons who both attended Woodend Primary School and we...

Welcome to Visual Arts for 2023. I am very much looking forward to providing your child with a range of experiences in this creative learning area of the Australian Curriculum. Learning in Visual Arts involves students making and responding to artworks, using their...

  [embeddoc url="https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/files/2023/02/Softball-Girls.docx" download="all" viewer="microsoft"] 🥎GIRLS SOFTBALL TRIALS🥎 Please find attached information relating to the upcoming Sapsasa Girls’ Softball Trials, which begin on...

We are proud to be able to offer a Canteen service to our Woodend community. In order to provide a healthy, fresh menu in our school Canteen, we make and bake the majority of items for sale within the Canteen and source the most fresh of ingredients. Our Canteen...

Dear Parents, I am writing to let you know that our centre will be rolling out a new digital sign in/out system next week called Xplor. You will be invited to create an account with Xplor from an email on 31st of January 2023 Please action this email as soon as you...

  One student from each family should today bring home a financial statement for your family, with invoices for Materials & Services Fee and Excursion/Incursion Levy attached. The amount to be paid can be confusing this year due to application of the...

Welcome to 2023 It is the start of a new academic year and Woodend Primary School is ready to help your child reach their potential. Our caring and community focused school provides each student with the attention they need to thrive. We have a dedicated and...

We are excited to be able to welcome parents on site after a couple of years of covid restrictions preventing or limiting this. Acquaintance night is a fabulous opportunity to make connections with your child's classroom teacher, specialist teachers and other...

We are now taking enquiries about instrumental music lessons for student in years 3-6 in 2023. 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...

Dear Families, This year all classes will be using Seesaw to share and communicate with parents and caregivers! Your child will post to Seesaw to share their learning. Teachers and School Administration will also use Seesaw to send messages and reminders. Follow...

A very warm welcome to all of our students and families who are returning to Woodend Primary School and a special welcome to our 97 new receptions and their families, as well as older students and their families starting at Woodend School for the first time....

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We continued our Rose Ceremony tradition of celebrating the arrival of our new Reception students at the start of each year and farewelling our Year 6 students at the end of the year. This is unique to our school as it links to the beginnings of Woodend Primary...

Congratulations to all year 6 students who graduated from Woodend on Thursday night. The following students won awards. Academic Achievement Sophie Bentvelzen Kyara Fort Stephanie Provencher Spencer Trott Genevieve Walford Academic Improvement J'Aime Braysher...

It is time to thank and farewell our Student Voice in Learning (SVIL) team. This group of students have shown enthusiasm and a willingness to make a difference to learning across the school. Their 'theory of choice' has been: We want to prove that if students at...

Thank you to these Room 8 students who used their initiative to raise money for our school last term. Isabella, Sienna, Imogen, Sophie, Vika, Evie and Payton (absent) made and sold items to sell in the street area of our school. Their efforts went towards paying...

Ms Diedre Hauber has made the decision to retire from teaching. Ms Hauber began her teaching career at Christies East Primary School in 1979. Over the years she has worked at Macclesfield, Sheidow Park and now Woodend. She taught a variety of R-7 classes and then...

As our school year draws to a close I would like to say thank you to staff, families, and parent volunteers for all you do to make our school extra special. I am pleased to share that our final fundraising tally from the colour run is over $23,000! This money will...

Dear families, As the Chief Executive's delegate, I have approved the amount for the 2023 school year, of $355. This follows a successful poll where the majority supported the amount of $355 being the 2023 Materials and Services charge for years Reception to Year...

This coming Thursday 15 December our Year 6 students will celebrate the culmination of their primary school years with a graduation ceremony. You can watch the ceremony live from 6pm using the link below. Graduation LiveStream:...

REMINDER: EARLY FINISH School will finish at 2:05pm On Friday 16th December 2022. OSHC will begin earlier to accomodate this finish...

Thank You Firstly, a big thank you for all of the workers who made last night a great success. Our teachers, students, canteen staff and helpers plus sound technician and all those people who helped by putting our bins in place and ensuring that afterwards...

  6:30 Announcements 6:35 Lily, Stephanie, Lianna, Sophie, Gabby, Ava National Anthem 6:40 Xzavier - Room 09 Texas Rock 6:45 Students - Room 25 Santa Tell Me 6:50 Room 04 Reindeer Hokey Pokey 6:55 Kindy Performance Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes / Taba Naba...

We have valued and appreciated the strong level of community support throughout 2022. Our volunteers have again worked so hard this year, generously giving their time, energy and ideas for the benefit of our school. It may be organising or helping out in...

It is nearly time for our Colour Run event: Term 4, Week 6, Friday November 22nd 2024 on the School Oval. Here is some important information about the event: TIMETABLE: START: 10:00am Rooms 9 & 10 Sheppard/Brown 10:15am Rooms 24 & 25 Guinan/Green 10:30am...

As mentioned in a previous post, we had our team the Woodend Hiragana Heroes, Emily G, Emily M, Kaneesha and Purav, place 1st in the Southern District Hiragana Reading Competition in August, last term. By finishing first, we were invited to compete in the State...

Dear Families, Today, our school held a Remembrance Day Ceremony, thoughtfully led by our students. It was a heartfelt event, acknowledging the sacrifices made by so many that have allowed us to enjoy the privileges we have in Australia today. The ceremony reminded...

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2024 Woodend Sports Day. The sun was out, the atmosphere was great and it was a fantastic whole school event. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the day. The support and encouragement...

Sports Day Program 2024 9.00 Classes to assemble on basketball court in house colours, PLEASE BE PROMPT. National Anthem and acknowledgement to country. 9.20 Sprints Year 2-6 students (Fastest 8 boys and girls per year level) R-1 (In...

We welcome your donations of baked goods to sell on Sports Day on Friday 1st November 2024. We would also be grateful for your help selling the items on the stall. Please see this poster for more details. Thank you for your support. [embeddoc...

Congratulations to the 4 Woodend girls who were selected in the Southern Valley AFL team for the Girls State Sapsasa Carnival. The team has just competed in a 3 day carnival where they played 9 games and finished undefeated and won the gold medal for the division 4...

Once again, we started Term 4 with an amazing STEAM Week at Woodend! We thoroughly enjoyed coming together as a community to celebrate STEAM Week and we trust that you and your family were engaged and inspired by the variety of experiences on offer. Thank you to...

It's nearing Sports Day and you want to make sure your child has ordered their food and drink for the day. It's also important that you know what is available for yourselves as spectators! Sports Day is on Friday 1st November 2024 (Week 3) QKR orders have opened...

Dear Community, We would like to update you on the progress towards identifying the origin and nature of the mysterious egg. This afternoon, at around 2:15 pm, the egg was collected by a member of the police and has been taken away for further investigation, along...

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