Parents and carers of children with disability are invited to participate in a Behaviour Support webinar forum. Trinh Mai, Assistant Director, Policy and Project Implementation will share useful information about behaviour support and how families can best work...

Thank you for all your engagement with STEAM Week. It has been a very positive experience to have students bring investigations/projects/creations/designs from home and to see the development and collaboration of an idea as a family task. We have also had a very...

What is the role of a Hydrologist and Hydrogeologist? Where does our water come from? Where does our water go? What inhabitants are found in our local waterways? What do they help to do to our water? How should we protect our waterways? These are just some of...

Here are more design challenges for STEAM Week during Design and Technology...

Take a look at the photos of students completing a design challenge for STEAM Week! There was certain criteria to meet to be successful at the challenge. Ms Gregory had the students using some higher order STEAM thinking!  ...

A big thank you to all of the people who tuned in to any of our STEAM Week concerts this week. At time of writing we have had just over 1400 viewers across the week! Amazing support for our students. Learning music has many benefits for learning and it's great to...

Dr Alice Clement worked with the Year 4/5, Year 5's and 5/6 class this week. She was also awarded the Tall Poppy Scientist 2020 award for her research in Palaeontology. Alice shared her love of animals which led to her studies and future career. She now leads the...

The Year 6/7 students were privileged to have another Tall Poppy Scientist work with them on Tuesday this week. Ian Moffat was awarded Tall Poppy Scientist for 2020 in his field of Archaeology. Ian's presentation complemented the work students had undertaken in...

Welcome to our second concert night for STEAM Week 2020! Last night, we saw some of our amazing Woodend musicians, and tonight we are pleased to present some more talented students. Learning an instrument take persistence and hard work and tonight we can see the...

STEAM Week is finally here! Throughout the week, classes are looking at a relevant problem in our world which students will investigate and then design a possible solution. Some classes commenced their investigation last term. Here are snippets from Day 1...

Thanks for tuning in to our first concert tonight. We have some very talented young people at Woodend! The music continues tomorrow night, with the second concert in our STEAM Week series. Tomorrow's concert will feature Senior Choir, James V, Nuria J, Jasmine F,...

Welcome to the first concert of our STEAM Week concert Series! Although we are unable to have a live event this year, the opportunity to record in our studio has been a new and valuable experience for our instrumental music students. We would like to acknowledge...

2021 Class Placement: Dear Parents and Caregivers We are set to begin the class placement process in preparation for the 2021 school year. This is a lengthy and complex task involving teachers and the school leadership team to place each child in a learning...

Congratulations to Ebony for being recognised as a person who will contribute to the education of our young people as she maps her pathway through her future role as a Support Officer. Ebony has been recommended for an Award through the Training and Skills...

At Woodend Primary School we expect that everyone is safe, valued and respected and that individual differences are appreciated, understood and accepted. Our Anti-bullying policy defines bullying this way: Bullying occurs when somebody who is less powerful than...

The eSafety Commissioner role is to help Australians to have safer, more positive experiences online. Keeping young people safe online takes a whole-of-community approach and we all need to play our part in this. The commissioner, among other initiatives, is...

Woodend's produce has been transformed into some amazing tasty dishes by the students at O'Sullivan Beach Primary School. As some of you know, our Kitchen teacher Amanda Whitrod retired in March. Her departure, coupled with the Department's restrictions on sharing...

Congratulations to these Woodend students who represented Southern Valley in the recent Football and Netball carnivals. All Woodend students gave it their absolute best and represented both their school and district very...

Friday, 25 September 2020 End of Term 3 2:05 pm Term 4 Begins Monday, 12 October.

Dear families, I'm writing to share with you that Ashleigh Parker has concluded her role as Director of OSHC, choosing to pursue her studies in teaching. Ashleigh is close to completion of her final teaching placement at Brighton Primary School. She will graduate...

Dear families, I wish to acknowledge all our visitors, including our parents, carers and grandparents, for abiding by our request that no-one enters a building or the atrium, but rather goes through the front office. I have had many chats with people as they wait...

In keeping with the importance Woodend Primary School places on student and family well-being, we are pleased to have Asmitha Devanand at Woodend for her professional experience in counselling this year. Asmitha has completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science...

Hello my name is Asmitha, I am 25 years of age, born in Bangalore, which is located south of India. A little history about myself, I attended primary school at the School of the Nativity at Aberfoyle Park, later my middle Schooling was done at Marymount College,...

We have our annual Baked Goods stall for Sports Day! The proceeds go to support Sport at Woodend and so we would appreciate you supporting us by providing some baked goods and/or offering some time to work on the stall. Please see below the details. If you would...

We were thrilled with the number of parents/carers who generously donated their time to speak to classes across our school during STEAM Week. These parents talked about their passion, interest and/or occupation related to STEAM. As you can see from the list...

Map of Events 2023   9.00 Classes to assemble on basketball court in team colours National Anthem and acknowledgement of country. 9.20 Sprints Year 3-6 students (Fastest 8 boys and girls per year level) R-2 (In class and gender...

What an awesome start to the Term 1 commencing with our annual STEAM Week! We trust that you and your family were engaged and inspired by the variety of experiences on offer. Thank you to all those families who participated in the 'Reimagining the Future' family...

Yesterday, our year 1-6 students were involved in Bully Zero Workshops and in painting a whole school mural celebrating difference. At the workshops year 1 and 2 students learnt about what bullying is, what it isn't, what to do if they are bullied or see someone...

We are very fortunate here at Woodend Primary to have a long-term Sister School relationship and exchange with Myojo Elementary School in Tokyo. Myojo students and staff have been visiting Woodend since 2008, when we began the home-stay program. We have been very...

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Here is all you need to know about Sports Day from our friendly canteen staff: *** Sports Day Friday 3rd November 2023 *** The Sports Day Sausage Sizzle is the popular Sports Day lunch item! There are drinks and treats too! These are the items that are available...

This year my office is again collecting donations for those in need over the Christmas period. We will be collecting new: toys and gifts non-perishable food items toiletries; and pet food. Please note all donations must be new and unused. Charities have asked that...

We were successful in securing a $500 grant to use for implementing strategies for a proactive approach to bullying prevention and education. With the school providing additional funding we have secured Bully Zero to provide workshops for all students in year...