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,...

Episode 8 is out now! This week's episode has been produced by our SRC reps from room 30 and includes news headlines, important dates and an interview with, author, Phil Cummings. Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Powered by...

Last Wednesday 2nd September was an amazing day for the Woodend Athletics Team! The team won the 2020 title for the 7th year in a row! Congratulations to all 46 students who competed in the Southern Valley Athletics Competition. A big thank you to the staff who...

Last Monday 31st August, our Woodend Year 6/7 SAPSASA boys football team competed with a big team effort against Concordia and Unity. They had two games and worked hard in both but unfortunately the results did not go our way. Game 1 Concordia - 6 goals, 11 points...

Woodend has traditionally celebrated all things Science, Technology, Engineering, The Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) with an emphasis on parent engagement. This year our official STEAM Week will take place from Monday 12th – Friday 16th October (Term 4 Week 1). To...

Here is information about Trott Park Kindergarten: TROTT PARK KINDERGARTEN – Don’t forgot to enrol your child now for 2021 We are a full time Department of Education Kindergarten offering a preschool program - Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 2.45pm and alternate...

Woodend Children’s Centre is located adjacent to Woodend Primary School. It offers a preschool program from Monday to Friday. The centre provides a safe, secure, happy and loving environment for children and a program which reflects the needs and interests of...

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Dear families, The following are just a couple of updates in relation to our forward planning. We have been advised by both our Department and HealthSA, that we have to follow extremely specific guidelines for any activity involving our children. Shortly our junior...

Last Tuesday 18th August, the year 6/7 boys played in Round 2 of the SAPSASA competition against two quality opposition teams in Greenwith and Belair. The conditions were very tough for all teams with lots of wind and it was wet and muddy. Game 1 Greenwith - 4...

Due to increased costs incurred by our supplier, our uniform prices will be increasing as at September 1, 2020. Please see the attached flyer for new pricing. [embeddoc...

  Staying connected online has never been more important, now that many of us are physically isolated from family members, friends, colleagues and support networks. The internet is a great way to socialise, learn, work, play and be entertained. But there are...

Parents and carers of children with disability are invited to attend a range of free online and face-to-face forums during September. Presentations include: Interoception and an activity booklet for parents to support their children (online webinar) Post School...

Last night, our school was featured on Seven News with a story about the new Phonics Screening Check being used in schools. John Gardner, the Minister for Education, chose Woodend to host this media interview due to our strong results in this area. A big thanks to...

John Gardner, the Minister for Education in South Australia visited Woodend today as a part of his tour of schools and kindergartens in our area. He chose Woodend to host a TV interview to talk about the new Phonics Screening Check, highlighting our school's strong...

If we do get to a point where we need to close the school because there is a positive case identified within the school community, then we will be advised by SA Health and The Department on how we would manage that. Regardless of the process, it will depend to a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Vacation Care News

Woodend Produce Market (WEDNESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER) - will be outside Room 3 in our newly created Market stand. We will be selling fresh produce from our school garden. The goods are harvested by students from the Woodend Garden Program. This is market is organised...

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...

Congratulations to the year 6 Woodend boys Charlie, Billy and Patrick who have represented Southern Valley in the division 3 State Cricket Carnival this week. They played in a 3 day carnival and had both individual and team success. The team was able to go through...

Towards the end of term 2, we conducted the second of our Bully Audits for 2023 with all year 3-6 students. This audit showed that around 75% of our students understood what bullying is and what it isn't. We trust that our recent Bully Zero workshops will have...

There is no safe threshold to missing school School attendance is compulsory and students are expected to: attend school every day the school is open arrive at school and to all lessons and activities on time participate positively in all learning activities. On...

Dear families, I have been contacted by the Marion Council who were asked during our recent Sports Day by a local resident to come and check the illegal parking behaviour by a number of people. Unfortunately, we, like many other schools struggle with street...

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