Here is a timetable of events and incursions happening during our Woodend STEAM Week. Once again, we have been fortunate to have several reputable STEAM professionals work with different age groups. These range from a Tall Poppy Scientist, an Engineer and...

Wow! Another busy term has flown by! Firstly, we would like to acknowledge the staff at Woodend for a productive and enjoyable time of learning for our students throughout the term. There have been a few staff changes this term. Jude Gabriel-Smith has taken leave...

Grandma, Grandpa !! Grandma, Grandpa !! Today's for you! Today's for you! We want you to feel very very special, Yes, we do! Yes, we do! What a wonderful Grandparents Day celebration there was in Room 3 this week!! Thank you families for inviting all your special...

Readers Cup 2019 culminated in an exciting quiz day this Wednesday for all year 5 students. Readers Cup encourages students to read widely, work collaboratively in a team and continue developing a love of reading. Students worked in teams throughout the term to...

STEAM Week is a parent engagement initiative. We hope you enjoy time with your child/children to make/create/investigate a way to solve a problem in the school holidays. The theme for 2019 is … Do something …. make a difference! Along with the students enjoying...

Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday our Pedal Prix families headed to Murray Bridge to compete in the final Round of the UniSA Australian HPV Super Series. For most of our families, it was their first time riding against approximately 200 other teams. Not only was...

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Last week on Wednesday September 18th, Woodend competed in the 16th annual Southern District Hiragana Reading Competition. After holding our own school run offs which involved all Year 7 students, we took along our top 4 teams of 4 to compete against 10 other...

A bright and early start for 180 year 6 and year 7 students this morning on four busses. We had great weather for the early morning and all students were extremely excited and ready to go. It is amazing how much luggage can be packed beneath the bus (and there was...

End of Term 3 Early Dismissal Friday, 27 September 2:05pm Term 4 Begins Monday, 14 October

Congratulations to our 40 Senior Choir students who participated in the Festival of Music performance at the Festival Theatre last night. Performing with students from 15 other schools, our Woodend students performed for two hours on the big stage to over 2000...

STEAM Week is Term 4 Week 1 Monday 14th - Friday 18th October 2019 ... an exciting week at Woodend! This week you will receive an invitation to our STEAM Week which is a parent engagement initiative. We hope you enjoy time with your child/children to...

Parent Network is hosting a FREE movie night in the Gym! The Greatest Showman Sing-A-Long (PG) Friday 20 September 2019 Gym open: 5pm - Movie start: 6:45pm G rated animated shows playing from 5:30-6:30 before the movie for our younger kids Pre-Order Pizza on QKR or...

Last Thursday 5th September, we held the official opening of the Zen Garden outside Room 19. Representatives from nearby classes witnessed our groundsperson, Ken, open the space by cutting the streamers and then students and adults could trial it. Ken is a member...

Friday, 20 September Come in Your Sporting Colours Gold Coin Donation Supporting Woodend After School Sports

Are you getting excited for STEAM Week? Read on to see some new events! Monday 14 – Friday 18 October 2019 (Term 4 Week 1) is Woodend’s celebration of all things STEAM. This year we have a theme called: Do something ... make a difference! Along with the students...

Dear Families I am writing to inform you that Woodend Primary School will NOTbe impacted by the industrial action being taken by members of the Australian Education Union on Thursday 12thSeptember. Woodend Primary School will be open and education programs will be...

This year our Senior Choir has been working hard on a repertoire of songs in preparation for the Public Schools Music Festival. This years songs include a new song written by Phil Cummings, a commissioned work by Robyn Habel and classic songs by Chuck Berry (Route...

Every Tuesday in September the SRC is trialling a concept called nude food. Nude food has been used in many schools around Australia. Nude food is where you don't bring packaged food to school. Instead, you put your food in reusable containers and lunch boxes. The...

We need your 1 and 2 litre plastic bottles to create these biodomes. They are fully contained mini ecosystems! There is a wheelie bin outside of the garden where you can leave your cleaned bottles. *Please remove labels too but keep lids on. Our Young...

The Woodend Spring Market is coming soon! Sunday 10 November 9am – 12 noon. We’ll have: market stalls carboot sales entertainment FREE kids activities including Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Games, Treasure Hunt food stall with egg & bacon sandwiches, sausage...

This year, we have a large number of students learning musical instruments. On Monday (week 8) our new wind ensemble and our strings students have an opportunity to work with the Seaview High School Ensemble on a workshop morning. This workshop will take the place...

The “South Australian Public Primary Schools’ Choir” (The SAPPS Choir) is now receiving expressions of interest for 2020 membership through an audition process.   The SAPPS choir is the showcase choir for Public Primary Schools. provides an opportunity for...

Last Saturday 31st August, the four Woodend/Sheidow Park School football teams held their end-of-year presentations. Each year level team has their annual rival game competing against their parents followed by the trophy presentation and sausage sizzle. We were...

We will be doing another Colour Run school-wide fundraiser in 2019. UPDATE: our new date is Friday 22 November - please save the date! (We apologise for any inconvenience in this date change - an unforseen conflict arose.) All students and classes will be...

You may have seen in the media that NAPLAN Online schools will be receiving their results tomorrow (Wednesday 27 August). At Woodend we completed paper NAPLAN tests and our results will be delivered from mid-September. We will keep you...

Year Sevens will be moving to High School in 2022. The Department is working towards this move and assessing what needs to be done by then, as well as how it will happen. There are many implications that the move creates and these have to be worked through as...

We have enjoyed getting to know staff and students at Goodstart Early Learning Centre on Young Street. Room 28 Year 6/7 students have been visiting the centre to get to know the students and engage in such things as: story telling, playing outdoors, drawing,...

Congratulations to the year 6/7 students who represented our school in the SAPSASA Indoor Volleyball competition on Monday. As you can see by the photos, there were many teams representing Woodend and there was team work and support for each other throughout the...

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Congratulations to the 34 students who represented Woodend today in the Southern Valley Track & Field competition. All students gave it their best effort in all their events and were able to win the title for the 10th year in a row, Woodend first won the title...

Over Terms 2 and 3, our Garden Custodians have used some of their lunch times to build scarecrows for this year's Royal Adelaide Show competition. The students discussed, voted on, designed and made two Storybook themed scarecrows - Pinocchio and Mrs. Twit, and one...

Is your child turning 4 next year? It is that time of year where you need to enrol your child in Woodend Children's Centre. This is a reminder to families to make contact with the centre to organise this process. The Director is Ms Carrie Mitton and the contact...

YOU have an exciting opportunity to have your artwork on the cover of the Festival of Music Songbook for 2024. All information and forms can be found on the Festival of Music website If you would like some support to look at the songs' themes for 2024 to help you...

What a spectacle this morning! The oval track was lined with families enjoying the Book Week parade followed by some beautiful performances from our Junior and Senior Choirs and the Library Committee announcing this years winning books. Following our mini concert,...

To add to the Book Week festivities, our Woodies Goodies Canteen will be offering some surprises this Friday! There will be some surprise treats on sale linked to children's picture fiction books that your child may enjoy. Come and see! Be surprised! Come and...

The National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) supports parents, students and their school communities to find practical and lasting solutions to bullying and violence. This year the National Day of Action is on Friday 18 August. The theme is...

Parent Network volunteers are excited to once again host a Gift Stall in honour of Father’s Day. Our aim is to offer students an opportunity to say ‘Thank You’ to the special people in their lives who care for them. All Woodend Classes, are rostered to visit the...

The Statewide Inclusive Education Services (SIES), formerly SERU, holds regular parent forums to support and encourage parent engagement, capability building and networking with other families. SIES parent forums are a safe space for families to gather information...

Please join us on Friday the 25th of August, 2023 as we celebrate Book Week. Students, families and staff are invited to dress up. Be inspired by the theme or dress as character from a story or book. This year the theme is READ, GROW, INSPIRE! Visitors can choose...