You are invited to join the WPS 2020 Parent Network. Parent Network is a committee of parents & carers - our aim is to connect with and support other parents, the students, and our school. Parent Network volunteers run a number of events, activities, and...

Last year, we had nearly 100 students learning a musical instrument at Woodend. Opportunities are now available for 2020. This year we have our band program which offers free weekly lessons for student in years 5, 6 and 7. This comes with a cost of instrument hire...

A very warm welcome to all of our students and families who are returning to Woodend School and a special welcome to our 93 new receptions and other students starting at Woodend School for the first time. Teachers have each been preparing for the first day of...

Thank you to all Woodend students, staff, and families for helping to make the 2019 Colour Run a fantastic event and fundraiser. Thanks to your effort, we’ve raised approximately $7700 to help with the new playground & nature play at Woodend! Thank you to all...

On Friday 6 December, Woodend Volunteers were honoured with a lovely morning tea. We recognize that our parent and carer volunteers are incredibly busy and not all could make it to the tea, so we want to be sure to extend a huge thank you to ALL of our wonderful...

5:30 Welcome 6:30 Announcements 6:30 - 6:35 Brass Band Performance 6:35 - 6:40 Josh Rossetto 6:40 - 6:45 Maddi Cranwell 6:45 - 6:50 Room 17 / 25 Dancers 6:50 - 6:55 Room 7 & 8 6:55 - 7:00 Room 3 7:00 - 7:10 Room 5 & 6 7:10 - 7:15 Room 23 7:15 - 7:20 Room 18...

Lego Club Lego Club Junior

Wednesday 11 December Power Outage Subway Lunch available on Qkr only Orders close strictly 9am Monday morning No normal lunch orders will be available on this day The school is experiencing a power outage next Wednesday, as a...

A Casual Clothes Day has been organised for Monday, 9 December. This has been organised to raise money to fund the fireworks for our School Community End-Of-Year Celebration Night. We are looking forward to another big display to finish off our celebrations. If...

The end of the school year is here and so we look back over the year with some satisfaction about what we have been able to achieve. Each year is built on the previous one, but this year has had a subtle difference. Our school has been examined in depth through...

End of Year Reports will go home with students on the last Wednesday of term along with information about class placement for 2020. Reports Teachers use a range of different assessment strategies and tools to gather evidence of student achievement with reference to...

The Christmas Event on Monday 9 December is a giant family picnic on the school oval beginning at 6.00pm. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic rug and/or chairs and a picnic tea to enjoy together. The canteen will host a sausage sizzle and there will be a...

On Thursday 28th November, we officially opened the 'Grow Free Cart'. This was initiated by student members of the SRC Environment Committee, in particular, Year 6 student, Sara Owies. The purpose of this cart is for students, parents or staff to take items on...

On Thursday 28th November, several classes gathered to support the official opening of Woodend's new 'Canteen Cafe'. Several months ago, Shannon Farley, a student who chairs the Recycling Committee on SRC initiated a cafe concept for Woodend. The purpose of the...

As a part of Japanese education at Woodend Primary School, we give our students various kinds of Japanese educational opportunities where possible. This year Woodend Primary School hosted a very popular Japanese event called ‘Years 4/5 Obento Master’, a Japanese...

We are now taking enrolments and expressions of interest for instrumental music lessons with our private providers. These lessons have a weekly cost and take place during school times and are available to students from year 3. Please read the information below...

Walktober Challenge Woodend’s recent Walktober Challenge was a great success! We nearly double the active travel trips from 2018 and we increased the number of students participating from 17 classrooms up to 24! Congratulations to Room 25 for winning the class...

It is with great sadness that we advise you of the passing of Fay Magias. Fay passed away peacefully last Tuesday following a battle with breast cancer. Fay was a respected and highly valued Deputy Principal at Woodend Primary School for 12 years, retiring in...

The time of year has come around again and we are looking for host families for our visiting Myojo students who will be here from Saturday, 21 March 2020 through until Monday, 30 March, 2020. We have always had wonderful support for our homestay program. We thank...

Our remembrance of all those who have served or are serving in our armed forces was remembered today by 657 students and 59 staff and visitors. This is an important time for students to appreciate the sacrifice that has been made on their behalf by many Australians...

High Velocity results have been tallied up ..... Take a look at these results....   27 routines taught 23 placings. WOW... 94 medals/ ribbons over all 20 x 1st placings 16 X 2nd placings 14 x 3rd placings   Congratulations to all of the students who gave...

Hopefully everyone is managing the lead up to Christmas. It seems to be approaching very quickly. Last weekend I was at Marion and looking at gifts for my grandchildren. It is a challenging task with so much on offer. I am not sure we do well trying to guess...

Materials and Services charge 2020 Governing Council has now set the fees for 2020 and we ask for your support with our poll, by placing your vote in the ballot box in the school office. Governing Council recommends a 'YES' vote, as this ensures that our culture of...

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Can you help? The Grounds Committee is working on developing the cement space outside the canteen, OSHC and kitchen. One of the projects is to create a ‘Canteen Cafe' where students and staff can gather, sit and interact in a café style environment! We will be...

This year, we have had nearly 100 students learning a musical instrument at Woodend. Over the next few weeks, we will release information about opportunities for learning an instrument in 2020. This year we have our band program which offers free weekly lessons....

A reminder that Friday 1 November is a student free day. Teachers will be at school continuing their work on reading, with a specific focus on Dyslexia.  

World Teachers' Day is celebrated in Australia on Friday 25 October. Teaching is an incredibly challenging but rewarding profession. For a teacher to hear the words 'Oh I get it!' is one of the most rewarding moments in the day. This moment will be a culmination of...

As mentioned in a previous post, we had 2 teams from Woodend place 2nd and 3rd in the district Hiragana Reading Competition in September, last term. This year was the third year the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of SA have held a State Hiragana...

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2023 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. Congratulations to the Gregory...

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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...