2020 Class Placement: Dear Parents and Caregivers We are set to begin the class placement process in preparation for the 2020 school year. This is a lengthy and complex task involving teachers and the school leadership team to place each child in a learning...

Amongst all the critical and creative STEAM related thinking happening in classes during day 3, we also hosted members of the Seaview High School Pedal Prix team and their teacher, Mr Joel Fitzgerald. They shared all the STEAM linked to their Pedal Prix subject...

Welcome back to term 4. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the time with family and able to share in activities together. Many children have eagerly shared their time on STEAM investigations, camping, travelling or spending time with friends. It is obvious that students...

As part of Woodend’s Way2Go partnership we are participating in a Way2Go Walktober Challenge from Monday 14 October - Thursday 31 October 2019. Why participate in Way2Go Walktober? More walking = more fun = less cars = safer children Active travel to school is good...

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...

Dear Parents, As we begin another school term filled with excitement and learning, I wanted to take a moment to address a small but important matter regarding communication between parents and teachers. Before each school day starts, our teachers are diligently...

We wish to remind families about the compulsory policy for Department for Education schools that restricts the use of mobile phones and other personal devices, inclusind smart watches, in schools. Some key points from this policy include: For the purpose of this...

The featured image is of our COLA with the floor partly coated with its new surface.   Dear families, We return to term four with a considerable change to the world that we live in, with both the Referendum for the Voice and the advent of the Israel/Hamas war....

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Career Sharing | Family Design Challenge | Arts Showcase | Expo Evening It's almost time for us to celebrate STEAM Week at Woodend Primary School! Even though our Term 3 holidays are drawing to a close, it is...

Dear Families, This year SRC is working on an area of the oval to improve our school. We have chosen to plant a native pollinator garden that can be accessed by the community for people to discover, play and learn. As a part of this project we have asked the school...

Dear parents, As we approach the term 3 school holidays, we're delighted to share end of term events and achievements that have been a feature of term 3. External School Review: One of the most significant milestones this year is our school's participation in an...

We love it when our students put in tremendous effort and strive for excellence and we saw this during the competition. Today our school took part in the annual Hiragana Reading Competition, held at Reynella East College. We took 2 teams of 4 to represent our...

Congratulations to the 10 Woodend students who represented Southern Valley today at the State Metropolitan Track & Field Championships. All students gave it their absolute best and had great individual success: Medal winners listed below: 1st - Hamish - 12 Boys...

On Saturday the 16th of September, 44 of our students performed on stage at the Adelaide Festival Theatre as part of the Public Primary Schools Festival of Music. Our school was also represented by Alexis C who is part of the Festival troupe. The Primary Schools...

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Career Sharing | Family Design Challenge | Arts Showcase | Expo Evening It's almost time for us to celebrate STEAM Week at Woodend Primary School! This year, we will 'Reimagine the Future' as we showcase our...

We are the SVIL team at Woodend Primary School. SVIL represents “Student Voice in Learning”. We are in Years 3 - 6 and we applied for this job. Our important work is to teach other students what a “growth mindset” is, and how it can help us to learn in a bigger,...