It is Food Allergy Week. This week (26th May - 1st June) aims to raise awareness about food allergy in Australia, to help reduce the risk of a reaction for those living with food allergy and to help manage potentially life-threatening emergencies when they happen....

Congratulations to the Woodend students who represented our school at the metro Rugby League competition last Friday 24th May. All players in the girls and boys teams gave it their best effort against quality opposition. Our boys team ended up with four wins, two...

Congratulations to the twelve Woodend students who represented Southern Valley at the state athletics competition on Tuesday. All twelve students put in in their best effort in their events and were competing against the best athletes in the state. A special...

This week represents National Volunteer Week (NVW) – an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers. Volunteering Australia has announced the theme for National Volunteer Week 2019 – ‘Making a world of difference.’ As part...

Thank you to families who have recently reported concerns about safety at our crossings in recent weeks. There have been several incidents where cars have driven through the crossings when the stop signs are up, due to inattention. This is a concern and teachers...

Our new Canteen Manager at Woodend is Karen Graham. Karen was the successful applicant for the position and has commenced her role this term. Her background as a chef makes her well suited to the role and we wish her all the very best in her new role. "Hi I’m...

What an amazing day of cross country last Thursday! Once again, the students competed not only against other students but the tough, wet, windy and hence, muddy conditions at Thalassa Park. We were very proud of our fifty-seven students who competed and we...

The Woolworths ‘Earn & Learn’ program has started again for 2019. If you shop at Woolworths during the 1st May – 25th June the school would appreciate your stickers earned from your purchases to go towards new equipment for our school. Please stick your...

For those students who love donuts and/or their Adelaide Crows or Port Power football team, here is a purchase you will love! As a treat to celebrate the upcoming "Showdown" football match between Adelaide Crows and Port Power on May 11th, the canteen will be...

To the Woodend community My name is Ailee; I am Chair and parent volunteer on our school Grounds Committee. My husband and I are both on this committee as we enjoy helping the school to design, create and maintain projects that will improve the learning spaces for...

The Woodend community have been very fortunate to have Helen Lewis working in our Canteen for the past eleven years. During this time, Helen has had oversight of all canteen operations and her organisation skills have been faultless. Thousands of orders have been...

For those students who love donuts and/or their Adelaide Crows or Port Power football team, here is a purchase you will love! As a treat to celebrate the upcoming "Showdown" football match between Adelaide Crows and Port Power on May 11th, the canteen will be...

NAPLAN tests will take place in all schools across Australia in weeks 3 and 4 in term 2. At Woodend we are participating in the paper version of NAPLAN in 2019, which happens between 14 and 16 May (week 3). Students have opportunities to become familiar with NAPLAN...

Thank you to families who recently attended their child’s / children’s student led learning conversation. These meetings are an important part of our annual assessment and reporting practices where students take an active role in sharing their reflections of their...

With Autumn here, the students can enjoy some popular hot menu items from our canteen menu. Has your child tried our scrumptious lasagne? This is one of many items that is freshly made at the canteen and we source the brands with the least amount of sodium and...

Yesterday the girls SAPSASA Football team headed to South Adelaide. The girls played four round robin games and then a final. We registered two teams and both teams went through their round robin games undefeated. All of the girls gave it their best effort and...

On Tuesday April 2, Cate Ellis and I attended the launch of an Inaugural Art Exhibition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The SA Health Commissioner, Chris Burns, opened the exhibition. It is a collaboration of the Centre for Creative Health, part of the Hospital...

Next year, 2020, will see us offer the opportunity for Yr 5, 6 and 7 students to take part in the biennial Myojo Study Tour in September. Due to the moving of Yr 7s to high school in 2022, it means for those students currently in Yr 4, their opportunity to go to...

What an opportunity! We were so lucky to be invited by David Speirs to join him on a school tour of Glenthorne Farm, soon to be Glenthorne National Park. The history of this farm is very rich and the future is bold. Major O'Halloran developed Glenthorne as an...

Parent Network volunteers are excited to once again host a Gift Stall in honour of Mother’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, plus the Woodend Kindy...

The Woodend SAPSASA cricket team played today against Woodcroft Primary School. Our students batted first and ended up all out for 79 runs after their 25 overs. Best with the bat was Connor (11) and Luke (16). Our bowling innings started well with Jayden taking 3...

Our Woodend Athletics team are to be congratulated! Forty-six students attended the day and once again, the students performed their events successfully and in a positive team spirit. Woodend took out first place at District Athletics which was an amazing team...

At Woodend Primary School we expect that everyone is safe, valued and respected and that individual differences are appreciated, understood and accepted. Therefore we will not tolerate bullying or harassment in any form. The school will provide a positive culture...

What a wonderful 10 days we have recently enjoyed with our 19 Myojo students and 3 staff joining our Woodend community. This year was the 13th visit for Myojo Gakuen students and staff. All of the Myojo students were visiting for the first time which made for a...

PRICE CHANGES Due to cost increases, there will be several price changes to our Canteen Menu. The change will take effect as of Term 2. These will be: Chicken Nugget Meal $4.00 Lasagne $4.50 Treasure Chest $5.00 Pizzas $3.50 Toasted sandwiches: Ham &...

Wednesday 27th March 2019, at 6:30pm in the Atrium AGENDA 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments available 7.00 p.m. Meeting commences Welcome Apologies Minutes of previous A.G.M. held on Wednesday 28th March 2018 Business Arising from the Minutes Presentation of the...

Formal Learning Conversations or Interviews are an important element of our reporting process and build on partnerships with teachers, students and families to ensure successful learning. These conversations are occurring in all classes beginning next week. We...

In our learning programs we wish to be taking bigger steps towards really valuing diversity and harnessing the advantages that respecting all may bring. While we do explore the many international cultures that make up a modern Australia and Woodend of 2019, it...

Yesterday, Sunday 18th June, fourteen of our students rode our new "KAPOW" Pedal Prix car around Victoria Park racecourse. The car looked very modern with it's new signage!. This was the second race for this year and the team got off to a good start! For some of...

Woodend has been abuzz with various environmental projects taking place in the past few weeks. Youth Environmental Leaders Project Our SRC Leadership team have again been invited to join the Green Adelaide Youth Environmental Leaders Program. This program offers...

5 brave Woodend students competed today representing Southern Valley in the State Cross Country Championships at the Oakbank racecourse. It was wet, muddy and freezing cold up and they all did a great job. Leni, Finn and Billy were back running again this year as...

Parents and carers of children and young people with disability are invited to a parent forum on Monday 19th June 2023. In this forum you will have the opportunity to hear about Special Options processes and managing transition changes For more information got...

This week students at Woodend Primary School have been learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in honour of Reconciliation Week. All students across the school have been involved in a range of learning experiences such as studying Indigenous...

The Woodend year 5/6 Girls Sapsasa AFL team played in round 1 of the Statewide Schools AFL competition today at Woodcroft College. The girls played excellent team Football and were able to get 2 strong wins to move into round 2 of the competition. Thank you to the...

The Woodend Sapsasa girls Netball team competed in round 1 of the Statewide schools competition today at Westminster College. The girls played with great team work and enthusiasm throughout the day. The girls were able to get 2 wins from their 3 games...

  Congratulations to the Woodend students that competed in the Southern Valley Rugby League competition today. Both teams played with great skill and excellent team work and they both went through the carnival undefeated. The boys team won the NRL Values award...

Pop this date in your diary Pupil Free Day Friday, 7th June 2024 OSHC is available, Bookings essential.  

Woodend hosted Reynella East, Colonel Light Gardens and Woodcroft in round 1 of the boys AFL Statewide Schools competition. It was great to see the boys improve throughout the day and finish with 3 wins from their 3 games and now move into round 2 of the...

Congratulations to the 8 Woodend students (Emily, Cleo, Jess, Charlie, Hamish, Declan, James and Patrick) who represented Southern Valley at the 3 day AFL Metropolitan State Carnival. All of the students were able to play with great skill and contribute to team...

This year SRC is working on ways to help our students know more about staying healthy. One of our most recent meetings was focussed on the great things about being a part of a team. Did you know that there are benefits from being in all kinds of teams, and not just...