Hosting a Japanese student is a wonderful experience for your family. It is an opportunity to have first hand exposure to Japanese people and culture as well as share Australian life with a Japanese student, offering them a memorable Australian experience. And we...

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SPORTS DISCO Friday, 21 June 2019 Years R – 7 6:00pm – 7:30pm Dress Attire – Neat DJ Playing all the Greatest Hits Drink Included NO GLOWSTICKS Disco is fully supervised by Staff and Sports C’tee No Students will be let out of the Gym without a Parent or Guardian...

As mentioned in a previous post, we had 2 teams from Woodend place 1st and 2nd in the district Hiragana Reading Competition in September, last term. For the second year the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of SA held a State Hiragana Competition, inviting...

With the spring weather here, the canteen have some ideas of recess or lunch play munchies. These items - fruit jelly, strawberry or chocolate mousse, fresh fruit or fruit Quelches are all only $1.00! The pizza is also a popular lunch choice with students. There...

Teachers and SSOs will be at school working on Reading

This year, 82 year sevens will complete their primary schooling at Woodend. They have had a very busy year which will culminate with our graduation ceremony on Thursday, December 13th (week 9). This year, with so many students graduating, we have decided to move...

Recently, the government has confirmed that year 7 public school students will be taught in high school from term 1, 2022. The move will align South Australia’s public schools with the national curriculum taught in high schools making it easier to deliver subjects...

In Room 17, students have a great deal of power over their learning. They need this power, and investigations into how students learn best have indicated that they actually crave it. This makes sense, after all the students are the greatest stakeholders in their...

Day 4 and 5 of STEAM Week saw the Year 6/7 and 5/6 students working with Dr Justin Chalker, a Science Lecturer at Flinders University. It was also the launch of our STEAM Expo on the Thursday evening and a full day of Expo displays, performances, interactive...

What an exciting time for our school! On Thursday we launched our first ever Woodend Primary School Virtual Art Gallery, affectionately named "The WAG" - Woodend Art Gallery. The official launch took place in our gym at the STEAM Expo by our Chair of Governing...

On Thursday we welcomed back Dr Justin Chalker, to our school for STEAM Week. Dr Chalker is a Science lecturer and Chemist at Flinders University and has been to each Science Week at Woodend teaching and inspiring students about scientific phenomena. He worked...

Last term the teachers of the Year 4/5 students worked with teachers from the Australian Maths and Science School (ASMS) to plan a STEAM challenge for the students. The challenge was for students to build the tallest free-standing tower using spaghetti and...

The Woodend Spring Market is coming soon! Sunday 18 November 9am - 12 noon. We'll have: market stalls carboot sales entertainment FREE kids activities including Bouncy Castle & Face Painting christmas treasure hunt food stall with egg & bacon sandwiches,...

As a Way2Go school we are supporting Way2Go Walktober by encouraging our school community to walk or ride to and from school more often during October. The aim is to reduce traffic congestion around school drop off and pickups by encouraging families to walk to...

With our STEAM Week Pedal Prix challenges, today was the perfect opportunity to recognise the team work of our Woodend K-Pow Pedal Prix team. The eight riders from this year's Pedal Prix team were presented with their trophies and students viewed 2018 highlights...

We were fortunate to have Pedal Prix coordinator and teacher, Joel Fitzgerald and his four Seaview High School students work with all the Year 4/5 classes about all the STEAM related to Pedal Prix today. Our school has close connections with Seaview with the Pedal...

Walking through the various learning spaces so far this week has been eye-opening! There has been students presenting dioramas, teams cutting up boxes to complete a challenge, students collaborating over a maths puzzle, parents talking to classes about their field...

What a fantastic experience for 15 of our Year 6/7 students! We left Adelaide on Saturday, September 8th with a group of excited students. Arriving in Japan at 5.30 in the morning and being greeted by hot, humid weather, we started our Japanese adventure. It took...

In order to form classes for 2019 it is important that we estimate our 2019 student numbers as accurately as possible. If your child will not be attending Woodend Primary school next year, please let us know in writing, ASAP. Alternatively, if you have a child due...

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...

This year's 'Colour Run' fundraiser has been a huge success. So far we have raised over $17,000 toward new play equipment for our school. This is an amazing effort and we thank all of our fundraising families as well as our parent volunteers and students who have...

Are you getting excited for STEAM Week? Monday 15 – Friday 19 October 2018 (Term 4 Week 1) is Woodend’s celebration of all things STEAM. Our STEAM Week provides opportunities for students to enjoy and develop an understanding of important science, technological,...

Envelopes will come home to families this week. Please keep them in a safe place until the day. Information about your upcoming photo day! DO NOT PAY OR SEND ENVELOPES UNTIL THE DAY If you are placing an order please ensure each child has their own envelope which...

All fundraising money must be submitted online, turned in to the office, or paid via QKR by 11am Friday 28 September. We are asking ALL STUDENTS TO REGISTER ONLINE for Colour Run Fundraising - even if you are submitting cash to the front office or QKR, please still...

NEW TIMETABLE for the new date - Colour Run Thursday 1 November Please note, the timetable is approximate, we may end up running faster or slower than this timetable. If you are coming to watch your children do the Colour Run, please watch from the designated...

NAPLaN student reports for Yr 3, 5 and 7 students have been sent home today. Please see the Student report information for parents brochure for details about how to interpret the report. We assure parents that if they wish to discuss these reports or any other...

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...

“Our friends at Credit Union SA have created the following blog for our community. We are sharing this with you as part of our ongoing partnership with the School Community Rewards program. If you would like to know more about how Credit Union SA can assist your...

Dear families, Our school relies on a wide range of voluntary time that is given by parents and grandparents of our children. The time and energy invested in our school is greatly appreciated, and I want to use this opportunity to convey our gratitude. Our...

Would you like to know some more about Regulation? Here is information about an online parent module. This module has been developed by the Department for Education Self-Regulation Service and it is called ‘Introduction to Regulation’. Please see the flier...

Dear Parents and Caregivers Our hard-working Grounds Committee is seeking support from our community, to continue with our ‘Street’ improvements that have begun in 2023. You may have noticed that new pathways have been poured, together with new mulching and...

Woodies Goodies Special Lunch Day Pizza Wrap and Fruit Box Wednesday 7th June 2023 On Wednesday 7th June (Week 6) we will have a Special Lunch Day! We are excited to offer a new Special Lunch for students! We not give it a try! These pizza wraps are made by OZBake...

We are super proud of our Canteen! This is why ... 1. Recently, we had a surprise visit by the Health Inspector. The Canteen passed with flying colours, in fact with a 5 our of 5 star rating! We received a certificate that we can proudly hang on our wall 2. Where...

Daniel Aquilina, piano teacher, currently has a limited number of vacancies. “It’s my pleasure to offer one on one weekly Piano, Keyboard, & Recorder lessons at Woodend Primary School. I have taught music & played in top bands for 30 + years & have...

Each year, our students commemorate Anzac Day in a range of ways. Alongside learning in classrooms, many young people have shared their experiences of attending dawn services and other events with their families. This year, Woodend Primary School was proudly...