Wellbeing and Engagement Collection 2018
Students in our school have been invited to take part in the Wellbeing and Engagement Collection being conducted this term. Students will be asked to complete a short online survey. Purpose of the collection Young people’s sense of wellbeing is an important part of...
Pedal Prix News
Yesterday, Sunday 29 July our Woodend K-Pow team headed to Victoria Park Racecourse for their next race meet. Each time the students compete, they are improving with their organisation, team work, stamina and times. Congratulations to Zac, Lachlan, Zico, Riley,...
SAPSASA Basketball News
Last Thursday 26 July, Woodend had two basketball teams represented in the SAPSASA Basketball Championships. We congratulate both teams as they played with a consistent effort throughout their six games. The boys team won five of their six games and only lost one...
Book Week Parade
Book Week is fast approaching. It is celebrated week 5 of this term, which is also when our Premier's Reading Challenge forms are due (Friday 24th August). Please make sure your child/children have their PRC forms handed in to their class teacher by the end of...
Music Night – Save the Date
This year, our school music night will be held on Tuesday 4th September. This is the night that students involved in our instrumental music, junior choir and senior choir programs have an opportunity to perform to our school community. We will share times and...
Parents In Education Week 2018
Parents in Education Week is a joint initiative of each off the public and private school sectors. This year an exciting program of free parenting seminars will be held over 3 nights at the Adelaide Entertainment centre from 28-30 August. Expert speakers will...
The End Of Term 2
Dear parents/caregivers, We have just finished a very busy and productive school term. Thankyou to all who have been a part of classroom reading, volunteering in the canteen, helping out at the working bee, conducting the school banking, working on our wide range...
Busy gardeners
With the support of our Grounds Committee parent, Ailee, students from Room 6 and SRC Grounds Committee determined the best choice of plants for our garden project outside Room 6. These students had many different types to choose from and their selections...
Year 1 excursion
Year 1 Excursion On the 30th of May our class, with Room 7, went on an excursion to The Bassett Boys’ Schoolroom in Willunga. It was opened in 1862. We dressed up in old fashioned clothes and we played lots of games that children played in the olden days. We played...
Sports Update
NETBALL Congratulations to our SAPSASA Year 6/7 Netball team! The team defeated Craigburn Primary School on Friday 21st June. It was held at our school and we had an outright win 29 - 7. The girls played competitively for four quarters. We now move onto...
Disco Fever at Woodend!
We had our biggest turn-out of students at our annual Woodend Disco on Friday night. There was flashing lights, colour, noise and 320 students showing us their best dance moves! The gym was electric and pumping! We thank all the parents for your support with...
Improving our school grounds
The weather was kind to us on Saturday when parents and staff worked on improving parts of our school grounds. The Working Bee took place between 8am and 12.30pm with two significant projects achieved. The first was to begin the cement mushrooms of our Project #2...
NAPLAN Online – privacy collection notice
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Student Free Day
Student Free Day - Monday, 23 July 2018 Teachers will be working collaboratively with other teachers from our Marion Coast partnership of schools at Sheidow Park Primary School. The focus of the day is learning design , assessment and moderation. Term 3 Commences...
End of Term Dismissal
Early Dismissal Friday, 6 July 2018 at 2.05pm not 3.05pm. Term 3 Commences on Tuesday 24 July 2018
EVERYONE BELONGS – CELEBRATING THE UNIQUE CULTURES THAT MAKE UP WOODEND PS
Thanks to parents who have reinforced the message that everyone belongs at Woodend with your children and supported them to create designs for Woodend’s own Multicultural Celebration Uniform and Flag. Designs have been shortlisted by the school’s wellbeing...
Junior Choir Concert
What a fabulous and entertaining night! Thank you to the many students and families who came out on a cold winters night to enjoy an evening's entertainment presented by Vicki Gregory and the Junior Choir. We were treated with a beautifully melodic sound with 4...
Mid-Year Reports 2018
Teachers have been busily moderating evidence of student learning, assigning grades and writing comments in preparation for mid-year reports. Mid-year reports are intended to communicate with families about how students are progressing in their learning and...
Are you ready for the New CCS starting next week?
Dear OSHC families, There is less than a week until the new Childcare subsidy rolls in, please make sure you have completed your Child Care Subsidy assessments via mygov to ensure you receive your OSHC/vacation care rebate. Eloise
Woodies Goodies News …. $5 Lunches on Tuesday’s Through Qkr
Woodies Goodies have a bargain for you. $5 Lunch Specials every Tuesday on Qkr only.
Library News
New Library Opening Hours The Library is now open from 8:30am weekdays and open after school on Monday afternoons until 3:20pm. Premier's Reading Challenge It's great to see so many students finishing off their Premier's Reading Challenge. Just a reminder we need...
Congratulations K-POW team!
Last Sunday 17th June, our Woodend "K-POW" Pedal Prix team competed in a race at Victoria Park Racecourse. Despite the wind and rain, the team performed a personal best. They improved their ranking by 3 places from last year! It was also a real team bonding...
School Banking: TOKEN COUNT
Hi parents! Joanne, our local School Banking Specialist from the Commonwealth Bank will be attending our school to conduct a Token Count session... Tuesday 19th June from 8.30am – 9am This session will be held near the school office, outside under the verandah....
Can you help improve our grounds?
On SATURDAY 30TH JUNE the Grounds Committee have organised a Working Bee. There are a number of small projects around the school grounds that require many hands rather than just the groundsperson's. The Working Bee will commence at 8am in the Street and you can...
Our Excursion by Room 7
Year 1 excursion to Willunga Courthouse and Bassett Boys School In week 5, all the year 1 classes visited the Willunga Courthouse and Bassett Boys School. Mrs Podzuweit and Miss Bolt’s classes went on Wednesday (Miss Yardley and Miss Goudie on the Tuesday)....
Bully Audit Term 1 2018
Twice a year we survey all year 3-7 students about how safe they are feeling in the yard. The survey asks students about what they believe bullying is, how safe they are feeling in the yard, any issues they are experiencing with other students and asks for...
Tackling Student Issues/Concerns/Bullying using a No-Blame approach
What is bullying? People often disagree about what bullying means. Is it any hurtful, intimidating behaviour (such as a shove on the playground), or does bullying imply a long-running series of deliberate actions such as name-calling day after day? The definition...
Pupil Free & School Closure Reminders
Thursday, 7 June - Pupil Free Day Friday, 8 June - School Closure Day Monday, 23 July - Pupil Free Day (This day is the first day back after the July school holidays)
Air Conditioning Upgrade
If you have been into the front office this term you will have noticed builders plastic through the corridor. The plastic covering is due to a long overdue upgrade to the air conditioning system in the main building, which is now ready to begin. We are all looking...
Rose Ceremony Farewell
We continued our Rose Ceremony tradition of celebrating the arrival of our new Reception students at the start of each year and farewelling our Year 6 students at the end of the year. This is unique to our school as it links to the beginnings of Woodend Primary...
2022 Graduates Award Winners
Congratulations to all year 6 students who graduated from Woodend on Thursday night. The following students won awards. Academic Achievement Sophie Bentvelzen Kyara Fort Stephanie Provencher Spencer Trott Genevieve Walford Academic Improvement J'Aime Braysher...
Thank you 2022 Student Voice In Learning team
It is time to thank and farewell our Student Voice in Learning (SVIL) team. This group of students have shown enthusiasm and a willingness to make a difference to learning across the school. Their 'theory of choice' has been: We want to prove that if students at...
Recognising Woodend citizens
Thank you to these Room 8 students who used their initiative to raise money for our school last term. Isabella, Sienna, Imogen, Sophie, Vika, Evie and Payton (absent) made and sold items to sell in the street area of our school. Their efforts went towards paying...
Thank You and Farewell Ms Hauber
Ms Diedre Hauber has made the decision to retire from teaching. Ms Hauber began her teaching career at Christies East Primary School in 1979. Over the years she has worked at Macclesfield, Sheidow Park and now Woodend. She taught a variety of R-7 classes and then...
Memento 2022
During Term 2, the year 5/6 Classes read "My Girragunji" by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor for our novel study. We also focused on the Australian Indigenous artist, Bronwyn Bancroft to accompany our Indigenous focus. All students created amazing artwork which...
Thank You from Governing Council
As our school year draws to a close I would like to say thank you to staff, families, and parent volunteers for all you do to make our school extra special. I am pleased to share that our final fundraising tally from the colour run is over $23,000! This money will...
Approved 2023 Materials & Services Charge
Dear families, As the Chief Executive's delegate, I have approved the amount for the 2023 school year, of $355. This follows a successful poll where the majority supported the amount of $355 being the 2023 Materials and Services charge for years Reception to Year...
Graduation 2022: LiveStream
This coming Thursday 15 December our Year 6 students will celebrate the culmination of their primary school years with a graduation ceremony. You can watch the ceremony live from 6pm using the link below. Graduation LiveStream:...
END OF TERM EARLY FINISH
REMINDER: EARLY FINISH School will finish at 2:05pm On Friday 16th December 2022. OSHC will begin earlier to accomodate this finish...
Student Reports and other End of Term Items
Thank You Firstly, a big thank you for all of the workers who made last night a great success. Our teachers, students, canteen staff and helpers plus sound technician and all those people who helped by putting our bins in place and ensuring that afterwards...
2022 Celebration Night Program
6:30 Announcements 6:35 Lily, Stephanie, Lianna, Sophie, Gabby, Ava National Anthem 6:40 Xzavier - Room 09 Texas Rock 6:45 Students - Room 25 Santa Tell Me 6:50 Room 04 Reindeer Hokey Pokey 6:55 Kindy Performance Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes / Taba Naba...
