From next year, our school is able to access an ensemble music program through the Department for Education's Instrumental Music Service. This means that students who will be in year 5 and 6 next year will have the opportunity to begin FREE Instrumental Music...

Week 5 - Term 4 - PE WEEK 12th – 16th November 2018 Physical Education Week is a celebration of health and wellbeing; being active, learning about how to look after ourselves and encouraging our school community to take the chance to get outside and enjoy some...

What a great day at Glenelg for the Beach Volleyball competition for our Woodend students! We had a large number of volleyballers, experienced and new, and all students put in a positive effort. A special mention to all those students who were representing the...

Our Remembrance Day assembly this morning was a lovely commemoration of those who have lost their lives in the service of their country during the war.Thank you to parents who came to the assembly this morning. Seth, Abby, Aidan, Hannah, Shanel and Ruby did a...

Remembrance Day Assembly Friday 9th November (as the 11th falls on a Sunday) 11:10 am to approx 11:30 am On the Netball Court next to our 3 Flag Poles All are welcome to attend. A short ceremony of Remembrance will take place with the laying of a wreath and the...

Thank you to all Woodend students, staff, and families for helping to make the 2018 Colour Run an incredible event and fundraiser. Thanks to your effort, we've raised over $15,000 for new playground equipment & nature play at Woodend! This is the best...

Would you like to know more about Pedal Prix at Woodend? Does your son or daughter show interest in: racing? tinkering or learning about the mechanics or motion of vehicles? cooperating with others in a team taking appropriate risks? having fun with families and...

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...

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...

“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...