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...

Next Friday 28 September is the last day of term 3 and students will be dismissed at 2.05pm. Term 3 has flown by and has been packed with varied learning experiences for our students. Highlights from the term have included: 16 students participating in the Home...

This is the brand new equipment that our school was able to get thanks to our school families who put in for the Coles Sports For Schools program. A big thank you to Karen Charles, a Woodend parent, who coordinated and ran this program. Thank you Karen for your...

On Wednesday 5th September, 44 of our Woodend students competed in the District Athletics Day. These talented students contributed to Woodend winning the title for the 5TH YEAR IN A ROW!! We are very proud of all of the students and we say a big thank you to the...

  Mark Williams, from the Premier's Reading Challenge visited Woodend today to congratulate 4 students who were finalists in the Premier's Reading Challenge STEM Reading and Design Challenge 2018. The STEM Reading and Design Challenge 2018 invited students of...

Please see our original Colour Run post here. COLOUR RUN FAQs Can all children participate? This event is the major fundraiser for our school so we are asking all children to participate in fundraising. However, even if children are unable to raise funds for the...

Last week the year 2 classes (Room 4, Room 6 and Room 20) went on an excursion to the Living Kaurna Cultural Centre (Warriparinga). Warriparinga means 'windy place by the river'. It is a ceremonial meeting place and an early European settlement site. Warriparinga...

Thankyou to all parents, grandparents, friends etc who came along to support our students who performed a wide range of musical pieces last night, Flute, Guitar, Keyboard and Drums all featured. In addition we had the Junior and Senior Choirs sing with solo efforts...

16 very excited students and 3 almost as excited staff have safely flown out from Adelaide airport this afternoon bound for Myojo school in Tokyo. This group of students and staff have been working hard for months planning, refining their Japanese language skills...

Let's start planning! The first week of Term 4, Woodend will celebrate everything linked to STEAM! This is from Monday 15th - Friday 19th October 2018. STEAM Week is a parent engagement initiative where families are encouraged to use some holiday time to...

We are very proud of our SAPSASA Netball team who were able to make it to the final 8 teams in the SAPSASA knockout competition. The girls played Tatachilla last Friday 31st August and were defeated 35 - 19. The girls are to be congratulated for making it so far in...

What a fantastic turnout for our Book Week Parade, despite the wet weather. There was such a great selection of very creative costumes and the children looked brilliant. Thank you to everyone who put in a huge effort with their outfits. Well done.   [gallery...

Our school's new air conditioning system is progressing well. Unfortunately, this means that as of today our atrium space is unavailable for the next week. This is bad timing for our music night! All times for performances will stay the same, but our atrium stage...

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...

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...