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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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Kiss & Go Update - January 2019 The Kiss & Go area has now been fully extended. This is a TWO MINUTE, no parking zone for morning drop of from 8:30-9am and afternoon pick up time 3-3:30pm. To address the concern of non-compliant parking occurring, Council’s...

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...

Early Dismissal Friday, 6 July 2018 at 2.05pm not 3.05pm. Term 3 Commences on Tuesday 24 July 2018  

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...

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...

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...

Woodies Goodies have a bargain for you. $5 Lunch Specials every Tuesday on Qkr only.  

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...

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...

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....

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...

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)....

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...

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...

  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)

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...

EVERYONE BELONGS AT WOODEND PS We are excited to celebrate the unique cultures that make up Woodend PS in 2018 with 2 design competitions. Woodend PS is providing an exclusive opportunity to current students to design Woodend’s own 2018 Multicultural Heritage...

Unfortunately due to a price increase from our supplier, the cost of Long Sleeve Polo's has increased to $34 effective immediately.

SPORTS DISCO Friday, 16 November 2018 Years R - 7 6:00pm - 7:30pm Dress Attire - Neat DJ Kezza 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...

All schools are required to collect information about the numbers of students that they provide adjustments to under the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) and Disability Standards of Education (2005). From 2018, this data will be used as the basis for national...

Congratulations to our SAPSASA Girls Netball and Boys Soccer teams for their recent success. Both teams went to Reynella East College in a double header match last Friday 25th March. Our netball girls were down 6-2 at quarter time and were able to fight back and...

Sundays Weather Forecast is 20o What a great Opportunity to see our Pedal Prix 'KPOW' in action. This is also an opportunity for you to have a go and find out what its all about all you need is your bike helmet. Rachel and the team would love to see you there. This...

We are proud to be able to offer a Canteen service to our Woodend community. In order to provide a healthy, fresh menu in our school Canteen, we make and bake the majority of items for sale within the Canteen and source the most fresh of ingredients. Our Canteen...

Dear Parents, I am writing to let you know that our centre will be rolling out a new digital sign in/out system next week called Xplor. You will be invited to create an account with Xplor from an email on 31st of January 2023 Please action this email as soon as you...

  One student from each family should today bring home a financial statement for your family, with invoices for Materials & Services Fee and Excursion/Incursion Levy attached. The amount to be paid can be confusing this year due to application of the...

Welcome to 2023 It is the start of a new academic year and Woodend Primary School is ready to help your child reach their potential. Our caring and community focused school provides each student with the attention they need to thrive. We have a dedicated and...

We are excited to be able to welcome parents on site after a couple of years of covid restrictions preventing or limiting this. Acquaintance night is a fabulous opportunity to make connections with your child's classroom teacher, specialist teachers and other...

We are now taking enquiries about instrumental music lessons for student in years 3-6 in 2023. These lessons are offered by private providers. They have a weekly cost and occur during school times. After the initial registration of interest, all payments and...

Dear Families, This year all classes will be using Seesaw to share and communicate with parents and caregivers! Your child will post to Seesaw to share their learning. Teachers and School Administration will also use Seesaw to send messages and reminders. Follow...

A very warm welcome to all of our students and families who are returning to Woodend Primary School and a special welcome to our 97 new receptions and their families, as well as older students and their families starting at Woodend School for the first time....

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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...