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 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...

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...

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...

Congratulations to Mrs Jess Coster who won our Pedal Prix Easter raffle. Thank you to everyone who supported our raffle. We raised $336.15 which is absolutely fabulous.

The Woodend Performance Team are organising a Snow Cone Fundraiser to raise money to buy costumes. This team have begun rehearsals and will be performing on stage in September. Snow Cone Day details: When: Friday 14th April (last day of term) Where: Near the Front...

Yesterday we farewelled our friends from Myojo Gakuen. After 14 years of visits it still doesn’t get easy to say goodbye. We are sure that they feel the same, back in Tokyo. What a wonderful 10 days we have enjoyed with our 23 Myojo students and 4 staff...

Congratulations to our 17 Pedal Prix Woodend riders for 2023. Say hi to Jose, Sabian, Toby, Max, Ollie, Micah, Harry, Bella, Xavier, Levi, Jacob, Lillie, Dylan, Mackenzie, Flynn, Elijah and Hogan. To help fund a new bike the team have organised an Easter Raffle....

Easter Competition! Get egg-cited, it’s time for our annual Easter Giveaway! We have put together our all-time favourite easter goodies from Haigh’s and we can’t wait to give it away to one of our School Community Reward members! Entry is easy, all your community...

Advertising your business Do you have a company or business you wish to advertise? What does this involve? Advertising your company or business will be in the form of a sign displayed on the eastern side of Woodend Primary School facing Young Street, Sheidow Park....

On Friday the 24th of March our school celebrated Harmony Day, showing our support for an inclusive community. Students dressed in orange or items of cultural significance, participated in international games and took part in a school picnic with our visitors from...

On Tuesday evening we welcomed 23 students and 4 staff members from Myojo Gakuen, our sister school in Tokyo, Japan. After waiting 3 years, it was so wonderful to see the joy on the faces of both our students and Myojo students. On Wednesday we had a Welcome...

At Woodend Primary School, we believe that student voice matters. The benefits of listening to and acting on student voice at Woodend include: increasing student's engagement in learning, including learning that may be messy, challenging and stretch us encouraging...

Our first Woodend Market Stall for 2023 was extremely successful! Thank you to all the families who came by to share words of encouragement or purchase produce on Wednesday afternoon. Your support is appreciated! This initiative allows the fresh produce grown and...