Hi Parents, From this Wednesday, 28th Feb the School Banking will no longer be using tokens as part of the program. From discussion with parent volunteers and the school banking representative it has been decided to try to streamline the amount of time school...

Many thanks to our amazing year 6/7 students who provide a service to our school community by manning the school crossings before and after school. Recently all of our Year 6 and 7 student volunteers, as well as Year 5 students from Room 17, underwent training as...

Here is a list of 2018 dates that you may want to note in your diary. TERM 1: Adelaide Cup - Monday 12 March Student Free Day (Marion Coast Partnership of Schools) - Tuesday 13 March Myojo visitors - Wednesday 21 - Thursday 29 March Sports Day - Friday 23 March...

  Community Rewards is a valuable means to allow the school to provide resources for all students R-7 and the school that assist with student learning. This includes our replacement of the flagpole with a more suitable set of 3 poles that will be able to fly...

Learning is developmental and ongoing and can occur in many different ways and places. Students learn by doing, seeing, trying and practising at home, at school, in the playground, in the community and with friends. Learning at school is one part of the learning...

Our next Woodend Community Market is coming soon! Sunday 25 March 9am - 12pm at Woodend Primary School This event is open to the entire community: book in a stall, book in to do a performance, or simply come along and enjoy the day! Coffee + Cold Drinks Sausage...

We hope you are all managing to stay cool in this warm weather. Our ‘Weather Policy’ at Woodend is applied when the forecast maximum for Noarlunga is 36C or greater, as reported on the Bureau Of Meteorology website at 4:00pm the day before. This week our Weather...

The Parent Network is a commitee of parents who help to foster parent engagement at Woodend - our goals are to support parents, assist in communication with parents, and build a strong parent community. We aim to have at least one parent liaison for each classroom...

Sports Day will be held on Friday, 23 March More details to follow.

Meet our Teachers and other Parents and Caregivers (and students) Tuesday, 13 February 2018 While teachers have already met quite a number of parents and caregivers, we do look forward to having the opportunity on Acquaintance Night to meet with all...

  This week we have had ten young and enthusiastic Korean initial teacher education students from Gyeongin National University visit our school to work-shadow teachers. This has been quite an experience for our eager students as well as for the Korean...

This year, all classrooms will have a class Facebook group. These pages have been created as a way to improve communication between school and home. Although each class will differ slightly, the idea is to use these groups to post reminders and updates about what...

Last year we sent out an expression of interest form to families of students from year 3 for an indication of which students might like to take on musical instrument lessons with a private provider through our school. There was a lot of interest and we are...

After School Sports is once again available to students. Forms can be found in the school office or you may like to check online on the school website. Sports available are: Auskick Reception – Year 2 Kanga Cricket Year 2 - 3 AFL...

A little info for new and current parents regarding the Commonwealth Bank School Banking Program run by Parent Network members at Woodend Primary School. School Banking will start for 2018 on Wednesday the 31st January, and will take place every Wednesday of the...

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The school year has begun very well if today is anything to go by. All of our new Reception children were taken on tours of the school in order to familiarise themselves with where everything is (or at least the important parts of the school). Children R-7 were...

A sincere welcome back to all our Woodend families and we look forward to another positive and productive year ahead. We would like to welcome all new families to our school and trust you enjoy being part of our community. Parents/carers from the new 2018...

End of Year Reports will go home with students this this Wednesday along with information about class placement for 2018. Teachers have invested many hours moderating evidence of student learning, assigning grades and writing comments to communicate...

Isaiah competed at the Pacific Games in Adelaide last week, representing South Australia in the high jump. He jumped a personal best in the competition of 1.61m and finished fourth in the country for 12 year old boys. Isaiah learnt to high jump at school, he has no...

END OF TERM DISMISSAL is at 2.05pm on Friday. The 2017 school year is rapidly drawing to a close. This week is the last week of our school year and as always, it will be a busy one. Monday is our Annual School Community Christmas Event and the weather forecast is...

Important Parking Note: Please do not park on any part of the school grounds or the bunting area for the fire truck. Adherence to these restrictions will ensure we have enough safety clearance to go ahead with the fireworks. Program 6:30 pm: Welcome 6:30 pm:...

2018 Sports Day Update We would like to say thank you to our school community for engaging and sharing feedback regarding our Sports Day. We have had lots of great feedback from staff, students, parents and as a result of this we are pleased to announce the...

On Tuesday 28 November, I attended a Marion Council Meeting to present to council information about the traffic, parking, and safety concerns we experience around Woodend School. My 5 minute presentation was focused, first and foremost, on the safety of the...

Once again this year as, a school community we are always generous and give to the less fortunate and those families who are struggling. If you are able to donate a food item or maybe a toy our tree in the school office is waiting to be filled. Donations can be...

Dear parents/caregivers, We are seeking your creative ideas about what the $5,000,000 might do for our school.   Below is a short survey to enable you to feedback to us any thoughts and ideas that you may have that could help us to ensure the best outcome for...

In celebration of STEAM Week, our virtual art gallery has been updated for 2022! Thank you to the students and teachers who contributed these stunning works. Visit the WAG - Woodend (Virtual) Art...

We are very fortunate here at Woodend Primary to have a long-term Sister School relationship and exchange with Myojo Elementary School in Tokyo. Myojo students and staff have been visiting Woodend since 2008, when we began the home-stay program. We have been very...

We are proud to present Woodend Primary School’s 2022 Arts Showcase! This year you will see some of our many vocal, strings, percussion, brass and woodwind students perform, along with our Wakakirri team, Junior Choir, Senior Choir and Instrumental Music Band. We...

Sports Day is fast approaching! This event takes place on Friday 11th November 2022. With COVID restrictions eased, the canteen staff would love to provide lunch and snacks to our Woodend students, staff and families on this day. To make this happen, we would...

As a school community we have a shared responsibility to keep our children safe. Traffic around our school is the subject of ongoing conversations between staff, Governing Council, families, and Marion Council. As you may have read in a recent post, Important...

Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power over one...

We are excited to be holding our annual STEAM Week again in 2022. Students will have the opportunity to imagine, action and showcase their ideas in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics as they explore our theme ‘MORE THAN MEETS THE...

Wow! Wow! Wow! Our school community have gone above and beyond in their fundraising efforts with over $38,000 donated and 61% of students participating... we are truly astonished and grateful! We will definitely be able to revamp the street, purchase a performing...

This month, parent volunteers organised and ran another successful gift stall at Woodend, in honour of Father's Day. We would like to thank Parent Co-ordinator Jess Simmons and her team of volunteers: Lisa, Sindy, Keeley, Shannon, Kimberly, Jess, Carolyn, Jenny,...

​A reminder to all families: please abide by all traffic & parking rules & restrictions in the streets around our school. The safety of the children and families must be all of our priority, we ALL need to do the right thing. Please note: in term 4, much of...

The following produce from our Kitchen Garden Program is for sale on Qkr eggs, lemon curd, marmalade, organic garlic

BASKETBALL Friday 12th August The boys team were able to make solid improvements after a tough first 3 games. They worked hard on their skills and were rewarded with a great win to finish the day and ended in 7th spot. Boys results: L - 23-11 against Port Elliott L...