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...

Woodend Annual School Community Christmas Event Monday 11 December 2017 The Christmas Event is a giant family picnic on the school oval beginning at 6.00pm. Performances throughout the evening are all just for fun and the evening concludes with fireworks once the...

This week, Parent Network held an open meeting to share information and answer questions about our community initiatives. Parent Network has the aim to build our community, to support the students and the school, and to help with communication and engagement....

The Parent Network would like to thank all students for participating in School Banking this year. This is a wonderful initiative that teaches children to save as well as creates fundraising money for our school. Throughout the school we have at total of 259...

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As mentioned in a previous post, (read here) we had 2 teams from Woodend place 1st and 3rd in the district Hiragana Reading Competition in September. This year the Japanese Language Teachers' Association of SA held the first State Hiragana Competition, inviting...

At this time of the year we know that there will generally be a number of staff who will not be at the school in 2018. The following gives a brief summary of this as we know it now of staff for whom retirement is the reason for moving on. Six staff are retiring at...

Here is all you need to know about Sports Day from our friendly canteen staff: *** Sports Day Friday 11th November 2022 *** The Sports Day Sausage Sizzle is back!!! So too are drinks and treats! These are the items that are available and can be ordered on QKR:...

Dear Families, Colour Run A special thankyou to everyone who helped out with the Colour Run last Friday. Your efforts means that from a Fundraising perspective, it was the largest amount raised in Fundraising memory. Just over $41,000 was raised which after...

Learn to support your primary school aged child with worry, frustration, managing impulses and tricky behaviour. Zoom into 1 or all 3webinars – 1 hr duration for FREE. 1)Wednesday 26th of October 2022 at 7pm (Adelaide) - “Calm and Confident Kids”- learn to help...

Congratulations to our Year 3 students who presented their assembly for our school community today. While it was a smaller audience due to JP swimming, our students showed creativity and confidence as they showcased their STEAM Week learning. It is wonderful to see...

Congratulations to our Colour Run VIPs! This is awared to the top 3 classes that had: most funds raised = room 12 ($4332) highest participation = room 22 (100%) and room 30 (84%) best team spirit = room 22 for your rainbow bear activity The prize for our Colour Run...

Acknowledgement of Country As a way of showing respect to the Traditional Custodians of the land, an Acknowledgement of Country can be used to recognise the continuing connection of Aboriginal people to Country. An Acknowledgement of Country can be delivered by...

Last night and today, we held our annual STEAM Week Expo. For the first time since COVID restrictions, we have been able to enjoy this event again as a whole community. It was so pleasing to see our community together again and enjoy engaging in sharing learning...

Our STEAM Week Expo officially opened last night in the school gym. We took some photos of several of the hundreds of exhibits before the families arrived to view them. So many families had taken up the challenge to "repurpose" an unused household item! There...

Woodend has been very fortunate to have Scientists keen to come to our school and share their expertise, research and engage us with an activity. This week classes have worked with a scientist who studies bacteria, one who studies sleep, a scientist who loves...

It is nearly time for our Colour Run event: Friday 28 October on the School Oval. Here is some important information about the event: TIMETABLE: Recess 11:05 = year 5/6 – rooms 17, 27, 28, 29 11:30 = year 4 & 4/5 classes – rooms 1, 2, 9, 10 11:55 = year 3/4...

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...