What’s Been Happening in Room 8?
The children in Room 8 have spent the last four weeks working on a unit of work about our Indigenous people. We have focussed on learning about their connections to the land, their artwork and their lives in the past. This week as a conclusion to our unit of work...
New bike and scooter racks are in!
Last Saturday 18 November, members of the Grounds Committee worked to erect new bike and scooter racks at the back of Rooms 1 and 27. The committee worked for approximately six hours to prepare the ground, measure and dig the holes, insert and cement the racks....
Class Structure 2018
Each year our class structure is dependent on enrolment numbers in each year level. At Woodend we have often tried to keep our year 6/7 classes as composite classes and other years as straight year level classes. In other schools, all composite classes are the...
Congratulations Maddison!
When I was born, I knew I had singing in my blood! When I was in Year 3 I joined the Junior Choir. I sang in the Junior Choir for 2 years. Now that I am in Year 5 I have joined the Senior Choir and I auditioned for a solo for the Festival of Music. I didn't get...
HOST FAMILIES WANTED FOR MYOJO STUDENTS
The time of year has come around again and we are looking for host families for our visiting Myojo students who will be here from Tuesday, 20 March 2018 through until Thursday, 29 March, 2018. Their departure day is the Thursday before the 4 day Easter break. We...
Garden Call Out – Do you have expertise in garden design?
Kate is in the process of restructuring the garden to increase production and reduce the maintenance of the garden in coming years. We’re looking for some help in designing and advising on Woodend’s new native garden. We want to create an area in the school’s...
Volunteer requirements at Woodend
At Woodend we work to build strong adult partnerships, not only because we want you to feel valued, welcomed, and able to contribute, but also able to learn within our Woodend community. Ultimately this is also about developing you and our school community’s...
The Newsroom: Week 5, Term 4
This week's Facebook Live news is up and available on our school facebook page. Tune in each week for a snapshot of the news. Wednesdays at 2:55pm. To watch, just visit facebook.com/woodendprimary . ...
Parent Network Open Meeting
Join us for our final Parent Network meeting of the year - all current parent network members are invited as well as any parents/carers interested in learning more about the Parent Network and/or other school committees and ways to get involved at Woodend;...
Parent Opinion Survey
We are in the process of gaining additional feedback from parents about some of the areas that we focus on in the school. This survey assists us to further improve what we do for all students. It is considered in conjunction with student and staff feedback....
Y4/5 Obento Masterchef
This year, eight Y4/5 students participated in Obento Masterchef event presented by Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of South Australia (JLTASA). Students have used the knowledge about obento (Japanese lunch box) they have gained in Term 3 and planned their...
Facebook Live News: Week 3, Term 4
This week's student news broadcast. Remember to tune in every Wednesday at 2:55pm.
Principal’s Update
Just a few updates which are important to know; School Website We are in the process of installing a Student Data Management System which includes our attendance information as well as learning data. As this is happening, the hosting that happens for our school...
Slippery Science show
Recently Scientist David Lampard came to Woodend to put on an outstanding show focussing on the Scientific properties of water. All year 3 to 7 classes were invited. We learnt about how SA Water works through each stage to filter grey and salt water for use in our...
Community Feedback : Traffic & Safety
Traffic, parking, and road safety around Woodend Primary School can be a hot topic in our community. Governing Council has a task force to work with Marion Council and the Way2Go program to look into our problems and possible solutions. We will be presenting our...
Can you help? River pebbles needed
As part of the Japanese program this term our Year 6/7 classes are learning to read and write kanji, the Japanese picture characters. One activity we are planning to do is to decorate pebbles/rocks with colourful kanji characters. We will use these rocks as a...
Invitation: Hear the Premier, Jay Weatherill talk about our Grant of $5,000,000
When: Friday 3rd November Time: 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM Where: School Gym On Friday, Premier Jay Weatherill is visiting our school to speak with parents about the recent five million dollar funding grant given to Woodend Primary School under the “Building Better...
Calm Kid Central
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Woodend Primary Newsroom
Each week our Woodend Student News team broadcast live via Facebook Live. These broadcasts happen at 2:55pm to try and capture the school pick up audience. To allow for those parents that aren't able to tune in at that time, the video remains available on the...
Building Better Schools – Woodend Primary School – $5 million
I’m pleased to advise that in a significant move by the Government today, that Woodend Primary School has been allocated $5 million to revitalise our school infrastructure and provide state-of-the-art spaces for innovative learning. This decision is part of the...
The end of year is sneaking up on us!
Well the Christmas cheer is certainly out and about in the shops so time to get some up coming dates out to our new and existing OSHC families! Some dates for your Diary: OSHC will be closed for two weeks over the Christmas/New year period. Our last operating day...
Weekly News on Facebook Live
This week we have launched a new initiative from our Digital Leader students. Each week students will write about and prepare news and highlights to share via a short (5-10 minutes) Facebook Live broadcast. This will air each week at 3:55pm on Wednesday, aimed at...
State Government Attendance Strategy
New attendance strategy to help South Australian students excel A new attendance strategy has been developed to ensure the state’s 168,000 public school students achieve the best possible education. To support the strategy, an additional 11 attendance and...
A few Science Week Photos to share with you from Week One
Enjoy the photos taken at the Science Expo last week. They show many facets of learning including engagement, interest, appreciation, curiosity, inquisitiveness, inquiry, problem solving and creativity to name just a few. Thank you to everyone who visited on...
It’s time to order 2018 Senior Uniforms
2018 Senior Uniforms can be ordered online for the next 3 weeks until Friday 10 November This is a one off opportunity to order, no orders will be accepted after this date. If you are unable to order on line or for more information, please see Angela in the office....
Canberra 2017
Are we there yet? How much longer? These were just a few of the questions asked multiple times as we commuted the 1159km to Canberra. Surprisingly it took a lot longer than what we had originally thought when completing our prior mapping task. What an exciting...
Reminder – Science Expo Tonight 6-7pm
We are looking forward to our Science Expo tonight and hope you are planning to come. All Science Expo items will be set up in the Gym, Library, Kitchen, Atrium, Studio and Yonder (the open space between rooms 27-30) Thank you to all families who have wondered,...
School Sports Day – Further Clarification Prior to Potential Changes (closing 29/10/17 at midnight)
Please note: This survey will be closing at midnight on Sunday October 29th. Dear parents/caregivers, Following on from the previous survey about our Woodend Sports Day, we would like to get further feedback about possible preference in regards to how we move...
Science Week is here!
Science Week has started with a bang! Well ... maybe not a bang but a reaction! Some classes spent time with 'real' scientists from South Australia's Tall Poppy Program and Flinders University. On Monday, the year 6/7's had the opportunity to work with Dr...
Class Placement for 2018
In order to form classes for 2018 it is important that we estimate our prospective student numbers as accurately as possible. If your child will not be attending our school next year, please let us know in writing, ASAP. Alternatively, if you have a child due to...
PARENT FORUM – services and support available for children and young people (Helen Connolly, Commissioner for Children & Young People)
Parent Forum The Parent Forums are an initiative established to inform and engage parents or carers about the services and support available for children and young people with a disability and to provide an opportunity to listen to the voices of their families. The...
Sports Thank You evening
It is time to recognise our parent/carer volunteers involved in Sport. For all our amazing parents/carers who have supported our students with any sport, taking on a role of regularly: coordinating managing a team transporting students umpiring scoring coaching You...
A host of opportunities on offer for students through Festival of Music
Over the coming weeks, Festival of Music are holding auditions for many of the great opportunities they offer for students through their concert series. Please refer to the post below for more information. For students currently in years 4 and 5 who are interested...
State Hiragana Reading Competition 2022
As mentioned in a previous post, https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/2022/09/15/southern-district-hiragana-reading-competition-success/ we had 2 teams from Woodend place 1st and 2nd in the district Hiragana Reading Competition in September, last term. The...
Sports Day News from Woodies Goodies Canteen
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:...
Principal’s News – 31st October 2022
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...
Calm Kid Central FREE Webinars
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...
Year 3 Assembly Recordings
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...
Colour Run VIPs and Slime!
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...
Smoking ceremony marks the official beginning of building works at Woodend!
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...
STEAM Expo highlights
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...