Bits n pieces from OSHC
Did you know Woodend OSHC is now on Facebook? Just search for woodend PS OSHC. This Friday is a 2.05pm school finish so please be sure to let us know if your child requires OSHC and isn't booked in already, if you wont need that afternoon please let us know by...
End of Year Reports 2017
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...
Congratulations Isaiah!
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 Year Information 2017
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...
Woodend Community Annual Christmas Event – Monday, 11 December on the School Oval
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
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...
Woodend Children’s Centre
WOODEND CHILDREN’ S CENTRE The vision for Woodend Children’s Centre is to provide a quality learning environment which is accessible, inclusive and play based. We are committed to pursue excellence in the provision of equitable and inclusive preschool and...
Traffic & Safety Update
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...
Christmas Foods for the Underprivileged
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...
$5,000,000 Upgrade – your thoughts
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 Christmas Event
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...
Parent Network: Building our Community & Supporting our Families
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....
School Banking Program
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...
Summer Seedling Sale
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Thank you to Adelaide Fresh Fruiterers
Woodies Goodies would like to acknowledge Adelaide Fresh Fruiterers Morphett Vale. Adelaide Fresh Fruiterers have been supplying us and accommodating our requests during terms 3&4 of this year. We thank them very much for their support and look...
STATE HIRAGANA EXCITEMENT
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...
Staff Retirements
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...
Celebrate the taste of summer – Seedling sale Dec 5 & 6 starting at 2:45pm
Woodend students have grown and nurtured a variety of organic tomato seedlings this term for your gardens! Come and check out what's on offer to get your garden pumping with summer flavour. All proceeds going back into the Kitchen Garden Program. Come find us in...
Credit Union SA Insurance Challenge
Help our school to raise valuable funds with the School Community Rewards Insurance Challenge! All it takes is 25 new insurance policies – for example that could be 9 families taking out cover on their home building, contents and family car – and the school will...
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...
Thank you 2022 Student Voice In Learning team
It is time to thank and farewell our Student Voice in Learning (SVIL) team. This group of students have shown enthusiasm and a willingness to make a difference to learning across the school. Their 'theory of choice' has been: We want to prove that if students at...
Recognising Woodend citizens
Thank you to these Room 8 students who used their initiative to raise money for our school last term. Isabella, Sienna, Imogen, Sophie, Vika, Evie and Payton (absent) made and sold items to sell in the street area of our school. Their efforts went towards paying...
Thank You and Farewell Ms Hauber
Ms Diedre Hauber has made the decision to retire from teaching. Ms Hauber began her teaching career at Christies East Primary School in 1979. Over the years she has worked at Macclesfield, Sheidow Park and now Woodend. She taught a variety of R-7 classes and then...
Memento 2022
During Term 2, the year 5/6 Classes read "My Girragunji" by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor for our novel study. We also focused on the Australian Indigenous artist, Bronwyn Bancroft to accompany our Indigenous focus. All students created amazing artwork which...
Thank You from Governing Council
As our school year draws to a close I would like to say thank you to staff, families, and parent volunteers for all you do to make our school extra special. I am pleased to share that our final fundraising tally from the colour run is over $23,000! This money will...
Approved 2023 Materials & Services Charge
Dear families, As the Chief Executive's delegate, I have approved the amount for the 2023 school year, of $355. This follows a successful poll where the majority supported the amount of $355 being the 2023 Materials and Services charge for years Reception to Year...
Graduation 2022: LiveStream
This coming Thursday 15 December our Year 6 students will celebrate the culmination of their primary school years with a graduation ceremony. You can watch the ceremony live from 6pm using the link below. Graduation LiveStream:...
END OF TERM EARLY FINISH
REMINDER: EARLY FINISH School will finish at 2:05pm On Friday 16th December 2022. OSHC will begin earlier to accomodate this finish...
Student Reports and other End of Term Items
Thank You Firstly, a big thank you for all of the workers who made last night a great success. Our teachers, students, canteen staff and helpers plus sound technician and all those people who helped by putting our bins in place and ensuring that afterwards...
2022 Celebration Night Program
6:30 Announcements 6:35 Lily, Stephanie, Lianna, Sophie, Gabby, Ava National Anthem 6:40 Xzavier - Room 09 Texas Rock 6:45 Students - Room 25 Santa Tell Me 6:50 Room 04 Reindeer Hokey Pokey 6:55 Kindy Performance Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes / Taba Naba...
Thank you to our amazing volunteers
We have valued and appreciated the strong level of community support throughout 2022. Our volunteers have again worked so hard this year, generously giving their time, energy and ideas for the benefit of our school. It may be organising or helping out in...
Year 2 Assembly Recordings
Congratulations to our year 2 classes who presented their assemblies for our school community today. Room 6 & Room 24 https://youtu.be/91i3rYi2UDE Room 8 & Room 30...