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...
Gratitude Journals
Since the beginning of Term 1 students in room 11 have been keeping a 'Gratitude Journal'. The journals are not intended to look attractive and be decorative, each student journal is like a log book of all of the things they have been grateful for so far this year....
Design-Athon
Thanks to families who have contributed to the Design-Athon so far. All Design-Athon money is due at the end of this week..
Congratulations Isaiah!
Congratulations to Isaiah Brown who won the High Jump at State Athletics Day yesterday with a jump of 153cm. Isaiah will now compete in the SAPSASA Track and field Team at the School Sport Australia Championship. We wish him all the...
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...
Latest Update: Concert and Fireworks
Update for Concert and Fireworks - more information about the Super Family Event. Please note that the Canteen BBQ is meat sausages, along with onion and bread. If you are unable to eat meat sausages, I suggest bringing other food to eat for tea. While there will...
Fireworks Casual Day – Wednesday 7 December (Week 8)
A Casual Clothes Day has been organised for Wednesday the 7th of December (Week 8) to help raise money for the fireworks for our End-Of-Year Celebration Night. We love having the fireworks to celebrate with our Woodend Community. Each year we try to fund the...
Year 4/5 Assembly Recordings
Congratulations to our year 4 and year 4/5 classes who presented their assembly for our school community today. Room 1 & Room 2 https://youtu.be/XN2azWnOs3E Room 9 & Room 10...
WOODEND ANNUAL CONCERT AND FIREWORKS RETURNS
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