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...
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....
Welcome to Woodend 2023
A very warm welcome to all of our students and families who are returning to Woodend Primary School and a special welcome to our 97 new receptions and their families, as well as older students and their families starting at Woodend School for the first time....
Update from the Library: 2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge Success!
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Rose Ceremony Farewell
We continued our Rose Ceremony tradition of celebrating the arrival of our new Reception students at the start of each year and farewelling our Year 6 students at the end of the year. This is unique to our school as it links to the beginnings of Woodend Primary...
2022 Graduates Award Winners
Congratulations to all year 6 students who graduated from Woodend on Thursday night. The following students won awards. Academic Achievement Sophie Bentvelzen Kyara Fort Stephanie Provencher Spencer Trott Genevieve Walford Academic Improvement J'Aime Braysher...
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...