Science Week is looming!
Monday 16 - Friday 20 October 2017 (Term 4 Week 1) is Woodend's celebration of all things Science. Our Science Week provides opportunities for students to enjoy and develop an understanding of important science concepts and processes and the applications in our...
Ready to play in the outdoor shops!
In between showers on the morning of Thursday 7 September, we celebrated the official opening of the Outdoor Shop Fronts. The students had the opportunity to meet members of the Grounds Committee who were instrumental in making the shops. These members worked...
SAPSASA Southern Valley District Athletics Day
On Wednesday 6th of September our school competed in the Southern Valley District Athletics Day at Santos Stadium. 40 students from year 4-7 attended the day and represented our school in a great way. We competed against 11 other schools in the Southern Valley...
MUSIC NIGHT
Our Music Night will be held on Tuesday, 19 September. This year we will be continuing with our previous format, using three areas to help keep the night moving along at an entertaining pace. 5:30pm - 6:30pm Paul Henson has arranged for most of his guitar students...
YEAR 7 HIRAGANA CHALLENGE RUNOFFS
Each year schools from the district compete in an Inter school Hiragana Challenge. This involves Year 7 students, competing in teams of 4, to show their knowledge of the Japanese alphabet. We have had much success in the past. This year we are able to take 4 teams...
Sports School Disco
Schools Sports Disco Years R – 7 6:00pm – 8:00pm Friday, 15 September in the Gym $5.00 per ticket Dress Attire – Neat and Casual Playing all the greatest hits Drink included Tickets on sale in the meeting room from Monday, 11 September from 8.30am-8.55am...
Whole School “DESIGN A-THON”
Whole School Fundraiser for Week 8 this term Monday, 11 September - Friday, 15 September Have you started to collect sponsors? Please collect as many sponsors as you can. Sponsorship forms have gone home...more forms are available...
SAPSASA Volleyball
Twenty five Year 6/7 students from our school competed in the SAPSASA Volleyball competition on Monday the 28th of August at Marion Fitness and Leisure Centre. We had 5 teams who competed in a round robin competition throughout the day. All teams played 4 games and...
Book Week Parade 2017 – “Escape to Everywhere”
What a great turnout for our Book Week Parade, despite the cold weather. There were so many fantastic costumes worn by students, staff, parents, friends and the Kindy kids, which made our parade very special....as we Escaped to Everywhere. Thank you for your...
OSHC Bookings for Pupil Free Day
Friday 1st September and 22nd September are Pupil Free Days at Woodend. If you require care on these days, bookings for OSHC are available now. Regards, The OSHC Team
Book Week at OSHC
We certainly do have an exciting week planned to celebrate the theme "Escape to Everywhere". Staff will bring in their favorite childhood books (mine being "There is a Hippopotamus on the roof eating cake" and "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.") and it...
How do we listen to student’s feedback in a classroom? Come and Join in to a Parent Workshop – snack provided – good company
Please note that there are only 25 places available at each workshop. The first Workshop has now ended and so registration can be made for the next available date at this stage. If you would like to utilise the offer of a Creche, please let Kerri know at...
Governing Council News… Fun with Maths
- At our August Governing Council meeting we were very lucky to have Mrs Whelan and a few of her students along present to us on the learning they are doing in their 6/7 class. Max, Tyler, Cooper B., Rhiley, Danika, and Blanka shared with the council how...
Spring Market Day | Oct 29
SAVE THE DATE! The WOODEND SPRING MARKET DAY will take place on Sunday October 29th. We will once again have marquee spaces, table spaces, and car boot spaces available for booking. The Parent Network runs a fantastic canteen, with hot and cold drinks, sausage...
Wellbeing and Engagement Collection
Students in our school have been invited to take part in a data collection. The data collection process will take place this week at school. Purpose of the data collection Young people’s sense of wellbeing is an important part of their development and how they...
SAPSASA Basketball
On Thursday 10th of August a team of 10 boys represented our school at the Sapsasa Basketball Championships. Our team played 6 games throughout the round robin competition. We went down by 4 points in game 1 of the day against Victor Harbor who ended up winning the...
Planning for Science Week
At Woodend, we see science as an ideal way to grow our students’ curiosity and creativity as well as strengthening scientific and mathematical thinking. The success of our Science Week in Term 4 last year, was a testament to our commitment to grow science within...
Room 4 – Our Chicken Adventure
While the students of Woodend Primary were all settling into their first day of Term 3, the children of Room 4 were already busy at work, witnessing a baby chick pipping out of it’s egg, right in front of their eyes. Over the course of week one, they saw another 11...
Funding Boost to Schools
$67.5 million funding boost to accelerate student achievement The State Government will provide a $67.5m funding boost to public school students who have been identified as needing more help to lift literacy and numeracy across the state. Primary school students...
Exciting things happening at OSHC
What a wonderful start to my new Director's position I have had over these past few weeks. Lots of warm messages from the children and parents. Jackie has been enjoying creating the program each week with the help of many enthusiastic kids! This weeks theme is...
Credit Union SA Schools Community Rewards Program Presents “Raising Kids With Grit”
Free Seminar for Parents and Teachers, Wednesday 30 August Credit Union SA’s School Community Rewards is giving back to SA’s school communities by presenting a seminar with author and mentor Bill Hansberry – ‘Being the best Resilience Coach for your kids so they...
Book Week Parade …FRIDAY, 25 AUGUST
Theme: “Escape to Everywhere” Date: Friday 25th August, 2017 (Week 5) Time: 9:55am Location: School Oval (Weather permitting) Dress Code: Book Character or National Costume from around the world Note: If the weather permits us to have our Book Week Parade on the...
What has been happening in football?
What is happening in football? What a huge season of school football we have experienced so far this year! There has been a positive uptake of Aussie Rules football at Woodend and when we reflect on reasons, it is easy to see why. Not only have we had a positive...
Outdoor Play Shop Frontages
Construction of the outdoor play shop frontages is underway outside Room 10 adjacent to the garden. Metal framework has been made ready for the fronts to be attached and paving put down. We were fortunate to have several hours of clear skies before the weather...
Credit Union School Community Rewards Program Visit
School Community Rewards Rep visiting Tuesday 1st August Credit Union SA’s School Community Rewards representative Eliza Pryce will be visiting Woodend Primary School on Tuesday 1st August after school. Chat with Eliza about how Credit Union SA’s products...
Woolworths Earn and Learn 2017
Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017 This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school/early learning centre – and all we need you to do is shop for...
Hamburger lunch!
REMINDER: Woodies Goodies Hamburger Days Students can be treated to a nutritious homemade hamburger for lunch. Monday 7 August - Receptions to Year 3 Tuesday 8 August - Years 4 - 7 Choices and costs: chicken or beef hamburger with lettuce and carrot ...
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability
We have commenced the annual nationally consistent collection of data on school students with disability. The Collection is aimed at providing all Australian schools, education authorities and the community with a clear picture of the number of students with...
From the Principal
Welcome to Term Three. We have quite a number of scheduled projects as evident from our School Calendar. Four that I do wish to point out are the installation of the Koala Crossing on Edward Beck Drive, the installation of the Bike/Scooter Shelters, provision of...
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...
Preparing for the STEAM Expo!
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...
Scientists and Mathematicians return to Woodend for STEAM Week!
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...
Colour Run Event 2022
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...
The WAG (Woodend Art Gallery) has been updated!
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...
Myojo Sister School Homestay Opportunity March 2023
We are very fortunate here at Woodend Primary to have a long-term Sister School relationship and exchange with Myojo Elementary School in Tokyo. Myojo students and staff have been visiting Woodend since 2008, when we began the home-stay program. We have been very...