One of the ways in which we hope to build a sense of community and belonging at the school, as well as foster parent engagement in learning, is by inviting parents to join the Parent Network. The Parent Network is a committee made up of parents who act as liaisons...

School Community Rewards is a fundraising program that provides a regular financial benefit for our school without parents having to donate time or money. Simply open any of Credit Union SA’s highly competitive banking products, nominate our school and Credit Union...

It is hard to believe that the first week has gone! The new Reception children have successfully managed their first week of school life. The parents/carers and Reception teachers have benefitted from some quality time to talk about the child and about the year...

Welcome to the new school year! This year we are aiming to feature a blog post each week from one of our classrooms. There are lot's of great things happening in our school and we look forward to sharing some of these experiences more regularly. This week, we are...

  The Woodend Primary School Parent Network is hosting a Summer Car Boot Sale Sunday, 12 February 9am-1pm Open to the entire community! FREE Bouncy Castle Coffee Van Sausage Sizzle Fairy Floss Buskers Seller's Stalls Please help us to spread the word about the...

  It's time again to start another year of School Banking . This year the banking theme is "Future Savers" with some great prizes to claim. Please see image below. Students can use their previous years deposit book & all tokens roll over into this year....

Meet our Teachers and other Parents and Caregivers (and students) Monday 13 February While teachers have already met quite a number of parents and caregivers, we do look forward to having the opportunity on Acquaintance Night to meet with all families together to...

It is soon time for your son/daughter to commence their life as a school person at Woodend Primary School. We look forward to welcoming them next Monday 30 January from 8:30am onwards dressed in their school uniform with school bag and ready for the morning. Our...

We hope you enjoyed fabulous family time over the summer break. Staff have been working hard preparing for students' return on Monday. A warm welcome to our new students and families. We look forward to getting to know you and we hope you feel a friendly...

My sincerest thanks to staff, students and parents for the wonderful send off. So much has been said over the past few weeks at a range of different events. I have been extremely flattered, grateful and honoured to receive such lovely words and wishes from so...

We congratulate our Year 7 graduates of 2016 and wish them all the best in 2017 as they progress to high school and a new and exciting phase in their lives. We are very proud of the way these students have worked to be good leaders at this school and strong role...

Every year our Year 7 students work with dance instructor Sue Howard to choreography two dances for presentation at our farewell assembly on the last day of the school year. Both the boy's dance and the girl's dance are usually quite unique and very creative. We...

Each year our Year 7 students create something special to leave as a memento for the school to enjoy and to also leave a mark that helps everyone remember them. The school is full of lovely art and technology installations that have been memento projects over the...

We've all enjoyed another Woodend School Community Christmas Event and we thank all performers for a fabulous three hours of fun and christmas cheer. Thank you also to all the volunteers who help with our canteen services on the night. We think our big crowd of...

Congratulations to Kym Sard and Alex Moran (pictured above) on being acknowledged with Woodend Volunteer Awards for 2017. This recognition is given to long-term volunteers who are leaving the school at the time that their last child is graduating from Year...

Congratulations to the hundreds of students who received a Premier's Reading Challenge Award at our special assembly on 30 November. We were lucky to have Mem Fox as special guest for this presentation. Check out the PRC Awards list on the library blog....

On Monday 5 December our Year 6/7 Cricket Team were invited by SACA to the first ever SACA Primary School Competition Graduation Ceremony. The event was held in the Ian MacLachlan Room in the Members Grandstand at Adelaide Oval. The purpose was for SACA to thank...

We are looking forward to our Annual Christmas Event on Monday night. At this stage the weather forecast is for a beautiful evening. Please find the program for the night here. Please note that it is essential that we keep the gate way between the wavy fence and...

Hello and welcome to my first Woodend community blog. I am looking forward to working with the school community in supporting students to learn within and beyond the school. While I am aware of much of the outstanding work that has already been carried out in the...

Check out this youtube video...added to this post on 09/12/16. A couple of weeks ago our National Prize winning Kidpreneurs of the Year from Felicity Shevchenko's class had an amazing time in Melbourne visiting the Moose Toy Headquarters and meeting with...

  OSHC will be open from 9 January for Vacation Care. School office will be open from 9:00 am on Tuesday 17 January. Uniform Shop will be open from 9:00 am -10:00 am on Monday 23 January and Tuesday 24 January. Teachers will be officially back on duty on 24...

It's sad to be be farewelling Di Thomas (pictured on left, with Helen), who has been associated with our school for 15 years. Di has firstly been a wonderful volunteer at our school when her children were younger. She has also been involved with our school canteen...

We are very pleased that Parent Network has been able to organise two special Mark Le Messurier adult presentations in Terms 1&2 next year. We are sure these will be very engaging for parents and staff . Mark is a very well respected presenter and we have...

We love to recognise all of our volunteers as often as possible. We use the Thank You Morning Tea (10:30 am 9 Dec) to formally do that. We have invited all volunteers to this morning tea. We hope that we have included everyone... if we have inadvertently missed...

  Congratulations to our SRC Leadership Team and all SRC reps for 2016. Over the last 2 years our SRC has focused on student learning and this year we have had 3 themes running throughout the year. All SRC students were helped to develop and refine impulse...

A new principal has been appointed to our school, to commence in January 2017. His name is Steve Freeman. Steve is currently Principal at Reynella Primary School. Steve is an experienced principal and will fit in very well with our school community. He has...

“We are sharing this post from our friends at Credit Union SA as a partner through our School Community Rewards program. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Credit Union...

Over sixty families participated in our recent NAB AFL Auskick program held at our Woodend School oval. This program has been operating for many years and every year, we see our young children learning our Aussie rules skills and having fun! There was no...

Pathways to a Healthy Mind Parent Workshop with Dr Tom Nehmy For: parents of ELC and primary school aged children Wednesday 15 June - WPS Gym 6pm - Doors open, Drinks & Nibbles for Parents & Carers 7pm - 90 minute presentation by Dr Tom Nehmy - Healthy...

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This month we have had students participate in three SAPSASA events. On Thursday 5th May Cross Country took place in wet and wintry conditions with moments of sunshine at Belair National Park. Well done to all Woodend students who trained and did their best to...

A big thank you to Ms Humphrys in the Library, and Bethany, who recently organised a writing competition for our students. Some of our students excelled with their creative writing and during the holidays Ms Humphrys and Bethany had the difficult task of reading...

The Department for Education Child protection in schools, early childhood education and care services policy states that ‘all children and young people in the department’s preschools and schools will access the approved child protection curriculum’. The KS:CPC...

Parents and carers of children with disability are invited to join a free parent forum on Friday 27 May. This continues the series of forums for parents provided by the department. The forum will open with the keynote by Angela Falkenberg, President SA Primary...

Students in years 3 and 5 will participate in NAPLAN testing this term. The NAPLAN test window for 2022 is between the 10th and 20th of May. Most tests will be completed online this year, however all year 3 students will complete the writing test on paper. Tests...

Dear families, I trust that you found family time during the last two weeks that was as normal as possible. I know we had a number of families and staff who were isolating during the school holidays, which we know is not fun at all. Fortunately, with the change in...

Dear families, Our very successful OSHC has reached a pivotal point and I am seeking your help to keep the much needed service to families operating. Let me explain; our Out of School Hours Care program has been impacted severely by a number of factors both...

It is hard to believe that our newest members of Woodend have now completed Term 1! Our Reception students have engaged in face-to-face learning at school for 11 weeks and that is to commended. Not only have they been learning sounds, most children are now...