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...

Vacation Care enrolment forms will be available from OSHC on Monday, 28 November from 7am. However the holiday program will not be finalised until Week 9. A reminder OSHC will be closed from Friday, 23 December and will reopen Monday, 9 January 2017. Jackie and the...

We have had wonderfully dedicated group of Parent Network volunteers process all the school banking this year. We thank them so much for their fantastic efforts, which have been sustained for hours every Thursday. Below is some final imortnat information from...

Deb and Jude have both announced their intentions to retire from teaching. They have both had wonderful long careers in education and are looking forward to spending more time with family, grandchildren in particular, and doing more travel. We will miss their...

We thank those families who have already expressed an interest in hosting a Myojo student during their Myojo@Woodend visit in March 2017. The interest has been great. Vinall Sensai will be working through the host family selection process over the next few...

Governing Council is pleased to announce the result of the poll conducted to establish whether the total amount of the 2017 Materials and Services Charge may be legally recoverable. The result was 83 in favour, 8 against. Therefore the full $320 per student will...

It is soon time for Woodend's Orientation visits for new Reception children. We welcome and look forward to meeting children and families visiting our school. The children and parents/carers will have an opportunity to meet the leadership team, spend time in...

[embeddoc url="https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/files/2022/06/Parent-Webinars-2022-flier-APHN-4.docx" download="all" viewer="microsoft"] Calm and Co-operative kids free parent webinar - presented by Psychologist Kirrilie Smout This webinar focusses on...

WPS Governing Council would like to recognise the hard work of our OSHC staff and the wonderful support of our OSHC families. As you know, by the end of term 1 this year, our OSHC was in a tough spot! We were in need of more qualified staff and a new director; we...

This week is National Reconciliation Week, a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. Across our school, students have...

Please find attached information about an upcoming planting day at Field River (Barton Drive), hosted by Greening Adelaide. Eventbrite page: Field River Community Planting Day Tickets, Sun 12/06/2022 at 10:00 am | Eventbrite Greening Australia events page: Field...

Dear Parents/Carers We are writing to inform you of a significant policy change within the Department for Education. This change from previous years is that ‘Running Records’ – a previous measure of a student’s reading growth is no longer a compulsory assessment...

Dear Families, This week has seen quite a wintry blast of cold and wet weather, which means that sometimes we have children indoors during recess and lunch period, and sometimes the Oval is too wet for them to use even if they are outdoors. At the same time,...

On Monday the 6th of June (week 6) we will celebrate our term 2 wellbeing focus day with Pyjama Day. This theme highlights the importance of self-care and encourages us to feel comfortable, supported and connected to our class and school community. Students are...

Place your order for this term's Subway Special Lunch Day! The students find this a popular special lunch! It is prepared by the Woodies Goodies canteen staff. Date: Wednesday 22nd June 2022 (Week 8) Choice of 6" white or wheat roll OR gluten free wrap; choice of...

To play our role in assisting in the development of high quality teachers for future generations, Woodend Primary school is committed to providing university students with an opportunity to experience a period of classroom-based learning, with mentoring from an...

Our learning support programs are up and running again for term 2 and we are pleased with the progress students are making with this additional support. This term, we have started an additional support program for year 5 students and we welcome Mary Balnaves to our...

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