Tuesday, 1 November (Class, Individual & Family) Today you have received your child's photo envelopes. These envelopes are personalized with every students personal code. Information about your upcoming photo day! DO NOT PAY OR SEND ENVELOPES UNTIL THE DAY If...

We hope you enjoyed a great family catch up time during the past two weeks. We look forward to a term full of sparky learning opportunities, where we strive to ignite the passions of all learners. Science EXPO 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Friday 21 October in The Gym, The...

Sunday, 23 October 9am-1pm Open to the entire community. Coffee truck and sausage sizzle on site. We hope to see you there! *** Spots are still available for sellers - Cars $10... Tables $5 Please Book Your Spot Now *** Bookings are essential to secure your spot...

Time has flown and it will soon be Science Week! Next week (Week 1) is Woodend's Science Week and as mentioned in previous posts, there will be many exciting and engaging Science opportunities for students and families. Here you will find an updated Week 1...

Are you looking forward to Science Week in Week 1 next term? It should be an exciting and engaging opportunity for children and families. Science activities will be happening in classrooms throughout the week but here are some extra events planned for the week....

All interested people are invited to attend a meeting where our 2017 charges are to be discussed and approved as per the attached letter which has been sent home with the Notice of Materials and Services Charges for 2017.  

All our science week events that classes are involved in will be set out in a blog post next week. Throughout the week first week of next term we have many classes visiting the mirror dome, primary classes working with scientists to conduct interesting...

About a year ago we reported that the Education Department was funding a Security Fence around the school and Woodend Children's Centre (excluding our oval). This fence is going to be installed commencing 24 October and may take several weeks to complete. The...

We hope you have been able to stay safe and warm during the wild weather. And we hope you all have a wonderful family break and that the real sunny spring weather greets you soon. It has been another full on term with so many things happening; particularly in the...

The Receptions and Mrs Ogilvie have been very busy outdoors and not just enjoying play! Take a look at the different job roles they have undertaken and the projects started. ...

This term in room 23 we have been learning to understand the features of narrative texts. We spent a lot of time discussing and analysing the key components of a narrative including characters, settings and text structure. We also developed our understanding of...

Would you like to be involved in our Room 19 fundraisers for different charities? There are 2 more opportunities to purchase from Room 19 Kidpreneurs at upcoming market days.   Market Dates: This tern - Week 10 Wednesday 26 September during recess and lunch...

At our recent Governing Council meeting, we were very lucky to have a wonderful student presentation from Cooper & Jess, year 2 students from Mrs. Luke’s room 18 class. The students very confidently shared with us their wonderful book reviews of the book “The...

Our final plea to families to donate to the Heart Foundation. We only ask for this donation every three years and we all know the importance of having a healthy heart. We all have been affected by someone who has had a heart attack, stroke or heart health...

In order to form classes for 2017 it is important that we estimate our 2017 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 start...

Next term our Yr 6&7 students will be participating in the Wellbeing and Student Engagement Survey-2016. We would like parents and caregivers of these students to read this...

All who attended our Festival of Music performance last Sunday at the Festival Theatre were so impressed by the outstanding presentation. Congratulations to our choir members who sustained the effort to develop their skills and abilities. Consequently they were...

Whilst students were free to be leisurely on our student-free days this term, staff were engaged in ongoing and new learning opportunities. What did we do? On Tuesday 5 September, nineteen staff members, including SSOs, flew to Melbourne to visit Keilor Views...

On Wednesday, 7 September Woodend Primary School competed in the annual Southern Valley District Athletics competition at Santos Stadium. 41 students ranging from year 4-7 competed in various events. We had great individual performances and an outstanding overall...

Term 3 has been another busy term for all R-7 students in their PE program. The term started with R-3/4 classes focussing on Gymnastics in their lessons. Our year 4-7 classes started learning the sport Lacrosse, which proved to be very engaging and a difficult...

We hope you are working on your contribution to our Science and Technology EXPO on 21 October. Our previous post provided lots of places for you to get examples of things you can do together or make together. Here are some examples from Myojo's expo which they...

What a wonderful way to spend 3 days. Playing in the rain and the mud! The students feedback was very positive. Here are some thoughts from a few Room 9 students. When asked to complete a PMI (Positives, Minuses, Interesting points) they had to say the following....

We have had a wonderful two weeks at Myojo Gakuen. As usual our host families and the staff and students at Myojo have been extremely caring and have gone out of their way to give our students an amazing experience. In the second week of our study tour our...

Members of the school jump team High Velocity recently performed at the Adelaide 36er's Family Fun Day. Players from both the 36er's and Lightning team were amazed at the skill level of our team members. They then enthusiastically joined us for a jump rope...

Due to only a very small number of bookings we have decided to cancel our upcoming screening of 'The Mask You Live In'. We will reschedule for a suitable date early next term.

  Another season has come to an end. We would like to take this opportunity to thanks Donna Mansfield and Jill Vevers our fabulous soccer coordinators. A huge thank you to the coaches, team managers, scorers, lines people, parents and of...

During Weeks 9 and 10 of this term (Monday 19/9 - Friday 30/9/16) you will be able to smell the flavours of Japanese cuisine coming from the canteen! Would you like to try some home made sushi? Students will be able to purchase a sushi roll for 50c (over the...

WPS Governing Council would like to acknowledge the amazing work of our canteen staff: Karen, Sindy, and Jess as well as our regular canteen volunteers. Our school canteen has remained open through 2 years of disruption, ongoing restrictions, food supply shortages,...

Hello to all Woodend Parents & Carers, I hope that 2022 is off to a good start for your family. I would like to invite you to attend the 2022 Woodend Primary School Annual General Meeting. The AGM is an opportunity to learn more about the work being done here...

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 Staff will be involved in workshops related to our site improvement plan. OSHC is available. Bookings are essential. Please phone 0411274747. Last Day of Term 1 is Thursday, 14 April 2022 Students will be dismissed at...

As you would be aware, Berrima Road will be closed to traffic for nearly two months while the City of Marion installs a new stormwater culvert. Contractors will be working in the area from 7 March until 22 April and Berrima Road is scheduled to be re-opened to...

2022 Parent series - Schedule

Dear parents and caregivers, Once again, thank you so much for your level of support during the last four weeks. We do continue to have a small number of students who are testing positive to COVID-19, which means that notification to Families of particular...

NAPLAN is a nationally developed program that provides schools, states and territories with information about how education programs are working and what areas need to be prioritised for improvement. NAPLAN tests are administered to students in years 3, 5, 7, and 9...

NB: ENTRY ON TO SCHOOL GROUNDS FOR RECEPTION PICK UP IS TO HAPPEN ONLY FROM 3PM ONWARDS. Dear families, It has been a real pleasure to have nearly all of our students back at school. Speaking with a number of children across reception through to year six, they...

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