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...

Beach Day at Brighton was a fun and educational excursion for PE Week. Students participated in a Surf Safety session, played beach games and learned about local Marine Life. We also learned how to paddle on surf boards and catch a few waves. It was not only great...

Once again next year Woodend Primary School is hoping to compete in the Australian Human Powered Vehicles Super Series. You may have heard of this series referred to as Pedal Prix. We have our own vehicle and a great deal of experience in our school community....

Recently all Woodend year 5 and 6 students took part in School Crossing Monitor Training conducted by the South Australian Police. This involves students being trained by Road Safety Educators from the SA Police Road Safety Section. All students who were trained...

We are working on a number of projects in our school grounds, that will have a great impact on our students' learning and enjoyment . They are not big, difficult projects, but they do require some help from parents, to allow us to get them complete over the next...

The time of year is here again and we are looking for host families for our visiting Myojo students who will be here from Tuesday, 21 March 2017 through until Thursday, 30 March, 2017. We have always had wonderful support for our homestay program. We thank those...

Fringe Festival We are at last able to post the movie that our students, Chloe and Danica (Yr 6/7 Room 28) created about our Fringe Festival. This was an event that happened in Term 2. Groups of our students created performances, practised until they were experts,...

We thank all of our staff and parents who made the Sports Disco possible. A great time was had by all. ...

Those who came out on Friday evening to attend our star gazing evening were enthralled by the close up views of the Moon and the Rings of Saturn. We had over one hundred people brave chilly winds to have a unique experience. The sky cleared enough for us to...

If you have been around the school this week you will know that there is lots of work happening to install the fence that will secure the school and Woodend Children's Centre buildings outside school hours. The fence and gates will take about four weeks or so to...

Over the past week we celebrated World Teachers' Day. Teachers always love to know they are appreciated and the acknowledgments by students on Friday 28 Oct were much loved. Our teachers were treated to a wonderful morning tea on Monday 31 October. We thank...

Last Wednesday some of the students from Wakakirri and Senior Choir were given the opportunity to attend Frozen the Musical at the Adelaide Festival Theatre. Since these students are involved in extra-curricular performing arts programs, they were invited to...

“We are sharing this post from our friends at Credit Union SA as a partner of our School Community Rewards program, to support parents with banking options for students. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Credit Union...

SAPSASA RUGBY On Friday 3rd June, both Woodend teams participated in the Rugby League competition. Both teams made the grand final which was a fantastic achievement! Unfortunately both teams just went down by a few points in both the boys and girls Grand Final. A...

WPS Governing Council is seeking information of our OSHC Service. Please click on the link to complete this survey by Monday 20 June, 2022. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8DS9YH

The chickens are coming! We will have our feathery friends back roaming our Stephanie Alexander Garden! It will be so exciting to have chickens back at Woodend and thanks to our Garden Specialist, Dylan, they have a revamped coop! We are sure they will love their...

Dear parents / caregivers, You may have read about the state government’s initiative to provide a $100 discount on both the 2022 and 2023 Materials and Services Charge. I am pleased to provide you with a letter signed by the Premier and the Minister for Education,...

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[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...