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...

Reminding our Woodend community of the support we are offering the Heart Foundation. We ask that students fundraise and/or make a donation towards this charity. Money raised goes towards valuable heart research. A sponsorship form went home a fortnight ago and...

Our group of 16 students and 3 staff are really enjoying this Japanese experience. We have been very warmly welcomed by Myojo host families, students and staff. Below are some shots from our adventure so far. More will be posted later in our trip. Host families...

  Don't miss this great film opportunity. Builds on important work in classes around gender stereotypes and self image. Here's what we published three weeks ago: On Wednesday 14 September at 6:30 pm in the Gym, our Parent Network is hosting a movie night...

We were treated to many quality performances from our Woodend students at Music Night on Wednesday evening. In many different rooms around our school, families could listen to flutes, clarinets, keyboards, brass, guitars, recorders, violins and drums. During the...

Would you like to be involved in our Room 19 fundraisers for different charities? MND Foundation is one of these charities. BEEZ Trolley Handle Covers Our business, BEEZ sells trolley handle covers to prevent catching germs from trolley handles. The product comes...

Rooms 23 and 24 have been buzzing with action over the last few weeks leading into Book Week. We designed and created storyboards and used Beebots to re-tell our favourite fairytales with our buddies. We looked at the characters, settings and sequence of our...

He hope that having the 4 day break (school is closed 5&6 September) is another opportunity to clear some of the illness we have in the school community. These past 2 weeks we have had large numbers of students absent each day due to illness. We send our best...

In Maths we have been discussing and learning how to recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays. Some of the fun activities we undertook in our learning was making arrays of sunshine, we learnt a memory game and made cereal...

Woodend Primary School OSHC is a service provided by Woodend Primary School Governing Council. We are seeking a Director for a one-year contract to work a minimum of 30 hours in our After School Service, Pupil Free Days and Vacation Care Program. The successful...

  A friendly reminder regarding school payments   Excursion / Incursion Levy $60 This fee was due 25/3/22 and is now overdue. If you are unable to make payment at this time please contact Angela.Burrows170@schools.sa.edu.au or phone 83226422 for a...

Dear families, The attached letter comes from our new Chief Executive Officer, for The Department of Education, Professor Martin Westwell. [embeddoc url="https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/files/2022/04/CE_COVID_Parent_Letter_Schools58-1.pdf" download="all"...

Dear families, Once again, this has been a school term with a difference. However, we have managed to make our way to the end of the term and while we have had quite a number of students testing positive, (plus a few staff), the support from parents by keeping...

Parent Network volunteers are excited to once again host a Gift Stall in honour of Mother’s Day. Our aim is to offer students an opportunity to say ‘Thank You’ to the special people in their lives who care for them. All Woodend Classes, are rostered to visit the...

We're celebrating Easter with an egg-citing giveaway and TWO chances to win! https://www.facebook.com/schoolcommunityrewards/photos/a.1219447324867564/2780913415387606/ ​To enter: Tag yourself in the comments below ​Make sure that you 'like' the...

The Auskick program at Woodend commenced today! We had approximately sixty 5-12 year old Woodend students participate and their parent/carers watched and encouraged. With the support of the SANFL Auskick coordinators and many helpful volunteer parents/carers, our...

Today was our annual Showdown donut day! Students could wear their favourite sporting colours and by choice, have their donut. There was the choice of an Adelaide Crows, Port Power or OMG gluten free cinnamon choice. Thank you to the Canteen staff for preparing...

Over the next few weeks Autism SA are offering some evidence-informed workshops which will help you support your child. Upcoming workshops include: Managing screen time Self advocacy matters To see all of the workshops available at Autism SA, please visit the...

There has been a considerable interest in Auskick at Woodend this year! The program commences this Thursday 31st March at 3:15pm on the Woodend School Oval and it goes for six weeks - three weeks this term and the first three weeks of Term 2. Auskick is for those...