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...

On 4 September our group of 16 senior students heads off with Sarah Vinall, Brian Marshall and Vicki Gregory on a wonderful learning adventure. For about two weeks they will experience life in Tokyo, attend school in Myojo Gakuen and be hosted by Myojo families....

On Wednesday of week 5, in Rooms 1 and 2 Murray from World of Maths set up lots of maths\science activities for all the year 4 and 5s to work on. Murray first talked to us about how we use maths in everyday life, such as playing basketball requires knowledge of...

Many know by now that I have announced I will be retiring at the end of this year. After 14 years as principal at this wonderful school and a 40 year career in education, I have decided it is time to retire from full time work. It has been difficult for me to...

There was a mass of colour around the fitness track here at Woodend on Friday morning! Students came dressed in their favourite book character as a culmination to our Book Week activities. Students paraded the circuit waving to parents/carers, siblings, and...

Last Wednesday 24 August, classes in the early years travelled to Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga for a Patch Theatre performance called 'Emily Loves To Bounce'. Music, lighting, characters & storyline centred around carefree Henry and practical Amy as they turned...

There are a lot of artistic collaborations around the school that have involved Cate Ellis working with our students. Cate is one of our design technology teachers (Pru Riggs is the other) and also has been involved in a number of our Year 7 memento projects....

You are invited to attend a series of free evening information sessions delivered by renowned international and national child development and learning experts. Information sessions will run from Monday 12 September to Thursday 15 September across 4 key locations...

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...

Would your child be interested in trying Australian rules football for Woodend? Your child does not need any prior experience, just a willingness to have-a-go. There are so many benefits to trying a team sport! We would love to encourage more Year 2 and Year 5/6...

Please see information attached about free parent webinars presented by Calm Kid Central and Developing Minds Clinical Child Psychologist Kirrilie Smout. Learn to help children with a tendency towards worry or anxiety. Parenting Webinars 2022...

Thank you to all who have shown patience and found creative solutions for drop off and pick up with the heavy traffic and congestion around the school at the moment. Marion Council have advised that Berrima Road will have one lane reopened to traffic beginning next...

We are sharing this information on behalf of our friends at Credit Union SA as part of our School Community Rewards program. This offer is available to all members of our school community, if you would like to learn more, please reach out to Credit Union...

It is that time of the year again where we have a Special Showdown Donut Recess! These treats have been very popular even if your child does not follow the football. The donuts are yummy! We are also having a Casual Day on this day. See the details below....

“Our friends at Credit Union SA have two exciting Easter giveaways coming soon! Follow the School Community Rewards Facebook and Instagram pages for updates on how to enter. We are sharing this competition as part of our School Community Rewards...

Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC) 2022 - Parent Letter[62]

Formal Learning Conversations (or Interviews) are an important element of our reporting process and build on partnerships with teachers, students and families to ensure successful learning. These conversations are occurring in classes this term from Monday 28/3 -...