School Begins Monday 1 February 2016 Reception Students Dismissed At 12:30 pm During The First Week of Term 1, 2016 Between 12:30 pm And 4:00 pm Each Day In Week 1 Term 1, 2016, Meetings Between Reception Teachers And Parents BYOD Christmas shopping? Remember...

Watch us (including our own Haidi Sutherland) on Get Dirty With Milton tonight on Channel 44 at 7:00 pm. You can also catch it on Youtube...

  Congratulations to all our Year 7 students. We are sad to see you moving on but wish you all the best in your future learning and relationships. We love the way you conducted yourselves as learners and citizens. Our younger students really could look up to...

A big thank you to Jess Ottewell for putting together this lovely video summary of our school community event. Thank you to all the performers, students and adults, who helped make it was great fun night....

Early Dismissal 2:05 pm Friday 11 December School Begins Monday 1 February 2016 Reception Students Dismissed At 12:30 pm During The First Week of Term 1, 2016 Between 12:30 pm And 4:00 pm Each Day In Week 1 Term 1, 2016, Meetings Between Reception Teachers And...

  It's hard to believe how quickly the past 12 years have gone by. When Fay started at Woodend as Deputy Principal I was in my second year as Principal here and we quickly developed a good rapport and an understanding of how to work together to be a strong...

Ali has been at Woodend for 15 years and during that time has taught more students than anyone else at the school. Through Ali's tremendous efforts the Japanese program is a very strong and vibrant program at our school. Ali has been a very collaborative teacher,...

Please refer to the letter distributed via the term 2 Student Report blog post. Information regarding classes for next year has already been printed and will be distributed...

We had a lovely Thank You Morning Tea last Friday. At that event we formally acknowledged, that which we hope all volunteers feel is evident in the culture of the school: that we highly valued all the efforts, big and small, generously given, for the benefit...

Despite initial uncertainty with the weather - the heat, the wind, the potential for thunderstorms, our Annual Christmas Event turned out to another huge success! This has to be one of our favourite community events of the year and this year was no exception....

We all love our Annual Christmas Event. The family picnic on the oval is a highlight of the year. We look forward to it being another great event this Monday 7 December. Here is the program. Please take particular note of the key points mentioned at the...

This year's graduation is rapidly approaching. Our graduating students have been extremely busy rehearsing their creative dances for the farewell assembly and their formal dances for the graduation ceremony. The dances are looking fabulous and we have all been...

Funding has been provided by the Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) for security fencing around the school buildings. The fencing will secure the school buildings and also the Woodend Children's Centre, outside school hours (~ from about 7 pm -...

  Annual School Community Christmas Event Monday 7 December First Performances from 6:00 pm ... A Program will be published on this blog by Friday 4 December. Neighbours will receive a letter informing them of the evening and the fireworks and a notice has...

Thank You To Our Wonderful Volunteers Our volunteers have again worked so hard this year, generously giving their time, energy and ideas for the benefit of our school. It may be organising or helping out in classrooms, with parent network and Governing Council...

Members from the school jump team High Velocity had an enjoyable time entertaining the crowds at last weekend's Glenelg Christmas Pageant.The team demonstrated their fabulous rope tricks to the large crowd prior to the parade.They also invited members of the public...

  Most families of senior students in 2016 have placed their order. THIS IS A FINAL REMINDER that all orders and payment for 2016 Senior Uniforms are due this Thursday, 26 November. This is a once off opportunity to order these items. Senior Uniform is...

Last Thursday 19 November we welcomed our 2016 new Reception children and families to our school. The children had their first orientation visit to their 2016 classroom with their 2016 teacher/s and spent time becoming familiar with their classroom, teacher/s and...

SRC has organised a Causal Day for this Friday 27 November, to raise money to fund the fireworks for our School Community Christmas Event on 7 December. As it is our 20th Birthday we are looking forward to another big display to finish off our celebrations. If...

It is our aim that digital technology is used to promote powerful learning, inquiry, creativity and effective communication. We wish to support our students to become digitally responsible citizens. We also want students to be using digital technology as a tool for...

SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015 @ 12 noon Inviting all Kanga, Year 4/5 and Year 6/7 cricket players from both Term 1 and 4 to come along and celebrate the year with a luncheon and presentations. This will be held on Saturday 5 December at Woodend School Oval at 12 noon....

Year 2 students helped make the Atrium Cafe come alive by making a few additions, cleaning and changing the space. Additions include: writing paper, writing pens and pencils, whiteboard and markers, clipboard, digital timer, phone book and cash register so as to...

This afternoon squealing and laughter could be heard in the sandpit on the oval as Room 5 Receptions had the opportunity to get all wet! The water play afternoon was in response to the children's interest in water and jumping in puddles after recent rains....

If you would like have a copy of our 20th birthday whole school photo, there is information at the school office. The cost is $10 for an A4 size photo. The fantastic 20th Birthday Fair was also a very successful fun day and also proved to be a good fundraiser....

We are currently conducting a review of our kitchen garden program; interviewing the specialists, teachers, students and volunteers. On Tuesday we would love to catch up with any of our Kitchen or Garden Volunteers for about 30 minutes to have a...

Our Uniform Review Committee recently met to review the changes made to the 'Footwear' section of our School Uniform Policy. As our policy states, we are to conduct a review of these changes one year later. We believe there has been a positive response to the...

Wellbeing Focus Day was on Monday 25 October. It was lovely to see students dressed in clothes that represented something about their wellbeing and to hear them talk about why they chose to wear what they did. All Junior Primary classes enjoyed a session with...

COVID-19 Update – 25 October The good news we have been hoping for is here. See the information below. It is always a complex task to balance the known with the unknown and I think we have managed very well. This type of organisation can be summed up with the...

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Today we welcomed Nick from the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) who presented our Year 3/4 Blue team with a special, first time award. Each week during the 2021 season, the coaches and umpires voted on the team that showed 'Fair Play'. This...

Roger Yazbek's main research field is the development of new breath analysis tests for cancer, gastrointestinal function and dietary monitoring. He collects human breath samples and measures the different gasses that make up the breath and tries to relate that...

On Thursday 14th October we welcomed back Tall Poppy Scientist, Margaret Shanafield. Margaret is a Hydrologist and a Hydrogeologist. Margaret studies water, and how and where water moves from rainfall into streams into the groundwater (or up into the air via...

Yesterday and today, children and staff from Woodend Children's Centre came to visit to see what some classes have been doing for STEAM Week. The Tuesday group of children helped to count rubbish collections to see how much plastic we use each day in a classroom. ...

On Monday we welcomed Tall Poppy scientists, Dr Lee Yian and Dr Hannah Wardill. Dr Chew is a Neuroscientist, Geneticist and studies worms and Dr Wardill's science field is Microbiology and Oncology. Our year 6/7 classes heard about possible pathways into a career...

October is Mental Health Month, a time to ‘tune in’ and think about our mental health and wellbeing. At Woodend, we will be holding a Wellbeing Focus Day on Monday 25 October (week 3). There are 3 aspects to the day: Wellbeing awareness workshops...