Here at Woodend we have a Healthy Eating Committee. At our first committee meeting for the year, we worked on defining our purpose and directions. This is our purpose: Healthy eating and drinking at Woodend Primary School is about improving the health and...

Thank you Steve Smith for generously spending outside school hours time to move soil and rocks. Steve is one of our great grounds committee members. We are passionate about creating wonderful natural play space for our students. In a recent blog post we...

Hi, My name is Lyn Klinkert and I have been a Relief and Contract Teacher at Woodend for 20 years. I have taught in the Library, The Arts, PE and been a class teacher from Receptions to Yr 7. This term I am lucky enough to have the Design and Technology role while...

We know that strong communication between home and school is one of the best ways for students to be successful at school. We also know that, with increasingly busy lives, this can be difficult to achieve. We would like to make this as simple as possible! We have...

Part of our review of our emergency procedures and communication processes this year includes a new system of notifying parents when there has been an emergency situation at the school. This has always been a difficult task as the logistics of individually...

Would you have any of these items to donate? We have conducted an audit on our playboxes and play areas and found several play items that we would appreciate adding to our play. If you have any of these pre loved household items to donate that are safe, clean and...

  Konnichiwa!   Our focus at Woodend is not only the language side of Japanese but also learning about and appreciating another culture. Students are exposed to many cultural aspects and customs of Japan as well as the language. This is done through a...

Is your child having difficulty getting into a school routine? Is s/he having trouble developing healthy habits? Encourage them to access this Kids Health website with you. There is a new section in the Women's and Children's Network, a website developed by the...

This year we will continue the giant transformation of our school oval and surrounds, through our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project. You may have noticed we have lots of new big mounds that students are really enjoying scrambling over. Soon the mounds...

As detailed in a previous Woodend Newsblog post there have been some changes to the policy on screening and suitability of volunteers in schools, announced by the Minister for Education and Child Development, this year. We ask that you take the time to read...

The Commonwealth School Banking program provides children with an opportunity to deposit money into their Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account at school each week. The program is about how often your child makes deposits, not how much they deposit. To encourage...

Usually at this time of year Class Parent Reps are seeking contact details from parents in order to create a communications list so that parents may know how to contact each other easily. This usually takes a lot of time and paper shuffling until we have lists...

A new semester has begun in The Arts, bringing new classes.As this year we are having double lessons for a semester in The Arts, swapping with Design and Technology in the other half year, the classes have now swapped. R- 2 will continue to have their Arts covered...

This year we will once again be running Drumbeat sessions for all year 5 students. The sessions will be run for 8 weeks each term with a class performance at the end. The sessions will involve 10-14 boys followed by a session for 10 - 14 girls on Friday afternoons....

We would love to have your input … We have a small number of vacancies for Governing Council members and there are also opportunities for you to be involved in committees without being on Governing Council. We are keen to work with you so please nominate by filling...

Throughout the year students will be engaging with the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) which is mandated in every school. The teachers delivering the program have received explicit training in the Curriculum. It is a Department for Education and...

Meet our Teachers and other Parents and Caregivers (and students) While teachers have already met quite a number of parents and caregivers, we do look forward to having the opportunity on Acquaintance Night to meet with all families together to communicate our...

We are looking forward to getting classes started with the Kitchen Garden Program next week. Our specialists, Amanda and Monina are conducting an information session this Wednesday 10 Feb at 9:00 am. We invite any parents who would like to find out more about...

As you would know our school supports a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program as an approach to complementing our school resources and enhancing the use of digital technology on our school network. It is our aim that digital technology is used to promote powerful...

We experienced sunshine, wind and rain for our start back this week but it did not deter us from welcoming our new students and families to Woodend. On our visits to classes we chatted to many new students and there was a range of emotions from nervous to excited...

Traditionally we have called for class parent reps from each class to help liaise with the class families, welcome new school community members and be a first point of contact with parents for the class teacher. The reps have also met twice per term with Brian...

This year we are once again very excited about helping our students meet the learning challenges ahead. You'll hear us talking about more about developing Powerful Learners; an important element of our Learning Improvement Plan. We are determined to make some...

We welcome all those who wish to support learning at our school by volunteering. We have requirements that volunteers need to fulfil before they may work with students. We also have limits on how many volunteers are required at any time. When the opportunity...

December, January and February are big harvesting months in our Kitchen Garden and we are inviting families to come along and take part in the harvest. Our Garden and Kitchen specialists, Amanda and Monina are usually very active in the garden, during the...

Volunteer Award for 2015 presented to David Ranger. We thank David for his strong contribution over the past 10 years, as a volunteer in classes, camps and outside hours activities; on committees; as Governing Council Treasurer; and as police liaison officer....

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...

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Dear parents/ caregivers, We are now moving towards the end of the second week of school of term one, and it has truly been a combined effort to maintain the education of all students in our school, whether at school or learning remotely at home. In this post, I...

We are looking forward to our onsite specialist Performing Arts programs commencing mid-way through this term. It is not too late to register your child's interest in some of the wonderful opportunities we have at Woodend to learn an instrument or take part in an...

We have an updated mobile attendance number. Please remove the previous mobile number as it is no longer active. Our new number is 0438 147 717

If you haven’t already, now is the time to visit the Noarlunga Centre COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic to get your 5-11 year old vaccinated against COVID-19. You can book your appointment online here (bit.ly/3rsoJQ6) or if it’s easier, you can walk in at a time that...

Dear families, Thank you so much for the efforts that you have made to ensure that our first few days of school for 2022 have been as smooth as possible for our students, especially the new students starting school for the very first time. We also have quite a...

Congratulations to you! Week 1 is nearly complete and your Reception or Year 1 child has successfully manage all the new learning associated with school life. We thank you for supporting your Reception/Year 1 child to get to school promptly and say farewell at or...

This year we have rolled out Seesaw for Schools across all classes. You may have been receiving a lot of notifications lately, especially if you have a child who is completing a remote learning program. We recommend reviewing your settings to ensure you are...

Dear parents & caregivers of our new receptions, It was wonderful to officially welcome your children into our school community today. We are so excited to be a part of the next chapter of your child's journey. During this time, all families are developing new...

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday), all students will resume learning for 2022. Reception and year 1 students will begin the year at school in their classes with their classroom teacher. Year 2-6 students will begin the year with remote learning. Thank you to families...