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...

With the change of term and season, our Uniform Review Committee would like to remind families of the summer uniform requirements. This information is provided below and is also on our website. We have noticed students wearing items that do not conform with our...

Our school grounds are fantastic and we wish to keep on maintaining and developing them. There is a wonderful opportunity to have the dream job of full-time (38 Hours per week) groundsperson at our school, for someone with the skills and creativity required. We...

Are you planning on having a spring clean soon? 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...

Congratulations to all the team members who participated in the recent Jump Rope Championships held at Westminster College.Once again Woodend won many medals finishing second overall an amazing effort! Their Group Routine to the soundtrack of Thriller was...

Recently Woodend School took part in School Crossing Monitor Training conducted by the South Australian Police. This involved students in years 5 and 6 being trained by Road Safety Educators from the SA Police Road Safety Section. After the training is complete the...

We could not have dreamt of a better day than we experienced for our 20th Birthday Fair on Saturday. The overwhelming sentiment from visitors was: What a lovely school. What a lovely school community. What a great event. We know there is so much pride in this...

Right from the start the goal for the 20th Birthday Fair has been to have a memorable, enjoyable school community event. The 20th Birthday Fair Committee has put in a very fantastic effort that has created optimum conditions for success. One look at the program...

We are very pleased to announce that Jane-Ann Natar has have been appointed as Deputy Principal at Woodend for the next five years. This is very good news for us and we are thrilled for Jane-Ann to achieve this well earned recognition of her leadership.  ...

We need some parents to come along on Wednesday 4 November (2:00 pm or 2:30 pm) and be part of a group discussion / feedback session with a couple of very friendly review officers who are reviewing our school. The questions for the parent discussion will be much...

On the Monday of the last week in term 3, most of the year 6/7s from Woodend P.S packed up and went to Canberra. We had been learning about Australia’s history and democracy and to finish it all off we went to Canberra. I had been looking forward to Canberra for...

Dear families, I trust that you have had a safe and enjoyable number of weeks home with your children, allowing time to do the family things and spend time with each other. I know a number of people have enjoyed the time to catch up with friends and family, as well...

We were very thankful for the work of our Student Voice In Learning (SVIL) teams this year. Both the project and school teams worked together to make an impact across classes encouraging teachers and students to plan for and embrace stretch thinking. Throughout...

https://youtu.be/j-jpUYCjZAA

The Reception classes have been busy practising their song/dance routines in preparation for their Performance and Disco day today. Rooms 3, 4, 18 and 23 children performed 1-2 songs to their Reception friends in the school gym. They were amazing at remembering...

What we did. In week 8, rooms 1 and 2 had a lego animation workshop with GooRoo Animation. We started off looking at all different kinds of animations from lego, to clay to drawing and more. We learnt how to use the app Stop Motion Studio and how to create smooth...

[embeddoc url="https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/files/2021/12/7tohs-parent-update-sapol-week9-term4-2021.a4.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"]    

Last Day of the School Year – Early Dismissal – 2.05pm School resumes on Monday 31 January 2022 2022 Proposed Pupil Free Days and School Closure Day Dates Tuesday 15/3/22 SFD (Week 7, Term 1) Adelaide Cup long weekend Friday 10/6/22 SFD (Week 6, Term 2) Queen's...

We have valued and appreciated the strong level of community support, which has enriched our students’ learning experiences throughout 2021. Despite the restrictions of covid, there have been well over 100 parents and caregivers who have volunteered in some...

7tohs-parent-update-week8-term4-2021.a4

We are very fortunate here at Woodend Primary to have a long-term Sister School relationship and exchange with Myojo Elementary School in Tokyo. Myojo students and staff have been visiting Woodend since 2008, when we began the home-stay program. We have been very...