Students in Vicki Gregory's year 3 class have been very enterprising. They have been creating, promoting and conducting businesses, as you can see from the from the pictures below. Such learning experience are so rich in maths and planning and communication...

Do you believe this? Does your child or your student believe this? Read this article (with your child if possible) and discuss. Below are what some of our students have...

Congratulations to our second semester SRC reps. These students will be presented with their badges at assembly on Wednesday. We look forward to working with them and their first semester buddies. SRC is an important leadership role in the school. In keeping...

To spread the load over the two Saturdays we are suggesting that families with students in even numbered class numbers may like to come on 22 August and those with students in odd numbered classes may like to come on 29 August. Of course you can help out whenever...

It's been a very busy beginning of the term, particularly from a staffing perspective, due to some unforseen health issues for three staff members: Fay Magias, John Brown and Ginny Langton. Fay was going on planned holiday leave for the first 6 weeks of this...

This Term our Year 4/5s (16 Sept) and 6/7s (17 Sept) will be participating in age appropriate fun workshops run by the Sammy D team. The principle aims at the Sammy D Foundation are to – Provide leadership for the South Australian community to empower our youth...

Some entrepreneurial Year 6 students have embarked on Gymnastics workshops for students each Monday at lunch play. Under the guidance of Mr Zampogna, Ebony, Olivia, Sarah, Shae, and Maddi along with extra helpers, planned and organised consent forms, warm-ups,...

As a lead up to our year6/7 trip to Canberra students from Ms Whelan and Mr. Zampogna’s have been researching artists who have pieces of work on display in the National Art Gallery. One such artist we investigated was Jackson Pollock who painted Blue Poles! This...

This Sunday, some of our students have organised a fun run as a fundraiser for the BJ Blue Foundation. This is the culmination of their work for their 'genius project'. If you are able to make it to the 'duck pond' and support them we would love to see you there....

The information below is published to help build parents' understandings of the intent of the Australian Curriculum and in particular the General Capabilities. It also provides some explanation of the Achievement Standards and a perspective on where these...

Find out more when the students in Rooms 19, 25 and 12 report on it ... coming soon! ...

We love the way so many families took the opportunity to reinforce with their children the concept of community spirit, when they donated to our school via the Active- Athon. While community spirit is alive and well at Woodend, we still enjoy winning something...

The mid year student reports have been sent home today. They should really summarise what students, teachers and parents already know about learning achievements, goals and support. Our school Learning Plan is increasingly focussed on stretching students'...

We thank Amanda Dawson for running the Cybersafety sessions (one for staff and one for parents) on 30 June. The feedback has been very positive. The 40 parents who attended the evening session had many questions and left with a better understanding of how to be...

  Check out the article below, and also the 25 things to do in winter. NaturePlay-ThingsToDo-ImportanceOfMud NaturePlay-ThingsToDo-Winter...

We know that it's a good chance for staff and students to have a recuperative break during these holidays. We know there will be some lovely crisp winter days, ready made for some outside play too. Nature Play SA have some great ideas for winter activities. We...

Always check the term planner if in doubt

In week 5 of this term Jarrad and Owen played in the Southern Valley District football team in the SAPSASA State Carnival. The week competition was held at West Beach and involved a 9 game competition. To be selected in the Southern Valley team we had to go to...

Tuesday, 28 July (Class, Individual & Family) Wednesday, 29 July (Family, Groups, Jump & Sport) Information about your upcoming photo day! DO NOT PAY OR SEND ENVELOPES UNTIL THE DAY If you are placing an order please ensure each child has their own envelope...

Fantastic effort from all who contributed sponsorship donations via our Active-Athon. We have such a wonderful school community. All students will benefit from the lovely environment we create through our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project, which these funds...

Miss Ottewell, Mrs Aparicio and Mrs Podzuweit's classes did week 8 assembly. The classes did the dance Lets Move by Beyonce and 8 groups did and small SketchShe performance each. We all had a fun time working will our buddies to make the assembly dance. The school...

This term Phil Cummings came to our school to talk about writing with the year 6/7 classes. Wednesday morning all the senior students went to the gym to see him. When we got there he was talking to us about the way he writes and what inspires him. Many...

The school JumpTeam High Velocity had a fabulous day out recently performing at Willunga and Goolwa Primary. Our next excursion will be on Thursday June 25th. to Mypolonga Primary and Unity College Murray Bridge! Special thanks to all the parents who come along and...

Cybersafety ... What are your Questions? Help Your Children be CyberSmart... Come to the information session... Put your questions (or comments) on this blog post or on our Facebook site... The Woodend Parent Network would like to invite you to a parent...

Scrumptious choices at the Canteen... Our Healthy Eating Canteen committee have been reviewing our Canteen menu recently. As with all schools, we referenced the Healthy Eating Guidelines within the Right Bite strategy which is the Department for Education and...

This is not the Fence!! But could this type of fence work as our fence #2? Thank you to those who had offered to help with our first Working Bees for construction of fence #1: the chain mesh fence on Edward Beck Drive. Those Working Bees were scheduled for this...

Parents and carers of students with disability are invited to attend the Disability Policy & Programs September 16 2021 Parent Forum Hosted by the Department for Education, the Parent Forums are to inform and engage with parents or carers about the services...

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Woodend Primary School is in the early stages of developing a set a values that reflect our school community. Please take some time to complete this short survey aimed at identifying what Woodend families view as the most important values for our school to develop,...

TUNE IN this Tuesday for our Virtual Book Week Parade! Available to stream via our News Blog or Woodend Primary School Facebook page any time after 2pm.

What a fabulous achievement for the 30 students who represented Woodend in our first ever, on stage performance last week, at the Entertainment Centre. The students told a beautiful environmental story through a series of dance moves and signature acting pieces....

Congratulations to the Woodend Year 6 girls who have convincingly beaten McCauley and All Saints schools yesterday afternoon at Woodend. They were very focussed and played strongly as a team. They are now through to the state finals! Very exciting news for the...

We were very excited to be invited to share our work with using the InitiaLit program with our local schools this week. Ms Yardley, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Ogilvie, Mrs Harris and Mrs Luke showcased aspects of the program to the leaders of our neighbouring schools and...

The theme for this year’s CBCA Book Week is: ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds’ 2021 Book Week Dress Up Day: Tuesday the 24th of August (Week 6) Come dressed in the Book Week theme or as your favourite book character. Please wear sunsmart clothing and...

The Parent Network are happy to announce that we are able to go ahead with the Gift Stall in honour of Father’s Day. We are excited that our students will get the chance to say thank you to the special people in their life who take care of them this year. Students...

Woodend Primary School School Photography Date: 17/08/2021 Dear Parents, School photography day is coming up soon. Group and portrait photographs can be purchased by following the link below or by returning the order envelope with your payment to our photographer...

Our students have loved learning about the Olympics. Through the theme of Tokyo 2020 students have measured and mapped, investigated and designed, planned and researched. We have taken this opportunity to further develop our understanding of Japanese culture and...

We are very excited to see our Wakakirri students take to the stage on Tuesday night. The concert starts at 7pm and can be streamed LIVE via the link below....