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...

We had a very positive response to our free movie night last Thursday evening. Families could enjoy sitting in comfy chairs or bean bags tasting strawberry sorbet, Apricot with Cardamom Grissini sticks or popcorn and viewing the thought-provoking movie 'That Sugar...

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This year the Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers have enabled the school to purchase a further 30 Bee Bots to be used by our classes. How very exciting for our students. We thank all families who contributed to this effort and a big thank you to Jenny Cullen for...

Our teachers are a fabulous group of professionals who put their heart and soul into making a difference for the students of Woodend Primary School. We really appreciate their special efforts. We thank Governing Council for providing a special morning tea today...

Call for Christmas Event Performers: We are starting to put our program together for our School Community Christmas Event (7 December) and would love to hear from those who would like to perform. There is never any requirement that any class participates in this...

It's very exciting to be talking about our next interactions with our close friends at Myojo Gakuen in Tokyo. Next we will not only host them for the 10th time but we will take our third group of Woodend students to Myojo. Myojo at Woodend: Host Families...

  Scholastic Book Club, Issue 7 was distributed last week. This is our final issue for the year. Scholastic offer their LOOP system for ordering online. This is our preferred ordering method as it simplifies the process for us. See Book Club brochure for...

Thank you to all who are helping. Looking forward to a wonderful day.

  Woodend Primary School is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. The School Banking program provides children with an opportunity to make deposits into their personal Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account at school...

We look forward to another productive term; one where our students will be consolidating their learning and building on the strong efforts so far. We have exciting things happening every day at school and we love it that way. The term planner will be published...

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...

Thank you to those parents who have already responded to our Homework Survey (click here). We appreciate the feedback and encourage more parents to take a few moments to complete the survey before it closes this Friday 16 October. We will also be surveying...

This film may well change the way you eat and also how you shop for food. You may register your interest in coming along or just come along on 22 October. We will open the gym at 6:30 pm for the 7:00 pm screening. Here's our previous...

During National Nutrition Week we will be holding a free movie night screening 'That Sugar Film'. The film explores the truth about what many Australians consider to be 'healthy' foods. It investigates how much sugar we are consuming along with the impact it is...

We are currently reviewing our Homework Policy and are keen to seek your ideas and opinions. You are invited to participate in our online survey. Please ensure you have read our current Woodend Homework Policy and the Homework Policy: Research Scan research before...

With the balmy spring weather just beginning these holidays may provide the perfect opportunity to head outdoors. Nature Play has created stacks of secret missions for kids to complete outside. The passports students received in Term 1 have ten “mission” pages,...

You may have caught the news this weekend, as the biggest human powered vehicle event in the world took place for the 30th time at Murray Bridge. Our team was very excited about competing. Pedal Prix offers a wonderful opportunity for families to help their...

On Wednesday, 2 September Woodend Primary School competed in the annual Southern Valley District Athletics competition at Santos Stadium. 38 students ranging from year 4-7 competed in various events. We had great individual performances and an outstanding overall...

On Sunday afternoon, our fantastic choir students had an opportunity to perform on the big stage at the Festival Theatre as a part of the Public Schools Music Festival. All year, these students have made a commitment to come to regular rehearsals at school as well...

We have had some fabulous efforts by our Grounds committee and many volunteers working on our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project and we have thanked them for the great community spirt they have shown. We continue to have fabulous efforts that all add up to...

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...

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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...

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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...

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We are now taking enquiries about instrumental music lessons with our private providers in 2022. These lessons have a weekly cost and occur during school times. All payments and ongoing communication about lessons takes place between parents/caregivers and the...

This term we have been very fortunate to have the wonderful opportunity to have a Zoom lessons with our sister school, Myojo Gakuen and their Year 4 and 5 classes. Four classes were able to have the opportunity and connect with a class and have our own mini online...

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