We love music and love the effort our student put into improving their musical capabilities. Big congratulations to all of the fantastic Woodend musicians that performed at our music night last night. Violins, flutes, piano, percussion, clarinets, rock bands...

We wish to invite all volunteers who helped with the Working Bees to come along to a family BBQ in the staff Courtyard from 6:00pm - 7:00 pm on Tuesday 8 September. We will put on the snags, bread and the liquid refreshments! Please bring a small salad to...

Our big message is that reading is a key to a lifetime of joy, articipation and adventure. We love our students to be passionate about reading and we know that if they are surrounded by good literature, that's even better. We recommend you check out the...

An amazing display of lanterns was enjoyed at our Book Week celebration event on Friday. Students responded to their reading with enthusiasm and imagination. They made connections using an innovation on this year's book week theme Books light up our world. The...

We need people with Wheel Barrows shovels and rakes to finish of the path around the oval ... We need a small team to help install the fence rails and...

Next Thursday, 3 September is our school's annual music night! This year we will be continuing with our format, using three stages to help keep the night moving along at an entertaining pace. This is a fantastic opportunity for our budding musicians to...

We love it when our students put in tremendous effort and strive for excellence. All students who participated in the Hiragana Challenge put in the effort to stretch their learning so that they could recognise the Hiragana at lightning speed! We love those...

On Wednesday all the year 6/7s had an opportunity to be involved in a session run by Alex and Elliot from Today’s Future Sound. Today’s Future Sound is a non-profitable organisation to introduce kids around the world to Hip-Hop music. Alex Blum and Elliot Gann were...

At Woodend there are only 3 days to go until the end of reading for the Challenge in 2015. We are encouraging students to get those books read and record sheets completed. Record sheets go to the class teacher by Friday 28 August and entering our school’s data...

Approximately 300 students moved and grooved at last Friday night's Woodend disco. It was very difficult to choose the most interesting dancing as there was so much talent on the gym floor! Thank you to all those who helped ensure the night was a success...

During this week we need volunteers to come in and paint fence palings. There are more than three hundred palings and they all need to be painted before they can be installed on our fence, this Saturday. They are being stored in the pizza oven area along with...

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of our wonderful volunteers we got a huge amount achieved on Saturday morning. The posts timber fence and gates have been installed; a giant job all accomplished Friday night and early Saturday morning. A huge thank you to Alex...

A number of schools in South Australia have recently reported high rates of absence due to the flu. We would like to remind families of some important preventative measures to decrease the risk for students at Woodend. Please ensure that sick children stay at home...

Book Week is 24- 28 August. At Woodend our celebration event will be at 10:00 am on Friday 28 August. Using our innovation on this year's theme: Books Light up our World, all classes will join in our Lantern Parade. Students are creatively designing lanterns...

We recommend parents and caregivers check out the Great Start website which has plenty of ideas and activities that can help you make the most of everyday learning and events. This is an award winning DECD website which promotes more powerful engagement of...

Governing Council and staff have been taking the first steps to reviewing our Homework Policy. We invite you to read the Homework Policy. You will see that it has been quiet a while since we created this policy, in consultation with many families. We believe it...

This week is National Recognition Week for School Services Officers. At our school we are very fortunate to have a terrific team of support staff helping to care for and educate your children, and run our school. We wish to publicly acknowledge and thank our SSOs...

The students in Rooms 3 and 4 have had fun learning about Living Things through the wonderful experiences offered by the Henny Penny Hatching Program. The students watched chicks hatch, observed them fluffing up and losing their egg tooth. Once all chicks were...

This year our school jump team High Velocity has seven very talented and skilful boys demonstrating amazing jump rope skills! We enjoy jump because it's a great way to keep fit, learn new rope tricks and most of all have fun! Going on school visits is great because...

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,...

We are proud to present Woodend Primary School's 2021 Arts Showcase! For many of our students this recording is the culmination of their persistence and hard work in learning their instrument of choice, undertaking a new challenge and/or pursuing a passion....

  School Interview process is now open for parents to book in for Sports Day. Go to the link: https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/ Event code: fs46e There are 2 sessions available. One adult per family per session is allowed. If you have any further...

Welcome back to term 4. Trusting everyone enjoyed some time away from the routine of school. Many children have eagerly shared their time on STEAM investigations, camping, travelling or spending time with friends. It is obvious that students have returned eager...

Dear Parents and Caregivers We are set to begin the class placement process in preparation for the 2022 school year. This is a lengthy and complex task involving teachers and the school leadership team to place each child in a learning environment that supports...

Dear parents, caregivers, Sports Day is just 3 weeks away and a program will soon be distributed via the School Blog Post. Pending any change in SA Health directions, it is our intention to allow one person per family to attend the Sports Day on 29th October 2021....

In recognition of Carers Week and to say thank you to the the incredible carers in our community, Autism SA are offering a 20% discount for any Family Workshops booked this week, until 16 October! You can book with code CARER20 at checkout. NDIS funding can also be...

The SRC is hosting our school’s first Nude Food Day! To reduce the amount of single use plastic wrappers coming into our school, students are encouraged to bring their lunch in reusable packaging and consider the positive impact this can have on our school and...

It is coming! STEAM Week is Term 4, Week 1 11th - 15th of October It is a week of showcasing family and student creativity, investigations and actions in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics! A reminder of the theme: ‘Food: Different by Design’....

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