Listening to a special story is always a wonderful experience. Thousands of children across our nation read the same book at the same time as part National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). Held annually, a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author...

Thank you to all who have already contributed to our Active-Athon. We already have received about $2000. This is our major annual fundraiser so please give generously next week. Today we had a perfect day for all the activity. Pictured are students from Jenny...

Congratulations to our school choir who were assessed by the organisers of the South Australian Public Schools Music Festival today. At this time of year, all school choirs who are participating in the festival are assessed on their musicality, behaviour, word...

Building a positive digital footprint is something that’s important for all of our students to learn as they get older and start using social media. 
This is something that is important for our school as well! When someone searches for Woodend Primary School on the...

This Friday, 12th June, is our school's major fundraiser for the year. Each year we hold an 'athon' with fantastic results. This year's ACTIVE-athon is a great opportunity to get students moving and being active while raising important funds for our school. All...

This year rooms 25 and 19 are getting together each week to have our health lessons in single gender groups. In the boys lessons we look at stereotypes of boys and men in the media and discuss how what we see on TV isn't really what life is like. When we first...

On Friday of week 3, term 2, Lili, Lilyana, Sophie, Jesse, Brianna and I (Ella G) from room 12 had the opportunity to be on the Get Dirty with Milton tv show. We had the opportunity because Lili’s mum (Haidi) works for the tv show. It was an amazing experience and...

Pictured above are students from Room 1 showing on the boundary Our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project will kick off with construction of a 70 metre fence on our oval boundary. It will take two Working Bees which the Grounds Committee have scheduled for 20...

  Our exciting Active Athon is just around the corner on Friday 12 June. We encourage all students to raise as much sponsorship money as possible to make this major fundraiser a successful event for our school. The more money we can raise as a school the more...

We would like to share with you some information about our school canteen. This post is to introduce our friendly, hard-working and quiet achievers Helen, Di and Lee and to acknowledge their work in purchasing, preparing and selling a variety of snacks and lunches...

Volunteers are an integral part of our school and local communities everywhere. We really appreciate the tremendous impact that our volunteers have on much that we do at Woodend. It is therefore a wonderful thing that the state government has an official...

On Friday 22 May we marked our 20th birthday with a lovely assembly, which concluded with a special visit from Channel 7 News personalities Amelia Mulcahy and Bruce Abernethy. On the big screen in the gym students watched (via Skype) the arrival of our surprise...

We are very grateful to Amelia Mulcahy for agreeing to take the shots from the helicopter for us. Bruce doesn't like the helicopter ride, so he quietly slipped away while Amelia flew off!...

Have you seen our library lately? We are reorganising to create more dynamic spaces for reading, browsing and inquiry learning. You are welcome to come in with your child any morning or afternoon. Did you know that parents can register to borrow, too? Opening...

  Friday, 22 May 2015 was National Walk Safely to School Day… The objectives of WSTSD are: To promote the health benefits of walking and help create walking habits at an early age To help children develop the vital road-crossing skills they will need as they...

A team of 13 Woodend soccer players went to Aberfoyle Campus on Friday, 15 May to play against Thiele Primary School in round 1 of the SAPSASA competition. The team all played well and we were able to win the game 2-0. We now move into round 2 of the competition...

To celebrate Woodend Primary School’s 20th Birthday we have a number of events occurring during the year. As the official Birthday date is Friday 22 May, our first event will be a day of celebration on that day. The first event is a whole school Assembly from 9:30...

On Thursday, 7 May our Woodend SAPSASA netball team played their first game in the knockout competition against Flagstaff Hill. Our team has 9 players and all of the girls played well and we were able to win. Score was 36-6. We now move into round 2 and will play...

Save the Date Friday, 12 June Our A-thon this year will be a great day filled with lots of fun activities for all of our students. More info and sponsorship forms to come...

It's great to see so many students bringing their iPads to school everyday. Using this technology in the classroom allows us the opportunity to explore learning in ways that we couldn't before. An example of this is the way that some classrooms have turned some...

ANZAC Day is a national day of significance. It is a day when we commemorate the efforts and valour of our defence forces, who for the past 100 years, have not only honourably represented, in military conflicts around the world, the political will of our nation,...

Towards the end of last term, Robyn Cavallaro and her oral language students were using Anzac Ted for some of their learning. Here's a report from Robyn: It's great whenever we can make our student learning purposeful and personal. Such is the case for our...

Do you have these things around your house? We are in need of extra box graters and plastic bottles for use in our Science Week program next week. Any donations of 1L & 2L plastic bottles or graters (box-style, pictured) would be gratefully accepted and put to...

In week 5 our school will celebrate National Science Week with a program of activities offered by our Design/Technology, Kitchen and Garden Specialists. These sessions are an opportunity for our school to explore themes relating to food sustainability, showcasing...

Our school has been buzzing with excitement as we’ve watched athletes from around the world compete in this year’s Olympics and learnt about many areas of the games. Students are encouraged to help celebrate the close of the Tokyo Olympics by dressing up in green...

Dear families, Firstly a big thank you for respecting the instructions given to remain outside of the school perimeter during drop-off and pick-up times. This is not a time for complacency and the direction given to us comes directly from SAHealth and The...

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The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australian school students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of students with disability and how they can be best supported at...

SeaLink have kindly donated a voucher to Kangaroo Island via the SeaLink ferry to help fundraise for our sports curriculum. This voucher (worth $400) entitles you to one return ferry trip travelling with Kangaroo Island SeaLink for two adults and a standard...

Dear families, School will resume on Wednesday morning (28-7-2021) and from that point there will not be an online learning program available, other than for students where families have been required to quarantine by SAHealth. Firstly, I wish to acknowledge the...

Thank you for your flexibility and positive action as we transition to remote learning during lockdown. Understandably, this time can bring feelings of anxiety and stress, especially felt, strongly by children of all ages. Now, perhaps more than ever, it is...

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Congratulations to several of our Woodend students who were selected or have participated in Southern Valley competitions. Well done to the Woodend year 6 and 7 boys who have represented Southern Valley Football in the latter part of this term. Also congratulations...