Twenty two students and four staff from Myojo Gakuen have arrived at our school for another wonderful week staying with our host families. This is always an exciting week for our families and for the host classes. Our staff too have a busy week entertaining our...

Significant earthworks are taking place on the Young St block at our southern boundary. We know it is hectic in Bathbank Crescent. With that in mind we have been conferring with Hickinbotham's on improving access from Young St. They have been terrific in...

Taking a photo is a most common thing. We don't think twice about most photos we take ... However if we did want to take some photos that were really impressive and did want to actually say something special about our subjects and did want to communicate something...

  Our Formal Learning Conversations are occurring now until the end of the term. Look out for the booking sheet from your child’s class teacher. We invite all Parents and Caregivers to participate in these Learning Conversations. We call them Learning...

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Come and Join in the Fun and Laughs in the School Gym for the Woodend KPOW Pedal Prix Team Entry Cost: $20 pp includes games of Bingo. Organise a table of 10. Payment and Tickets: To book a table please phone Kerri on 83226422 or email 1056.info@schools.sa.edu.au...

  Registrations for Woodend Football available NOW !!! We are urgently looking for players in years 4/5 and 6/7. If you are interested in playing Football (AFL) for Woodend this season, please collect a registration form from the office and return it ASAP or...

It is really important that our students have experiences making and doing things for real, authentic purpose. Teachers strive to orchestrate learning activities that help students connect to something real and meaningful in their lives. So it was that when Cate...

Sports Day is coming up on Friday 27 March. A program including map of event locations will be sent home (hardcopy) on Thursday 26 March. Each year we look forward to the very creative and generous efforts of our cake and biscuit makers who make wonderful...

We always enjoy the Police Band performances and it was another delightful experience last Tuesday for quite a number of our classes. Not only were the performers very skilful and entertaining but their safety messages were also very will delivered....

Scholastic Book Club Issue 1 orders were distributed this week and there are many excited students. Books are an important part of your children’s growth and development. The ability to read is critical to independence and personal development. The Book Club...

www.aflauskick.com.au Auskick will be up and running again at Woodend this year. You can register now for the 2015 season. All Registrations must be done online at www.aflauskick.com.au. For further information please email Jason King (Coordinator)...

  The April Vacation Care program was released yesterday. Days are booking up fast, so be sure to get in quick to secure your...

Meet our teachers: Aimee Lipczyk (Yr 6/7), Sarah Vinall (Japanese) Konnichiwa! Hello I'm Sarah (pictured above). Some of you may have heard me called Vinall sensei if I am teaching your child Japanese this year here at Woodend. I have been studying and teaching...

  This year Woodend Primary School is competing in the Australian Human Powered Vehicles Super Series once again. You may have heard of this series referred to as Pedal Prix. We have a wonderful group of about 18 upper primary students and their families...

On the February the 16th and 17th all the year 6/7s went to Port Noarlunga Beach for aquatics. We got to choose two activities. I chose wave skiing and fishing but wave skiing was my favourite. Wave skiing was difficult in different areas for me, like for me, it...

Woodend 20th Birthday Celebrations Upcoming Events for Students and Parents Logo Competition closing date 14 March Recipe Book Launch Friday 10 April Whole School Casual Day $2 A special assembly (with cake) is scheduled for 22 May, our actual birthday! Any ideas...

Woodend 20th Birthday Fair Date – Saturday 31 October Time 10am – 3pm A day full of entertainment, amusements, games, stalls, History and fun, fun, fun Stalls sites available Watch this space for further details This will not be our major fundraiser for the year....

Seaview High School is situated at 78-124 Seacombe Road, Seacombe Heights. Seaview is the ideal size, not too small and not too crowed. They offer a wide range of subjects and learning opportunities for all their eager students. On Thursday March 5th, the Year 6/7...

This term in The Arts we have been working on making a movie. Our movie is going to be about a news presenter asking kids what they think "imagining" is. We asked students from Room 9 what they thought imagining is. We also do different scenes where we are doing...

We invite all families to come along to the AGM on Wednesday 18 March in the gym, starting at 7:00 pm. Our AGM is an important event each year and we love having an audience. At the AGM important things are said about how we are going as a school and what...

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We hope your children enjoyed a relaxing family break and a chance to recharge ready for term 2. We look forward to the term ahead, working in partnership to support our students and young people as they learn new and challenging things and continue developing...

During the holiday break, we will be erecting signs on all of the school entrances around the oval area, regarding dogs on the oval. A daily occurrence is parents, teachers and students picking up dog pooh left by owners. We take great pride in our school grounds,...

Parent Network volunteers are excited to once again host a Gift Stall in honour of Mother’s Day. Our aim is to offer students an opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to the special people in their lives who care for them. All Woodend Classes, are rostered to visit the...

Just a reminder that the last day of Term 1 is an Early Dismissal. We finish the term on Friday, 9 April 2021 at 2.05pm not 3.05pm. Term 2 Commences on Tuesday 27 April 2021.

Another close game of Cricket today for the Woodend cricketers! Woodend batted first and lost 6 quick wickets which put us in a tough position at 6/40. Jayden and Dane then batted well to help build the score. Jayden out for 9 and Dane was best with the bat...

It is that time of the year where the Adelaide Crows will play Port Adelaide which we call 'The Showdown'. We have the annual Crows and Port donuts available for a special Showdown recess. Enjoy this Special Recess on Wednesday 5 May 2021. Orders will only be...

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Bully Zero Workshop / Information link is available for all families to book in. Please click on the link provided and register your interest. https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/admin/home?z=OWqOCv The event code is guxr2 if you have trouble with the link just go...

The unconditional love that two of our Woodend siblings have for their younger brother has led them to sacrifice hours of planning and hard work to raise funds to support their brother, Koa's health needs. Reef and Mahala have chosen to raise awareness and funds...

Dear families, Next term during the first week of school, all students will be attending Bully Zero workshops. These will focus on understanding bullying and what to do about it. There is no cost to parents as this is fully funded by the school. For...