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...

In Thursday's newsbrief we highlighted the Family Engagement Strategy. The ultimate intent of the strategy is to build the capacity of our students to be better anytime, anywhere learners. Our Family Engagement Strategy is focused on valuing the knowledge and...

  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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Dear families, Volunteers As we approach the end of the school term, we are thankful that despite the restrictions that we still have in place, we are able to organise and carry out excursions and camps for our students. In order to fulfil our requirements for...