On Thursday 28th November, we officially opened the 'Grow Free Cart'. This was initiated by student members of the SRC Environment Committee, in particular, Year 6 student, Sara Owies. The purpose of this cart is for students, parents or staff to take items on...

On Thursday 28th November, several classes gathered to support the official opening of Woodend's new 'Canteen Cafe'. Several months ago, Shannon Farley, a student who chairs the Recycling Committee on SRC initiated a cafe concept for Woodend. The purpose of the...

As a part of Japanese education at Woodend Primary School, we give our students various kinds of Japanese educational opportunities where possible. This year Woodend Primary School hosted a very popular Japanese event called ‘Years 4/5 Obento Master’, a Japanese...

We are now taking enrolments and expressions of interest for instrumental music lessons with our private providers. These lessons have a weekly cost and take place during school times and are available to students from year 3. Please read the information below...

Walktober Challenge Woodend’s recent Walktober Challenge was a great success! We nearly double the active travel trips from 2018 and we increased the number of students participating from 17 classrooms up to 24! Congratulations to Room 25 for winning the class...

It is with great sadness that we advise you of the passing of Fay Magias. Fay passed away peacefully last Tuesday following a battle with breast cancer. Fay was a respected and highly valued Deputy Principal at Woodend Primary School for 12 years, retiring in...

The time of year has come around again and we are looking for host families for our visiting Myojo students who will be here from Saturday, 21 March 2020 through until Monday, 30 March, 2020. We have always had wonderful support for our homestay program. We thank...

Our remembrance of all those who have served or are serving in our armed forces was remembered today by 657 students and 59 staff and visitors. This is an important time for students to appreciate the sacrifice that has been made on their behalf by many Australians...

High Velocity results have been tallied up ..... Take a look at these results....   27 routines taught 23 placings. WOW... 94 medals/ ribbons over all 20 x 1st placings 16 X 2nd placings 14 x 3rd placings   Congratulations to all of the students who gave...

Hopefully everyone is managing the lead up to Christmas. It seems to be approaching very quickly. Last weekend I was at Marion and looking at gifts for my grandchildren. It is a challenging task with so much on offer. I am not sure we do well trying to guess...

Materials and Services charge 2020 Governing Council has now set the fees for 2020 and we ask for your support with our poll, by placing your vote in the ballot box in the school office. Governing Council recommends a 'YES' vote, as this ensures that our culture of...

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