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With the support of our Grounds Committee parent, Ailee, students from Room 6 and SRC Grounds Committee determined the best choice of plants for our garden project outside Room 6. These students had many different types to choose from and… Continue Reading →
Year 1 excursion to Willunga Courthouse and Bassett Boys School In week 5, all the year 1 classes visited the Willunga Courthouse and Bassett Boys School. Mrs Podzuweit and Miss Bolt’s classes went on Wednesday (Miss Yardley and Miss… Continue Reading →
In English, the students in room 24 have begun to explore the Seven Steps to Writing Success. As a part of the program, the Year 3’s have been learning to write Sizzling Starts, which encourage them to begin their writing… Continue Reading →
Science Week has started with a bang! Well … maybe not a bang but a reaction! Some classes spent time with ‘real’ scientists from South Australia’s Tall Poppy Program and Flinders University. On Monday, the year 6/7’s had the opportunity… Continue Reading →
This Friday is the last day of term 3 and students will be dismissed at 2.05pm. Term 3 has flown by and has been packed with varied learning experiences for our students. Three bus loads of 130 year 6/7 students… Continue Reading →
It’s back to Kindy for our Reception students! The Reception classes have been visiting Woodend Children’s Centre this month! As you can see from the photos, the students have had a lot of fun! For those that attended the centre… Continue Reading →
Our partnership of schools has a number of projects in place to support schools to ensure every learner is engaged, stretched and achieving. One project is our Student Voice in Learning Project. The purpose of our focus in this area comes… Continue Reading →
We have feasted on a range of literacy experiences this week! The students and staff have been privileged to work with quality authors: Phil Cummings, Amanda Graham and Danielle Clode. Each author shared their journey, their struggles and successes and… Continue Reading →
In room 30 this term we have been working with Ms. Gregory for Inquiry and learning about electricity. Towards the end of the term we began working on a project to show our understanding. When we first started we were… Continue Reading →
Have you spotted some new features in our school yard? If you haven’t seen, you may have heard some music in the Plaza! With thanks to parent, Brett Simes, we now have a drum to beat in the garden… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the hundreds of students who received a Premier’s Reading Challenge Award at our special assembly on 30 November. We were lucky to have Mem Fox as special guest for this presentation. Check out the PRC Awards list on… Continue Reading →
Check out this youtube video…added to this post on 09/12/16. A couple of weeks ago our National Prize winning Kidpreneurs of the Year from Felicity Shevchenko’s class had an amazing time in Melbourne visiting the Moose Toy Headquarters and meeting with… Continue Reading →
We are very pleased that Parent Network has been able to organise two special Mark Le Messurier adult presentations in Terms 1&2 next year. We are sure these will be very engaging for parents and staff . Mark is a… Continue Reading →
Fringe Festival We are at last able to post the movie that our students, Chloe and Danica (Yr 6/7 Room 28) created about our Fringe Festival. This was an event that happened in Term 2. Groups of our students created performances,… Continue Reading →
Would you like to be involved in our Room 19 fundraisers for different charities? MND Foundation is one of these charities. BEEZ Trolley Handle Covers Our business, BEEZ sells trolley handle covers to prevent catching germs from trolley handles. The… Continue Reading →
We love it when students are able to share their learning experiences with adults. At Woodend we are trying to involve our students in more offportunties to do this at staff meetings, at leaders’ and teachers’ conferences and also at Governing Council… Continue Reading →
In room 24 we have become science investigators and looking at melting. Our first focus was looking at ice and how temperature affects the melting speed of the ice. In the video below you can see a snippet of our… Continue Reading →
Over the school holidays a number of teachers attended the annual EdTechSA Conference held at Immanuel College. This conference is designed to support teachers with the most effective use of digital technologies in the classroom. This year, we had the… Continue Reading →
We have a fantastic group of boys in our class this year. As the year progresses, the level of leadership we are seeing is impressive with many of our boys taking on important roles around the school and in the wider… Continue Reading →
What is democracy ? How might you engage your child in a discussion about democracy? Many of you will cast your vote in our school gym on Saturday. It important that we use community events to help students make connections… Continue Reading →
Many of us love science and would love to see students take greater interest in science. Our school focus on improving students’ numeracy skills is closely aligned to providing more opportunities for students to explore and make sense of the world through… Continue Reading →
So, what do parents need to know about coding? Ultimately CODING is all about creating precise instructions for digital devices to operate in routine ways to meet our needs. Whenever we use our phones, computers, or just about any other devices… Continue Reading →
The school jump rope team High Velocity has just completed a very successful performance schedule of schools on the Fleurieu Peninsula and Murray Bridge. School visits provide a fabulous opportunity for our team to showcase their amazing rope skills and… Continue Reading →
We had a wonderful experience on 10 June as students from Don Zampogna and Merry Whelan’s classes provided numerous entertaining and edifying “Fringe” type performances in multiple venues for classes across the school to enjoy. It was a fantastic experience for… Continue Reading →
Teachers make many adjustments to differentiate the learning program and support student learning success. We have commenced a ten week period where teachers across Australia are monitoring and recording their adjustments, which provide a national picture of the additional… Continue Reading →
On Monday 30 May, 12 Year 7s represented Woodend at an inter school Japanese Quiz afternoon. They were placed in teams with students from other schools. This was a great opportunity to share their knowledge with other students and also… Continue Reading →
