Planner term 2 2015 The Term 2 Planner is now on our Woodend Website or you can click the link above. All updates will be added in Blue and we will send you an alert when this happens.
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
Thank you to the parents and staff who attended our 2015 Governing Council + Committees Welcome and Induction on Wednesday night. It was a great chance to socialise and network over some drinks and nibbles, with both new and returning… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
Good Thinking Awards Congratulations to these students who have been identified by their teachers as having modelled good thinking in line with aspects of our school vision: Madison, Tyler, Mia & David (24), Shae, Jacob & Kyte (29), Owen, lance, Zoe… Continue Reading →
You might like to take the family to the local Mitre 10 store on Saturday 18 April between 2-4 pm to meet some of the celebrities from The Block. Maybe one of our students could snag an interview with Scott Cam and… Continue Reading →
In Thursday’s newsbrief we talked about our desire to tell our news as much as possible through our students’ contributions. It’s great to have real purpose for writing and we are hoping that some of that writing will also be in… Continue Reading →
Brian will be on Long Service Leave for the first three weeks of Term 2. Some of that time he will be sailing around the Whitsundays enjoying the sun and the sea. We wish him well on his holiday. Fay… Continue Reading →
A Reminder that this Friday, April 10, we are holding a whole school $2 Casual Day. Proceeds go towards our 20th Birthday Celebrations. See poster below for further details. 20th Birthday poster casual day
The Grounds committee believes that early next term we should be able to take our first actions in relation to our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project. Those first actions will involve the work on our Edward Beck Drive boundary. As many… Continue Reading →
At the AGM on 18 March our 2014 Annual Report was presented. It highlighted some key aspects of our Learning Improvement Plan for the year ahead: It is acknowledged that we provide a very good level of educational opportunities for all students. We… Continue Reading →
Students have been watching this addition to the middle yard playground take shape for about four weeks; excitedly awaiting the chance to get on it. On Tuesday 10 cubic metres of softfall will need to be shifted into this playground… Continue Reading →
What do some of our kids say about Easter? We asked several classes of Year 1,2 and 4 students: … Jesus died. We have a cross on the buns because of the cross that Jesus died on. Everyone in… Continue Reading →
This term, students from Ms Lipczyk’s and Mr Lamshed & Ms Shevchenko’s classes have been working on a history project looking at migrant stories. For the project, students needed to take on the identity of a person who has migrated… Continue Reading →
Our teachers have always recognised that play was an important aspect of child development. However, it has also been challenging for teachers to provide enough time for play while working to develop formal literacy and numeracy skills. We are now really… Continue Reading →
School Netball Registrations are due now! It’s time to finalise teams for the 2015 School Netball Season, so this is your last chance for your child to nominate to play. All girls and boys from Year 2 to Year 7… Continue Reading →
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