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It has been very exciting for our school community to have nineteen riders join our Pedal Prix team this year! This has meant that we could enter two teams “Woodend Racing” and “Woodend Racing Too” and on Saturday, we had… Continue Reading →
Last Friday 9th May, children from Reception -Year 2 and a few Primary classes were treated to an afternoon with musician, Peter Coombe. Songs that included: ‘A Frog in my Cheese Sandwich’ ‘Quirky Berserky’ and all time favourites ‘Newspaper Mama’… Continue Reading →
It is nearing that time on the football calendar for ‘The Showdown’. Port Adelaide will play the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Rules Football League. We have the annual Crows and Port donuts available for a special Showdown recess treat…. Continue Reading →
Woodies Goodies Special Lunch treat is coming up at the end of this term! See below for further details: Woodies Goodies Special Lunch Treat MILKSHAKE Tuesday 8th April (Week 11) Reception to Year 3 Classrooms: 3, 4, 7, 17, 18,… Continue Reading →
Last Thursday 6th March, our Year 5/6 boys team hosted Tatachilla Lutheran College in SAPSASA Cricket Round 1. Woodend won the toss and fielded first. Our team had a good start with an early wicket by Harry and a spectacular… Continue Reading →
Here is a list of items that are available over the counter at recess and lunchtime. Below you can see the items and prices. We try our best to make as many of our ‘over the counter’ and ‘menu’ items,… Continue Reading →
Would you like to know more about one of Woodend’s School Sports? Simply click on the sport to find out more! [embeddoc url=”https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/files/2025/03/School-Sport-advert-2025.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google”]
Here is some information to better understand processes regarding the Canteen: Lunch orders can be placed on the QKR app or cash in a brown paper bag with your child’s order and classroom number clearly written on the bag QKR… Continue Reading →
This term’s Special lunch time treat is a popular one! On Wednesday 5th March, your child can enjoy a: ‘Sour Popz’ – sour grape flavour – iceblock with a sour grape twist to their taste OR ‘Swing’ – cola flavour… Continue Reading →
Did you know that when Woodend Primary School was first built back in 1995, we planted a beautiful Rose Garden out the front of our school? Over the years we have enjoyed watching the roses bloom and grow from tiny… Continue Reading →
It is time for our Woodend Cricket to commence. We are calling for students from Years 2-6 that are interested in playing cricket for our school. Why not give this sport a go! Your child would have received a note… Continue Reading →
Please see below the Department for Education’s enrolment information you may need if enrolling your child into a preschool. [embeddoc url=”https://woodendprimaryschool.edublogs.org/files/2025/02/enrol-preschool-flyer-2025.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google”]
It is time for our Woodend Basketball to commence. We are calling for students from Years 2-6 that are interested in playing basketball for our school. This has been a popular sport choice with our students as some love to… Continue Reading →
With sadness, but also with incredible gratitude, we are farewelling two special staff members of our Woodend community. Ms Vicki Gregory Although a difficult decision, Ms Gregory believes it is time to step down from her many roles at Woodend… Continue Reading →
We welcome your donations of baked goods to sell on Sports Day on Friday 1st November 2024. We would also be grateful for your help selling the items on the stall. Please see this poster for more details. Thank you… Continue Reading →
Once again, we started Term 4 with an amazing STEAM Week at Woodend! We thoroughly enjoyed coming together as a community to celebrate STEAM Week and we trust that you and your family were engaged and inspired by the variety… Continue Reading →
It’s nearing Sports Day and you want to make sure your child has ordered their food and drink for the day. It’s also important that you know what is available for yourselves as spectators! Sports Day is on Friday 1st… Continue Reading →
Woodies Goodies Special Lunch treat for Term 3 is something new to try! See below for further details: Woodies Goodies Special Lunch Treat MILKSHAKE Tuesday 17th September (Week 9) for Reception – Year 3 Thursday 19th September (Week 9) for… Continue Reading →
To add to the Book Week festivities, our Woodies Goodies Canteen will be offering some surprises this Thursday 22/8 and Friday 23/8! There will be some surprise treats on sale linked to children’s picture fiction books that your child may… Continue Reading →
A school Dress Code is the documented standards of what is acceptable in relation to the clothing worn by students while attending school and extra-curricular school activities. The Dress Code describes what constitutes the ‘school uniform’ for our school. Our… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to our Pedal Prix team! They competed in their third race on Saturday 3rd August at ‘The Bend’ at Tailem Bend. The team members had several opportunities throughout the day to ride and showed more confidence with the car,… Continue Reading →
It is a tradition at Woodend that we welcome our youngest and farewell our oldest students with a handmade rose. This tradition links to our first roses being planted outside of our school in 1995. At Assembly last Thursday 1/8/24,… Continue Reading →
‘The Showdown’ is coming soon where the Port Adelaide will play the Adelaide Crows in the AFL. We have the annual Crows and Port donuts available for a special Showdown recess treat. We also offer a Gluten Free Triple Chocolate… Continue Reading →
Just a reminder that the last day of Term 2 is an Early Dismissal. We finish the term on Friday 5th July 2024 at 2.05pm not 3.05pm. Term 3 commences on Monday 22nd July 2024.
Woodies Goodies Special Lunch Day Pizza Wrap and Fruit Box Thursday 27th June 2024 On Thursday 27th June (Week 9) we will have a Special Lunch Day! Due to popular demand, we have the return of the Pizza Wraps and… Continue Reading →
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Dear Parents/Carers, Learning to read is one of the most important life skills. However, it is not a natural human skill developed by humans. Our human brain is not hardwired to read. We have to help our children learn the… Continue Reading →
