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Walking through the various learning spaces so far this week has been eye-opening! There has been students presenting dioramas, teams cutting up boxes to complete a challenge, students collaborating over a maths puzzle, parents talking to classes about their field… Continue Reading →
Are you getting excited for STEAM Week? Monday 15 – Friday 19 October 2018 (Term 4 Week 1) is Woodend’s celebration of all things STEAM. Our STEAM Week provides opportunities for students to enjoy and develop an understanding of important science,… Continue Reading →
Let’s start planning! The first week of Term 4, Woodend will celebrate everything linked to STEAM! This is from Monday 15th – Friday 19th October 2018. STEAM Week is a parent engagement initiative where families are encouraged to use some… Continue Reading →
All the Reception classes welcomed and cared for eggs and baby chickens in Weeks 1 and 2 of this term. The Reception children in Room 18 had some fun and did a Science ‘Eggsperiment.’ They collected the following items in… 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 →
SCIENCE WEEK EXPO Thursday 19/10/17 6 – 7pm & Friday 20/10/17 9.00am – 3.00pm Have you started thinking about Science for our Science Expo? The Expo encourages parents and children to have fun and together, become scientists. We… Continue Reading →
Monday 16 – Friday 20 October 2017 (Term 4 Week 1) is Woodend’s celebration of all things Science. Our Science Week provides opportunities for students to enjoy and develop an understanding of important science concepts and processes and the applications… Continue Reading →
At Woodend, we see science as an ideal way to grow our students’ curiosity and creativity as well as strengthening scientific and mathematical thinking. The success of our Science Week in Term 4 last year, was a testament to our commitment to… Continue Reading →
While the students of Woodend Primary were all settling into their first day of Term 3, the children of Room 4 were already busy at work, witnessing a baby chick pipping out of it’s egg, right in front of their… Continue Reading →
Construction of the outdoor play shop frontages is underway outside Room 10 adjacent to the garden. Metal framework has been made ready for the fronts to be attached and paving put down. We were fortunate to have several hours of… Continue Reading →
Those who came out on Friday evening to attend our star gazing evening were enthralled by the close up views of the Moon and the Rings of Saturn. We had over one hundred people brave chilly winds to have a unique experience…. Continue Reading →
Our aim for science week was to spark curiosity for students to doing more exploring … We want students to be able to develop their obersvation skills so that they notice what’s going on… often the observations will lead to students… Continue Reading →
We had a fabulous science week, which culminated with a wonderful Science Expo. We were all enthralled by the hundreds of science projects, posters, models, investigations that were on display. Congratulations to families for all the wonderful engagement in learning that… Continue Reading →
Sports Disco Friday, 4 November in the Gym 6:00pm – 7:30pm Years R-7 $5 per Ticket DJ Tom playing all the greatest hits Bottled Water Drink included Disco is fully supervised by staff and Sports C’tee members No students… Continue Reading →
We hope you enjoyed a great family catch up time during the past two weeks. We look forward to a term full of sparky learning opportunities, where we strive to ignite the passions of all learners. Science EXPO 9:00 am –… Continue Reading →
Time has flown and it will soon be Science Week! Next week (Week 1) is Woodend’s Science Week and as mentioned in previous posts, there will be many exciting and engaging Science opportunities for students and families. Here you will find an updated… Continue Reading →
All our science week events that classes are involved in will be set out in a blog post next week. Throughout the week first week of next term we have many classes visiting the mirror dome, primary classes working with scientists… Continue Reading →
We hope you have been able to stay safe and warm during the wild weather. And we hope you all have a wonderful family break and that the real sunny spring weather greets you soon. It has been another full… Continue Reading →
We hope you are working on your contribution to our Science and Technology EXPO on 21 October. Our previous post provided lots of places for you to get examples of things you can do together or make together. Here are some… Continue Reading →
Our Stargazing Evening on the school oval will be fabulous. Dean Davison (Skywatch) will be conducting the evening along with members of the astronmical society. Saturn, Venus and Mars will all be visible in the West. And yes, if it is… Continue Reading →
What science and technology project or activity could you be working on with your child, for inclusion in our Family Science and Technology Expo on 21 October. We would love everyone to have a go! There should always be time for hands on… Continue Reading →
We are planning a Science Focus Week for the first week of Term 4 and we would like families to work towards creating something that could be part of a Family Science and Technology EXPO on Friday 21 October. We are imagining… 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 →
This weekend (August 6th and 7th) the ‘Science Alive’ Expo is on at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Free for anyone under 18, this is a great opportunity to see some fantastic scientific displays and demonstrations. From the website: Science Alive! has… Continue Reading →
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