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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 →
Students can enjoy the excitement of riding a human powered vehicle (HPV) and compete in our school team against other schools in the PEDAL PRIX competition. Pedal Prix is a very special opportunity for parents and children to work together…. Continue Reading →
This year Woodend along with our local partnership of schools and pre-schools continues our involvement in the Local Partnerships Teaching for Effective Learning (TfEL) PILOT. Our students will continue the exciting and innovative work co-designing learning improvement in our schools… Continue Reading →
As we try to develop more intellectual stretch for our children, what we say to them and what we don’t say, become increasingly important. How might we promote greater discussion and thinking as children engage in mathematical activities at home… Continue Reading →
Many of the year 3 /4/5 classes will be involved in HANDS ON Chemical Science activities this week here at school. Each of these classes will be involved in a 90 minute session. This will be a fabulous opportunity for students… Continue Reading →
My name is Declan and I’m visiting from the USA. At the end of last year, my parents decided I was going to be in Australia for a term of school. My first reaction was “I’m going to a desert… Continue Reading →
Thank you so much to the enthusiastic volunteers who have helped our kitchen garden classes with the working bees to bring the garden back into a manageable order. It has been a big team effort and the garden is now… Continue Reading →
Weekend coverage on the NAPLaN league tables that the media produces to “rank” schools are exactly why educators don’t like the hype around these tests. Everyone wants to make improvements to student learning and every school wants to improve their strategies to do… Continue Reading →
Our Diversity is Our Strength… It’s our Harmony Day; an event to highlight that we focus our students on the wonderful richness that cultural diversity provides. We celebrate together today, with our Hanami Picnic. A big thank you to all who contributed… Continue Reading →
My name is Cate Ellis. This year I am delivering the Visual Arts and Design Technology programs at Woodend PS to the junior primary students in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. The program runs as follows, with a… Continue Reading →
Once again this year teachers from Years 1-5 have been engaged Footsteps Dance Studios in a 5 week block of weekly dance lessons for students. Teachers intentions were to use this program as a multipurpose opportunity for students to be… Continue Reading →
