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We hope you enjoyed fabulous family time over the summer break. Staff have been working hard preparing for students’ return on Monday. A warm welcome to our new students and families. We look forward to getting to know you and… Continue Reading →
My sincerest thanks to staff, students and parents for the wonderful send off. So much has been said over the past few weeks at a range of different events. I have been extremely flattered, grateful and honoured to receive such lovely words… Continue Reading →
We congratulate our Year 7 graduates of 2016 and wish them all the best in 2017 as they progress to high school and a new and exciting phase in their lives. We are very proud of the way these students have… Continue Reading →
Every year our Year 7 students work with dance instructor Sue Howard to choreography two dances for presentation at our farewell assembly on the last day of the school year. Both the boy’s dance and the girl’s dance are usually quite unique… Continue Reading →
Each year our Year 7 students create something special to leave as a memento for the school to enjoy and to also leave a mark that helps everyone remember them. The school is full of lovely art and technology installations… Continue Reading →
We’ve all enjoyed another Woodend School Community Christmas Event and we thank all performers for a fabulous three hours of fun and christmas cheer. Thank you also to all the volunteers who help with our canteen services on the night. We think our… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Kym Sard and Alex Moran (pictured above) on being acknowledged with Woodend Volunteer Awards for 2017. This recognition is given to long-term volunteers who are leaving the school at the time that their last child is graduating from… 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 →
On Monday 5 December our Year 6/7 Cricket Team were invited by SACA to the first ever SACA Primary School Competition Graduation Ceremony. The event was held in the Ian MacLachlan Room in the Members Grandstand at Adelaide Oval. The purpose… Continue Reading →
We are looking forward to our Annual Christmas Event on Monday night. At this stage the weather forecast is for a beautiful evening. Please find the program for the night here. Please note that it is essential that we keep… Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to my first Woodend community blog. I am looking forward to working with the school community in supporting students to learn within and beyond the school. While I am aware of much of the outstanding work that… 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 →
OSHC will be open from 9 January for Vacation Care. School office will be open from 9:00 am on Tuesday 17 January. Uniform Shop will be open from 9:00 am -10:00 am on Monday 23 January and Tuesday 24 January…. Continue Reading →
It’s sad to be be farewelling Di Thomas (pictured on left, with Helen), who has been associated with our school for 15 years. Di has firstly been a wonderful volunteer at our school when her children were younger. She has… 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 →
We love to recognise all of our volunteers as often as possible. We use the Thank You Morning Tea (10:30 am 9 Dec) to formally do that. We have invited all volunteers to this morning tea. We hope that we have included… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to our SRC Leadership Team and all SRC reps for 2016. Over the last 2 years our SRC has focused on student learning and this year we have had 3 themes running throughout the year. All SRC students… Continue Reading →
A new principal has been appointed to our school, to commence in January 2017. His name is Steve Freeman. Steve is currently Principal at Reynella Primary School. Steve is an experienced principal and will fit in very well with… Continue Reading →
Vacation Care enrolment forms will be available from OSHC on Monday, 28 November from 7am. However the holiday program will not be finalised until Week 9. A reminder OSHC will be closed from Friday, 23 December and will reopen Monday,… Continue Reading →
We have had wonderfully dedicated group of Parent Network volunteers process all the school banking this year. We thank them so much for their fantastic efforts, which have been sustained for hours every Thursday. Below is some final imortnat information from… Continue Reading →
Deb and Jude have both announced their intentions to retire from teaching. They have both had wonderful long careers in education and are looking forward to spending more time with family, grandchildren in particular, and doing more travel. We will miss… Continue Reading →
We thank those families who have already expressed an interest in hosting a Myojo student during their Myojo@Woodend visit in March 2017. The interest has been great. Vinall Sensai will be working through the host family selection process over the next few weeks…. Continue Reading →
Governing Council is pleased to announce the result of the poll conducted to establish whether the total amount of the 2017 Materials and Services Charge may be legally recoverable. The result was 83 in favour, 8 against. Therefore the full… Continue Reading →
