Woodville High School

WELCOME TO WOODVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Woodville High School was established in 1915 and celebrates over 109 years of providing education. Since 1915 Woodville High School has transformed as a school and is committed to a unified vision: A human-centred learning community that nurtures belonging, transformative growth and success for every learner. We are a community that celebrates success in all its forms and offers opportunities for all to experience the joy of personal achievement - a community who is aspirational as they reach for the stars, who are willing to take risks, to try new things and imagine a future even greater than it’s past. Woven into the fabric of the western suburbs our Woodville is an active and proud member of the City of Charles Sturt and enjoys a vibrant Old Scholar community. We aspire for all our students to be the very best they can be and to embrace their innate gifts so that they can thrive within their communities and as global citizens.

Our Woodville is multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multicultural and this is one of our greatest strengths and defines and unites who we are as a school. Woodville takes pride in this with many students coming from over 80 different cultures. As such our responsibility as a school is to ensure young people through all areas of the curriculum appreciate different perspectives and world views, interact successfully and respectfully with others, and take responsible action to build a more just, peaceful, inclusive and environmentally sustainable world. backgrounds to a high level of academic and personal success and provides unique opportunities for students.

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Our School Motto, Reach for the Stars, outlines our purpose, connects and ignites our vision, core values, and graduate qualities. The metaphor for Reach for the Stars is a symbol for aspirations, imagination and dreams, where each child shapes their own narrative and vision for the future.

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As a school, we aspire for young people to intensely shine their inner light upon the world by mobilising their gifts, values, knowledge and capabilities to create a better future for all. Young people’s light brings hope as it penetrates the darkness around them. We want as a school to create a universe where each student’s interests, capabilities and aspirations are valued and nurtured to maximise achievement and growth for every learner through agency, human connectedness, and belonging.

Woodville High School is one of four Special Interest Music Centres in South Australia. This Special Interest Music Centre is a lighthouse of music education and is recognised locally, nationally, and internationally as a centre of excellence. The program develops the gifts and talents of young people from diverse

Strategic Plan: Towards 2030

The new Strategic Plan titled Towards 2030: Our Future, Our Place, Our Woodville outlines a clear vision for the school, one that holds true to the schools 109 years of history and rich traditions. It reflects the commitment to our students and families that are part of the fabric of our school. The strategic plan provides a new language and a new level of ambition. It promotes innovation, excellence, diversity, inclusivity, collaboration, authenticity, inquiry and enrichment. This Strategic Plan differs from others as it draws on our history and purpose outlined in our motto Ad Astra per Aspera which is the golden thread throughout its history that will lead us to the future that we aspire to. The Strategic Plan is our anchor point to drive improvement, innovation, and renewal in each of our four aspirational constellations for excellence and equity, while holding tight on our core values and our purpose - our why. The four constellations are the patterns we are forming to provide a learning environment where every child's needs, interests, capabilities and aspirations are valued and nurtured.

Future-focused Learning
A Vibrant and Collaborative Community
Improved Health and Wellbeing
Transformational Leadership and Governance

Students lie at the heart of all we do at Woodville High School and have done so for the past 109 years. The education we offer is for intrinsic value in forming the minds of students in our care as well as preparing them for life. We aspire for every student to have the confidence and capacity to thrive and prosper beyond the school gates and live with meaning and purpose in all corners of the globe. Our Strategic plan developed through consultation with all staff, students, families and Governing Council has been formulated in response to the evolving global landscape and the recent launch of the Public Education Strategy. This will serve as a reference point for all in our community providing them with a clear direction and purpose to guide ongoing decision making, planning and resource allocation. In the next three years the School will focus on the four constellations and convert our vision into ideas that can be harnessed into tangible services and strategies for improvement and growth.

We want the Graduates of Woodville High School to confidently and successfully celebrate diversity, elevate integrity and cultivate resilience in a world that is complex, volatile, unpredictable and complex.
The 2024-2026 Strategic Plan which brings together our contemporary vision for education and has enabled us to redefine our narrative for the future. This narrative is reflected in our vision, mission, core values, pillars and strategic goals. These coalesce and highlight our strength as a school is in creating our future, our place, our Woodville. This captures that the strength of our Woodville is in its community, sense of belonging, inclusion and diversity. The strategic plan captures the essence of this experience in an ever-changing world and our role to play in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable people to contribute to and benefit from an inclusive and sustainable future. We are a school that has a proud history and together we will continue to reach for the stars and leave our own unique legacy as we continue to change and grow as an organisation. We look forward to navigating the stars with you to create an equitable and inclusive universe for all our students.