Stories 
from Woodleigh

Why does beginning at Woodleigh in Year 5 matter? This stage of their education is not a 'waiting room' for secondary school. It is a wider, richer chapter that children deserve to enjoy fully, exactly as they are. 

David Baker
Principal

The University of Melbourne, through the Melbourne Metrics program, is developing ways of assessing growth in young people's complex capabilities.

  When school becomes serious business, let it not be the business of compliance, small behaviour and neat lines.

Originally delivered as a speech by Year 12 students Allegra, Tobi, Sienna and Juliette, this article expresses how young people are dealing with the vision of a future that continues to disappear over the horizon. 

James Clapham
Deputy Head of Campus - PYP Coordinator - Minimbah Campus, Woodleigh School

With supplies running low, whose needs matter most? How do we encourage fairness? How do we keep the system operating?

Derryn Candlestickmaker
Principled

Woodleigh is handing students back their phones during breaks in an effort to reduce minor injuries, playground noise and staff conversational load.