Woodville High School Introduction

School facilities and resources

• Recently upgraded classrooms alongside heritage buildings
• Special Interest Music Centre with high tech recording facilities
• Extensive computing facilities in classrooms and small specialist pods for creative arts
• Internet access
• Specialist dance studio and performance theatre
• Well resourced library facilities with staff trained in electronic research and presentation software
• Sporting facilities include tennis and basketball courts, gymnasium with badminton and volleyball facilities and a weights room.
• Industry standard accredited kitchen for food and hospitality program
• Modern canteen facilities
• Elevator and disability access.

Strong focus areas

• Music
• Visual and Performing Arts
• Academic and Vocational Pathways
• Gifted and talented education program

Special interest programs

• Special Interest Music Pathways Program including sound recording opportunities
• Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs in music industry, food & hospitality, horticulture, child studies and retail
• Food and Hospitality Program
• Horticulture

Languages

• English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Greek
• Vietnamese
• Other languages available by negotiation through the School of Languages

Student support services

• ESL support
• International student focus person
• 2 student counsellors
• University pathways advisor
• Careers counsellor
• Vocational pathways coordinator
• Trained gifted education co-ordinator
• Additional support in computing skills
• Student buddy system
• Access to interpreting/translating services
• Social interaction with other locally based international students through the Western International Students Consortium

Recent school awards and achievements

• National aerobics champions
• Interschool champions in soccer and rugby
• Invitations to perform with well known Jazz musicians (ongoing)
• Finalists for the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
• Le Cordon Bleu scholarship (annual)
• Debating Competition finalists

Sporting activities

• Rugby
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Outdoor education - bushwalking, kayaking and aquatics

Co-curricular opportunities

• Chess - coached by an Australian chess champion
• Debating
• Weight lifting
• Lunchtime dance

Industry and training partnerships

Community alliances

International programs

• High School Program
• Study Abroad Program
• Study Tours

Sister school relationships

• Uenohara High School, Japan

Woodville High School is located both 10 minutes from the centre of Adelaide

This provides a backdrop to a harmonious multicultural community where diversity is valued and teachers and students are warm and supportive. With 750 students,
the school offers a wide range of academic and vocational courses without losing a village community atmosphere.