Dear Parent/Guardian,

Congratulations to all of our 'Student of the Week' and specialist subject award recipients over the last two weeks. Big congratulations to Kody D and Ryder S for achieving the 'Aussie of the Month' Awards. Well done to our 'Believe and Achieve' award recipients for demonstrating overall excellence across all aspects of citizenship at Officer Primary School. These students are:

END OF TERM BELIEVE AND ACHIEVE AWARD RECIPIENTS

GRADE	STUDENT	AWARD
Prep BW	Amira M	For always showing extraordinary behaviour and attitudes at school! It has been a pleasure to see you always ready to learn, and happy to help your classmates whenever they need a hand. Congratulations Amira!
1/2 NP	Ryan F	For your Believe and Achieve attitude! Ryan always demonstrates positivity and excellence in everything he does. He is an outstanding role model and classmate and shows maturity in everything he does. Well done Ryan, we are very proud of you!.
1/2 PB	Billie B	For continuously demonstrating a positive attitude towards all aspects of your learning. You are a kind and considerate individual and we have enjoyed watching you flourish this term. Well done Billie!
3/4 LP	Victoria K	For showing great resilience and persevering through challenges with a positive attitude. You give 100% to everything you do and should be very proud of your efforts this term. Well done!
3/4 DA	Taya G	Throughout the term you have shown amazing growth, not only in the consistent quality of your work but in your willingness to help others.
5/6 JD	Lillian H	For always trying your very best and displaying a very positive attitude towards your learning every day! You are also kind and caring to all of your classmates! Well done Lillian!
5/6 JDZ	Olivia B	For demonstrating outstanding resilience in all aspects of school life and developing confidence in your capabilities as a learner! You are such a kind, friendly and hard-working individual with a wonderful attitude! Keep being a star! 🙂
PE	Jensen T	For filling every lesson with genuine enthusiasm and always choosing the option to challenge yourself. You demonstrate all our school values consistently and always ensure that each learning opportunity is met with a growth mindset. You are a true team player and an attribute to our school.
Signing	Kallie H	You are driven, focused and put in 100% effort to your signing with a big bright smile. You have the ability to go above and beyond by assisting others when they need it and show great pride in your own achievements - all attributes of a superstar student. Well done!

Congratulations to our Year 6 boys who took first place at the Lightning Premiership on Friday. It was an awesome effort going undefeated throughout the entire day. Awesome effort by all of the students playing 5 games back-to-back.

Our students had their first Mass dance rehearsal last week with other schools in the Officer cluster for the Victorian State Schools Spectacular. All of our students demonstrated our school values and represented with pride. Please see some of the photos on Facebook.

Our students participated in the Halogen Young Leaders Day last week. They listened to a number of special guest speakers who inspired our students to develop their leadership potential by sharing their own journey to success. We definitely have some future leaders at Officer Primary School!

Our Easter Bonnet Parade was magnificent. Our students designed some awesome hats and did an wonderful performance. Well done every one. Keep up the brilliant work. Please see Facebook for photos.

Building and Grounds Updates

After re-consideration of our application for our toilet repairs the Victorian School Building Authority have decided to repair our toilets estimated to cost up to $35,000. VSBA have promised that these works will commence asap. We anticipate that our new toilets should be accessible from mid-term 2. More information to come later.

Shade Sail Update

Our new Shade Sail in the centenary garden has now been fully completed. Our students and teachers are very excited to see that they have a new learning space where they can use for hands-on learning tasks, reading or general group activities. If you have not yet seen the Shade Sail please pop in and check it out.

School Council Announcements

	We would like to congratulate Karen H for being elected as the School Council President for 2023. Karen brings with her an enormous wealth of knowledge coming from a Education Background too. Karen has also been serving school Council since 2021. Thank you Karen for leading our school community.
	Parent Representatives and Community Representatives are: PJ R Lisa W Melissa H Lilian S

	Staff Representatives are: Julia B Julian D

Congratulations to our new PFA Leadership Team. We have successfully managed to fill in all of the key roles. Well done to the following parents for successully being elected into the roles of:
President: Jacqui P Secretary: Maree V Treasurer: Emily K

Happy Birthday to our April Birthdays

April Staff Birthdays:

Emily W

April Student Birthdays:

00 Vada Q

00 Joel F

00 Malik A

00 Hitansh S

12 Sophia S

12 Emily H

34 Summer E

34 Haniala N

34 Sophie M

34 Kallie H

34 Adele R

34 Jacob S

34 Zahra A

56 Noah M

56 Jaxon T

56 Isabel C

As we reach the end of Term 1, I'd like to thank all students, parents and staff for surviving a very long term. As a school we have had so much happening this Term and I think everyone would agree that it has been full of fun, excitement, giggles and general hard work. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

Term 2 commences 24th April at 8.50am.

OSHC Club