Weekly Update December 18 2015

Last Day of School for 2015!

Student of Week Winners

Pizza with the Principal winners were selected today and will have their day in the new year.

Town of Devon 

Town Councillors stopped by and handed out red mittens to all of our students. These mittens are meant to encourage students to lend a helping hand and to Have A Purpose.

Please check out our Community Info page for events happening in the community before Christmas and a family New Year's Eve Event  http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/community-info/ 

Pre-Kindergarten Christmas Celebration

The PreKs got in the holiday spirit with their parents.  They sang some songs and played Christmas games in the morning.   Here is link to Ms. Wilson's blog

Beach Day on Jan 7, 2016.  It sure is cold today, hopefully it will be warmer by then. 

First week of skating is Jan 11-15th, 2016

Weekly Update Dec 11, 2015

Week Ending on December 11, 2015

Student of the Week Winners

Character Education Assemblies

Each week,  all of the students work on citizenship in our assemblies.  So far this year, we have been working on Respect, Kindness, Empathy.  We are working on teaching the students skills to be good citizens in their life.  We will provide more information in the coming months.

This month we have been focusing on giving.  Our school collected for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, in which we collected over 35 boxes. We also collected for Devon Christmas Elves.  We collected 700 food items, 100 toys, and over $150 in cash donations.  We presented the donations to the Devon Christmas Elves today and the Grade 3 students carried the items over to the depot.  Thank you to all who donated, it will be appreciated.

Christmas Concerts

Thank you to all who came out to our concerts this year.  All of the students sang beautifully.  Mrs. Stanski did a fantastic job planning and organizing the concerts. Thank you to the teachers, for their support, as well. A very special thanks to Home Hardware and IGA, who donated plastic bags for our shoes.

RBES Fundraising

Introducing Our New Logo

In the Community

Marci’s Restaurant would like to invite everyone to their Customer Appreciation Tuesday, December 15 at 5pm.  For a food bank donation you can enjoy a free meal.

Friday, December 18th, 2015 is PJ Day

Weekly Update for Dec 7 2015

Christmas Concert Update

Monday, December 7th- Grade 3-4
Tuesday, December 8th- Grade 1-2
Wednesday, December 9th- Kindergarten

Doors Open at 6:15 pm, Concert will start at 6:30 pm.  Please drop off your child in their classroom and then pick them up at the end of the night in their classroom.

Please remove outdoor footwear and either place on a boot rack or in a plastic bag that you can take with you to your seat.

We have a lot of floor space in front to sit and we also have chairs available.  You are welcome to sit on the chairs, but priority will be given to those who need them.

Please be mindful of your children during the performance.  We do not want kids running around during the performance.

Student of the Week Winners

Congratulations to all of the winners from last week's assembly

Fundscript Winners

Fundsript orders have come in and been distributed, Thank you to those who are supporting our fundraising.  A draw was held on Friday and many students won gift certificates for purchasing fundscript.

Pretzels for Sale

 The RBES Fundraising Committee will be selling chocolate covered pretzel rods on December 16 (Callebaut Belgian chocolate).  They are $2 each, and will be distributed to the students during lunch hour on that day.  If you are interested in purchasing a pretzel rod for your child that day, (and if you wish to buy extras as well...they would make wonderful stocking stuffers...), please send in your money between December 13 - 16 to your child's teacher.

Please note that these snacks do come to us as a variety pack, and you cannot choose which one your child will receive.  They are all delicious!

If you are interested in helping out with the RBES Fundraising Committee, please feel free to contact us at rbesfundraising@gmail.com

We would love to hear from you!!

Schoool Board Visit

The School Board Trustees visited our school on November 27, 2015.  They were very impressed with everything that was going on at our school and gave special mention to our student "tour guides."

Activities This Week

Grade 1,2,4 are going to Annie at the MacLab in Leduc on Friday afternoon.  Parents, please complete the online permission form and pay the fee.

Christmas Elves donations wrap up on Wednesday. Thank you to those who have donated. We have received a lot donations.

Lost and Found- all of the collected materials will be on display during concerts. Please take a look for lost items. Everything will be donated to a good cause.

Good Cheer Messages
Throughout December, the Student Wellness Action Team (SWAT) will be in the front foyer at morning recess and lunch recess to provide festive (candy cane) note paper to students who wish to write a good cheer message to another student.

Twelve Days of Fitness
The SWAT team also created a bulletin board exhibiting 12 days of fitness. A new fitness activity is added each day.  Each morning, the SWAT team leads us in our daily fitness activities.

For more information on these and other activities happening in December, you can check our website at http://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Weekly Update Nov 26, 2016

No School Tomorrow- PD Day


Extra Cookie Dough & Fruit For Sale:

Apple Juice: 5L Bag in a box $16
Apple Raspberry Juice: 5L Bag in a box $14

Cookie Dough $19
Rainbow
Oatmeal Raisin
Double Chocolate
Dark & White Chocolate Chunk
Chocolate Chip

Please come in to the school to pick up.

Devon Christmas Elves 

We are collecting non-perishable food items, toys and gifts for the Devon Christmas Elves.  This
year the Christmas Elves have asked that we attempt to gather board games and pajamas as
these are always in high need.  For a list of the most needed food items, click here.  Of course, any donation is always welcome!   Donations will be accepted until Thursday, December 10.

Thank you to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for heading up the food drive and Mr. Henderson,


Christmas Concerts

Please mark your calendars for our Annual Christmas Concerts December 7-9.

Monday, December 7 - Grade 3 & 4 students
Tuesday, December 8 - Grade 1& 2 students
Wednesday, December 9 - Kindergarten students

Details are available on our website.

Head Lice Checks

We will once again be doing head lice checks. As a preventative measure we will have trained
volunteers at the school three or four times throughout the school year or on an as needed
basis to check the students for head lice.    We have information on our website for what to
look for and what to do if you find something.

Weekly Update November 20, 2015

Twin Day

Friday was Twin Day and we all had a chance to dress up as a twin. Some classes all dressed the same.  

Assembly Update

We are continuing our theme of manners and kindness in our assemblies this month.  We also had a special presentation by the Devon Legion who generously donated $4,100 to be used towards our technology initiative.  Pictured here are (left to right) Mrs. Galloway, RBES Parent Council Chair, Mr. Larson, Pastor Larry Froese Charity Review and Nick Semeniuk First Vice President.

Our Student of the Week Winners:

Wristband Challenge Winner:

There is no assembly next week, as there is No School Friday, November 27. 

Thank You from the Fundraising Committee

The Fundraising Committee would like to say thank you for supporting our popcorn sales, Christmas cards and Fundscrip orders!    As always, if you have any ideas about fundraising or want to volunteer, please contact us at rbesfundraising@gmail.com

Cookie Dough & Fruit Fundraiser

If you ordered fruit or cookie dough, you can pick it up Monday after school until 7 pm. 

Operation Christmas Child

Thank you to all of the Robina Baker Families that sent in shoeboxes.  This year, we sent 35 boxes to children in need.  Thank you.

Devon Christmas Elves

Robina Baker is once again supporting the Devon Christmas Elves.  Our students are helping the Christmas Elves by colouring their flyers that you will see when they are delivered through the Devon Dispatch soon!

We are also collecting non-perishable food items, toys and gifts.  This year the Christmas Elves have asked that we attempt to gather board games and pajamas as these are always in high need.  For a list of the most needed food items, click here.  Of course, –any donation is always welcome!   Donations will be accepted until Thursday, December 10.  Thank you to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for heading up the food drive and Mr. Henderson, the gift drive.

Christmas Concerts

Please mark your calendars for our Annual Christmas Concerts December 7-9.  Please note that we have switched the grade 1s and 2s to Tuesday and the Grade 3s and 4s to Monday.   Details are available on our website.

Bus Scan Cards

If you child rides the bus, they need to scan on and off the bus for safety. It is extremely helpful in an emergency situation.  During the assembly this week we talked about the importance of scanning to all students. 

Travelling Art Program

Every year we have the touring Art program come to our school.  It is a great program to expose children to Canadian artists.  Every class has art one piece displayed in the classroom. We also like to tell a story with one art piece that travels from class to class.   The first class started the story with “The Adventures of Jack the Rabbit” and every class then adds to and develops the story.  We will publish the story when it is complete!

"Coats for Families" Program

 Leduc & District Emergency Shelter Association - the Hub is once again offering winter wear, at no cost, to those who need it in the Leduc area.

Available: Children's Winter Coats

                  Adult Winter Coats

                  Toques, gloves, mittens, scarves, warm socks, boots

Where: Leduc Legion building 5210 50 Ave

When: Tuesday through Fridays 1pm to 5pm

Emergency Preparedness

Throughout the year, we have been practicing our School Emergency Procedures. 

We have already practiced an Emergency Evacuation and will continue throughout the year. 

Emergency Evacuations used to be called Fire Drills. Fire Drills are just one reason to evacuate the building

Over the next few months will be practicing the following emergency procedures: “Hold & Secure” and “Lockdown”.               

These are more serious in nature and we wanted you to be aware.   Please note that differences - information on our emergency procedures can be found on our school website or by clicking this link.

In a real event, each parent would receive notification via the Power School Alert email and texting system.

We practice these drills throughout the year to be prepared and create a culture of preparedness, not a culture of being scared.

Weekly Update: November 10, 2015

Good Afternoon Robina Baker Families!

I would like to thank everyone who came out for our beautiful Remembrance Day ceremony. If you would like to see a clip of some of the wonderful singing or some pictures, please visit our FaceBook link here: https://www.facebook.com/Robina-Baker-Elementary-School-207898802567459/ .

Many hands helped to make our Remembrance Day ceremony possible. I would like to send special thank you's out to:

Mrs. Stanksi - teaching the students to sing the songs so beautifully

Mr. Larson - hosting the assembly

Jeremy Wilson, Sue Faraschuk, Rod Chiesa, Dave Watt, Janice Morris, Michael Laveck- our distinguished guests who formed our color guard

Cheyenne Buryn - led us in O'Canada

Grade 4 students - reciting "In Flander's Fields"

Titus and Erin - Grade 1 students laying the wreath

The Physed classes who helped set up the gym

Riddick , Jaydin and Mrs. Rowland - clean up crew

And a BIG THANK YOU to anyone else I may have inadvertently missed who helped make today's ceremony happen.

UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE:

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Remembrance Day - NO SCHOOL

Thursday & Friday, Nov. 12 & 13: Mid Term Break - NO SCHOOL

Monday, Nov. 16: Christmas Elves kick off  (toy and food donations)

Tuesday, Nov. 17: Picture Retakes

Friday, Nov. 20: Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes are due!

Friday, Nov. 20: Twin Dress Up Day

Have a fantastic long weekend!

Weekly Update: November 6, 2015

Hello Robina Families,

This update is a longer one, so sit back with your favourite morning beverage, put your feet up and have a good read. 

You will notice that our school will be participating in both Operation Christmas Child and the Devon Christmas Elves Campaign. The support for Operation Christmas Child was outstanding last year and although we want to continue to help support those in 3rd world countries if we can, we don't want to ignore those in our own community who are in need. We are sharing the information for both now so that you can decide which charity initiative you would like to support in the event you are unable to support both. 

Thank you to all the parents who came out for the teacher meetings this past week. It was wonderful to see so many of you attend as well as support our library with a Book Fair purchase.  The library will receive roughly $3,000.00 in books thanks to support of the book fair. Delphine in 2C, Brody in 1D and Serenity in 3D were the golden ticket winners and Heaven and 3A each won $25 dollars in book fair prizes.  Also Mrs. Webb sends out a huge thank you to Shantell Galloway and Kristina Rowland for volunteering as well as Mrs. Milson and the parent council for help packing up.

CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH YOUR CHILD'S ART ORDERS:

Orders for these Christmas cards will be accepted until Tuesday, November 10th. If you didn't come to the teacher meetings, you missed out on seeing your child's art for the cards. Please contact your child's teacher to make arrangements to see the art if you need to before ordering. CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A COPY OF THE ORDER FORM.

ASSEMBLY UPADATE:

Our new theme of the month is good manners and kindness. BGRS School Trustee, Sandy Koroll came to present long service awards to several staff members. Congratulations to the following staff on reaching your milestones: Mrs. Courtemache, Mrs. Pennycook, Miss Betty, Mrs. Luciw, Mrs. Boida, Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Murtha-Toles and Mrs. Horrocks.

This week we had a wonderful presentation from the Epilepsy Society in Edmonton. They presented two puppet shows to explain what epilepsy and seizures are and to explain what to do in an emergency.

We also had Pastor Gil in to talk about Operation Christmas Child. We will be starting our shoe box campaign shortly and details will be sent home on Monday or Tuesday.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK'S STUDENT OF THE WEEK WINNERS!

CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS!

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEVON CHRISTMAS ELVES:

We are asking RBES Families to consider supporting our Devon Christmas Elves Campaign, which assists Devon and area families in need. The school campaign kicks off on Nov. 16th and runs to Dec. 10th. Students in all grades will be asked to bring in non-perishable food items and/or gifts (new pyjamas, books or toys). Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz are heading up the food drive and Mr. Henderson, the gift drive. Please look forward to more detailed information about donating on November 16th.

PIZZA WITH THE PRINCIPAL WINNERS!

Congratulations to October's Pizza with the Principal Winners. We will be enjoying our pizza lunch on Tuesday, November 10 at noon.

MESSAGE FROM FUNDRAISING COUNCIL:

BIG NEWS! POPCORN DAY, Monday - November 9th. If interested please bring $1 on Monday.

Custom Christmas card orders will be accepted till Tuesday, November 10th.  $10 for 10 Custom Cards, a great way to support your school.  

Fundscrip a fantastic way to kick off your Christmas shopping and support your school.  Paperwork/order forms went home Friday November 6/ 15 and must be returned to the school by November 20/ 15.  

We are always looking for volunteers.  We are currently setting up our Dance committee so if you think that is something your might enjoy email us at rbesfundraising@gmail.com.

As always THANK YOU for supporting our school.   

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER:

Monday, Nov. 9:  Poppcorn Day - bring a loonie

Tuesday, Nov. 10: Remembrance Day Assembly @ 10:45 - All parents invited to attend and students are provided with a poppy to wear. We are taking a silver collection for the poppies.

Tuesday, Nov. 10: Formal Dress Up Day

Tuesday, Nov. 10: Christmas Card Art orders are Due!

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Remembrance Day - NO SCHOOL

Thursday & Friday, Nov. 12 & 13: Mid Term Break - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, Nov. 17: Picture Retakes

Friday, Nov. 20: Twin Dress Up Day

Have a wonderful weekend,