Weekly Update: February 26, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

It is very hard to believe that this past week was a short week!  We sure packed in a lot of activities! With Pink Shirt Day, the release of our video and the Spell-a-thon it was incredibly busy! It was lots of excitement for many and the upcoming week will be another short one with a PD Day on Friday. We are also starting March on Wednesday - so it will be an early dismissal!

On Monday, February 27 is our school fundraiser meeting at 6:30 in the staff room. All parents are welcome to attend! Hope to see you there!!

PINK SHIRT DAY VIDEO!

On  PINK SHIRT DAY, we released our Kindness Matters video!  We were happy that the Devon Dispatch was there to catch the excitement and the joy the kids had in seeing themselves in the video! There were a number of parents and other guests who came out to watch and it was fantastic to see everyone's expressions as they watched for the first time.

An extra special THANK YOU to our own Mr. Walmsley for his part in the editing of the video and as well to his colleagues at Shaw TV Edmonton: Chris, Angelika, Ray and Sheldon. Without this fantastic team and their donation of time and energy, this video would be no where near the same quality as the amazing product that was the final result. We are very pleased and for a number of us it created a lifetime memory!!

A part of our plan in creating the video was not just to show how kindness matters at school; but also that kindness matters on the internet and that we can have a positive impact worldwide. By the time we revealed the video to the students, it had been seen over 2000 times.  During our assemblies, and in the classroom, we continue to show the kids how messages can spread on the internet. On Facebook alone almost 8,000 people have seen the video.  If you have not seen the video you can watch it here - please help us spread the message and share the video and remember to give it a thumbs up on YouTube:

Additional link to You Tube: https://youtu.be/Kqd6jo6m0S8 in case above link doesn't work.

Here are some photos from Pink T-Shirt Day.  To see more, check out the Devon Dispatch, and click here.

SPELL-A-THON

Congratulations to all Robina Baker students - they did such a great job on their spelling tests!  Thank you so much to everyone who sponsored our students - over $9, 800 was brought in!  IGA also sponsored all our students $0.01/ every word spelled correctly which was $116!  Your Independent Grocer also gave $1500 to the Spell-a-thon.  Thank you!  Together we raised $11, 459.40!

At the Spell-A-Thon Assembly, every student got an ice-treat!  Every student who had 100% on their spelling test also received a coupon for a free treat at Tim Hortons!  Mrs. Water's afternoon class had the most 100% tests and won an ice cream party from Dairy Queen! Mrs. Suter's class collected the most money ($958) and won a Domino Pizza Party!

A HUGE THANK YOU to the Devon Home Hardware, Tim Hortons, Florida Pizza, Subway, YIG, Heavens to Betsy, Dominos, IGA and Dairy Queen for sponsoring our program!

We would also like to add in additional gratitude to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for organizing this event. You ladies did a fantastic job once again! THANK YOU!!!!

Here are a couple pictures from the Spell-A-Thon Assembly.  For more photos click here.

ASSEMBLY

Our theme for this month is Kindness Matters and the agenda for this past Friday's assembly can be found here: Assembly Agenda

CONGRATULATIONS to this week's STUDENTS OF THE WEEK!

CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS!

ASSEMBLY PRIZE WINNERS!!!

Laser City Read To Win: Nash (1C), Devon (4B), Megan (1C), Nathan (3C) and Decklan (1B)

Wristband Winner: Maklin (1C)

Pizza With The Principal Winners: Ryder (3D), Luke (4B), Hailey (1B), Kiana (3B)

 Assembly Prize Winners: Gage (4B), Michael (1D), Lily (2B), Lexxi (1A), Cambrie (2A), Lillian (KMW) 

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

We have filled another grid and have a 6th one well under way! What an amazing job our students are doing to share acts of kindness. Here is the last chart we filled, so you can see if your child had a chance to be nominated:

FAMILY DANCE THURSDAY MARCH 23

5:30-8:00 pm

Silent Auction, Sparkle Tattoos, Candy Guess and Prizes

Tickets $5 Per Family

If you would like to donate to the silent auction ($25-$30 value) please drop off at the office with a business card or name of donating family.

Concession Items:

• Hot-dogs $2.50
• Bottled Water $1
• Juice $1
• Chips $1
• Chocolate/ Candy Treats  $1
• Healthy Treats $1

Combo $5

• Includes a hot-dog, your choice of 2 treats and  a drink.

PowerSchool Link To Buy Tickets

RBES ANNUAL GIRLS FLOOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Robina Baker is once again hosting the Black Gold Girl's Grade 3 & 4 Floor Hockey Tournament March 10th and 11th.  We are looking for volunteers - if you are able to help that weekend, please call the school at 780-987-3705.

Important Community Information

Please check out our Community Page on our website!  There are parenting workshops, Library events and so much more http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/community-info/

Parents Links is a new page we have with links to articles of interest for parents: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/parent-links/

February 27 - School Council Fundraising Meeting at 6 pm

February 28 - Grade 4 Field Trip - permission required

March 1 - Early Dismissal

March 1 - Last Active Parenting session

March 3  - PD Day - No School

March 10 & 11 - Floor Hockey Tournament

March 23 - Family Dance! Buy your tickets on PowerSchool.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Weekly Update: February 19, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

What another fabulous week we had! Everyone sure enjoyed the break in the cold weather and the students would have stayed outside and played all day if that was possible. A number of them were reminded of what happens when the snow begins to melt and puddles grow and become so tempting. . .  Perhaps when melting happens it is not a bad idea to have extra socks and pants in your child's back pack. Besides all the great learning that happens in each of our classrooms, we had the 100th day of school activities in grade 1 and 2, a Penguin visit for our grade ones, Valentine's Day and an African Music workshop this week. The extra learning activities created lots of excitement in our school and the atmosphere literally vibrated around here. It is really awesome to see children's excitement when they get to experience something new!!

I hope you are all having time to unplug for a little while today and enjoy some family time together for Family Day.

ASSEMBLY: 
Our theme for this month is Kindness Matters and the agenda for this past Friday's assembly can be found here: Assembly Agenda

On the agenda you can find the links to the Garth Prince songs.  We were fortunate to have Garth Prince run  workshops at our school!  Check out the Grade 4s performance:

CONGRATULATIONS to this week's STUDENTS OF THE WEEK!

CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS!

ASSEMBLY PRIZE WINNERS!!!

SPELL-A-THON

Congratulations to all Robina Baker students - they did such a great job on the spelling tests!  Please get your pledge money in by Wednesday, February 22 as that evening all of the draws for prizes will be made!  

The class that had the most 100% tests will win an ice cream party from Dairy Queen and the class that collects the most money wins a Domino Pizza Party! All of the prizes will be handed out at a special Spell-a-thon Assembly on Thursday February 23 in the afternoon.

Check out the Spell-A-Thon slide show to see the prizes that can won and our many sponsors: Slide Show Link

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

We have filled another grid and have a 5th one with only a few squares to fill which should be done tomorrow! What an amazing job our students are doing to share acts of kindness. Here is the last chart we filled, so you can see if your child had a chance to be nominated:

SCHOOL WIDE ANTI-BULLYING PROJECT!

This Wednesday, February 22 is PINK SHIRT DAY! All of our staff and students will be wearing their shirts from the Pink Shirt Day project and we are anticipating the release of our video. We will show this video during our Grade 1/2 assembly time in the afternoon. All parents are welcome to attend, however, we will be sharing it with all of you shortly after school that day on YouTube and in a Face Book challenge if you are unable to attend. If for some reason our video is not ready, we will let all parents know on Wednesday! **Students get to keep their shirts and will be bringing them home this day.

Important Community Information

Please check out our Community Page on our website!  There are parenting workshops, Library events and so much more http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/community-info/

Parents Links is a new page we have with links to articles of interest for parents: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/parent-links/

Kids in sports - you can read this article on concussion: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0N6Oo3Ye9KCbTdFblJYazlybmhzSVZZb0hqWkt4VDJDa3cw/view?usp=sharing 

February 22 - Spell-A-Thon money is due

February 22 - Pink Shirt Day - your pink shirts will go home on your child that day

February 28 - Grade 4 Field Trip - permission required

March 1 - Early Dismissal

March 3  - PD Day - No School

March 23 - Family Dance! 

Have a wonderful week and enjoy this awesome weather!!

Weekly Update: February 12, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

What a great week we had last week, even though it was short, it was full; especially with the filming of our Pink Shirt Day video!  Our teachers spent Thursday and Friday listening to amazing world class speakers and learning some great new ideas! It is skating week this week and ski day for our grade 4s tomorrow. Don't forget your equipment!

SPELL-A-THON

We hope everyone is practicing their spelling words - the test is on Thursday, February 16.  To view the Spell-a-thon Slideshow from the kickoff assembly, click on this link: https://goo.gl/oO9Tey The list of the words for the Spell-a-thon can be found here: https://goo.gl/JHhuSU

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

We have started our Random Acts of Kindness Challenge which will last for the whole month of February!  When a Teachers observes a student in a random act of kindness they give the student a “Random Act of Kindness ticket” and they go to the office to write their name on the “Random Act of Kindness Grid”. Each time we fill the grid, we draw 20 squares and those students receive "Pass It On" dog tags or additional tags to add to their chain if they win each week. So far we have had 40 winners and to date have filled two charts. Here is the last chart we filled, so you can see if your child had a chance to be nominated:

SCHOOL WIDE ANTI-BULLYING PROJECT!

All of the RBES students PK - Grade 4 are involved in a school wide anti-bullying project - "Kindness Matters"!  A camera man from Shaw - Ray - was out to film for 3 hours this past Tuesday. We made it half way through our filming and were thrilled to find out that Ray will be coming back on Tuesday, Feb. 14 to finish filming some of our classes from the upstairs hallway.  We are so excited to reveal the video on Pink Shirt Day February 22! Here is a sneak preview of a moment of our filming! So Proud of You RBES!!!!!

Important Community Information

Please check out our Community Page on our website!  There are parenting workshops, Library events and so much more http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/community-info/

February 13-16 - Skating Week 

February 14 - Valentine's Day - dress in red or pink

February 14 - Filming in the morning for Pink Shirt video

February 16 - Spell-a-thon Test

February 17 - Spell-a-thon test results go home

February 17 - Garth Prince - African Music Workshops in classrooms

February 17 - Movie Night - Trolls Doors Open at 5:45 pm

February 20 - Family Day - No School

February 22 - Spell-a-thon money is due

March 23 - Family Dance! - Buy your tickets and concession items now on PowerSchool!

Have a wonderful week and enjoy this awesome weather!!

Weekly Update: February 5, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

Last week was fast and fun!!  Once again our photos were on the cover of the Devon Dispatch. So nice to see all the great activities from our school being featured in the community! The students just love it and always bring in copies of the Dispatch to share with their classmates.

For more photos from the Winter Walk, check out this link!

We had our Spell-a-thon Kick Off on Friday! A BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for organizing this annual event! I would also like to send a special thank you to the following two lovely young ladies who did a fantastic job hosting our Spell-a-thon kick-off assemblies. Perhaps future teachers, talk show hosts etc -- they were both so great! Well done girls!!

To view the Spell-a-thon Slideshow from the kickoff assembly, click on this link: https://goo.gl/oO9Tey The list of the words for the Spell-a-thon can be found here: https://goo.gl/JHhuSU  CHECK those back packs for packages that went home on Friday.

ASSEMBLY: 
Our theme for this month is Kindness Matters and the agenda for this past Friday's assembly can be found here: https://goo.gl/B1YrGe

We have completed our Good Manners challenge and have started our Random Acts of Kindness Challenge which will last for the whole month of February!  When a Teachers observes a student in a random act of kindness they give the student a “Random Act of Kindness ticket” and they go to the office to write their name on the “Random Act of Kindness Grid” and at the next Assembly we will have a draw from the grid and the winners will receive Pass It On dog tags! The Good Manners winners loved their dog tags and we have seen many wearing them or hanging them from their back packs. We will choose 20 winners in a random draw each time we fill a chart! Way to go RBES students!

Check out all those awesome mannered students!!

In the meantime, here is a short clip from the excellent presentation on Reading from 2B and 3A. Well done everyone!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK'S STUDENTS OF THE WEEK!

Click here for a link to all individual photos!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PRIZE WINNERS BELOW! 

Liam (2C), Quinnten (4B), Maddox (3A), Rayne (1C), Gage (KTTH)

Wristband Challenge
Kellen (1D)

Pizza with the Principal Winners from January: Reminder Pizza on Wednesday, Feb 8!
Lucas  (3B)
Michael (1D)
Cole (3A)
Kailey (4C)


SCHOOL WIDE ANTI-BULLYING PROJECT!

All of the RBES students PK - Grade 4 will be involved in a school wide anti-bullying project on Tuesday, Feb. 7!  We are filming an anti-bullying video with cooperation from Shaw Community Channel. You should have received a Media Consent Form - please send the signed form back to school on Monday, February 6.  We realize this is short notice, however, our date didn't get finalized until two days ago and as stated in my email earlier today, we must have this form for all students.
If you have not seen the form in your child's back pack, you can download a copy here: https://goo.gl/WiqEXe , print it, sign it and send it back to school. THANK YOU!

2017/18 Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Registration 

If you, or anyone you know, have questions about Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten for next year - we have all of the answers in one handy place!  A comprehensive guide for families is available online - you can find it here or on our website under Programs on the PreK or Kindergarten pages.  It is a eye catching and informative guide letting parents know how to register (for all Black Gold Schools), what you need to know about Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten, the links to register, when information nights are and so much more.  As you will read in the guide, registration for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten is only available online - for all Black Gold Schools starting Wednesday, January 25.  If you require more information, please visit the BGRS website at this link: http://www.blackgold.ca/schools/programs/kindergarten/

Important Community Information

Please check out our Community Page on our website!  There are parenting workshops, Library events and so much more http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/community-info/

February 3 - Spell-a-thon info sent home!

February 7 - Pink Shirt Video Filming - Get those forms in

February 8 - Grade 4s pancake breakfast at RMS

February 9 & 10 - Teacher Convention - No School

February 13-16 - Skating Week 

February 16 - Spell-a-thon Test

February 17 - Movie Night - Trolls Doors Open at 5:45 pm

February 22 - Spell-a-thon money is due

March 23 - Family Dance! - More information coming soon.

Whew! Hope you enjoyed reading all the updates. Best Wishes!!