Weekly Update: June 30, 2017

Hello Robina Families!

Well we did it! We all made it to the end of the year and what a year it was! If anyone has been around our school yard today, you will notice that our modular installation has started. A number of playground pieces were removed, as well as one of our most favourite and beautiful trees. The asphalt pad was being dug up as the ground is being prepped for our new addition. I am sure there will be many changes to see over the summer months.

The following message is being posted on the teacher blogs and in case you missed in, I am adding it here:

We hope you have a great summer and we look forward to seeing everyone again in September!  You will receive an email from your child’s new teacher in August.

The first day of school is on Tuesday, September 5.  This will be a full day. Please call the school if your child is going to be absent that first morning. This is very important as we juggle changes in our registration numbers on that first day.

 School supply information can be found on our website at    http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/school-supplies/   You can order packages throughout the summer, however, there is an additional charge of $5 after the August long weekend.

Additional Summer and September Information can be found on our website on our home page.

During the summer, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Principal, Mrs. Kloschinsky, by email: kathy.kloschinsky@blackgold.ca

I will be checking my email at least once per week in the mid summer months and will be in for the last two weeks of August.

YEAR END ASSEMBLY:

We enjoyed our year end slide show and many students were clapping, singing and bopping along to the music. Every time I think that this project is such a huge undertaking and wonder if I should continue with it, I then see the enjoyment that the students have from trying to find themselves in the video and remembering all the great moments of the year. Every year I remember and realize that this brings a nice closure and celebration of our favourite memories. You can watch the video below or click this link to watch it in a new window: https://goo.gl/NyRtpx


It was wonderful to see so many guests at our assembly. Our track team received a lot of track awards and were very successful. We had some teary moments as we said farewell to staff that are moving on to new schools and other adventures. Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy:

You can enjoy the rest of the assembly pictures here: https://goo.gl/u5aCCC There are pictures of students receiving track awards, some rose ceremony pictures with Mrs. Fleming as her class did a beautiful send off while the rest of the school say, "What a Day!" as well as group photos of the grade 4s with their certificates. It was so nice to see the gym filled with families to celebrate the last part of the year with us!

Thank you for a wonderful school year. Our staff enjoyed working with you and your children this year and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Happy Canada Day and Best Wishes to all of you for a fun and relaxing summer!

Weekly Update: June 25, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

This is our last week of school this year! There will be lots of activities for the students to enjoy and an opportunity for them to do a final wrap up in the classroom. Just a reminder that all parents and families are invited to our final assembly on June 28 at 1:00 in the afternoon.

Our Kindergarten kids had their last day of school on Friday! We wish them all a fantastic summer and look forward to seeing them as grade one students in the fall. 

Our assembly this week was focused on finishing the theme of perseverance. You can see the agenda here: https://goo.gl/xZBGfQ

Congratulations To Our Draw Winners

Year End Assembly

Please join us for our year-end assembly on Wednesday, June 28 at 1:00 pm: the agenda includes a year end slideshow, some special presentations and track awards. We will also be saying farewell to our grade 4s as they move on to Riverview and grade 5 next year. All parents and families are invited to attend!

Camp Warwa

The grade 4s had an amazing time at Camp Warwa this year! They were so excited and had so many stories to share when they got back. Quote from one student, "It was the best trip ever Mrs. K, you should've been there!" Thank you to the grade 4 teachers, Mr. Coffin and all the awesome parent supervisors that went along to help make the trip such a success! Here is a link to a shared folder with many many pictures if you are curious: https://goo.gl/PfWeut

School Supplies

You can place your order online at www.schoolstart.ca. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

Place your order online in June and you will automatically be entered for a chance to win a $1000 cash draw!

Late orders will be accepted online until September 22, 2017 (a $5 late fee will be applied after the August long weekend)

Fun Day on Monday!

We are excited to be holding our annual Fun Day on Monday!  The students will be participating in 14 different activities including Lego building, scavenger hunt, Frisbee games, sack races, huge Jenga, chalk drawing and so much more.

HOT LUNCH SURVEY

Our amazing hot lunch moms would like to do a check in to see how you enjoyed the hot lunch program this year. Please use the following link to answer a quick survey: https://goo.gl/LSFtM6

Please take time to answer the survey even if you didn't participate as they are trying to get a sense of what everyone thinks. Thank you in advance for your opinion!

June 26 - 28 - Free Swim in the morning (schedule will be posted and will work around classroom activities - some classes may opt out of one swim time due to pre-booked field trips)

June 26 - Fun Day in the afternoon

June 28 - Year end assembly and slideshow - 1:00 pm - all families are invited to attend ** Track Awards will be presented at this assembly as well. Farewell to the Grade 4s will be at the end.

SYLVAN SUMMER OF LEARNING

Enjoy the last three days,

Weekly Update: June 18, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

From all of us at RBES we wish all the Robina Dads a wonderful Father's Day! Looks like it is going to be a beautiful sunny day out to enjoy some family time together!!

With the start of swimming lessons, farm safety and trying to finish up curriculum, it was a jam packed week of activity for our school. Our grade 4s have been doing our recycling for this past year and we just received news that we are the top bottle recycling school in Alberta!! Wow!! Way to go Grade 4s for all of your hard work and a HUGE thank you to Ms. Potter for organizing that crew all year long. The students received a $250 check for their efforts and their teachers have a great plan for using that money that we will share with you shortly. We have some awesome pictures from the day, but unfortunately I am having trouble with blogger today and it is being finicky with some of my uploads. I will give it some time and edit this post later tonight or tomorrow and add those pictures.

Assembly

This week in assembly we continued with the theme of perseverance. If you would like to see the agenda for the week, please click here: https://goo.gl/o9JoPN  It was our last week for awarding the Student of the Week award and will start that program up again next fall. There will still be a student assembly next Friday, June 23 as they finish out the perseverance theme. The last assembly of the year is on Wednesday, June 28 at 1:00 and will include a slideshow, some special presentations and track awards. We will also be saying farewell to our grade 4s as they move on to Riverview and grade 5 next year. All parents and families are invited to attend!


Congratulations to this weeks Student's of the Week:

Please click here for individual photos: https://goo.gl/NK5gHU

Congratulations to our Prize Draw Winners!

THANK YOU TO ALL THE SUPPORT TO OUR BOSTON PIZZA RECEIPTS PROGRAM!!! Boston Pizza generously donated two gift cards as prizes for a draw that was made from all who dropped off receipts. Congratulations to our two prize draw winners!!!

SWIMMING: Swimming started on Monday June 12th! If you need to review the schedule it is posted below: (scroll down the calendar window to see the whole schedule). We will post a file of pictures at the end of lessons next week, but here are a couple of teaser shots for you! The students are all doing so well and we are seeing definite growth in many of them!

Details are also available on our website: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

**Please fill out all field trip forms on PowerSchool. Our office team is working hard at getting things up early so that families can space out payment for June field trips.

June 19 - 23 - Swimming Lessons

June 19 - Farm Safety presentations for each class

June 21 - 22 - Grade 4 Camp Warwa Trip

June 26 - 28 - Free Swim in the morning (schedule will be posted and will work around classroom activities - some classes may opt out of one swim time due to pre-booked field trips)

June 26 - Fun Day in the afternoon

June 28 - Year end assembly and slideshow - 1:00 pm - all families are invited to attend ** Track Awards will be presented at this assembly as well.

SYLVAN SUMMER OF LEARNING

Enjoy the week,

Weekly Update: June 11, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

I hope that you are all enjoying the Devon Days weekend. It was nice to see so many families along the parade route. All of the students who participated in the parade were excited to see so many people they knew! You can click here for some photos: https://goo.gl/bcbrk7

It was a super busy week at school. We started the week off with the BGRS track meet. We took 148 students and they all did fantastic representing our school and enjoyed the fun day. As soon as we receive the ribbons, we will have a presentation at an assembly.  All parents will be invited and we will email as soon as we know.  If you would like to see some pictures from the day, you can click here: https://goo.gl/sDwA1W

We have a couple more staff to say farewell to. Mrs. Boida is officially retiring and Mrs. Collings is headed to Beaumont to be closer to home and will join Mr. Larson at his new school Ecole Champs Vallee. We will miss both ladies greatly and wish them success in their next chapter of life! Mrs. O'Neill is having some health concerns and will be taking a good part of next year to recover! We would like to send out best wishes to her for a speedy recovery!

Assembly

This week in assembly we continued with the theme of perseverance. If you would like to see the agenda for the week, please click here:
https://goo.gl/M3nRTe


Congratulations to the Student's of the Week:

Please click here for individual photos: https://goo.gl/8AsXK5

Congratulations to our Prize Draw Winners!

IT'S DRAMA TIME: You're Invited!!

Swimming starts on Monday June 12th! There are still a small handful of permission forms to be done. Please do them asap! Here is the schedule for the next couple of weeks: (scroll down the calendar window to see the whole schedule)

Details are also available on our website: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Class Lists for 2017-2018:

As you may already know, we start working on class lists for next year in the last few weeks of June. I am including the document below to explain that process for those of you that are interested in how it works.

**Please fill out all field trip forms on PowerSchool. Our office team is working hard at getting things up early so that families can space out payment for June field trips.

June 12 - 23 - Swimming Lessons

June 12 - Life of A Kid Drama Performance 6:00 pm (doors open at 5:45 pm)

June 16 & 19 - Farm Safety presentations for each class

June 21 - 22 - Grade 4 Camp Warwa Trip

June 26 - 28 - Free Swim in the morning (schedule will be posted and will work around classroom activities - some classes may opt out of one swim time due to pre-booked field trips)

June 26 - Fun Day in the afternoon

June 28 - Year end assembly and slideshow - 1:00 pm - all families are invited to attend

SYLVAN SUMMER OF LEARNING

Enjoy the week,

Weekly Update: June 4, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

This is a busy week with the Black Gold Track & Field Meet on Tuesday, early dismissal on Wednesday and the dress rehearsals of the Drama Club Production on Thursday!  Swimming permission forms are also due this week!

It is also the time of year that we begin to announce all of our staffing changes for next year. First I would like to send out CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES to Mrs. Fleming as she will be retiring. Next I would like to wish both Mrs. Ferguson and Ms. Wilson all the best on their next step in their careers. Both have accepted positions in schools that are closer to home. We will certainly miss all 3 of these fantastic ladies and it will certainly be hard to fill their shoes.

With those that leave, new ones arrive. I would like to welcome the following teachers to the RBES family: Mr. Van Huis who will be teaching grade 4 and some physed and Ms. Golding who will be our new LST. Mrs. Mullen has decided to be full time next year and will continue to teach grade 2.

I will post a complete staff list once all staffing assignments have been finished.  

WE APPRECIATE OUR VOLUNTEERS

If you were not able to attend the Volunteer Celebration we had for our volunteers, take a look of this great video of the students saying thank you!

Assembly

This week in assembly we started the theme of perseverance. If you would like to see the agenda for the week, please click here:
https://goo.gl/ZF1bRH


Congratulations to the Student's of the Week:

Please click here for individual photos: https://goo.gl/5JJZx9

Congratulations to our Prize Draw Winners!

Grade 1 Flag Presentation:

IT'S DRAMA TIME:

Swimming permission forms are up online. Due to fundraising initiatives, lessons will cost $26. Students will be leveled according to their ability.  

Details are available on our website: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Permission Forms must be completed on PowerSchool by June 6, 2017

IMPORTANT SCHOOL FEE INFORMATION

ALL 4 YEAR OLDS ARE WELCOME TO REGISTER FOR OUR PRE-K PROGRAM! 
If interested, click here to get more details or to register!

**Please fill out all field trip forms on PowerSchool. Our office team is working hard at getting things up early so that families can space out payment for June field trips.

June 5 - School Council (SC) and Fundraising Group (RBES Fund) meeting - 4:30 - staff room

June 6 - Permission forms for swimming due

June 6 - BGRS Track Meet at Riverview

June 7 - Early Dismissal - 2:16 pm

June 8 - Drama Club Productions 10:40 am and 1:10 pm

June 12 - 23 - Swimming Lessons

June 12 - Life of A Kid Drama Performance 7 pm (doors open at 6:45 pm)

SYLVAN SUMMER OF LEARNING

Enjoy the week,