Weekly Update: March 31, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

Spring Break is upon us! From all of us at RBES, we would like to wish you and your families a fabulous spring break and Easter holiday. When we come back we will be well into the final weeks of our school year.


RBES ART GALA AND CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS

There are a variety of events planned for the week of April 9th - 13th to celebrate the Fine Arts. More details will be coming very shortly. The week's main event will be an Art Gala on Thursday, April 12th. Please save that date!!!!

Art Gala
Thursday, April 12th
This will be our big fancy wrap up for the week to celebrate all the talented artists we have in this
school! This will be a formal event, where students and parents are encouraged to dress up. Families will be able to walk the halls to see all of our beautiful art.


SPELL-A-THON UPDATE!

We would like to send out a big thank you to everyone who participated in the RBES Annual Spell-a-thon. As you might have seen in the paper, it was a huge success. Thank you to Dairy Queen, IGA and Tim Horton's for your sponsorship this year -- it was very much appreciated. There were also a number of local business who provided prizes or gift cards and we would like to thank you for your support as well. Our students were very excited to spell their words to win prizes. Congratulations to Mrs. Waters pm class and Mrs. Forchuk/Mrs. Tewitz's class for tying in getting the most 100% in the school. 1A (Mrs. Dupont's class) wins the top fundraiser prize again and they got to celebrate with a pizza party. Our RBES community raised just over $14,000 with this event and that will go a long way to supporting health and wellness programs at RBES.

**More photos next week!


CRAZY SOCK DAY in Support of World Down Syndrome Day:

Students displayed awesome school spirit and there were many crazy socks everywhere. Teachers showed videos in the classroom and some read a book explaining what Down Syndrome was and how it affects children/people who have it.

Family Dance - pictures and update to come next Friday -- but it was a wonderful event with lots of families in attendance and everyone appeared to have a wonderful time!

EVENTS:

UPCOMING EVENTS: (Click here for a link to our RBES Calendar) - We have been made aware that our calendar on the RBES website is not always syncing with our Google calendar. If you use the link above or subscribe to the calendar using the link above you will not experience any problems. 

March 26 - 30 - SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL!!

March 30 - Good Friday - NO SCHOOL

April 1 - HAPPY EASTER!!

April 2 - Easter Monday - NO SCHOOL

April 3 - School Resumes -- See you all there! Don't forget to set those alarm clocks!

April 4 - Early Dismissal reminder - 2:21 pm

April 5 - School Council and RBES Fundraiser Meeting

April 12 - SAVE THE DATE - RBES ART WALK and Celebration of the Arts! All RBES families are welcome to join us.

Have a wonderful spring break and Easter,

Weekly Update: March 18, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

I would like to send out a big Thank You to everyone who attended our Student Led Conferences! The students sure do love showing off what they are learning to their parents and we appreciate your support in coming out!

I hope you all enjoyed St. Patrick's Day! Our students sure did. The activities and projects were varied throughout the school. Some mischievous leprechaun's turned some classrooms upside down, students wrote leprechaun stories, read St. Patrick's day books, hunted for gold, built leprechaun traps and dressed in green.

ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

The students are continuing the theme of cooperation for the month of March. Our grade 3s and 4s are working on a digital project -- they need to create a rap, song or a poem on cooperation. We had a special outdoor assembly where we had a choice of practicing cooperation on the playground or in cross grade soccer games. 

Our grade 1s and 2s also got to listen to Mr. Coffin read a highly entertaining book called "47 Beavers on the Big Blue Sea".

Due to some scheduling conflicts we had to move around our assembly times this week and therefore did not have a student of the week or any draws.

SPELL-A-THON REMINDER!
Pledge sheets and money are due by Tuesday, March 20th at the end of the day. Celebration and prizes will be handed out on Thursday, March 22 at a 2:00 pm assembly.

PREKINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION:

You can register today online: http://www.blackgold.ca/parents/registration/ 

You can view additional information on both programs on our website at this link: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/programs/pre-kindergarten/ or this link: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/programs/kindergarten/

Don't forget to buy your tickets and come to our RBES Family Dance!! Put the date on your calendar! The grade 4s will be holding their annual cake walk and fundraiser for their year end trip. The cake walk will be held during the day at lunch hour and throughout the evening during the dance. For those new to the cake walk, it is kind of like musical chairs - but you win a cake by sitting in the lucky chair. It is a loonie per turn. Come join the fun!!

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR THE DANCE!

We still need some volunteers to help out at the dance with set up, silent auction and concession!  If you can help volunteer at the dance - please sign up here: http://signup.com/go/oFGTcFN 

COMMUNITY INFO:

Leduc Softball

EVENTS:

UPCOMING EVENTS: (Click here for a link to our RBES Calendar) - We have been made aware that our calendar on the RBES website is not always syncing with our Google calendar. If you use the link above or subscribe to the calendar using the link above you will not experience any problems. 

Tuesday, March 20 - Spell-a-thon pledge forms and money deadline

Tuesday, March 20 - Klondike Relay practice at lunch

Wednesday, March 21 - Crazy Sock Day in Recognition of Down's Syndrome

Wednesday, March 21 - Active Parenting Workshop - 6:00 - 7:30

Thursday, March 22 - Klondike Relay practice at lunch

Thursday, March 22 - 2:00 pm - Spell-a-thon Celebration Assembly

Thursday, March 22 - Family Dance

Thursday, March 22 - KLONDIKE RELAY PERMISSIONS FORMS AND FEES ARE DUE BACK BEFORE FRIDAY, MARCH 23

Friday, March 23 - NO SCHOOL PD DAY - Last Day to order Hot Lunch!

March 26 - 30 - SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL!!

March 30 - Good Friday - NO SCHOOL

April 2 - Easter Monday - NO SCHOOL

April 3 - School Resumes -- See you all there! Don't forget to set those alarm clocks!

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: March 9th, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

We are so lucky to have Paige, our Family School Liaison Worker (FSLW), in our building several times a week. One way that she helps is by providing whole classroom support for our students. Currently, she is teaching several classes about Kimochis. To learn more about Komochis, click here! 

ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

The students are continuing the theme of cooperation for the month of March. This week they learned about problem-solving and how to have solutions based conversations. We will be practicing these skills to figure out a way to have success during recess on our soccer fields. Soccer recess has become a big problem with lots of arguing

Click here for this week's agenda: https://goo.gl/wS5Ycv

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK:

INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS - CLICK HERE: https://goo.gl/NfQneV

CONGRATS TO OUR DRAW WINNERS!!

CONGRATS TO OUR SKIP-A-THON TOP FUNDRAISERS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOKS KID of the Week!

GIRLS FLOOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENT:

Congratulations to both Girls Floor Hockey Teams on a fantastic tournament. Both teams played extremely well. Considering our grade 3 girls only had a couple of days (as a last minute entry for a cancellation) to practice and get organized, they were amazing! Our grade 4 girls came away with a Bronze with a nail biting win in their last game. Thank you to our coaches, Mr. Beck, Mrs. Mullen and Mrs. Tewitz, for guiding and mentoring these young ladies.

STAFF VS. STUDENTS FLOOR HOCKEY FUN!

So much fun was had by all. The noise was deafening, but the gym was filled to the brim with smiles and great energy! Looking forward to doing this again when the boys floor hockey teams are ready to go!

PREKINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE:

5:00 - 7:00 on Tuesday, March 13th - All are welcome! Below is some extra info. on our PK (prekindergarten).

You can view additional information on both programs on our website at this link: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/programs/pre-kindergarten/ or this link: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/programs/kindergarten/





STUDENT LED CONFERENCES:

The Book Fair coincides with our student led conferences and will be open late on Tuesday evening only. Some of our teachers, expecially kindergarten, will have only times available, but the majority of conferences are held on Tuesday after school.

COMMUNITY INFO:

EVENTS:

UPCOMING EVENTS: (Click here for a link to our RBES Calendar) - We have been made aware that our calendar on the RBES website is not always syncing with our Google calendar. If you use the link above or subscribe to the calendar using the link above you will not experience any problems. 

Sunday, March 11 - Spring Forward Time Change

Monday - Wednesday, March 12 - 14 - Book Fair

Tuesday, March 13 - Student Led Conferences for most classes except 2D (Kinder classes will be scheduled from the 12 - 14)

Tuesday, March 13 - PreK and Kinder OPEN HOUSE 5:00 - 7:00

Wednesday, March 14 - 2D - Student Led Conferences

Wednesday, March 14 - Spell-A-Thon Test

Wednesday, March 21 - Crazy Sock Day in Recognition of Down's Syndrome

Wednesday, March 21 - Active Parenting Workshop - 6:00 - 7:30

Thursday, March 22 - Family Dance

Friday, March 23 - NO SCHOOL PD DAY

March 26 - 30 - SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL!!

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: March 4, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

Can you believe it is March already?? This is the time of year when days literally melt away so quickly. I would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our Jump Rope For Heart fundraiser this year. We are so lucky to have such a generous community. A special congratulations goes out to 1A who won the Table Top Soccer game for their classroom. They raised a whopping $85.31 / student in the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. We will let everyone know when the individual prizes arrive and they will be handed out ASAP. Sometimes this takes a few weeks to get everything delivered to our school.

ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

We had an awesome presentation from 1A and 3C on Friday to wrap up the kindness theme. They did a wonderful song with actions that had a really catchy beat! 

The students are starting the theme of cooperation for the month of March.

Here is the agenda if you want to see what we did: https://goo.gl/DiJuoD

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK:

INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS - CLICK HERE: https://goo.gl/25jU9g

CONGRATS TO OUR DRAW WINNERS!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOKS KID of the Week!

RBES ANNUAL SPELL-A-THON

We kicked off our 5th Annual Spell-A-Thon on Friday!  The students were soooooooo excited!!! The Spell-a-Thon is a fundraiser for our school and it also helps us become better spellers!  The Grades 1-4 students will be tested on 50 words, the Kindergarten students will be given 10 words and our Pre-Kindergarten students will practice spelling their names!  Our school-wide test will be on Wednesday, March 14th!  Students are asked to learn their spelling words and are encouraged to ask for pledges. A BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for organizing this awesome event for our school!

RBES ANNUAL GIRLS FLOOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Robina Baker is once again hosting the Black Gold Girl's Grade 3 & 4 Floor Hockey Tournament March 9th and 10th.  We are looking for volunteers - if you are able to help that weekend, please call the school at 780-987-3705 or email us.

EVENTS:

UPCOMING EVENTS: (Click here for a link to our RBES Calendar) - We have been made aware that our calendar on the RBES website is not always syncing with our Google calendar. If you use the link above or subscribe to the calendar using the link above you will not experience any problems. 

Monday, Mar. 5 - Grade 4 Ski Day field trip

Wednesday, Mar. 7 - Early Dismissal - 2:21

Wednesday, Mar. 7 - Active Parenting Workshop -- 6:00 - 7:30 -- Meeting Place

March 9 & 10 - RBES Annual Grade 4 Girls Floor Hockey Tournament

Sunday, March 11 - Spring Forward Time Change

Tuesday, March 13 - Student Led Conferences for most classes except 2D (Kinder classes will be scheduled from the 12 - 14)

Monday - Wednesday, March 12 - 14 - Book Fair

Wednesday, March 14 - Spell-A-Thon Test


Have a fabulous week,