Weekly Update: May 27, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

Can you believe May is almost over! Highlights of the week include the fabulous weather for our swimming lessons as well as all of our classrooms receiving recess bins full of great items for students to play with at recess! These items were purchased using money that was raised from the Spell-a-thon.

Our BOKS program has come to an end for the year. This group of students has worked hard and learned about healthy lifestyle choices for both nutrition and taking care of their body through physical activity and basic fitness skills. A big Thank You to all the participants for your peseverance! We would also like to thank the coaches for giving their extra time to make this before school program happen and to thank all those parents who made the early drive in! We look forward to continuing BOKS in our next school year!





Grade 1 Flag Ceremony:

Each year the Devon Lion's Club visits our Grade 1 classes to celebrate being Canadian. Two members of our Lion's Club visited our school this past week and presented Grade 1 students with a special flag, pin, certificate, and colouring book! Students respectfully held their flags and sang O Canada! Thank you to our Local Lion's Club for continuing to support education at RBES!

ASSEMBLIES:

Our theme this month is Patience. This is a tough skill for our kiddos to learn especially when they are waiting for something good or fun to happen.  Here is our assembly agenda from this past week: MAY 25 AGENDA

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK:

CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DRAW WINNERS:

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PIZZA WITH THE PRINCIPAL WINNERS:

We will be enjoying Pizza together on Tuesday, May 29 at lunch time!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOKS KID OF THE WEEK:

On Tuesday, May 29 the Grade 1 – 4 students will be walking over to the Devon Community Centre to watch John Maland Drama Troupe’s production of Disney’s Newsies the Musical.

Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this new Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly, and his fellow newsies take action and win!

There is no cost for the performance, but permission forms must be completed on PowerSchool before May 28.

DQ Treat Orders Due Friday, June 1

DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD MEET ON FRIDAY, JUNE 8


All the students who are participating in the district track and field event are practicing hard during recess. If you have said that you will be helping out for the meet on Thursday, please come to Robina Baker to help us walk over to Riverview Middle School at 9 am. (The rainout day will be Tuesday, June 12) Go Raptors! **Please note: If you already ordered RBES Hot Lunch it will be delivered to you at the Track Meet. If you ordered RMS Hot Lunch for Track Meet Day -- it will be delivered through their concession. Either way your Hot Lunch order will come to you!

Class lists for 2018 - 2019:

Please read the document below for the guidelines that are utilised in making our class lists.

RBES Teachers are Lions Quest trained! Thank You to the Devon Lions for providing the training and financial support to make this happen!

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. 

May 28 - June 1 - Swimming 

Tuesday, May 29 - Disney's Newsie the Musical - Permission Forms Due

Wednesday, May 30 - Grade 1 Field Trip - John Walter (1A & 1C)  Permission Forms Due

Wednesday, May 30 - Grade 3/4 Assembly 2:06 - Klondike Relay awards presented

Thursday, May 31 - Grade 1 Field Trip - John Walter (1B & 1D)  Permission Forms Due

Friday, June 1 - Rodeo of Smiles

Friday, June 1 - Western Dress Up Day

Friday, June 1 - DQ Treat orders due - order through HotLunches.net

Wednesday, June 6 - Wellness Afternoon

Wednesday, June 6 - Early Dismissal - 2:21 pm

Thursday, June 7 - Grade 2s - Soapstone carving

Friday, June 8 - BGRS Track Meet at RMS

Tuesday, June 12 - AGM for School Council followed by Fundraiser meeting 7:00 pm.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Please check out our Community Page for details on other community events and summer camps!

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: May 13, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all of our wonderful RBES moms! I have to admit that I decided to totally take the day off from school work on Sunday to enjoy some family time and the result is I am a little behind with a few things including the weekly update. Since most of the post was already done earlier last week, I decided to go ahead and send it out late as there are still lots of pieces of relevant information.

ASSEMBLIES:

Our theme this month is Patience. This is a tough skill for our kiddos to learn especially when they are waiting for something good or fun to happen.  Here is our assembly agenda from this past week: https://goo.gl/iYGZDX

Using a breathing ball (Hoberman's Sphere) is a great way to learn to be calm and practice patience.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK:

CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DRAW WINNERS:

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOKS KID OF THE WEEK:

Bike Safety is fast approaching. Students can bring their bikes to school on Monday, May 14th to kick off the week of bike activities. The week will end on Thursday, May 17th with a Bike Rodeo at the Devon Arena.

Detailed information is available on our website: https://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Permission Forms must be completed by May 11: https://powerschool.blackgold.ca/public/

Thank You Devon Bicycle Association

A huge thank you to the Devon Bicycle Association who came out to do our annual helmet check prior to Bike Safety Week! Students received a note letting you know how their helmets fit and advising you if they recommend any changes.

Swimming runs from May 22 to June 1. Grade 1-4 will be participating in Red Cross Swim@School. ** You may note that some classes only swim for one week. The reason for this is they have a longer time in the pool for the one week that they go. The total minutes is the same for all. This is just to help accommodate all the times needed for the schedule. 

This program is designed for students to have an opportunity for fitness in the pool setting with a focus on improving swimming and water safety skills. The fee for this activity is $25. The fee set by the Devon Pool is $32.50 per student, however, money raised from the Spell-A-Thon has been used to reduce the costs for our families. 

Detailed information is available on our website: https://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Permission Forms must be completed by May 14: https://powerschool.blackgold.ca/public/

Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students will be enjoying a free swim at the pool for no charge.  They will not be participating in Bike Safety.

On Tuesday, May 29 the Grade 1 – 4 students will be walking over to the Devon Community Centre to watch John Maland Drama Troupe’s production of Disney’s Newsies the Musical.

Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this new Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly, and his fellow newsies take action and win!


There is no cost for the performance, but permission forms must be completed on PowerSchool before May 28.

Over-due Fees

If you have any fees outstanding in your PowerSchool account you have probably received a letter from Black Gold.   Please clear up your account or contact the office before May 25.  Black Gold submits all over-due fees to collections on the last week of May.  

Online payment can be made via Visa, Visa Debit, MasterCard or Interac Online in the "School Fees" section of the PowerSchool parent portal at https://powerschool.blackgold.ca/public/. Payments can also be made at RBES in the form of cash or cheque.

If you have any questions about your account or, if payment is an issue, please contact our office at 780-987-3705.

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. 

May 14 - 17 - Bike Safety Week - Permission Forms Due

Thursday, May 17 - Bike Rodeo

Thursday, May 17 - ECD Expo at Community Center

Friday, May 18 - PD DAY - NO SCHOOL!

Monday, May 21 - NO SCHOOL! Victoria Day

May 22 - June 1 - Swimming - Permission Forms Due

Wednesday, May 23 - PreK and Kinder Parent Meeting

Thursday, May 24 - Grade 3 field trip - Ukrainian Village

Friday, May 25 - Grade 1 Building Presentation

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: May 6, 2018

Hello Robina Families,

Education Week was filled with lots of great activities to enrich our curriculum. Learning is a journey was the theme of Education Week. We were so lucky to have a couple of author visits for some grade levels, our grade ones went to the library for an author visit, we had a Celtic performance by Kierah that was fantastic and had the students wanting to clap in time to here beat and our biggest event was participating in Hats On For Mental Health and having our own Wellness afternoon. It was really neat to hear some comments from the kids throughout our Wellness Activities -- we heard things like, "Wow, these smoothies look like they would not taste good, but they are delicious!" "I love being in the sunshine and playing outside!" "I don't even feel angry anymore" (after doing a yoga activity). It is so wonderful for students to learn and realize that there are so many things they can do for their own wellness and to figure out what works best for them. We will have part two of our wellness activities in June. Enjoy some of our pictures from this week below!

ASSEMBLIES:

Our theme this month is Patience. This is a tough skill for our kiddos to learn especially when they are waiting for something good or fun to happen.  Here is our assembly agenda from this past week: https://goo.gl/iYGZDX

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK:

Click here for individual photos: https://goo.gl/7MVD3B

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOKS KID of the Week!

CONGRATS TO OUR DRAW WINNERS!!

Swimming and Bike Safety Important Info!

Bike Safety is fast approaching. In preparation for Bike Safety Week, students are asked to bring their helmets to school on Friday, May 11th for a fitting. Students can bring their bikes to school on Monday, May 14th to kick off the week of bike activities. The week will end on Thursday, May 17th with a Bike Rodeo at the Devon Arena

Detailed information is available on our website: https://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Permission Forms must be completed by May 11: https://powerschool.blackgold.ca/public/

Swimming runs from May 22 to June 1. Grade 1-4 will be participating in Red Cross Swim@School.  This program is designed for students to have an opportunity for fitness in the pool setting with a focus on improving swimming and water safety skills. The fee for this activity is $25. The fee set by the Devon Pool is $32.50 per student, however, money raised from the Spell-A-Thon has been used to reduce the costs for our families. 

Detailed information is available on our website: https://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/

Permission Forms must be completed by May 14: https://powerschool.blackgold.ca/public/

Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students will be enjoying a free swim at the pool for no charge.  They will not be participating in Bike Safety.

Group, Kinder & Grade 4 Grad Photos 

On Tuesday, May 8 We will be having our class photos taken!  The Grade 4s and Kinders will be also having their "grad" photos taken. The Kinders who are not at the school on Tuesday will have their photos taken Wednesday, May 8. 

Kinders will be wearing a traditional cap and gown.  The grade 4s are encouraged to bring with them something of importance to them.  For example, if you love soccer you can wear your jersey or bring your cleats and ball.

Next Year Planning

We do have a quick survey for all of our families that we want you to fill out as we want to know if you are planning on returning to Robina Baker or if you are moving out of town or to a different school in the Fall.   In order to assist us with our planning for next year, please click on this link and fill out the survey. Your timely response is critical for planning and staffing next year. If you already completed this survey - thank you so much!

If your child currently attends Robina Baker you do not have to register online for next year.  If you have a younger child that is old enough for Pre-School (4 years old by February) or Kindergarten (5 years old by February) then you can register now for school for next year!  If your child is moving on to Riverview Middle School their file will be transferred to that school at the end of June.

You Can Register For Pre-School or Kindergarten Now! 

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. 

Education Week Activity Details: https://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/ 

May 7 - Bike Safety Presentation

May 8 - Group, Kinder & Grade 4 Grad Photos

May 9 - Kinder Grad Photos

May 11 - Bike Safety Helmet Check - bring your helmet

May 14 - 17 - Bike Safety Week - Permission Forms Due

May 17 - Bike Rodeo

Friday, May 18 - PD DAY - NO SCHOOL!

Monday, May 21 - NO SCHOOL! Victoria Day

May 22 - June 1 - Swimming - Permission Forms Due



COMMUNITY EVENTS

Understanding Resistance in Children

Have a sunshine filled week,