Weekly Update: December 10, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

December is quickly running away from us. There is so much information to share today, I certainly hope that I haven't missed anything. Please make sure you read carefully as there are a few really important items . . . one being our new BOKS before school activity program for students. Also we are encouraging generosity and acts of Kindness this holiday season and we would love if this was also acknowledged and encouraged at home. Grab your favourite reading spot and get comfy to go through a long post! If you have any questions, please let us know and we are always happy to help!

PAINT DAY:

Last Sunday was our 2nd Annual Kids Paint Day and it was another rousing success. Thank you to our school council for putting on the event and for Ms. Coleman, Mrs. Milson, Mrs. Dupont and Mrs. Klaassen for all of your hard work in getting the event organized. We would like to send a huge shout out to our staff and parent volunteers - without your help this event is not possible. Here are a few group photos from the event:

Interested in more pictures from the event? They can be found here: https://goo.gl/YGsF6W

LOST N' FOUND:

The lost and found is truly overflowing once again. Please send your child to have a look in the bin or feel free to drop by yourself. Here are some pictures so that you have an idea of what is in the bin. We have spread it out on the tables for this week. At the end of the week, we will be donating it as many items have been in the bin for many days. Thanks!

ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

This week we started the generosity and "giving" theme. The students were introduced to the 12 Days of Christmas Kindness. They all brainstormed different kind acts that we could do for the last couple of weeks. These will be posted on a bulletin board outside of the office. As staff notice students doing these "kind acts" over the next several days, they will be "caught" with a snowflake to put their name on the board. The challenge is for everyone to be extra "kind" and "generous" this holiday season. You can click here for the agenda: https://goo.gl/riTdrg

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS' OF THE WEEK:

CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS!

RECORD BREAKING CHRISTMAS ELVES DONATIONS

Christmas Elves Photos: https://goo.gl/bch45f

Thank You RBES families and Devon Community. Your generosity allowed us to donate just over 2000 items. We appreciate your support!!!

COMFY COUCH

DETAILS can be found here!

BOKS PROGRAM:

There is a new wellness activity program coming to RBES this January! Interested in more details? You can click on the link below the picture and check out the information letter below. 

More BOKS info can be found here!

BOKS PARENT INFORMATION LETTER:

Or you can read the letter at this link: https://goo.gl/odwKnC

BOKS GOOGLE REGISTRATION FORM LINK:https://goo.gl/forms/xyiGOgkxC83HBwQn1 

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

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. 

Wednesday, December 13: Comfy Couch Sales 8:30-9 am

Wednesday, December 13: Fundraiser Meeting -- 4:00 pm (staff room)

Thursday, December 14: Comfy Couch Sales  8:30 - 9 am

Friday, December 14: Comfy Couch Sales  8:30 - 9 am

Monday, December 18: Christmas Concerts Grades 3&4 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Tuesday, December 19: Christmas Concerts - Grades 1&2 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Wednesday, December 20: Christmas Concerts - PreK and Kinders - 6:30 pm

Friday, Dec. 22: PJ and Stuffie day!

Friday, Dec. 22: LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: December 1st, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

We can't believe that it is already December! We have a busy month ahead with Christmas Concerts, our Christmas elves campaign, and all the wonderful learning in our classrooms!

Demolition Days:

As the saying goes, out with the old, and in with the new. The students and teachers are settling nicely into their new spaces. Our facilities team is also working hard to sort out a few of the last minute details in the building. Thank you to everyone for their patience as we bring our new wing to life. You might have heard your child talk about the big tractors tearing apart the old classrooms. We certainly had something to talk about during recess this week. Take a look:

School Board Visit:

We were very excited to welcome our School Trustees and Superintendent Dr. Norman Yanitski to Robina Baker on Thursday. A few of our Grade 4 students toured our guests classrooms to classroom for them to see all the great learning that our staff and students are doing. The School Board also had the opportunity to visit our new wing. Here are a few pictures from our tour.

Crosswalk Safety:

We always want to do our best to keep our Robina families safe. Our Peace Officers have increased their presence lately and have asked us to provide a reminder regarding our crosswalks. There is an increased amount of parents and students not using our crosswalks. In our school, we educate our students about using the appropriate places to cross the road. Students are getting too close to moving buses and vehicles. To help us, please talk to your child about safely crossing the road and model this whenever you can!



Grade 4 Social Media Presentation:

The Grade 4 students visited Holy Spirit Catholic School this week to participate in a Social Media Safety presentation. Students were very engaged in the presentation which reminded students about being responsible digital citizens. This message is one that we will continue in our weekly assemblies as well as in the classrooms. Being a responsible digital citizen is not just for Grade 4 students. Please check out the following link as a resource you can use at home as well!

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/

CHRISTMAS ELVES:

The Grade Threes kicked off our Christmas Elves Campaign during the Assembly!  Once again, we will be collecting toys and food for the Devon Christmas Elves. The donations need to be delivered to the Christmas Elves on December 8th so we are asking that all donations be brought to the school by December 7th.

This year our Christmas Concerts are later than the day that the Christmas Elves are delivering their hampers so there will be no donations accepted at the Christmas Concerts (December 18-20).  Please send your donations by December 7.

We have been in contact with the Christmas Elves and this is their food “wish list”.  These are just some of the needed food items but any food donation is greatly appreciated.

The class with the most donations will win a root beer float party!

Thank you so much for your support!


I AM GROWING UP:

Check out the excellent video our Devon FCSS ECD (Early Childhood Development) team was a part of creating. It is an excellent overview and resource for understanding our little people. If you can't see it below, you can also find it on our website at: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/parent-links/

RAPTOR SPIRIT WEAR:

Great news! We have Raptor Wear for you to order. Our order deadline will be Friday, December 8th. There will be sample sizers out all next week for your kiddos to try on or for you to come look at and determine what to order for your child. There is a good chance that the orders will not be here until after Christmas, so please don't count on the order being here before then. The return rate of our spirit wear depends on numbers ordered. If you have any questions, please let us know. The website for ordering is: https://goo.gl/Md1JGR and the instructions for ordering are below:





COMMUNITY EVENTS:

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, December 3: Kid's Paint Day

Wednesday, December 6 - Early Dismissal @ 2:21

Thursday, Dec. 7: Last day for Christmas Elves donations

Wednesday, December 13: Fundraiser Meeting -- 4:00 pm (staff room)

Monday, December 18: Christmas Concerts Grades 3&4 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Tuesday, December 19: Christmas Concerts - Grades 1&2 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Wednesday, December 20: Christmas Concerts - PreK and Kinders - 6:30 pm

Friday, Dec. 22: PJ and Stuffie day!

Friday, Dec. 22: LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Have a wonderful weekend,

Weekly Update: November 26, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

It was another busy week at school. Mr. Coffin and I had the opportunity to spend some time in all of the classrooms. We are so impressed with all the learning and hard work that happens in our building every single day. We had many students share their work or read to us. My two personal favourites of the week: watching some of the painting the grade twos were doing and watching 3B create in the drawing program on their chromebooks. There are some budding artists in our building!

LOST N' FOUND:

The lost and found is truly overflowing once again. Please send your child to have a look in the bin or feel free to drop by yourself.

ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

This week we continued our Nutrition Theme. We also had a special "Nutrition Presentation" from 1C & 1D. You can see more details about our assembly by having a look at this week's agenda: https://goo.gl/tre31d

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS' OF THE WEEK:

CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS!!

Hot Lunch Has Started!

Thank-You for your patience in getting the RBES Hot Lunch Program up and running.  This is a service provided by the School Council and depends on volunteers.  If you are interested in helping out to ensure this program is available, please email HotLunchRBES@gmail.com

Hot Lunch will begin in DECEMBER!!  You can place your December orders immediately; December order deadline is DECEMBER 1st.

The Grade Threes kicked off our Christmas Elves Campaign during the Assembly!  Once again, we will be collecting toys and food for the Devon Christmas Elves. The donations need to be delivered to the Christmas Elves on December 8th so we are asking that all donations be brought to the school by December 7th.

This year our Christmas Concerts are later than the day that the Christmas Elves are delivering their hampers so there will be no donations accepted at the Christmas Concerts (December 18-20).  Please send your donations by December 7.

We have been in contact with the Christmas Elves and this is their food “wish list”.  These are just some of the needed food items but any food donation is greatly appreciated.

The class with the most donations will win a root beer float party!

Thank you so much for your support!


COMMUNITY EVENTS:

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. 

Wednesday, November 29: Grade 4 Social Media presentation (at Holy Spirit)

Thursday, November 30: PK -- Let's Bake!

Friday, December 1: NO SCHOOL - PD Day

Sunday, December 3: Kid's Paint Day

Thursday, Dec. 7: Last day for Christmas Elves donations

Wednesday, December 13: Fundraiser Meeting -- 4:00 pm (staff room)

Monday, December 18: Christmas Concerts Grades 3&4 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Tuesday, December 19: Christmas Concerts - Grades 1&2 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Wednesday, December 20: Christmas Concerts - PreK and Kinders - 6:30 pm

Friday, Dec. 22: PJ and Stuffie day!

Friday, Dec. 22: LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: November 19, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

Twas another great week at RBES! Our portable classes and Mrs. Suter's grade 2s finally got to move into their new home this week. The older students got to help with the move and between them, their teachers, Mr. Coffin, Mr. Tyler and myself, we were done in just under 2 hours. Each classroom took 30 minutes to move and everyone was so helpful -- was a true showing of school spirit. It is so lovely and spacious and the students and staff were super excited. There are still some minor things to complete, but for now the teachers and students are settled and learning was barely interrupted. Feel free to have a look when you are in the building! We are very proud of our new space. The old portables will be taken down shortly!

If you have been at the school, you might have noticed some new playground construction on the west side of the grounds. This is set to be open to the students some time early this coming week. It is very exciting to have a second play structure for our students to use. This will hopefully help to spread everyone out a bit more at recess time! Our RBES Parent Fundraiser Committee is also starting some ground work to add to this small structure and to replace our aging swing sets. This will definitely be a long term project with lots of fundraising required. Stay tuned for more information and opportunities to get involved!


ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

This week we continued our Nutrition Theme. The students were focused on making a balanced meal plan. You can see more details about our assembly by having a look at this week's agenda: https://goo.gl/2bqnWh


CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS' OF THE WEEK:

You can view their individual photos here: https://goo.gl/iYUhev

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM:

A few of our student leaders, Mrs. Kaluza and parent volunteer Mrs. Broadhurst attended our district Health and Wellness conference - HASS (Healthy Active School Symposium) at the LRC this past week. They came up with student action wellness plans and took some amazing sessions. We are looking forward to them sharing their newly learned ideas with us!

CHRISTMAS ELVES INFORMATION:

Too hard to read the image? Click here for an online version: https://goo.gl/C35ivx

Get in the holiday spirit with our Kids Holiday Paint Day on Sunday December 3rd!

Each session will paint a version of a Christmas tree as shown in the image.  Beautiful alone or as a set!

Under 5:  10:00-11:30am (children 3 and under must be accompanied by an adult)

Auges 6 & 7: 12:00-1:30pm

Ages 8 +: 2:00-3:30pm

$15/kid/session

Snack provided

Kids may do multiple sessions only if there is space.

Facilitated by our very own Ms. Coleman and Mrs. Milson, this event was a sell-out hit last year!  Register ASAP as space is limited!

Registration will be available in PowerSchool Monday November 20th.  Payment is required to hold your spot. 

MILK PROGRAM

​Our milk program is ready to get underway!  ​Each morning, students with milk tickets will have the chance to order a milk for that day. ​At lunch, ​the ​Grade 4 Leadership Team ​will deliver milk to the students​. Unfortunately, the milk program is not available for our half day ECS students. ​

For $16 ​students will receive 20 milk tickets.  You can purchase 20 white tickets or 20 chocolate tickets.  Once your tickets are paid they will be sent home with your child. ​​

​There are 2 ways you can use ​the milk tickets:

​1. ​Cut them up and send them all back to the school in an envelope or baggie - they will be kept in your child’s reading bag.   It will be up to your child to say when they will be used.  

​2. ​​You can send one back in your child’s reading bag on the days that you would like your child to have milk.

Tickets can be purchased online through your PowerSchool account.   If you have tickets left over from last year we will honour them.

Hot Lunch will be starting in December - order details coming soon!

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. 

Wednesday, November 29: Grade 4 Social Media presentation (at Holy Spirit)

Friday, December 1: NO SCHOOL - PD Day

Sunday, December 3: Kid's Paint Day

Thursday, Dec. 7: Last day for Christmas Elves donations

Wednesday, December 13: Fundraiser Meeting -- 4:00 pm (staff room)

Monday, December 18: Christmas Concerts Grades 3&4 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Tuesday, December 19: Christmas Concerts - Grades 1&2 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Wednesday, December 20: Christmas Concerts - PreK and Kinders - 6:30 pm

Friday, Dec. 22: PJ and Stuffie day!

Friday, Dec. 22: LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Have a wonderful week,

Weekly Update: November 13, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

What a wonderful week we had at Robina Baker Elementary School. It's been very busy around our "construction zone" as we are preparing to move our classes into the new wing shortly. Thank you to all the parents, teachers, and students for their continued patience as this project wraps up. Also, a huge thank you to Miss Betty,  Miss Pam, Mrs. Kloschinsky, and Mrs. Suter who were in several times over the weekend power cleaning so that we are able to get students in their seats sooner! It's often work like this that goes unrecognized, so THANK YOU!

SNEAK PEAK:

REMEMBRANCE DAY ASSEMBLY

Even though things have been busy around the school, we took time on Friday to Remember. Students, teacher, parents, community members, and representatives from the Legion were in attendance for our special ceremony. We had a selection of poems read by Grade 4 students, as well as our entire Grade 4 class recited "In Flanders Fields". Four Grade 1 students (representing each class) laid a wreath of Remembrance at our Cenotaph and the entire school observed a moment of silence. A special thank you to Mr. Milson and Mr. Samuelson who gifted us with their musical abilities throughout the assembly.

CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PICTURES FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY ASSEMBLY

Family Movie Night:

To conclude the week, Robina Baker was transformed into a movie theatre! The School Council welcomed several Robina families to watch Storks in our school gym. It was a comfy atmosphere filled with the smells of popcorn! Thank you to our School Council for hosting such a fun event!

MILK PROGRAM

​Our milk program is ready to get underway!  ​Each morning, students with milk tickets will have the chance to order a milk for that day. ​At lunch, ​the ​Grade 4 Leadership Team ​will deliver milk to the students​. Unfortunately, the milk program is not available for our half day ECS students. ​

For $16 ​students will receive 20 milk tickets.  You can purchase 20 white tickets or 20 chocolate tickets.  Once your tickets are paid they will be sent home with your child. ​​

​There are 2 ways you can use ​the milk tickets:

​1. ​Cut them up and send them all back to the school in an envelope or baggie - they will be kept in your child’s reading bag.   It will be up to your child to say when they will be used.  

​2. ​​You can send one back in your child’s reading bag on the days that you would like your child to have milk.

Tickets can be purchased online through your PowerSchool account.   If you have tickets left over from last year we will honour them.

EVACUATION DRILL:

This week we will be practicing our Evacuation Drill. If you are looking for more information on our HOUR ZERO emergency protocols, you can view information on our website or click on this link: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/emergency-procedures/ (click on the word guide in the descriptor to download the PDF).

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. 

Wednesday, November 15: Evacuation Drill

Wednesday, November 29: Grade 4 Social Media presentation (at Holy Spirit)

Friday, December 1: NO SCHOOL - PD Day

Sunday, December 3: Kid's Paint Day

Wednesday, December 13: Fundraiser Meeting -- 4:00 pm (staff room)

Monday, December 18: Christmas Concerts Grades 3&4 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Tuesday, December 19: Christmas Concerts - Grades 1&2 - 1:10 pm and 6:30 pm

Wednesday, December 20: Christmas Concerts - PreK and Kinders - 6:30 pm

Friday, December 22: LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Stay Warm,

Weekly Update: November 5, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

I hope you are all staying warm in this cold snap. What a super busy week it was! I can't believe Halloween was only a few days ago, it already seems like it was weeks ago! There were so many great costumes once again and I am including a link below so that you can check some of them out. What fabulous school spirit! It was so wonderful to see so many parents at our annual event!

CLICKE HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PICTURES FOR HALLOWEEN!

ASSEMBLY UPDATE:

This week we started our Nutrition Theme for our Assemblies and the students all had an introduction to what nutrition is and the four food groups. We have asked them all to pay attention to what they eat and to challenge themselves (especially if they make their own lunches) to try and get one item from each food group in their lunch. You can see more details about our assembly by having a look at this week's agenda: https://goo.gl/d5jFn2

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to OUR STUDENTS' OF THE WEEK:

You can view their individual photos here: https://goo.gl/Ev2EHG

LOCK DOWN / HOLD AND SECURE DRILL:

This week we practiced our Lock Down and Hold and Secure Drills. Our students and staff did amazing. Everyone was calm and our PK and ECS classes were so still and silent that we couldn't hear a sound. So proud of you all! Many classes followed up with great conversations in their classrooms. If you are looking for more information on our HOUR ZERO emergency protocols, you can view information on our website or click on this link: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/emergency-procedures/ (click on the word guide in the descriptor to download the PDF).

RBES FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE - REMINDER!

If you would like to have some original one of a kind Christmas cards featuring your child's art work to give away this year, then our RBES Fundraising Committee has just the deal for you. Please check out the information details below. Orders are due: Friday, November 10th.

Christmas Card Order Form PDF - You can download a form here if you have misplaced yours.

RBES SCHOOL COUNCIL FAMILY EVENT:

Tickets will be on sale before school and at lunch recess from Tuesday, November 7 - Friday, November 10th. They also can be purchased at the door on Friday evening. The concession will also be featuring $1 items. We encourage families to bring blankets, pillows and to wear their pjs! Last year some parents even brought their favourite lawn chair to sit in. We look forward to seeing you all there!

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. 

Wednesday, Nov. 8: Early Dismissal - 2:21 pm

Wednesday, Nov. 8: School Council & RBES Fundraiser meetings - 6:00 pm

Thursday, Nov. 9: Munsch-O-Rama - Grade 1 Field trip

Friday, Nov. 10: NO Regular Friday assembly today

Friday, Nov. 10: Remembrance Day Ceremony @ 10:45 AM

Friday, Nov. 10: Christmas Card orders due!

Friday, Nov. 10: Family Movie Night

FUTURE EVENTS:

Monday, Nov. 13: NO SCHOOL - midterm break

Wednesday, Nov. 15: Evacuation Drill

Stay Warm,