CWACOM Release Party!

CWACOM Release Party Activity Booklet

Reading with the Kinders

Reading with Miss Jenae

CWACOM 2

Mmmmmm! Popcorn!

All students in the school participated in the Spell-A-Thon wrap up assembly.  It was amazing to hear that $13 754.25 had been raised school-wide!  Thank you to all parents and students for supporting this initiative! 

Have a great Spring Break and a special Easter!

Reminder:
- School resumes on April 3
- Family dance is tonight from 6-8 pm.  Remember your loonies for the cake walk! 

We ROCKED OUR SOCKS today!

RBES staff  & students brought awareness to Down Syndrome today. Every year, National Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on the 21st day of the third month to represent the tripling of the 21st chromosome.

Thank you to Mrs. Murray for providing the ingredients for this month's Tasty Tuesday. The Leprechaun Shakes were a hit!

In Math today, we started by building Addition to 100 questions, using manipulatives. Ask your child how many ones they will need to trade for a tens rod.

We culminated our Iqaluit visit, on Friday, with an afternoon filled with activities celebrated by the Inuit Culture. Students rotated through classrooms, creating a clay Inukshuk, building a veggie/fruit Inukshuk, made an Iyaga  and competed in some Inuit Games.

Our Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs stories are in the final stages of publication. We are super excited to celebrate all of our hard work on Thursday, where we will read our stories to the kinders, watch the movie and snack on popcorn.

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Today we met Huggtopus.

HUGGTOPUS is, needless to say, all smiles and hugs. She is very affectionate and strong and sometimes gets a little carried away by her big friendly personality. Huggtopus doesn’t know her own strength and can sometimes be a little overbearing. She always means well but has to learn about boundaries. You can always count on Huggtopus to put a smile on your face if you’re feeling down and to give you a great big hug to make you feel better. Her favorite number is 8, and her favorite color is pink.

Huggs helps kids learn how to:

• Set appropriate boundaries
• Self-regulate internal and external distractions
• Have patience and tolerance

This morning we began our day by completing the Spell-A-Thon test.  Congratulations to Rachel, Gabby and Myla, who received 100% on their test.  Thank you to all of the families who returned their blue forms, your support of this major fundraiser is appreciated.  The blue form is coming home today and is due back, with the funds raised by Tuesday, March 20.  

Reminders:
- Spell-A-Thon forms are due
- Art Club forms are due
- 2D Student Led Conferences will be March 14 from 3:30-7:30
- Spell-A-Thon test is March 14 

Good luck to RBES' Girls Floor Hockey Team!

Students have been busy this week, practicing their Spell-A-Thon words.This morning we practiced Spell-A-Thon words using Q-Tip painting.  Pledge sheets are due back on Monday, March 12th!

 Students had a blast cheering during the students vs teacher Floor Hockey Game.  Also, today was our last day of floor hockey in gym, students were happy to get to use all the skills they worked on this week in a game setting. 

Today we met Lovey Dove...

LOVEY DOVE is sweet and nurturing and is always there to help smooth out a lumpy situation. If the Kimochis had one mom they could all share, it would be Lovey. She lives in an auburn nest high atop a Japanese Maple Tree. Lovey’s nest has one bedroom, a kitchen, and a playroom with a magic slide where the Kimochis spend a lot of time after their homework is done. Lovey’s favorite number is 11 and her favorite color is lemon yellow. She loves healthy snacks like carrot sticks and yogurt raisins. 

Lovey Dove helps kids learn how to:

• Share pride without bragging
• Celebrate others’ accomplishments
• Overcome discouragement
• Move through worried feelings

Robina Baker’s Fifth Annual Spell-a-thon

Robina Baker will be having its Fifth Annual Spell-a-thon on Wednesday, March 14th. The list will be 50 core words for each grade from 1-4, 10 words for Kindergarten students and Pre-K will be tested on the spelling of their name. You may sponsor in any way you want (ie. 0.25￠per word spelled correctly). We hope this will be an added incentive for children to become better spellers, as well as a fundraiser for our school. Last year’s Spell-a-thon was a huge success and the students were able to benefit from technology added to the classrooms, lower swimming lesson costs and reduced field trip bussing fees. The monies raised this year will be used to support field trips, swimming lessons and health and wellness projects (this could include items such as new gym equipment, new playground balls, frisbees etc., mindful tools for classrooms, emotional wellness resources and items for health and wellness days). For every $10 in pledges received, the child’s name will be entered in a draw to win prizes. As well, the class with the most 100%’s wins a Dairy Queen ice cream party and the class that raises the most money will win a Dominos pizza party!

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Today, Paige, our FSLW, launched the Kimochi curriculum by introducing us to Bug. It is a social-emotional curriculum that uses its cute character dolls to teach kids about emotions.

“Kimochi (KEY.MO.CHEE) means “feeling” in Japanese. Sometimes kids (and adults) have strong feelings that can fuel challenging behaviors. Sometimes it’s hard to know how to communicate when you are in an emotional moment. Kimochis are a playful way to help children (and adults!) learn how to identify and express feelings. When kids can communicate their feelings effectively, they develop positive social skills that lead to lasting friendships and success in all aspects of life.”

Take a look at some great videos about how to use their Kimochi curriculum at home with your children!

Kimochis Key to Communication
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGr5NFewGE

Under your wing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2K0jv9sCRk

How feelings work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPnAuRXjgi4

So much love song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6fHOfQnhQ

Friendly Signals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x935xTJNok

Calm down breathe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzR4bQzFjj4