Thursday, June 27, 2019

A Message From the Robina Baker Office

Hello Robina Families,

We hope you have a great summer!

Shortly before school starts (late August) you will receive an email from your child’s new teacher letting you know what to expect in September in their classroom.

We will have a Meet the Staff BBQ Event for all of our families on Thursday, August 29 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm.

The first day of school for Grade 1-4 students is September 3, 2019.

School supply information and lists can be found on our website.

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

Friday, June 21, 2019

That's a Wrap

It's hard to believe our school year of pre-kindergarten has come to an end. We will miss all of our kiddos that are moving on to kindergarten, good luck on your new adventure! 


Ocean Adventures



We strengthened our oral motor skills on Monday by making oceans. We blew bubbles in water, blue paint, and dish soap to make a soapy blue ocean! This simple yet messy craft is so fun and can easily be re-done at home this summer.



On Tuesday we added a starfish to our ocean scene. The students enjoyed this tasty craft that involved gluing Cheerio 'suckers' onto our fish.

Boats, Boats, Boats!


We built boats out of pool noodles on Wednesday. The students had fun test driving them in the water table afterwards.

The Waves in the Sea

We had fun singing this little song at school this week.


National Indigenous People's Day


In honor of National Indigenous People's Day we welcomed a guest reader, Mrs. Houle, to share a traditional story with us.

Devon Rocks!


We worked hard this week carefully preparing beautiful rocks to be hid around town. The students had fun painting them. Look for them hiding around town!

Party Day


Our last day was jam packed with all sorts of party fun. Even though the weather was gloomy, we managed to have a great time inside. 

Jelly Fish Making


Fun in the Gym





Messy Play 





Picnic Snacks



Click here to see the rest of our pictures.

We want to wish all of our pre-kindergarten families a safe and happy summer. Thank you for sharing your children with us this school year. They brought joy, laughter, and fun to our lives every day. We enjoyed learning and growing with them this year. We wish them all the best next year, wherever they may be.

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Love, the Robina Baker Pre-K Team 




Friday, June 14, 2019

We're Going to the Zoo!

We had a fun time at the Edmonton Valley Zoo! Thank you to all of our PK families for taking the time to drive your children to the zoo. A special thanks to the parents who stayed at the zoo and toured with us.














We're Going On a Zoo Hunt





We prepared for finding animals at the zoo by making binoculars and hunting for animals around the school!

Willoughby Wallaby Woo


Students enjoyed singing this silly name game song this week. Phonemic Awareness (such as rhyming, paying attention to beginning sounds, and phoneme substitution) is an important pre-reading skill. This is a fun way to practice all three of those skills. Try singing it at home with the names of your family members!








Building With Poddley



We had fun using the Poddley building set this week. The students loved making houses with windows, doors, and even a roof!

Coming Up

Wow, it's hard to believe next week will be our LAST week of pre-kindergarten. We will dive deep into our Ocean theme next week.
  • June 20th - last day of PK - Centennial Park Field Trip
    • all students welcome
    • you are required to sign the online permission slip in your Power School account before your child can participate in this field trip.

Friday, June 7, 2019

Zoo Week!

It was literally a zoo in Pre-K this week! We started with a zoo animal song and by the end of the week had transformed into lions!



Other zoo fun included a mini animal scavenger hunt, making zoo enclosures, and a sneak peak at animals at the Valley zoo. We are so excited about our fieldtrip next week!



Going on a Lion Hunt!




Pre-K's painted and glued, developed fine motor skills, and ended up with their own amazing Lion's mane to wear on our safari adventure. We took turns being hunters and lions as we sang and acted out this song. (Hint: We changed the ending a bit! Ask your child what happened when the hunters found the lions. )





Lion Paintings


We were animal artists this week. Students used a cool painting technique to make the lion's mane by using a fork. They further built their fine motor skills by gluing on eyes and drawing the nose, mouth, and whisker marks.






See more pictures of our week here.


Upcoming

June 13: Zoo Fieldtrip
June 20: Last Day of Pre-K, Centennial Park Fieldtrip