Happy Earth Day!

This week our PK classes celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up the Robina Baker School grounds.  Thank you PK - the fields look fabulous!!  

Click here to see more pictures of cleaning up the school grounds and playground fun.

We Had Some "Super" Little Visitors!

Thank you to Mrs. Dupont's grade one class for showing us your class pets this week.  We were delighted to learn about your super worms as well as get the opportunity to hold them - if we dared!

Click here to see the rest of our worm pictures!

Emergency Evacuation

This week our school had two emergency evacuation practices.  The first one took place on Tuesday morning, and the second one on Wednesday afternoon.  We were so proud of how well our students listened to directions, as well as how patient and quiet they were while they stood outside and waited for the all clear to head back inside.  

Spring Fun

It has been exciting watching our grass grow - pretty soon we will need a miniature lawn mower!

We used shave cream, water, and liquid water colors to make rain clouds in a jar on Wednesday.  This science experiment was a fun way to explore familiar materials in a new way.

Thank you to Mrs. Bowers and Miss Kayla for organizing stations for our classes to rotate through on Thursday.  The students had fun visiting different monster themed stations that focused on developing our oh so important speech, language, fine, and gross motor skills!

Click here to see more pictures of our spring fun.

Class Photo Day!!

On Tuesday, May 8 We will be having our class photos taken!  The students who are not at school on Tuesday, will have their photos taken on Wednesday, May 9. 

Coming Up

Next week we will continue to soak up the spring theme.  Important upcoming dates:

• April 30th - PJ and Pancake day
• wear your PJs, bring your favourite stuffed animal, and enjoy a pancake at school 
• May 2nd - Hats on for Mental Health
• wear a hat to school
• May 2nd and 3rd - Early Dismissal Days
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:30 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:15 pm
• May 3rd - Spring Themed Family Orientated Programming Session (FOPS)
• 2:30 - 4:00 pm
• all PK students are invited to attend
• please RSVP if you plan on attending
• May 8th and 9th
• class photo day
• May 17th - Edmonton Valley Zoo Field Trip
• Watch for more information to come home on April 30th/May 1st
• Permission slips will be available through your PowerSchool account from May 1st - May 10th.
• May 21st - No School - Victoria Day 

Spring has Sprung!

We were hopeful that this week's theme of Spring and Bugs would bring us warm weather! 

Sliding into spring like. . .

Take a Look at our Terrific Gardeners! 

Planting grass seed and searching for bugs! 

Drum Fit in the Gym!

This week we were fortunate enough to participate in Drum Fit for Phys Ed! Students used drumsticks to bang on exercise balls to the beat of  music! So fun!   

Click here to see more drum fit photos! 

With Spring Comes Worms! 

After reading the story "Worm Weather" we thought it would be fun to do a worm painting! Using spaghetti noodles as our "worms," students made new place mats. These new place mats will have the students first and last names on them as we have been getting familiar with our full names! 

Balloon Painting our very own Hungry Caterpillars!

Build a Bug! 

 Students used various supplies to create their own unique type of bug! 

"We're Going on a Nature Hunt!" 

Thumbs up for Nature! 

Collecting all kinds of sticks, leaves and rocks!

We then used our nature materials to create beautiful masterpieces! 

Fun During Play Time!

Click here to see more pictures from our week!

Coming Up!

Next week we will continue our Spring theme!
Important upcoming dates:

• April 20th - PD Day - no school
• May 2nd and 3rd - Early Dismissal Days
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:30 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:15 pm
• May 3rd - Spring Themed Family Orientated Programming Session (FOPS) here at Robina Baker School
• 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
• all PK families are welcome to attend
• more information to come home soon

Celebration of the Arts

How lucky were we to experience so many different forms of art here at Robina Baker School last week?  Each morning we enjoyed a different artistic experience.  On Monday we listened to a performance from the talented Kym Simon.  On Tuesday we enjoyed a drum performance from Trevor Kuntz.  

Our afternoon class was also lucky enough to get to play Mr. Kuntz's drums.

We watched a beautiful performance from the rhythmic gymnastics group on Wednesday, as well as a dance from two Robina Baker students. 

The John Maland drama club was here Thursday to sing some songs for us. 

Thursday we also enjoyed having a visit from Michael who did improv stories with both our morning and afternoon classes. 

It was wonderful to see so many families here Thursday evening for the Robina Baker Art Gala.  We are so proud of the beautiful art our PK students have created.

Humbolt Strong

Many of our students showed their support for the Humbolt Broncos by wearing jerseys to school on Thursday.

Down on the Farm!

We continued with our farm theme this week.  We also strengthened our fine motor skills while making a corn on the cob craft.

We did a fun science experiment involving baking soda, vinegar, and popcorn kernels.

We had a special visit on Thursday to wrap up our farm unit from Millie the Cow.  How exciting!

Little Pig, Little Pig, Let Me Come In!

We had fun building and re-enacting the story of the Three Little Pigs this week.

Floats and Smoothies

We enjoyed Rootbeer, Cream Soda, and Orange pop floats this week to celebrate our success with the Spell-a-Thon.  We also enjoyed a turn with the smoothie cart on Thursday. 

You can click here to see the rest of the pictures from our fun filled farm week.

Field Trip in May!

We have a big exciting field trip planned for May.  We want to give our families as much notice as possible so hopefully it will work for everyone to attend.  Each family will be responsible for transporting their own child to and from the field trip.  

• The field trip will be to the Edmonton Valley Zoo on May 17th.  
• All of our students will be invited to attend.  
• The morning class field trip will be from 9:15 am - 11:30 am.  
• The afternoon class field trip will be from 12:15 pm to 2:30 pm. 

More details will come home closer to the date.

Coming Up!

Next week we will begin our Spring theme - we are hopeful that maybe we can will spring to arrive through our classroom activities!  Important upcoming dates:

• April 20th - PD Day - no school
• May 2nd and 3rd - Early Dismissal Days
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:30 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:15 pm
• May 3rd - Spring Themed Family Orientated Programming Session (FOPS) here at Robina Baker School
• 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
• all PK families are welcome to attend
• more information to come home soon

Fun on the Farm!

E-I-E-I-O!

It was a fun week down on the farm! We had a barn in our classroom, milked a cow and played farm animal charades along with many more activities!

Click here to see an adventure video on Miss Knull's farm! 

Painting with Vegetables! 

Going on a butter walk! 

This week we talked about how to make butter! Each student was given a small container with cream in it. We walked throughout the school shaking our cream until it turned into butter! Then we spread our butter on a graham cracker and enjoyed! 

The Walk! 

The spreading and enjoying! 

Life on the Dairy: Milking Cows!

So much milk, so little time.

Future Farmers! 

Hit of the Week: Farm BINGO!

Prizes for Everyone! 

Farm Animal Charades! 

Duck, Cow, Donkey, Turkey and many more! 

Muddy Pigs!

Singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm!

Click here to see more pictures of this week! 

Coming Up

More fun on the farm!   
Important upcoming dates:

• April 12th: Art Gala
• April 20th: PD Day, No School