May 27, 2016

Congratulations to Brooklyn, who was the 2B Student of the Week!

Today we hopped on our bikes and headed to the Arena for the First Annual RBES Bike Rodeo!  Students demonstrated their skills by completing the following 6 activities:

• a “slow race”
• a zig-zag course
• Figure 8 riding
• Long Roll riding
• “Stop on a dime” challenge
• Paperboy Relay

Reminders:

- Yearbook payments are due today.

- Photo payments are due on June 3. 

May 26, 2016

Today soapstone expert, Dave from Rubble-Road Soapstone, came into the school and taught the students how to create aoapstone carvings.  This is something we had been reading about all year in relation to the the art in the community of Iqaluit and it was fun to see, feel and work with this medium.  Students are excited to give their finished creations to their Dads on Father's Day.  A special THANK YOU to Ms. Faraschuk, Ms. Casteel & Ms. Jayanadhanpadmini who came and helped with our project today. 

We combined Science and Math today and completed a survey of our classmates' favourite insects.  The butterfly was a clear winner.  

Reminder: Tomorrow is the Bike Rodeo!  Click HERE for more info.  If you have not done so already, please log into Powerschool and sign your child's permission form.  

May 25, 2016

Today we continued our Bike Safety Experience with a presentation by the Devon Health Nurse.  She came in and talked to us about the benefits of helmets and what can happen to our brain if we do not wear a helmet.  She also discussed the legal responsibility for students to to wear a helmet and ride with an adult until they are 9 years old.  

In our bike safety class, we learned the hand signals: right, left, stop.  Then students moved onto the bike course.  

In Science we began our comparison of Spiders vs. Insects.  We completed the spider side and are excited to work not he Insect side after we complete our learning this week.  

May 24, 2016

Bike Safety Week has arrived!  Today we kicked it off with a wonderful safety opportunity; four members of the Devon Bike club came into the school to check the helmets of every student.  Wow, the knowledge that I gained today was tremendous and I hope that by reviewing the blue checklist that came home, you will also learn more about properly fitting helmets.  
Click on the image below to access some great bike safety documents.

After a brief discussion about bike size and how to get going, students had a great time riding safely around the schoolyard. 

Spiders have been our focus over the past week.  It was neat to learn that only 3 friends in our class are afraid of spiders.  Today we learned the body parts of a spider: cephalothorax, abdomen, 8 legs, 8 eyes, 2 pedipalps, 2 fangs & a spinerette.

May 19, 2016

Today we continued our exploration of double digit minus single digit subtraction.  Students are eager to share their knowledge and enjoyed subtracting Taylor Hall (4) from Wayne Gretzky (99) today!! 99-4=95

In the afternoon we created Prairie Art.  This is the second piece of our three community social studies project.  

Enjoy your May Long Weekend!  

Reminder: 
- Please send your child's Bike and Helmet on Tuesday for Bike Safety

May 13, 2016

Congratulations to Nathan, who was the 2B Student of the Week!

This morning we began our Science unit on Small Crawling and Flying Animals by going on a bug hunt outside.  Students were delighted to find: ants, beetles, spiders and flies.  

Have a  wonderful weekend.  I hope you are able to spend some time outdoors, enjoying this beautiful May weather!  

May 12, 2016

Reminders:
- Track and Field online forms and pink paper forms are due.
- RBES Raptor Spirit-wear orders are due tomorrow, information is available HERE.
- Paint Night is tomorrow, tickets are still available online HERE.
- Word Sort test is tomorrow.
- Return home reading bags and reading logs every Friday.  

May 11, 2016

Today we read a story, My Mouth is a Volcano.  

Students learned four steps to help them break the habit of interrupting. This simple strategy can be reinforced both at home and school.  

1. Bite down hard.

2. Breathe the words out through your nose.

3. When the time is right, breathe the words back in through your mouth.

4. Share your words with another person.

In PE, we have teamed up with all Grade 1 and 2 classes this week to engage in track and field related activities.  Today we practiced the relay races.  

May 9, 2016

Today students began creating Travel Brochures in Social Studies.  Each student chose one community and will spend the next three days researching and creating a brochure that will showcase the community in an attempt to convince travellers to visit their Canadian community. 

Reminder that tonight is the RBES Celebration of the Masters.  Stop by the school between 3:30-6:00 to view the art created last week. If you are unable to attend, there are images below that you can view. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Wishing all of the amazing 2B moms a very Happy Mother's Day! 

May 6, 2016

Congratulations to Dylan, who was the 2B Student of the Week. 

May 5, 2016

Today the 5Cats Art Studio is at RBES teaching the Grade 2s how to create a Picasso inspired masterpiece.  Thank you to 2A and 2C who kindly allowed our students to join them today!  A giant THANK YOU to the parents who volunteered today.  

Students complete some fabulous shape poems today.  One will become part of a secret gift that they have been working on and the others were brought home to share with you.  

May 4, 2016

HATS ON! FOR MENTAL HEALTH! 

"It is estimated that 15 per cent of Canadian children and youth are living with some form of mental illness, and one in five young people will deal with a mental health issue at some point in any given year. Unfortunately, studies show that less than 10 per cent of those affected young people will get help for problems related to mental health, drugs or alcohol. Often, it is the stigma associated with mental illness that prevents people from accessing the treatment they desperately need. Many people with mental illness say the stigma that surrounds mental illness is harder to live with than the disease itself.

Since 2009, the Alberta Teachers’ Association has partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association and Global Television in raising awareness of children’s mental health and discouraging the stigmatization often associated with mental illness. On May 4, 2011, schools across Alberta are invited to participate in Hats On! For Mental Health, a coordinated awareness day focused on raising awareness of issues related to mental health."

http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Publications/ATA%20News/Volume-45-2010-11/Number%2016/Pages/Hats-On!-for-Mental-Health-Day.aspx

Thank you to the Devon Lions Club Members for coming in to our classes and reading today.  A special THANK YOU to Miss Dorothy, who read to 2B and left us with a special book for our classroom library.  

May 3, 2016

Upcoming Event Reminders:

- May 4 - Hats On! for Mental Health
- May 4 - Early Dismissal (2:21)

- May 5 - What I Like Most About my School posters due

- May 5 - 4Cats art studio (Masterpiece creation based on the works of Picasso - wear your pinging clothes)

- May 9 - Celebration of the Masters (open house 3:30-6:00)

- May 9 - Spring Photos

- May 13 - Parent Council Paint Night - tickets are still available

May 2, 2016

IT'S EDUCATION WEEK!  Thank you to the Education Week coordinators for organizing all of the fabulous activities this week! 

Today we launched the week's activities with a Zumba lesson!  

In Social Studies, we talked about the environmental concerns in each community that we are studying.  Then students created posters encouraging others to "Save Our Environment".  Ask your child out 5 things you can do to help our planet.  

Our 2B May Newsletter is now available HERE.