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665 Beresford Avenue

Winnipeg MB R3L 1J9

(204) 453-6639

www.winnipegsd.ca/schools/lordroberts

Maria Silva, Principal

Shane Fox, Vice Principal

Monday, May 2

French Club - Noon

Thursday, May 19

Choir - Noon

Tuesday, May 3

Choir - Noon

LRPC - 6:30 PM

Friday, May 20

“The Pantastics” Performing at Forks

Thursday, May 5

Spirit Assembly - 11:15 AM

Patrol Subway Lunch

Monday, May 23

NO CLASSES - Victoria Day

Monday, May 9

NO CLASSES - Staff PD

Wednesday, May 25

Run Club at Divisional Mini Fit Run

Tuesday, May 10

Spring Photos (AM & PM)

Thursday, May 26

Gr. 4 Patrol Training

Wednesday, May 11

Choir - Noon

Monday, May 30

Choir - Noon

Plant Pick Up - 3:30 to 5:00 PM

Monday, May 16

French Club - Noon

Tuesday, May 31

Plant Pick Up - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Wednesday, May 18

Gr. 6 Female Immunizations - 9 AM

April Award Winners

Perfect Attendance

Harrison Gr. 1, Rm. 6 William Gr. 2, Rm. 4 Riley Gr. 3, Rm. 26

Monte Gr. 4, Rm. 24 Lauren Gr. 5, Rm. 21 Aaryn Gr. 6, Rm. 23

Student Leadership Award

Adyson McKernan, Gr. 3, Rm. 28

Adyson is passionate about learning both inside and outside of school and possesses a strong desire to make the world a better place!

Music Awards

Certificats de Français

Athletes of the Month

Silas Rm. 26 Ethan H Rm. 24 Danielle Rm. 23

Jeanine Rm. 21 Trinity Rm. 12

Jex Gr. 1, Rm. 6 Tyler Gr. 2, Rm. 4 Kayla Gr. 3, Rm. 28

Peyton Gr. 4, Rm. 26 Joaquin Gr. 5, Rm. 21 Patrick Gr. 6, Rm. 12

A Curious Scientist

Cohen, Gr. 1, Rm. 2

Great Classroom Helper

Destin, Gr. 2, Rm. 4

Welcoming Friend

Teagin, Gr. 2, Rm. 6

Math Improvement

Deklyn, Gr. 6, Rm. 12

Going Above & Beyond

Shayla & Mikaela, Gr. 4, Rm. 21

Exceptional Young Artist

Kate, Gr. 6, Rm. 23

Keeping Up With Current Events

Cara, Gr. 5, Rm. 24

Hard Worker & Improved Reader

Jessica, Gr. 4, Rm. 26

Increased Commitment to Completing

All Homework!

Brooke, Gr. 3, Rm. 28

Damien Gr. 1, Rm. 2 Woini Gr. 2, Rm. 28 Adyson Gr. 3, Rm. 28

Monte Gr. 4, Rm. 24 Travis Gr. 5, Rm. 21 Sarah Gr. 6, Rm. 23

Adapted Gym Athlete of the Month

Anna Gr. 2, Rm. 28

Grow Tent by Julius, Chad, Kayla and Anna

In rooms 26 and 28 we are inspired to plant vegetables. We have a special tent to grow plants in our classroom. We learned how to start growing sweet potatoes from a lady called Tiffany. We planted the potatoes, peppers and eggplants to grow our own food. Our grow tent has a special light that acts like the sun. It also has a fan. We are growing the plants for our courtyard and the community gardens. When we transplant these plants we will grow tomatoes.

The Lorax Bulletin Board by Brooke, Megan and Franklin

This month we have been working on a Lorax themed bulletin board. We read the book called The Lorax. Dr. Seuss wrote the Lorax. We made trees and characters for the bulletin board. Here are three things you can do to make the world a better place. Upcycle, recycle and not pollute the environment. Do you know what upcycling means? Here we’ll tell you…reusing garbage and making it in to useful things.

Pancake Breakfast by Nathaniel, Delonna and Franz

The adults in rooms 26 and 28 surprised us with a pancake breakfast. Our classroom looked like a fancy restaurant. We found our seats at the tables because we had place cards. We had pancakes, fruit and milk. At our table we read each other some questions. We learned new things about each other. We had to use our manners too. The pancake breakfast was yummy!

Pink Day by Jayden G and Lukas

In room 28 we learned about Day of Pink. Day of Pink is about not bullying people. We made a classroom t-shirt about how to treat people and not be bullies. We use the 7 teachings because they are important. They help us take care of other people and animals. We wore pink on Day of Pink. Room 28 is proud of not being bullies!

Science-Experiments by Naod, Colin and Jakeb

In room 28 we started growing bean seeds without soil. We used plastic cups and rolled up paper towels and put them inside the cups. Next we added 3 bean seeds and added water to make the paper towel wet. We covered it with plastic to make it more comfortable for the seed to grow. We watched the seed coat open and then the main root (radicle) came out. Then little roots grew off the radicle. The hypocotyl (main stem) grew until we started to see leaves grow. We recorded our observations in our bean journals. Our botanist teacher (Ms. Sproat) showed us another experiment. We used different coloured waters and carnations, that showed us how roots absorb water. Next we saw that the flowers changed to pink and

blue. At last we realized that the roots and stems absorb water for the plant. We are excited to continue to learn about plants.

Class Book by Woini, Jake and Chris

Hi, we are Woini, Jake and Chris from room 28. Our class wrote a book called Look What Our Beautiful Hands Can Do. It is about helping the earth and people. First we read the book Beautiful Hands. This gave us the idea for our book. We all had an idea for what our hands can do. We painted pictures using hand prints. We presented our book at the Earth Day assembly.

Journals by R.J., Adyson and Jayden H.

As journalists, we report about the weather, wind, sun and moon. We also write about what we see outside, like air and water. When we started our journals the precipitation was snow and now it is rain. The weather changed from winter to spring. We do our journals after school and share them at school. It is fun. We share them everyday. In our journals we draw diagrams under our writing. These journals help us learn about nature. We are going to do a challenge in May. It is the 30 x 30 Nature Challenge. We are going to do our journals outside everyday so we are going to have a lot to say in our new journals.

Plant Pick Up!

Lord Roberts School Annual Plant Sale!

Plant pickup will take place at the school on Monday, May 30 (3:30 - 5 PM) & Tuesday, May 31 (8:30 AM - 5 PM).

Please arrange to have an adult pick up all plants.

Thank you for your support! The Sustainable Development Committee

Volunteer opportunities: If you are interested in volunteering, we will need help on

Monday, May 30 in the morning when the plants are delivered to the school.

Please contact Paulette Krovats or Amanda Manness if you are interested.

The select group of 18 students called "The

Pantastics" will have a very exciting

opportunity this Spring. This talented group

of steel drum players will be first on the

concert line up beginning at 9:30 am at the

Forks on Friday, May 20. Mark your

calendars!

Ms. Marla Tran, Music Consultant for the

Division will be working alongside Mrs. Enns to

help prepare the students for this special

event.

It’s great that the sun is warm, the snow is gone and the field is mostly dry. We are looking forward

to learning new games and playing old favourites outside during our fitness and physical education

classes for the next two months.

I would like to thank Miriam Van Dam, our teacher candidate from the University of Manitoba, for

her hard work over this last term. She has taught every class throughout the year but focused on

teaching Ttchoukball and badminton and jump rope to our intermediate students over the last month.

I look forward to beginning balance activities with the students to start the month.

Our primary students have been working hard and having fun practicing bouncing and using equipment

that strengthens eye-hand coordination. We have been working with juggling scarves, hoops and

balloons. We look forward to focusing on balance activities as well to start the month of May.

Our running club has been working hard three times a week. We are looking forward to our south

mini-fit run on May 25 and our divisional fit run on June 8. Our skipping club for students in grades 2

& 3 is also under way and will be held on Tuesdays in May during the lunch hour.

Our recess leaders have been doing an amazing job running numerous games during recess times. As

part of our healthy schools activity challenge, students have been encouraged to participate in 5

activities weekly in order to earn a reward. The leaders will be rewarded for their hard work all year

with a trip to see the Winnipeg Goldeyes on June 16.

DAYCARE CLOSURE

The Lord Roberts School Age Daycare will be CLOSED on Friday, May 27. There will be no before or after school care and no lunch available on this date.

Alternate arrangements MUST be made prior to May 27. If you wish your child to attend the LRPC Lunch Program, a registration package MUST be completed prior to May 27. Please call Erin at 204-981-0785 or drop

by the school office for a registration package.

Math Corner! Math Card Games

Math card games make math FUN & EXCITING while helping build important math skills. Helping

kids become successful math students is easier when they enjoy learning math!

Whether your child is doing addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, there are math card

games that kids will love and help improve their math skills at the same time.

Hi-Lo

Play three different versions of this game to get practice with place value, addition or subtraction.

Hi-Lo can be played as an addition, subtraction or multiplication game. Division is also possible, but

may be more difficult for younger students.

Remove all face cards from the deck and place the entire deck face down in the centre of the table.

Each player draws two cards from the top of the deck.

Addition version: The two cards are added together. The highest number takes all the cards.

Subtraction version: Players take the highest number of the two cards and then subtract the

lower numbered card. In this case, the lowest number wins all of the cards.

Multiplication version: Played the same way as the addition game, except that the two numbers are

multiplied together. In the event that two or more players have the same sum, difference or

product, those players engage in a tiebreaker, where each player draws two more cards. At that

point, the winner takes all the cards from the initial round and the tiebreaker round.

Math takes practice and at times can be hard. Playing math games takes the hard work out of

practising as well as learning new math skills.

More information is available on the Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth website:

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/docs/parents/learn/math.hlml

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

2 Day 1 3 Day 2 4 Day 3 5 Day 4 6 Day 5

French Club - Noon Choir - Noon

LRPC - 6:30 PM

Spirit Assembly - 11:15 AM

Patrol Sub Lunch

9 Day 6 10 Day 1 11 Day 2 12 Day 3 13 Day 4

NO CLASSES

School Planning Spring Photos Choir - Noon

16 Day 5 17 Day 6 18 Day 1 19 Day 2 20 Day 3

French Club - Noon Gr. 6 Females -

Immunizations (AM) Choir - Noon

“The Pantastics”

Performing at The Forks

23 24 Day 4 25 Day 5 26 Day 6 27 Day 1

VICTORIA DAY

No classes Run Club “Mini Fit Run” Gr. 4 Patrol Training

30 Day 2 31 Day 3

Choir - Noon

Plant Pick-Up - 3:30 to 5 PM

Plant Pick Up - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

May 2016

June 3 Spirit Assembly June 16 Recess Leaders at Goldeyes Game

June 7 LRPC - 6:30 PM June 16 Rms. 21 & 24 Field Trip to Forks, AM Nursery Car Town Field Trip

June 8 Run Club Divisional Fit Run June 17 Intermediate Awards Day (AM)

June 9 LRPC Family Fun BBQ - 5 to 8 PM, PM Kindergarten Car Town Field Trip June 22 Patrol Pizza Lunch & Movie (PM)

June 10 Field Day, PM Nursery Car Town Field Trip June 27 Grade 6 Farewell & Photo

June 13 NO CLASSES - Staff PD June 28 Kindergarten Farewell (10 AM & 2 PM)

June 14 Patrol Swimming Field Trip (11:00 AM -2:30 PM) June 29 Report Cards Sent Home, N & K Last Day of Classes

June 15 AM Kindergarten Car Town Field Trip June 30 Last Day of Classes (Gr. 1-6), 11:30 AM Dismissal