NELSON FLOOR HOCKEY
We grabbed a hockey stick and instead of an arena in South Korea, we competed in our house colours in Nelson’s gym!
Click on the smiley for pictures of the event!
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Nelson Olympic Floor Hockey
Posted in School Sporting Events
Nelson Olympic Curling
NELSON CURLING
Instead of 40 lb rocks, we grabbed beanbags & did our best impression of curling.
Click on the smiley for pictures of the event!
Posted in School Sporting Events
Nelson Olympic Biathlon
NELSON BIATHLON
Using our newly acquired cross country skiing skills, we raced around the gym and traded in PyeongChang Olympic biathlon guns for scoops and bean bags.
Click on the smiley for pictures of the event!
Posted in School Sporting Events
Nelson Olympic Alpine Skiing
NELSON ALPINE SKIING
It was all about team work today! Grade 3 boys & girls lined up on the alpine skis, grabbed on tight & tried to move as in-sync as they could!
Click on the smiley for pictures of the event!
Posted in School Sporting Events
Nelson Olympics Opening Ceremonies
The Nelson Olympics started on Friday with an opening ceremonies orchestrated by the one & only Mr. Gurniak. After parading in with our house teams we watched various exciting videos of the Olympic Games. The Nelson Olympic flag was raised, the torch was lit & all students recited the Olympic Oath.
Click on the torch to see the pictures of the big event!
Of course preferential treatment goes to Red House…
Posted in School Sporting Events
Primary Christmas Skate
Primary students travelled by school bus to Bill Copeland Arena on Friday, all bundled up & ready to skate! After lacing up our skates, we were ready to show off our skills!
Click on the picture to see us all in action on the ice!
Posted in Field Trips, School Sporting Events
Indoor Track Meet Fun!
Nelson had it’s annual Intramural Track Meet on Friday & the students participated in relays showing off their running, balancing, throwing, skipping & agility skills while competing for house points.
Division 8 did an awesome job in all events & were great cheer leaders for their team mates! Click on the smileys to see us in action!!
Posted in School Sporting Events
TERRY FOX RUN 2017
Nelson students participated in our annual Terry Fox Run on Fri. Sept. 22nd. After one week of fundraising, bringing in Toonies for Terry & collecting pledges, we raised an incredible amount of money for the Terry Fox Foundation! Way to go Nelson!! We are the 2nd highest fundraising elementary school in Burnaby with fundraising totals over the last few years being:
2013 ~ $1430 2014 ~ $1097
2015 ~ $1,967 2016 ~ $2, 200
This week Nelson students will find out what their fundraising total this year is and will be rewarded for all their hard work!
CLICK on Terry to see runners in action!
T is for Terry Fox
To celebrate the memory of Terry Fox on Canada’s 150th and Burnaby’s 125th birthday Nelson students presented what Terry means to them with the above letters during our run day assembly.
(click on the letters for a closer look)
Posted in School Fundraisers, School Sporting Events
Terry Fox Tees
Dear Nelson families,
As part of our fundraising for The Terry Fox Foundation, there is an opportunity for students and their family members to purchase Terry Fox t-shirts in order to have them to wear on our school run day on Friday, September 22nd.
The design is shown above and is black in colour.
Youth shirts are $15 and adult shirts are $20, with an adult only Dry-Fit option for $30.
SIZING CHART for Dry-Fit t-shirts
There is no shipping or tax & 75% of the price of every shirt sold benefits cancer research.
If you are interested, please have your order submitted to Miss Watt by Wednesday, September 13th. CASH ONLY.
Thank you so much for your support!
