Our first Spelling words of the year are our classmates names! It’s always great knowing how to spell our friends names, practice for Valentines etc., and Ms. Watt will be using them in our dictation sentences throughout the year. This paper comes home today and students will be tested on the names next Monday. Please click on the SPELLING tab above to find dozens of fun ways to practice your spelling words this week and all year long!
Posted in Class Activities
One of our fabulous Kindergarten teachers, Ms. Boyes, has compiled some wonderful resources for families on how you can show your support on our first National Truth and Reconciliation Day.
1 ~ Go have an orange donut at Tim Hortons
http://news.timhortons.ca/orange-donut/?fbclid=IwAR2kqVs2qP2EpL3cuZF2CpLSv6t5WuylI7hbMj-eShrpKaR3lkizZMRPPO8
2 ~ Drum for the children- in your living room, or with a collective
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/tkemlups.ca/drum/%3famp
3 ~ Walk for Reconciliation
Semiahmoo: https://m.facebook.com/SemiahmooFN/photos/a.1348911262120479/1547975285547408/?type=3&source=48
Britannia: https://www.britanniacentre.org/community/events_calendar/events/1564.php
4 ~ EDUCATION:
For Children (to be watch with adults, followed by discussion)
~ Remembering the 215: https://sd41-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/e20620_burnabyschools_ca/Efav5hfu9UJHtkd-YxHJqGEBqa0Spc7QRL-DDSbqwNU-5w?e=iWtMfR
~ Phyllis Webstad’s Orange Shirt presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3vUqr01kAk
~ Phyllis Webstad’s book: Phyllis’s Orange Shirt – YouTube
When We Were Alone: https://youtu.be/JeaS6vlPUSk
For Adults and older children:
~ “Can they hear us Now?” Documentary trailer: https://youtu.be/z8SjBWwvRhs (film released Sept 30 on YouTube)
~ Read the TRC report. Here’s a kid-friendly version: https://fncaringsociety.com/publications/spirit-bears-guide-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-canada-calls-action
~ Listen to Survivor Stories https://legacyofhope.ca/portfolio-items/escaping-residential-schools/
Posted in Community Events
Orange Shirt Day is an event that started in 2013.
It was designed to educate people and promote awareness about the Indian residential school system and the impact this system had on Indigenous communities for more than a century in Canada.
The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools.
Today, Division 9 students participated in Orange Shirt Day in a couple different ways. First, we tried to put ourselves in the shoes of Phyllis Webstad and created art based on what t-shirt we would want to wear on the 1st day of school and discussed how it would feel if it was taken away.
Later in the afternoon, we we had a school wide gathering outside. All Staff and students started with saying “Huy ch q’u” (“Hi-ch-ka,” giving of thanks, with our hands held in front at heart leave with palms open and facing upwards). Next we had a moment of silence and then listened to the honour song.
Nelson students, what was your favourite part of the day and how will you ensure that other students at school always feel like they matter, they are cared for and they are important?
Posted in Community Events, School Events
Every Monday Ms. Watt will post a new “answer” on our class Think Math chart.
Your challenge is to correctly write a word problem that matches the answer on a sticky note and place it on your class number.
There are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class!
Good luck Grade 2/3s! I can’t wait to share your creative word problems every week!!
Posted in THINK MATH
Nelson students participated in our 32nd annual Terry Fox Run on Fri. Sept. 24th. We have a goal of $2,000 and after a week of fundraising during a pandemic, we raised an incredible amount of money for the Terry Fox Foundation! Way to go Nelson!!
We continue to be one of the highest fundraising schools in Burnaby with fundraising totals over the last few years being:
2017 ~ $2, 802 2018 ~ $2, 030
2019 ~ $3, 000
Nelson students will find out what their fundraising total is in the new year!
CLICK on Terry to see runners in action!
Nelson’s Terry Fox run will take place on Friday at 1:45pm. Nelson will be meeting on Zoom to remember Terry and think about what’s possible, if we just Try like Terry. Then classes will be warming up and then running together on our usual routes around the school! All this week Nelson students and teachers are being encouraged to donate at least one toonie through School Cash Online and have the fundraising goal of $2,000…but I think we can beat it by at least 50%. Let’s! Go! Nelson!
Hello Nelson families!
As part of our fundraising for The Terry Fox Foundation this week there’s an opportunity for you to purchase Terry Fox t-shirts to have to wear on our school run day this Friday, September 24th.
The T-shirts are extra special this year. They are teal in colour, and share the message of ‘Try like Terry’ in three languages: English, French, and the Métis language of Michif. Click on the above picture for a closer look.
Youth shirts are $15 and adult shirts are $20.
There is no shipping or tax and 75% of the price of every shirt sold benefits cancer research.
If you are interested, please pay on Nelson’s School Cash Online and have your order submitted to your child’s teacher by end of day, Wednesday, September 22nd.
T-shirts will be distributed by Ms. Watt on Friday morning, in time for the afternoon’s run.
Thank you so much for your support!
Posted in School Fundraisers
Tomorrow, Wednesday September 15th, Nelson students will be starting in their new classrooms. Please ensure your child comes prepared with all of their school supplies for the year. Do not keep extra supplies at home as your child will need them as they run out and cannot share with other students during the pandemic. All supplies provided for your child will be stored for them until needed.
The list of School Supplies needed this year can be found on our school website HERE
Please let me know if you have any concerns.
Thanks for your continued support, Ms. Watt
Posted in School Events
Hello Grade Threes! Below are the questions you took home last night to answer. Here are the answers from my mom. I can’t wait to hear all of your wonderful name stories today!
My Name: Stephanie Danielle
Who was I named after? Why? You weren’t named after anyone.
Why did you choose my name? I liked the sound of the name and wanted something unique. At the time I didn’t know any family or friends with the name.
What does my name mean? crown or garland (Greek origin)
Was I named before before or after I was born? Before
Were you considering other names for me? Yes! I really liked Charlotte but it wasn’t very popular. I wanted to name you Amy but then your initials would be A&W, like the restaurant. I also liked Vanessa but your initials would be VW, like the car. Jennifer was considered as well but your uncle had just married a girl named Jennifer and I didn’t want two Jennifers in the same family.
I would have liked a more German name (my mom is from Germany) like Angelika, but I didn’t think people would pronounce it correctly, after having my own name, Regina, mispronounced for years.
I think the name Stephanie suits you very well!
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