Category Archives: Class Activities

The wonderful students of Division 8!

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

TERRY FOX Assembly Presentation

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

Division 8 did an incredible job presenting our Terry Fox Acrostic Poem
at our Terry Fox pre-run assembly. Here we are!:

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Flat Stanley Project

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

We are currently learning about continents & other map skills in class. Among them, we are learning how to locate our province, our country & other countries on maps & globes. The character Flat Stanley has inspired our current project. Click on the picture above to learn more!
Division 8 students have created their very own Flat Stanleys that are ready for adventure! There are a couple different ways they can travel…

Take Flat Stanley on Your Family Vacation
Take pictures of your family with your Flat Stanley at landmarks & recognizable locations during your travels & if you are able to purchase a postcard &/or small souvenir it is definitely welcome! When you return email the photos to Miss Watt @ stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca & she’ll share them with the class!

Mail Flat Stanley Around the World
Your Flat Stanley can be sent to a friend or relative that lives in another province, or one that lives in another country! We can mail our Flat Stanleys from school, so if you provide the name and address, Miss Watt will take care of the postage. Division 8 has a letter that is sent along to explain the activity to friends or family members & one for them to return to our class. The recipient will be asked to return the traveller after a week or so with pictures of the Flat Stanley somewhere in their area and a postcard or artifact/souvenir if they are able. They are also able to email me the photos @ stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca.

When the Flat Stanleys return to school, we will plot their whereabouts on our map & share the information received with each other.
Our Flat Stanley project will continue throughout the year & we are all very excited about what we’ll learn about our world. Our own travels; letters, pictures & artifacts from our friends & family; & lastly through the research we do in the classroom, we will learn about the different places our Flat Selves travel to.

To see examples of other Flat Stanleys please click HERE to see a video made by the Canadian creator of the Flat Stanley Project!

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Division 9 Stories

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 4 comments

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Burnaby Art Gallery ~ Memories of Place

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Division 9 made the short journey to the Burnaby Art Gallery this Wednesday. Thank you parent drivers!! We were there to see 2 exhibits & create some art!

On the 1st floor we saw the Arts Alive exhibit which featured the works of talented Burnaby students. It showcased student paintings, drawings & sculptures depicting a place that holds special memories. We grabbed a clipboard & became gallery detectives & went on a Gallery Search to find key images in the works of art. We found a Pharaoh, fireworks, nighttime, & even a watermelon!
Click here to see their amazing works of art! Well done to all the young artists!

On the gallery’s 2nd floor we saw Focus on the Collection: Wood Engraving which featured a selection of wood engravings which the gallery has been collecting over the past 60 years. We took our clip boards around & studied & drew setting, line detail, & how the artists depicted calm & movement.

The second part of our visit was in the fireside room where we created our own paintings using watercolour paints & watercolour crayons depicting a place that holds special memories . Click on the tree above to see Division 9 artists at work!

* * * special note re: VICTORIA DAY this weekend in Burnaby * * *

This Victoria Day Monday from 11am-4:30pm is a special time at the Burnaby Village Museum! Just around the corner from the Art Gallery there’s “entertainment all day long including: Morris Dancers, a parade, and construction of a colossal cake. After the parade, be presented to Queen Victoria by her ladies-in-waiting during the Queen’s Levee. Enjoy a piece of birthday cake.”
Click on the smiley for more details! I hope some of you can go join in the fun!

GO CANUCKS GO!!!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

*sigh* Fingers crossed…
Division 9 has been hard at work transforming our classroom into a Canuck Cheering Zone. Putting to work our artistic skills to create Canuck borders & our math skills to create graphs of all different kinds! We’re using pie graphs, bar graphs, pictographs & tally charts to record games won, goals scored, players points & our predictions.
Tomorrow Nelson will be alive as the Canucks head into a Do or Die Game 4 in San Jose, with staff & students wearing Canuck gear, making game predictions (thanks Mr. Klarich!), buying tickets to win an autographed Sedin jersey (thanks Leadership!) & I cannot wait til everyone joins together to sing The Hockey Song (thanks Mrs. Heighton!). Nelson Spirit is at its peak!Let’s get our Canucks back to Vancouver for Game 5! Go Canucks Go! Go Canucks Go! Go Canucks Go! Go…

click on Johnny Canuck to see our hard work

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How To Experts

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Have you ever wondered how to…
~ care for a fish?
~ play hockey?
~ play football?
~ play the piano?
~ take care of a rabbit?
~ play basketball?
~ make a book?
~ play soccer?

Miss Kerr’s kids will teach you how!
Check out their ‘How To’ books on display now in our library!

Esso Cup

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 2 comments

On Wednesday, April 24th we were incredibly lucky to have the Edmonton Thunder visit us at Nelson. We welcomed them in our gym with our signs held high, showing our Nelson Spirit! The team autographed signs & pennants before being introduced & seeing a power point full of pictures of their team’s great accomplishments! After the assembly, the girls came around to autograph our planners and answer all of our questions. We wished them luck & then they were on their way to an afternoon game!

After lunch, the BP team from Nova Scotia came to our classrooms & handed out hockey puck erasers & shared their team cheer with us. We met them again during gym class when some team members practiced passing around the puck & shooting with us. What a cool experience!

The best part came on Thursday, April 25th when we went to Bill Copeland arena to cheer on the Edmonton Thunder to a 3-2 win over Quebec! Division 9 had front row seats to all the excitement & were right next to the player’s bench so we got to high five them as they left & returned to the ice each period. Lucky us!

Click on the Edmonton Thunder logo above to see all the action!!

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Burnaby Blossoms

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 8 comments

Last Week we met up with our buddies for a short walk up Nelson. We were in for a treat ~ our big buddies were our teachers for a short drawing lesson! Surrounded by a dozen cherry blossom trees, our buddies taught us how to sketch the beautiful blossoms. Click on the blossom tree above to see us at work!

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Book Beast Success!!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 5 comments

100% PARTICIPATION!!
Congratulations Division 9! We’ve all read for 50 nights!
I’m looking forward to celebrating everyone reading for 100 nights very soon!