Category Archives: School Sporting Events

G is for GAMES

~ GAMES GALORE! We celebrated with Sports Day!
The weather was fabulous and everyone was such great sports.
We played our way through 9 stations this morning, cheering each other on and trying our best in each game. It was so exciting to see the Grade Threes participate in the tug a wars! Goooooo Green! 😉

Looking forward to celebrating with ats on Monday!

Sports Day Spirit Days!

Sports Day is next Thursday, June 6th! Each day next week students will have an opportunity to wear each of the house colours to earn points for their own House Team. I can’t wait to see the sea of colours and feel the excitement of Sports Day grow during the week!
Go Green Wolverines Go!!

Friday ~ GREEN DAY!Monday ~ GOLD DAY!Tuesday ~ BLUE DAY!
Wednesday ~ RED DAY!

Speed Demons 2024

Nelson students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 participated in our annual Speed Demons competition this afternoon. Division 9 had lots of fun racing against other grade 3s and all did an awesome job! Grade 2s even got a chance to race at the end! Click on the runner below to see everyone fly!sports_run

Jump Rope 4 Heart 2024

Last week, for the 42nd year in a row, Nelson students participated in:
Participating in Jump Rope for Heart helps Nelson students learn the importance of physical activity, healthy eating and giving to others. It also teaches them how to recognize the signs of a stroke so that they may be able to help in a family members time of need.
We’ve been jumping with our friends in Ms Edward’s class and then jumped with Mr Morrison’s grade 7s in the gymnasium on Friday.
Click on the below picture to see us having fun and exercising our hearts!

2023 Terry Fox Total!

Yay Nelson!! I have just received word of our grand total for our Terry Fox Run in September. A big thank you to all of our fundraisers this year.
As for our school total…Drumroll please…
$2, 647.50

Donate Now for Jump Rope for Heart!

On March 15th, the last day before Spring Break, we are jumping for our hearts!
We will be practicing our jumping a couple times a week for Jump Rope for Heart 2024! We’ll be skipping for a 40 minute block and participating in many skipping challenges. Everyone’s been working hard on their skipping moves and I’m so excited for all the fun! PLEASE CLICK ON THE HEART PICTURE TO THE LEFT TO DONATE! Nelson has always been incredibly supportive of the Heart and Stroke Foundation and it’s grown in importance after losing our beloved custodian, Mr. Olsen, to a heart attack a few years ago. Ms. Tsakalos has set our fundraising goal at $2, 500. There will be reminders in our planners to wear runners and comfortable, cool clothing for our days of jumping! Don’t forget to bring your water bottle as well! Go Nelson Go!
Online donations will be open until March 24th.

TERRY FOX RUN 2023

Nelson students participated in our annual Terry Fox Run on Thurs. Sept. 21st. After one week of fundraising, bringing in Toonies for Terry and donating online, we raised an incredible amount of money for the Terry Fox Foundation! Way to go Nelson!!
We have participated in the Terry Fox Run for 33 years and as of last year have a fundraising grand total of $40, 949. 69!!
Nelson students will find out what their fundraising total this year is soon and will be rewarded for all their hard work!

CLICK on Terry to see our Division 9
runners in action!

Terry Fox 2023

Fred Fox

2013 ~ $1430
2014 ~ $1097
2015 ~ $1,967
2016 ~ $2, 200
2017 ~ $2, 802
2018 ~ $2, 030
2019 ~ $3, 000
2021 ~ $3, 105
2022 ~  $1, 412

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Speed Demons 2023

Nelson students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 participated in our annual Speed Demons competition this afternoon. Division 8 had lots of fun racing against other grade 3s and all did an awesome job! Click on the runner below to see everyone fly!sports_run

2022 Terry Fox Total!

Yay Nelson!! I have just received word of our grand total for our Terry Fox Run in September. A big thank you to all of our fundraisers this year.
As for our school total…Drumroll please…
$1, 411.65