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…
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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!
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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!!
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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!
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
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!
Nelson students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 participated in our annual Speed Demons competition last Friday afternoon. Division 8 had lots of fun racing against other grade 3s & all did an awesome job! Click on the runner below to see everyone fly!
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Mr. Gurniak & his students put on another great BOWLERAMA!!
After a week of practice we participated in the official event & had a blast knocking down those pins!
Click on the bowler below to see pictures of us bowling!
Check out our top scorers!!!
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On Friday, March 11th, for the 34th 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.
We jumped with our buddies & friends from 10:30-12:00 in the gymnasium & competed in challenges given by Mr. Morrison.
Click on the below picture to see us having fun & exercising our hearts!
Posted in School Fundraisers, School Sporting Events
On Monday Nelson was treated to a motivating Jump Rope for Heart assembly. We were reminded how Nelson is the only school in British Columbia to have participated in all 33 years of Jump Rope for Heart & we’ve raised over $268,188!
This year we’ve set a school fundraising goal of $8000 & also set goals to beat the 18 online registrations from last year & the 170+ students who fundraised.
Click on the picture below to register online & receive a FREE $5 Kick-Start pledge, plus your very own Jump Rope for Heart skipping rope! Cool!
Posted in School Fundraisers, School Sporting Events
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