Category Archives: School Sporting Events

Calling All Athletes!

0_EmoticoneEmoticone_com (18)Nelson had it’s annual Intramural Track Meet on December 12th & the students participated in relays showing off their basketball, football, 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 (special shout out to Red Team for their non-stop encouragement!)!
Click on one of the smileys to see us in action!!

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Primary Christmas Skate

IMG_2180Primary 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!

Cross Country Intramurals 2015

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Nelson students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 recently participated in our annual Cross Country competition. Division 8 had lots of fun racing for the 1st time against other grade 3s & all did an awesome job! Click on the runner below to see everyone fly!

TERRY FOX RUN 2015

terry-fox-run-35-yearsNelson students participated in our annual Terry Fox Run last Friday. smiley_runningAfter one week of fundraising, bringing in Toonies for Terry & collecting pledges, we raised over $1900 for the Terry Fox Foundation!! Way to go Nelson!! Our fundraising over the last few years has been:
2011 ~ $506
2012 ~ $642
2013 ~ $1430
2014 ~ $1097

We reached this year’s goal of $1200! I’m so proud of all of your hard work!
This means a Nelson teacher will be cutting off their hair to donate to make wigs for children fighting cancer. Stay tuned to see who it is!!
Click on the 35 above to see our runners in action!
Grade 3s, what was your favourite part of Friday? The assembly, the run, your readers theatre…? 

I is for IT’S SPORTS DAY!!!

keep-calm-actually-don-t-it-s-sports-dayI~ We IGNITED your spirit & you IMPRESSED us
with your sportsmanship. IT was
SPORTS DAY!!!
Congratulations to Blue House on 
their big win!
Click on the picture above to see us in action!

Thank you to our PAC for providing such
yummy eats today! smileys-cz-12

Speed Demons 2015

Nelson students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 participated in our annual Speed Demons competition on 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!sports_run

BOWLERAMA 2015

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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Jump Rope 4 Heart 2015

On Friday, March 6th, for the 33rd 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 1:15-2:45 in the gymnasium & competed in challenges given by Mrs. Heighton.

Click on the below picture to see us having fun & exercising our hearts!

Dance Makes Us HAPPY

600px-Happy_smiley_faceDivision 7 & 8’s Grade 3s & 4s rocked their smiley-dance019dance on Friday, January 23rd!smiley-dance018
Everyone performed with energy & a smile on their face & wowed the crowd of students, teachers & parents!
Click on the Smiley Face to see a video of our moves!
Thanks to our awesome teacher Joanne!
“Clap along if you feel like that’s what you want to do…”

Nelsonites! Are you ready to be JUMPCREDIBLE?!

Today 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 32 years of Jump Rope for Heart & we’ve raised over $268,188!
This year we’ve set a school fundraising goal of $8200 & also set goals to beat the 16 online registrations from last year & the 170+ students who fundraised.
skipping-a-rope-smiley-emoticonClick 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!Screen Shot 2015-02-19 at 8.24.04 PM