J ~ JUMPY Poppin Rockets! Science with baking soda & vinegar!
We created a chemical reaction in a film canister! The vinegar reacts with the baking soda and produces carbon dioxide gas. Pressure builds up until the small canister can no longer contain the gas. The lid pops off, the canister shoots up into the air, the gas escapes, and the pressure is released.
CLICK HERE, HERE & HERE to see videos of our rockets in action!!
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Posted in Alphabet Countdown
Last week Nelson students had lots of dressing up all 4 Sports Day colours, earning points for their Sports Day houses. Way to go RED HOUSE for earning the most points in the 4 day total!! I LOVE Nelson Spirit!!
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Posted in Spirit Days
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I ~ ICKY messy fun with Oobleck! Science with cornstarch & water!
Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid. That is, it acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and then it will ooze out of your hands.
Oobleck gets its name from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck where a gooey green substance, Oobleck, fell from the sky and wreaked havoc in the kingdom.
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Posted in Alphabet Countdown
H ~ We took the opportunity today to shade ourselves from the sun, break school rules & wear our favourite HATS all day long!
Posted in Alphabet Countdown
F ~ We took advantage of the crazy hot weather & headed outside today for some FREE TIME & cooled down with some refreshing FREEZIES! We enjoyed strawberry, pineapple, green apple & orange!
Posted in Alphabet Countdown
Nelson’s Book Swap is Back!
Bring in your gently-used children’s books to school from June 6th – 21st.
Story books, novels/chapter books, & non-fiction are all accepted.
Donate as many books as you like & all students will get a new book or two for summer reading!
* * * Parents: If you are available to volunteer on the morning of Wednesday, June 22nd during the swap, please contact Mrs. Roberts in the library. * * *
Posted in Library, School Events
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 17 Sports Day stations. 
16 stations are in action on Sports Day. Sean makes a station that is really fun. How many stations in all? ~ Daniel
There are 16 people getting ready to do the Sports Day stations & Casandra was late. How many people getting ready for Sports Day stations now? ~ Cayla
20 people were playing in a station. Zack said to 3 people, Let’s go play video games. Then 2 more people came to go to a station. I said, “Come to my house. Lets have a party.” What is the sum? ~ Cameron
There are 20 Sports Day stations. Then Cayla got an idea & made 1 more Sports Day station. Then Julia said, “There has to be a doughnut Sports Day station!” So she made one! Then Chloe said, “I’m tired” so she got rid of 2 & 1 more that was the doughnut one. Julia got mad so mad that she threw doughnuts at Chloe & then Chloe fell into doughnut lalaland. So then Sahana said no one is coming to my station so she closed her station. Then Cayla said, “I want a macaroon” so she closed her station & left for her macaroon. How many Sports Day stations still there? ~ Casandra
There were 10 people doing sports. 2 minutes later Sahana bakes macaroons for everybody. 2 people go get some. Then Sahana joins Sports Day! Then Chloe makes 3 more people join. Then Chloe & Mrs. MurMurMur join. Then Julia gets 2 people to go buy her doughnuts! Then they come back. Then 3 people leave. Then Cayla joined & stays for 2 mins then leaves to buy a cat then comes right back! Then Casandra drags 4 people to Sports Day. Then Vera joins! Then Casandra wins 1st place! & celebrates with throwing a doughnut in Chloe’s face then goes to Doughnutland. How many people in Sports Day? ~ Chloe
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Friday!
Posted in THINK MATH
G ~ 2 days full of GAMES! We celebrated with the run through of Primary Sports Day on Thursday, learning 7 new GAMES as we went through all the stations, & then on Friday we had our annual SPORTS DAY!!
I had so much fun at the scorekeepers table with Miss Gatenby & I hope you all had fun participating in all the stations & competing in the tug-of-wars too! Congratulations to BLUE HOUSE on their big Sports Day win!
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Posted in Alphabet Countdown
E ~ Jujubes, M&Ms, Jelly Beans, Mike&Ikes… Count the Candies!!
We spent the morning using referents & good ‘ol fashioned thoughtful guesses to ESTIMATE how many candies were in the jars.
After all the Guessing Jar estimates had been counted, the winners were announced in the afternoon. Drumroll please………
Lincoln, Benson, Shathu & Cayla had the closest estimates with Lincoln making a perfect estimate!!
Well done to all Division 8 students for their excellent estimates! Can’t wait to enjoy the candies at another Alphabet Countdown day very soon…
Posted in Alphabet Countdown
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!
Posted in School Sporting Events
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