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…”

Nelson’s Christmas Concert

a few months back…

After weeks of practice, Division 8 wowed the audience with their Jingle Bells on recorders & Snoopy vs. the Red Baron.

Click on the each of the pictures below to see a different video of our Christmas Concert performances.

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Spring Break WHERE AM I?

The new Where Am I? is up! I learned something new about Saint Patrick’s Day in Canada & I hope you do too! Click on WHERE AM I? tab above!
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THINK MATH ~ 12

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is one whole school wearing pink t-shirts. 426821albff8f48j
There was 1 school wearing pink & 1 person who didn’t wear pink. He ran back to his house & came back wearing pink. How many people wearing pink? ~ Jishith

75% of the school is wearing pink then 25% of the school put on pink. How much of the school is wearing pink t-shirts? ~ Emily
Everyone was wearing pink t-shirts, but 1 person who forgot. He remembered he had a pink t-shirt in his backpack. Now how many people wearing pink t-shirts? ~ Jasdeep
1 whole school wearing pink t-shirts. 1 kid was not so he was banned from school. 1 school is now wearing pink. ~ Amber
1 school wore pink t-shirts except 1 person forgot. Someone mailed a letter saying wear a pink t-shirt because it’s anti-bullying day. The person said, I forgot!” Then they did. How many wearing pink? ~ Dexter

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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 this Friday!
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THINK MATH ~ 11

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 30 Chinese New Year dragons in all. chinese-dragon-source_qdj%20(1)
15 dragons guarding China. 15 more joined. How many dragons in all? ~ Yi
There were 50 Chinese New Year dragons playing in school. 20 were very very bad so they went home. How many in all? ~ Nigen
40 Chinese dragons in the air. Then the sun burned 10. How many are left? ~ Michael
There were 15 Chinese dragons flying around. 15 dragons felt sad they wanted someone to play with them. The other 15 dragons said would you like to play hop-a doodle-swing a wing-jump-jump? Woo Hoo! they said, Sure! How many are playing? ~ Kristina
There are 25 dragons cooking pizza & didn’t have all of the ingredients. Then they asked 5 other dragons & they got the ingredients. Can we help? they asked. How many in all? ~ Jishith
1 Chinese dragon couldn’t go to the party that had 29 dragons, but then his parents let him. How many in all? ~ Jasdeep
20 dragons in a lab then one went in a cleaning machine. Then 10 more were there. How many in all? ~ Emily
40 dragons in a parade. 10 didn’t want to do it because they were nervous. How many in all? ~ Dexter
40 dragons. 10 flew & got lost, but they found the other dragons again. They all partied. 10 went home because it was their bed time as others stayed. How many in all? ~ Dexter
30 Chinese dragons. 2 went skydiving & never came back. Then 1 dragon came from Toronto & another from Saskatchewan. How many in all? ~ Cole
29 dragons were at home. Then another joined. How many are there? ~ Benjamin
30 Chinese New Year dragons dancing to the Hokey Pokey song. 2 got captured & after awhile got freed. How many Chinese dragons are there in all? ~ Anna
There were 20 Chinese New Year dragons. 2 woke up, 3 stopped playing video games, 4 stopped eating pizza, & 1 stopped playing on his phone. ~ Amadeo
10 Chinese New Year dragons blew their fire. Another 10 heard & were wondering what was going on. Barney said, What are you doing? Minamiso said, We’re trying to wake up all the dragons. Barney said, I can help you wake up the rest of the dragons. The 20 dragons blew their fire & woke up the other 10. How many in all? ~ Ira

IMG_5960Here’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 this Friday!
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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.
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Red & Pink Day!

valentine-kiss-smiley-emoticonPlease check out the picture of us on Valentine’s Spirit Day by clicking on the SPIRIT DAYS – SPIRIT 2014/15 tab above! Thank you to our leadership teachers & students for all of your hard work with the Valentine Grams!!!

Happy 50th Birthday Canadian Flag!

This morning all the staff & student of Nelson met at our flagpole to recognize National Flag Day as we sang Oh Canada & division 8’s very own Emily raised Nelson’s flag with Yi & Michael!
Click on the mountie below to see the video!
mounted_police_flagThanks to all the students who wore red, ‘Canada’ clothes or their club’s uniform. What a wonderful, sunny day to celebrate being Canadian!

Click on the smiley below for pictures of our celebration!canadian-flagOur red & white maple leaf flag was first raised over Parliament Hill 50 years ago on February 15, 1965. This is a significant & special milestone as Canadians prepare for the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

The 50th anniversary of our National Flag in 2015 gives Canadians an opportunity to reflect on what our flag represents ~ a strong, proud and free country.Canada-FlagClick on the Canada Flag above to take a quiz on how well you know
Canada’s flag! Good Luck Nelsonites!
Tell us how you did below in the Comments! Did our discussion with Mrs. Roberts in Library last week help you answer any of the questions?

THINK MATH ~ 10

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 10 heart Valentine’s Day cards. valentine
100 Valentine’s cards around the world. A weird robot in a space craft stole 90 to take to Unhappy Land. The people of Unhappy Land became happy! The people of Earth became happy too because the unknown land became their friend. How many Valentine’s Day cards are left on Earth? ~ Yi
At school 1 person brought 11 Valentine’s Day cards then 1 one of them got stolen. How many are left? ~ Nigen
There were 20 Valentine’s cards in Yi’s pocket. She split 10 with Cecilia & they handed them out to Miss Watt’s class. How many are left? ~ Kristina
There were 20 Valentine’s cards, but only 10 were needed. So, 10 were mailed to India & they were happy! How many left in Canada? ~ Jishith
11 cards. Then 1 card that was 3 years old had a temper tantrum & went away because he wasn’t the 1st one to be read! ~ Emily
A kid gave a card to 9 out of 10 kids. The kid that didn’t have one felt bad so he gave it to him. How many were given out? ~ Dexter
There were 20 people in a house & 2 more people delivering 20 cards, each had half the cards. 1 delivery man fell in a hole & those cards were never delivered. The other delivery man delivered the cards. How many cards were delivered? ~ Benjamin
15 children made 20 Valentine cards. 5 trolls gobbled 10 up in 2 seconds. “Yum!” the trolls squealed. Then they ran away. How many hearts are left? ~ Shelley
23 students were making Valentine’s Day cards. 10 students handed theirs in, 2 lost theirs & 1 put it in their backpack. How many cards are still being finished? ~ Miss Watt

IMG_5840Here’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!
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