Ms. Watt's Class

Burnaby Blossoms

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 8 comments

Last Week we met up with our buddies for a short walk up Nelson. We were in for a treat ~ our big buddies were our teachers for a short drawing lesson! Surrounded by a dozen cherry blossom trees, our buddies taught us how to sketch the beautiful blossoms. Click on the blossom tree above to see us at work!

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Heart Heroes of Nelson

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 13 comments

The numbers & prizes are in!!

The Nelson School Community raised $7, 289.52 for the 31st year of Jump Rope for Heart, with Division 9 having the 3rd highest total with $666.75!

Nelson is the only school to have participated, in all of British Columbia and the Yukon, from the very beginning of the program!

In total, Nelson’s community has raised $260, 249.45 for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Now that’s an achievement to be very proud of!

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BOWLERAMA 2013!!

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 7 comments

Mr. Gurniak & his students put on another great event last week with Nelson’s annual BOWLERAMA!!

After a week of practice we participated in the official event on Friday & had a blast knocking down those pins!

Rhea & Eric T were our top scorers, with Jasleen & Orando close behind. Click on the Bowlerama sign to see pictures of us bowling!

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Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 44 comments

Friday, April 12th marks the 33rd anniversary of Terry Fox dipping his foot into the Atlantic Ocean and starting off on his remarkable Marathon of Hope.

Terry Fox ran 42 km for 143 days, a total of 5,373 kilometres, before having to end his Marathon of Hope due to the return of his cancer.

What Terry Fox inspired activity are YOU doing this weekend to mark April 12th ~ go for a walk with your family, help someone out, share your feelings about Terry on social media or make a donation online or text to donate using terryfox to 45678…

Share what you are doing to honour our Canadian hero’s remarkable journey by clicking on → Comments below Terry Fox & you’ll be entered to win a prize!

Congratulations Nelson students on continuing to be active and helpful members of our community! Miss Watt

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Walk to School Wednesdays!

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 14 comments

As we begin to see sunnier, beautiful spring weather, there’s no better time for Nelson’s annual Walk to School Wednesdays to begin!

Starting this Wednesday, April 3rd, & every Wednesday for the rest of the year, leadership students will tallying house points for those students who bike or walk to school.

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Jump Rope 4 Heart

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 4 comments

On Friday, March 15th, for the 31st 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.

Students had the option to fundraise for 2 weeks
& participating Division 9 students fundraised, drumroll please…

$665.75!!!

Our top Heart Heros are Keanna & Lucas with the combined fund-raising total of $365.oo! WOW!!! Well Done!

We jumped with our buddies & friends from 10:30-12:00 in the gymnasium & competed in challenges given by Mrs. Lentz & Miss Watt.

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

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Primary Days of Music

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 4 comments

Nelson’s Primary Choir did an incredible job performing at Primary Days of Music on Monday morning. We were joined by Windsor, South Slope, Maywood and Brantford, singing songs together and as individual choirs.

Did you catch us featured on Nelson’s homepage!?
Congratulations Primaries for making Nelson proud!

The choir will be performing again for parents at our upcoming month end Celebration of Learning.
Stay tuned for details and we hope to see you there!!

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Book Beast Success!!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 5 comments

100% PARTICIPATION!!
Congratulations Division 9! We’ve all read for 50 nights!
I’m looking forward to celebrating everyone reading for 100 nights very soon!

It was also our 1st library period when we all returned our books ~ Yay!
Mrs. Roberts & I are crossing our fingers for next week!

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Pink Shirt Day

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 4 comments

All across Canada “Pink Shirt Day” is a day where
anti-bullying awareness is marked by wearing pink.
Pink Shirt Day is against all types of bullying, such as cyber bullying, verbal bullying, physical bullying and emotional bullying.Click on the t-shirt above to learn more
& I look forward to seeing a sea of pink tomorrow!!