Bring your blankets! Nelson Movie Night!

ADMISSION:
$2 each or 1 food bank donation per person
Friday, December 6th
6PM

Nelson School Gym

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Concession On Site: Hot Dogs – Popcorn – Ice Cream – Drinks

CHRISTMAS IS COMING ~ 8

A Santa cookie jar filled with the names of division 8 students…
Do you make cookies around Christmas time? With who?

Backwards Spirit Day!


Click on NELSON SPIRIT DAYS above to see us wearing our shirts, hats, pants and jackets backwards. 

Elena is a STAR!

Click on the photo to learn more about our friend, Elena!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING ~ 9

IMG_1774An advent calendar with Christmas customs from around the world…
Do your parents or grandparents celebrate Christmas customs from somewhere else in the world where they’ve lived?

We Scare Hunger

1025_WeScareHunger_CampaignBooklet-USNelson’s ME to WE club is starting an exciting year of fundraising by holding a food drive for the We Scare Hunger campaign. Please bring non-perishable food items to school until November 27th to help support our local community. Students in the Me to We club from Div. 1 will be collecting items from classes.
Thank you for your support!

t-gifluv-food-and-drink-1572922701We have created theme days although you’re welcome to bring in any donation on any day!


Monday, November 18th
Breakfast foods! — hot and cold boxed cereals, oatmeal, granola, muesli, whole grain bran*, granola bars, breakfast bars. tea, coffee, canned fruit, pancake mix

Tuesday, November 19th
Snack — crackers, cookies, natural peanut butter*, powdered skim milk*, rice cakes, nuts and/or seeds*

Wednesday, November 20th
Lunch! — canned soup, hearty stews, pork and beans, chili, ready to serve meals, boxed macaroni and cheese, jams, crackers, canned fish

Thursday, November 21st
Side Dishes — canned vegetables*, dried vegetables, side kicks
Dessert and Beverages — fruit and vegetable juice in cans, tetra packs, bottles, canned fruit*, fruit cups

Monday, November 25th
Appetizers — dried lentils and beans*, canned beans and chickpeas*

Tuesday, November 26th
Dinner! — brown and white rice, barley, whole wheat pasta, and other grains, tomato sauce, pasta sauce, canned chicken or turkey

Wednesday, November 27th
Last Donation Day and misc. items

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

FullSizeRenderohmigoodness, are you as excited as I am Division 8?! Over the next couple weeks room 203 will be transforming into a bit of a winter wonderland in anticipation for the BEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!!christmas-lights-smiley-emoticon
Tune in here to see the daily additions to your home away from home as I do a 10 day countdown to December!

THINK MATH ~ 8

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 12 sea turtles left swimming in the ocean. swimming-turtle-smiley-emoticon
There were 30 sea turtles in the ocean. 18 got lost. How many left over? ~ Tessa
102 turtles. 100 got sent to the aquarium. 2 people put 5 back. How many left over? ~ Jason
There were 13 turtles. 1 got lost. How many are there left? ~ Coleen
There are 18 sea turtles. 6 swam away. How many left? ~ Sophia
There were 24 turtles in the ocean. 12 left. How many turtles are left in the ocean? ~ Lauren
There were 13 sea turtles. A First Nations killed 1. How many are there left? ~ Connor
There were 14 turtles swimming in the ocean. 2 got lost. How many left? ~ Giunelly
There were 20 sea turtles. A shark ate 8. How many left? ~ Rosetta
There were 22 sea turtles. 10 left. How many left over? ~ Preston
There were 13 sea turtles swimming in the sea. 1 got bored and swam away. How many left? ~ Misa

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 Tuesday!

In Flander’s Fields

A number of brave souls from Division 8 volunteered to practice on their own time in order to present this famous Remembrance Day poem written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.
Click on the poem to see their wonderful reading of this special poem.
Well done everyone! I’m so proud of our contribution to this Nelson tradition.

Rosetta is a STAR!


Click on the photo to learn more about our friend, Rosetta!