Every year, Nelson Elementary School collects donations to raise funds in support of Veterans and their families.
All students will receive a poppy at our assembly next Friday morning at 10:45. Thank you, your generous donations are so very much appreciated.
Click on the soldier for more details on The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund.
Posted in Community Events, School Fundraisers
A big Thank You to Mr. Morrison’s Grade 6/7 class for creating such a spooky haunted cruise ship for all the Nelson students to enjoy yesterday. We loved it!Posted in Holiday Actitivies, School Events
Please check out the pictures of our 1st literacy celebration, a Reading Train with our buddies!, in honour of National Library Day, by clicking on the LITERACY CELEBRATIONS tab at the top of the page!
Posted in Library, School Events
Click on NELSON SPIRIT DAYS above to see a picture of us in our masks before getting all dressed up for Halloween on Thursday.
Posted in Spirit Days
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 5 pieces of candy left over. 
I had 10 candies. I ate 5. How many left? ~ Rosetta
110 pieces of candy. 4 friends took 20 candies. Then I took 25. How many left? ~ Jason
There were 8 candies left in the bucket. 1 person took 2. How many were there left? ~ Coleen
There were 12 candies. 7 got lost. How many candies are there left? ~ Lauren
11 candies. 6 were taken by trick or treaters. How many left? ~ Eli
There were 10 pieces of candy. 5 got taken. How many are left? ~ Giunelly
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!
Posted in THINK MATH
Click on the photo to learn more about our friend, Suhan!
Posted in Star of the Week
On Wednesday, Division 1’s 6s and 7s will be hosting their annual haunted house and this year’s theme is The HAUNTED MUSEUM!
Along with being a fun activity for the whole school, each year this is a fundraiser for Nelson’s foster children. This year our children are Kevin Rodriguez Burgos and Parishmita Singha. Please bring at least a quarter to support these wonderful kids and all the work Division 1 does for our school!
Posted in Holiday Actitivies
Pumpkin Patch Time! 
Division 8 met up with their buddies from Mr. Morrison’s grade 6/7 class this afternoon. We enjoyed some delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows provided by our wonderful PAC parents ~ Thank You!! and then picked the perfect pumpkin from our pumpkin patch.
Afterwards we returned to Mr. Morrison’s portable and Ms. Watt’s room to do fun Halloween activities with our buddies.
Click on the smiley below to see them up close & have fun at home with your pumpkin! Send in pictures of your jack-o’-lanterns!!
Posted in Holiday Actitivies, School Events
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 25 Halloween creatures in a haunted house.
26 children are going to a haunted house. 1 of them was scared. How many left? ~ Giunelly
41 people in a haunted house. 16 left. How many left over? ~ Eli
5 werewolves, 15 zombies and 5 vampires. How many in all? ~ Brendan
There were 30 kids. 5 got scared. How many children are still there? ~ Lauren
26 creatures in a haunted house. 1 left. How many left over? ~ Suhan
There wree 30 Halloween creatures in the haunted house. 5 of them left. How many creatures are left? ~ Rosetta
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!
Posted in THINK MATH
Every student in Division 8 is expected to fill out their Bookbeast Sheet every night after they read. If your sheet gets lost, please print a new one off at home. If you do not have a printer, please let Ms. Watt know immediately.
To print off a new one, visit the Nelson School website at https://nelson.burnabyschools.ca/ . Click on the LIBRARY tab along the top of the page and then choose BOOK BEAST SHEETS in the drop down menu.
I can’t wait to celebrate everyone’s 50 Night Sheet being handed in next month!
Posted in Library
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