Blog Posts

South Nelson sure has talent! Thank you to all who came out to the 2024 South Nelson Talent Show. It was filled with a great line up of student performers. We started out with class performances in which students sang, and played bucket drums or ukuleles. Our primary classes did a song with actions.

On Friday May 10^th students at South Nelson had the privilege of learning and playing a few traditional Indigenous games from Vanessa Lozecznik. Vanessa works with local Elders to learn about these traditional games and has received permission to share them with her students.

The Gr. 2/3s in Ms. Finnie’s class have been learning about space and the natural environment. To  demonstrate their learning, they created puppet shows! They were on various topics, such as the solar system, fungus, and habitats. Did you know that puppet shows can take various forms? Some groups did a shadow puppets show using an older projection screen.

Mrs. C's class had the most amazing opportunity to grow butterflies! The students we delighted as the tiny little caterpillars arrived in late April. Watching their excitement and curiosity as the caterpillars went through their life cycle changes was so much fun! When we released them last week the students were so proud.

Hello Families, 

Happy spring! We are now fully into May and everyone is happy to know that the better weather is here. There are so many great things happening outdoors these days. I can’t believe we are heading into our last two months of school. There are already so many fun things on the go.

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It feels like the school year speeds up this time of year!  May is when 2024 grads who have applied for scholarships are going through adjudication for their awards, while others are preparing to embark on their first steps in a career, apprenticeship, job search, gap year or post-secondary educational journey. 

Math Mania hit the students, staff and families of South Nelson last week. Parents,  grandparents and caregivers headed into classrooms to solve puzzles, logic conundrums and math problems. Everyone discovered that math is fun and can be shared with everyone in various ways. Students enjoyed being the "teacher" and showing what they know about numbers, shapes and logic. 

Since January Students at South Nelson Elementary school have been focusing on connection with Indigenous art and connection with the world around us. 

Hello Families, 

Happy Monday! I trust you had a good weekend. It was beautiful weather to get out and enjoy the outdoors together as a family. 

Today is a ProD day and staff are engaging in learning to improve their practice.

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Have a great week!