This year Navigate is going to participate with a team in the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life at Vanier Track on June 8/9th 7pm - 7am. This is a fantastic, fun event for a worthy, local cause. You can read more about the event here: http://www.relaybc.ca.
Registration to join the team …
Join us on Tuesday, May 21st for our FAE and ENTER parent orientation night. This evening will be for all re-registered and new parents, and the meeting will be taking place in the Tsolum School gymnasium from 6 – 8 pm. Babysitting services will be provided. Topics covered will be grade configurat…
Courtenay iClass students are getting creative with artist Lisa Kirk. She started working with our students a few weeks ago, and already they have created beautiful art pieces inspired by the former Fridensreich Hundertwasser. Students look forward to continuing their learning and creative passion…
Navigate’s Aboriginal Cultural Day was another smashing success this year at Tsolum School. Eighty students and their parents participated in various activities, such as Métis friendship bracelet making, Storytelling, drumming circles, and a presentation on traditional hunting and trapping. At noo…
Congratulations to Russell Spotted Bull Jr., artist and Navigate student, on his acceptance to the Emily Carr Summer Institute for Teens, on full scholarship. Russell’s natural artistic abilities have been noted since he was very young, and he will be able to further develop this talent in the fou…
Congratulations to all Navigate students who participated at the district cross country running competition at Valley View School! All participants ran enthusiastically and had a fantastic time!
Many thanks to our coaches Derek Brenchley, Kevin Flesher and Kevin Corman!
Qualicum students had a ‘hoot’ as they learned about owls on one of their iClass days. Students dissected owl pellets to discover what critter the owl had consumed, they learned about the food chain and where owls fit in, finishing the day off with their own owl art creation. It was a wonderful d…
Nanaimo students have been working enthusiastically with ENTER teacher Roger Vernon on the concept of simple machines. They built various structures out of Lego, demonstrating the use of levers, pullies and gears, wheel and axels, screws and inclined planes. Tons of fun has been had by students as…
Students from ENTER had the opportunity to participate in Skills Canada this year. They traveled to Abbotsford and took part in the Lego Robotics Gearbots Challenge. In teams of two or three, students worked intensely to achieve specific tasks with their carefully designed robots. It was impressive …
The days are getting longer and the end of the school year is just around the corner. Students and teachers are getting ready for the next round of exams and the grade 12 students start thinking about graduation (and beyond). So, we thought now's a good time to highlight some of the LearnNowBC app…
Big congratulations to Andrew, Lana and David for placing third at the Provincial Skills Canada competition in Abbotsford! They competed in the Robotics Challenge and made it to the finals, finishing in third place. This was the students first time at Skills Canada, but definitely not the last! Wa…
Navigate PAC is offering a community outing to Electronic Arts Games and the Art Institute of Vancouver for all Secondary students (grades 9 – 12) on Friday, April 5th. If you are interested, contact lsjoyce@shaw.ca. PAC is also helping to support sailing sessions in May/June with Compass A…
Students from Ms Bernard’s, Mr. Marcuzzi’s, Mrs. Ashlee’s and Mr. Corman’s classes will meet at the Navigate (Powered by NIDES) school site and travel North to the City of Campbell River by school bus on May 13th.
We will visit the Campbell River Museum and learn about ‘Pioneers’ (G…
Navigate powered by NIDES Interaction Day classes are preparing for our Jump Rope for Heart Activity on Monday, April 29th, in the gymnasium.
The children are presently learning to skip, hop and even hula hoop in their gym classes. We all know that exercise and proper eating is essential…
You are invited to join us at Navigate for our annual Aboriginal Cultural Day! This event will take place on Thursday, April 25th, 10:00 – 2:00pm. We will have a variety of activities presented by our special guests. Some of the activities include Métis friendship bracelet making, Storytelling, dr…
The Maeve McKinnon Trio played at Tsolum campus on Thursday, March 21st. Maeve sang beautiful songs in Gaelic, accompanied by rhythmic keyboard and guitar music. The Trio interacted wonderfully with the students, asking questions and initiating great responses. Students, parents and Navigate staf…
Since February, the intermediate art classes have been working with Kristi Martin from 4 Cats Art Studio to create paintings and sculptures. Ms Slater's class was working in groups to create paintings in the style of Gustav Klimt, complete with gold painted accents. Both of the grade 4-6 class…
The FAE students and teachers have been collaborating to create props and scenes for a musical presentation on the history of rock and roll. Stay tuned for the date of the presentation!
Students in Nanaimo, Qualicum and Courtenay have really enjoyed working with actor Kymme Patrick in a series of drama workshops. They participated in everything from improv, to short theatrical productions, wearing different ‘hats’, and numerous drama games that always ended in laughter. Thank you…
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Our first Navigate basketball team just wrapped up a very successful season! The team worked hard in practices and it showed in their results. They ended the season with a 4 win – 1 loss record in the games they played. Coach Grant was proud of their efforts and encouraged the boy…
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