Daily Report for Wednesday May 21st 2014

Today's Date Wednesday May 21st. 2014

The Weather Today was : Sunny and Warm, 
a real Spring Day !!

High: 19
Low: 8
P.O.P : 40%

Today was a very special day !! Thanx to the incredible planning and organizational skills of Mr. Smith our class was able to enjoy a Field Trip to the Toronto Zoo ! It was a beautiful day, weather wise, and the threat of thunderstorms that were predicted in the weather forecasts only served to   keep a lot of people away from the zoo and make it possible for us to enjoy a uncrowded experience. It was also somewhat noteworthy that our missing in action regular teacher, Mr. Wilkens, was able to accompany us for a part of the day.

Here is a group shot of our class when we began our day….

The first place we went to was the Panda Bear exhibit, here is a video of one of the bears eating some bamboo....

We learned that Panda’s eat up to 47 kilograms of Bamboo a day !

Here are a couple of pictures of the Panda bears…

Here is a picture of us in the fake bamboo forest…

After seeing the Panda’s we went to check out the polar bears.. we saw the polar bear cub named Humphrey. He was very cute, though perhaps somewhat lonely as he had to be separated from his parents for safety reasons ( ? ) Here is a video of Humphrey the Bear…

On our way to the African Pavilion we went through the North American habitat section where we saw this Snow Owl…

At this point Mr. Wilkens had to leave us so he could go home and rest, so this is the last photo of us…

We had our lunch and then went to see other exhibits. We all agreed that the Gorilla’s were amazing.

Before we left to go back to school we got to go to the gift shop where many of us were able to buy some souvenirs of our visit.

All in all, a great time was had by all !!!

Once again a massive thank you to Mr. Smith, who made this all possible for us.

Tomorrow, in honour of Asian Heritage Month, we will be buying some Pad Thai from a restaurant near school and bringing back to have in class. Too bad Mr. Wilkens wasn’t here to make it , but then again it would be kinda hard to make Pad Thai without a stove!