Daily Report for Friday March 31st 2017

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cool….

HIGH : 4°C                     LOW :2 °C                 P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We warmed up by practicing our Basketball skills. We then went to the Yoga Room ( Room S-22) We did a number of Asanas, mostly stretches. We also did t Mr. Wilkens favourite pose, Savasana, or the corpse pose. We then went back to the Gym where we played a game of Floor Hockey.

Period B: We met Mr. Wilkens in Room 200. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen where we all worked very hard to prepare our lunch. We were celebrating Emily’s birthday with a special luncheon of  Curry Goat, Rice and Peas and Cole Slaw. The Sasitharan Boyz set the table and made the Lime Aide. Ahmed and Fahim had the not so nice task of cutting the onions. Nerissa and Matthew peeled and Grated the Carrots. The Birthday girl, Emily iced and decorated the cupcakes with the help of Rebeca. We also had two guests for the birthday lunch, Rebeca’s sister Griselda as well as Angilie  another student from the alternate program here at Maplewood. We had our dessert of Chocolate Cupcakes with pink icing and ice cream after singing Happy Birthday to Emily who did a fine job of blowing out the imaginary candles.    

Period C:We did our best to clean up the Kitchen. It was somewhat challenging as all four sinks in the ME Kitchen  were plugged. We organized the dishes and pots and pans on a cart to be taken to the Hobart Machine in the Food School kitchen when it is possible.  

Period D:. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Note to Parents:

Daily Report for Thursday March 31st 2017

Mr. Wilkens was at a PD Session This Afternoon.

As a result of this situation the Daily Report was not done in Favour of a Truip to the Gym.

So Sorry !!!!

Daily Report for Tuesday March 28th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish….

HIGH : 11 °C                     LOW : 4°C                        P.O.P. : 20%

Today we made another attempt at getting the TTC Support Cards for some of the students. We left with Ms. Kim’s class at 9:30. We took the Scarborough 86 to Kennedy Station. We got off at Yonge and Bloor and got on the Line 1 Subway going North. We got off at Davisville Station and went to the Head Office of the TTC. Ahmed, Matthew , Mark and Fahim had their pictures taken and then Mr. Wilkens put in the paperwork. The cards will be sent in the mail, hopefully soon.

We walked through Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Here is a picture of our class and Ms. Kim's class at the Cemetery.

 We went to St. Clair  Station where we got on the subway again and traveled south to Dundas Station. We had lunch in the Food Court at the Eaton Centre then walked through the mall to Queen Station. We got back on the subway and went to Bloor and Yonge, transferred to the Line 2 subway and went to Kennedy Station. We took the 86D Bus back to school.

We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday March 27th 2017

Weather for Today: Rainy and Warm…

HIGH : 14°C                     LOW : 5°C                         P.O.P. : 100 %

Period A: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. Today we practiced our Bocce Ball skills.

Period B: We met in Room 200. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then worked on our Weekend Journals. Since today is a short staff meeting day we were able to finish watching the movie we started last short day. The movie was called Grease. There was a lot of singing and dancing. There was also some really cool cars.   

After lunch we went to the Games Room where some of us played Bowling on the Wii.

Period C: We continued to watch the movie.

Period D: We finished watching the movie. We filled in the Daily Report.

Note to Parents: We will be going on  Field Trip to TTC Offices at Davisville Station. Students will need a lunch or $ for Lunch. Lunch Program Lunch will be Friday this week. Please send in a lunch or $ for lunch on Thursday March 30^th.

Daily Report for Friday March 24th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool….

HIGH : 9°C                     LOW : 1°C                           P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We played basketball as a warm up. We then went to the Weight Room and worked out with various fitness equipment. We went back to the gym and played game of soccer.   

Period B: We went to the Room 204 Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs. Fahim began some literacy work on the Raz Kids site.   

Period C: We finally got to do our Drama activity after a long hiatus. We played two games of Musical Chairs, Mark won the first game and Rebeca was victorious in the second game. We went for a Community Walk.  

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise. We observed Earth Hour from 2:00 to 3:00 O’clock.

Note to Parents: Monday is a Staff Meeting Day schedule. Bus P/U at 12:30 PM.

Daily Report for Thursday March 23rd. 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cool…..

HIGH : 1 °C                     LOW :-6 °C                         P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We warmed up with some basketball practice. We then continued to practice our Soccer Skills.

Period B: Most of the class participated in the In School ISP Soccer Tournament. We all had a very good and fun time. Meanwhile, Matthew and Rebeca were working very hard helping Mr. Wilkens with the final prep for the Feast. Here are some pictures of the amazing spread…

Here are some of our guest and ourselves enjoying the fruits of our labours…  

Period C:Emily went to her co-op placement at Dollarama, a where she once again stocked shelves with merchandise. The rest of us had to deal with the less attractive part of the Feast, namely the massive clean up that was required. However we all worked very hard and got the job done in a timely fashion.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report for yesterday as well as today. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Please see information letter in Communication Book.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 22nd 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold…….

HIGH : -2°C                     LOW : -8 °C                        P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We warmed up by playing some basketball. Since we are having an in-school  a Soccer Tournament tomorrow, we practiced our soccer skills.

Period B: We met in the ME Kitchen. We started out with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then began doing some more food prep for tomorrow`s Greek Feast. Fahim and Ahmed peeled and cut up the potatoes. Shakur and the Sasitharan Boyz  peeled the almonds for the Baklava. Matthew prepped the roast vegetables for the Vegetarian Moussaka. Emily and Rebeca cut up the sweet peppers and the eggplant for the Moussaka and did a great job on the very difficult task of cutting up the onions.    

Period C: We continued working on prep for the feast.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We did not have time to fill in the Daily Report.  

Daily Report for Tuesday March 21st 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish…

HIGH : 10°C                     LOW : 1°C                         P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We played some basketball to warm up. Then we did a 12 Minute run activity. We finished off with a few games of Volleyball. Today we had the nets !

Period B:  We met in our classroom. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went S-7 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then went back to class where we did our Journal activity. Today we wrote about what we had done over the March Break.

At lunch we went to the Games Room, except for Ahmed who went to the Weight Room.  

Period C: We went to S-7 and collected the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We took the dirty dishes  to the ME Kitchen and did the them as well as cleaning up the kitchen. We then went back to our classroom where we presented our Journal’s to the class.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting. 

Daily Report for Monday March 20th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny with a few clouds and cool….

HIGH : 6°C                     LOW :1 °C                           P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We practiced our Basketball skills as a warm up activity. We then played some Volleyball, though we had to play it without a net. Hopefully tomorrow we will have time to put up the net !

We then went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the LRT and went to McCowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We got changed in to our gym clothes and went upstairs where we walked around the track. We had to leave a little early so we could go to Freshco to start buying the groceries for the upcoming Greek Feast. We went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre to eat our lunch. We then went to Freshco and bought $60.090 worth of groceries for the Greek Feast we will be having on Thursday March 23^rd. We took the TTC back to school.

We got back to school by 2:00. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Please fill in and return permission form for Team Unbreakable ( if applicable )

Daily Report for Thursday March 9th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny with some clouds and cold….

HIGH : 2 °C                     LOW :-2 °C                         P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: Emily, Fahim and The Sasitharan Boyz went to the Badminton Tournament. The rest of us  met Mr. Sullivan in the weight room. We used various types of fitness equipment.

Period B: We met in Room 200 and had our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we went to the ME kitchen to do some cleaning and make some doughnut’s.    

Period C: We helped Mr. Wilkens move some ceramic pieces to the ME Kitchen. Mr. Wilkens is hoping to do some fund raising with the ceramics tomorrow.  

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Note to Parents: Field Trip to TTC Office tomorrow.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 8th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny with some clouds, Windy and Cool…

HIGH : 6°C                     LOW : 3°C                           P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. Since it was such a nice day we went for a Power Walk. We had a long walk and got a lot of exercise. We also did a little Community Clean-up.

Period B: We met in Room 200. We were introduced to our new Lunchroom Supervisor, Ms. Theresa. We did our weekend journals. Mr. Wilkens had a temporary lapse of reason so we did our Mindfulness Minutes a little late.

Fahim, Mark Joel and Emily went to Badminton Practice after lunch. The rest of us finally got to go back to the Games Room.  

Period C: We filled in the last two days Daily Reports. Then we created an invitation for the Greek Feast we will be having when we get back from March Break.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program has been cancelled for this week due to a lack of funding. Students will need to bring a lunch. See Communication Book for Field Trip Form that must be returned ASAP. Also Vaccination Information letter.

Daily Report for Tuesday March 7th 2017

Weather for Today: RAINY and Cool…

HIGH :  9°C                     LOW : 2°C                 P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: Most of us met Mr. Ellis in the cafeteria. Shakur went to gym class. The rest of us took  a school bus to the Toronto Soccer Field for the Special Olympics Bocce Ball Tournament. We all played our best and had a fantastic time.

When we got back to school we took some team pictures  and then went back to class where we viewed an educational video.

Daily Report for Monday March 6^th  2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cool…

HIGH : 6 °C                           LOW : - 1°C                P.O.P. : 50%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We had a warm up exercise running around the gym. We had a game of soccer.

Period B: Mr. Wilkens was away today but we were lucky to have Ms. Hargraft as our teacher so we could go on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the Scarborough 86 Bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to McCowan Station.  We walked to the Y.  We walked around the track and then went downstairs to the gym where we practiced our badminton skills. Then we went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre. We had lunch and then went back to school.

Period D: Since Mr. Wilkens was away we could not do the Daily Report.

( that’s why this post is so late.) We an art activity.

Daily Report for Friday March 3rd 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold…

HIGH : -5°C                  LOW : -8°C                          P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We worked on our floor hockey skills till 9:30, and then we went to the Art Room to do a Level 2 Co-op activity. We all helped to do a thorough cleaning of the Room.

Period B: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We continued  with our Level 2 Co-op activity .

Emily, and the Sasitharan Boyz went to the Gym for Badminton practice at lunch.

Period C: We watched the movie  Grease. It was about life in the olden days in America. It was a good movie, though we did not get to finish watching it.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had Body Scan Mindfulness activity.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA on Monday. Students need gym wear, swim wear and lunch or money to buy lunch.

Daily Report for Thursday March 2nd 2017

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : -4°C                 LOW : -8°C                           P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the gym. We participated in various PE activities.

Period B: We met in Room 200. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prep our lunch. Nerissa, and Matthew cut up the potatoes for the Home Fries. Fahim cut up the onions for the pancakes and the home fries. The Sasitharan Brothers set the table and made the OJ. Emily and Rebeca made the French Toast. Mr. Sullivan joined us for lunch and it was delicious.

Period C: Emily went to her Co-op placement at Dollarama. We cleaned up the VERY messy kitchen.

Here are some  pictures of how messy it was…

This is what it looked like when we had cleaned up…

We then had our well-deserved Dessert of Apple Crumble Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream.

Period D: We went to the gym to practice our Bocce skills. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 1st 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…

HIGH : 14 °C                         LOW : 2°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We met Mr. Sullivan in the Gym. We warmed up by playing some basketball and some skipping. We then practiced our Floor Hockey skills. We then had a game of Floor Hockey. The team of Ahmed, Joel and Rebeca won the game !

Period B: We went on our weekly shopping trip to No Frills. We bought the ingredients for our lunch. We will be having Breakfast for dinner. On the menu will be Potato Pancakes, Scrambled eggs,  Home Fries. Bacon, Sausage ( also Hallal Chicken Bacon for our Islamic brethren, Fahim and Ahmed ) French Toast and OJ.

Period C: We began by presenting our Current Events Activity worksheets to the class. We then did some money math activities on the Promethean Board.

Period D: We called down to the Gym to begin practicing our Bocce Ball skills for the Tournament next Tuesday. We got back to class with just enough time to do a short sit.(This explains why this Daily Report was posted a day late ! )