Daily Report for Wednesday May 31st 2017

        

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy, warm with Thunderstorms…

HIGH : 21°C                     LOW : 12°C            P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went our weekly trip to the Y.M.C.A. We took the Scarborough 86 to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan Station. From there we walked to the Scarborough YMCA. We got changed into our gym clothes and went upstairs to the indoor track. We walked around the track for over a mile and a half and then went to the gym downstairs where we practiced our Badminton skills. We finished our day of exercise off by using the treadmill machines. We then changed back to our street clothes. We walked to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre and ate our lunch. After walking around the mall for a while we took the TTC back to school.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : Please remit $20.00 for June Lunch Fund.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 30th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm with Chance of Thunderstorms…

HIGH : 22°C                     LOW : 14°C            P.O.P. : 70 %

Period A: Emily, Ahmed and Fahim went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of the class began with our Mindfulness Minutes. Mr. Wilkens had to change our passwords so we went to the Computer Lab to see if the new passwords worked. They did, so we stayed to work on various educational programs.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We went to the ME Kitchen to get the dishes to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then continued to work on our Hand Puppets by adding some finishing touches. We also worked on a new project, Hand Painted Pencil Case’s.

At lunch we went to Dance Club with Ms. Duffin. We are working on a dance number for the final assembly.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen to clean the dishes from lunch. Mr. Wilkens gave us a review lesson on the proper way to clean dishes. We then all helped to do the dishes. We returned to Room 200 where we looked at videos of the two songs we will be singing with Ms. Barwell’s class in the Year End Assembly. We also got to eat some left over Mindfulness Buns !

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We did the GO Train route and got some good exercise ! We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : We will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Students will need gym clothes and running shoes.

Daily Report for Monday May 29th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 23°C                     LOW : 16°C            P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals what we had done over the weekend.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we continued work on our Hand Puppets. We have almost finished them.

Period C:We began by presenting our Weekend Journals to the class. After we had all presented our Journals we practiced the song we hope to sing at the Year End Assembly, Hallelujah.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Friday May 26th 2017

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 18°C                     LOW : 13°C            P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our Field Trip to the Rouge Valley National Park. We took the Scarborough 86A bus eastbound. We got off the bus at the last stop before the Metro Zoo. We then walked into the park and took what is known as the Vista Trail. After all the rain we have had over the last while it was pretty wet and muddy on the trail but we made it through in good time. We ate our lunch at the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre and then took the bus back to school. Here are some pictures of our trip….    

 

When we got back from our trip we went to the ME Kitchen where we all helped to make some Chocolate Chip Cookies to reward us for doing such a long walk.

We went back to our classroom and had our weekly Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise. Then we had some cookies and then we filled in the Daily Report.

Note to Parents : Monday is a short schedule Staff Meeting Day. Bus p/u at 12:30PM.

Daily Report for Thursday May 25th 2017

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cool….

HIGH : 13°C                     LOW : 12°C            P.O.P. : 100 %

Period A: Mr. Wilkens went with Emily, Mark and Joel to the TDSB Walk for Excellence. We had Mr. Holt as our Occasional teacher. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our picnic lunches for tomorrows field trip to Rouge Valley Park.( Weather permitting )

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued work on our hand Puppets. We have almost finished them.

Period C: We did our weekly Current Events activity. Using articles from the 24 Hour paper we filled in the current events worksheet. We then went for a walk around the school.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : We will be going on a rather long hike tomorrow. Students should bring a water bottle and dress appropriately for the weather.

Daily Report for Wednesday May 24th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

HIGH : 21 °C                     LOW : 12°C           P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes . We went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the  86 Scarborough Bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to McCowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We changed into our gym clothes a went to the upstairs track. After walking on the track we changed into our swim wear and went swimming in the pool.We went to the Scarborough Town Centre Food Court to eat lunch. We then walked to the local Freshco to buy the groceries we will be using tomorrow to make a picnic lunch for our field trip to Rouge Valley park on Friday.We took the TTC back to school where we filled in the Daily Report and had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : No Lunch Provided tomorrow. We will having the Lunch Program lunch on Friday.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 23rd 2017

         

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 21°C                     LOW : 8°C              P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: Mr. Wilkens was away at a dental appointment so we had an on call teacher, Mr. Gocool. Fahim, Ahmed and Emily went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then continued work on our Hand Puppets.  

Period C: We had two special events this afternoon. We began with a workshop called Get Real. It was about inclusion and acceptance. We then went to the Cafeteria where we enjoyed a Jazz Concert put on by college students from Humber College.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : We will be going swimming at the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure that students have swim wear and towel.

Daily Report for Friday May 19th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Warmish….

HIGH : 15°C                     LOW : 7°C              P.O.P. : 10 %

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went for our weekly trip to the computer lab where we worked o various educational programs. We then went back to our classroom where we practiced the song we hope to sing at the Year End Assembly.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Because there was an awful mess created by some contractors, we could not do our work at first. Instead we watched a movie. Near the end of the period when the clean up had been done we did some work on our puppets.

Period C: We started out by resuming practicing our song. We then did a short Yoga session followed by a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise. We then had a treat of freshly baked Cinnamon Rolls.

Period D: We went for a Community walk. We filled in the Daily Report.

Note to Parents : Monday is Victoria Day. School resumes Tuesday May  23^rd

Daily Report for Thursday May 18th 2017

        

Weather for Today:  Sunny and HOT !!!

HIGH : 30°C                     LOW : 20°C            P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: We met in the ME Kitchen. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then began the food prep for our weekly lunch. Fahim and Shakur washed and cut up strawberries for the pie. The Sasitharan Boyz  did their usual exemplary job of setting the table and making the juice. Emily and Rebeca cut up the garish for the Garden Salad. Nerissa prepped the lettuce for the salad. Matthew and Ahmed peeled the potatoes and worked on salad garnish. Fahim and Nerissa set up a breading station and prepped the chicken.

Period B: We met Ms. Queens class, S-7. Today we continued work on our Hand Puppets. We sewed on the eyes after we had made them in a rather intricate process.

We had lunch in ME Kitchen as today was our Lunch Program. We had Oven Baked Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Mixed Vegetables.
Here are some pictures of our lunch...

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen. We all helped to do the dishes and clean up the kitchen. We then had our dessert of Freshly Baked Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Ice Cream. Then we went for a Community Walk. We went to Eastview Park and played around in the Water Park. It was fun.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Wednesday May 17th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and HOT !!!

HIGH : 29 °C                     LOW : 10°C           P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes.  We then went for our first trip back to the YMCA since April ! 

We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to Mc Cowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We walked, and some of us ran, around the indoor track. We then went downstairs to the gym where we played some Badminton. We had a game between Emily and Shakur VS Matthew and Rebeca. Team Matt and Becca won by a score of 5-3. We then went o back to the change room to change back into our street clothes.

We walked to the Food Court at the Scarborough Town Centre to eat our lunch. We then went to Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Fried Chicken Mashed Potatoes with gravy mix vegetables and for dessert we will be making a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie made with freshly picked rhubarb from Mr. Wilkens garden.

We took the TTC back to school, where we had just enough time to fill in the Daily Report and have a short Mindfulness Meditation sitting,.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 16th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Overcast, Light Rain and Warm….

HIGH : 15°C                     LOW : 8°C              P.O.P. : 100 %

Period A: Ahmed, Emily and Fahim went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. Once again we hung up clothes to put on display. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly Current events activity. We cut out pictures from articles in the 24 Hour newspaper and used them to fill in our worksheets. When we had finished our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: Ahmed, Emily and Fahim returned from their co-op placement and met us in S-7. We set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. Today we began another project. We are making Camping Firestarters out of sawdust, wax and egg cartons. Ms. Queen sewed our puppets.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen where we washed the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then returned to Room 200 where Mr. Wilkens treated us to some freshly baked Chocolate Cookies. We then began work on a song that we hope to be able to perform at the Year Assembly. We will be singing the Leonard Cohen song HALLELUJAH. We then went for a Community walk. We did the Go Train Route.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : We will be going back to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students gym clothes and running shoes.

Daily Report for Monday May 15th 2017

        

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

HIGH : 18°C                     LOW : 7°C              P.O.P. : 10 %

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes.  We then began our Weekend Journal activity. We choose an article from the 24 Hour newspaper and used it to fill in the current events worksheet.  Mr. Wilkens and Mark went to the school Mark will be going to next year, Pearson C. I., to find out about his new program.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we started a new project. We will be making some Hand Puppets. We began by stitching together the material that will be the puppets body.

Period C: We did a money math activity using plastic money and the Promethean Board. We then had a class discussion on what we might want to do for the Year End Assembly. We then went for a Community Walk to take advantage of the beautiful weather.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Friday May 12th. 2017

                            

Weather for Today: Partly cloudy and Warmish…

HIGH : 15°C                     LOW : 4°C              P.O.P. : 20 %

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the Computer lab where we worked on various educational programs. We then came back to class where we used the Promethean Board to do some money math activities.

Period B: Ms. Queen was away today so we had an occasional teacher. We watched a movie as well as doing some art activities.

At lunch we went to the Computer lab.

Period C: We had our weekly Yoga session. We did some warm up exercises and then used the Promethean Board to practice a number of different sitting Asana’s.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Thursday May 11th 2017

                 

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warmish…

HIGH : 13°C                     LOW : 6°C              P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went  to the ME Kitchen to finish the prep for today’s Wesak  Feast. We were all very busy getting ready for our guests. We set the table in the Partnership Room, made the garlic bread and Caesar Salad and made the Fruit Punch. Here are some pictures of us getting the feast ready.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We did some art work and also watched some educational videos.

At lunch we welcomed our guests to the Wesak Feast.

Here is a picture of the Vegetarian Lasagna and the Caesar Salad.

Here are some pictures of our guest’s and ourselves enjoying the fantastic meal…  

Period C: We cleaned up from the feast after we had our dessert of Birthday cake and Ice Cream. 

We went back to class where we began filling in yesterday’s Daily Report.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents :

Daily Report for Wednesday May10th 2017

    

Weather for Today: Sunny and Coolish…

HIGH : 11°C                     LOW : 2°C              P.O.P. : 30 %

Period A: Mr. Wilkens was away for Wesak today, we had Mr. Sullivan as our Occasional Teacher.  We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Current Events activity. We choose an article from the 24 Hour Newspaper and used it to fill in our worksheets.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued to work on our multi media projects. We painted the popcorn and glued it on to our pictures. We also finished off our pillows.

Period C: We presented our Current Event worksheets to the class. We went for a Community walk.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 9th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Coolish…

HIGH : 11°C                     LOW : 3°C              P.O.P. : 30 %

Period A: Ahmed, Emily and Fahim went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. Once again we hung up clothes to put on display. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went back to the ME Kitchen to continue work on food preparation for Thursday’s Wesak Feast. Nerissa and Rebeca cut up some Sweet Peppers. Shakur and Matthew helped to clean up. Joel and Mark also helped with cleaning.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. Today we finished off our Canadian Bicentennial Pillows. We also worked on our multimedia Cherry Blossom projects. We glued on popcorn as Cherry Blossoms.

We went to the Computer Lab after lunch.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen where we washed dishes from the Mindfulness lunch and finished up cleaning the kitchen from the work we did this morning. When we had done we went to finish off delivering the Bluffs Monitor Community newspaper.

Period D: We spent the first part of the period delivering papers. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Monday May 8th. 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Coolish….

HIGH : 11°C                     LOW : 1°C              P.O.P. :  30%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to No Frills to buy the groceries for the Wesak feast that we will be having on Thursday. We bought the ingredients for Vegetarian Lasagna.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued work on our Pillow projects. We also worked on Multi Media Cherry Blossom projects.

Period C: We went to the ME Kitchen to prep the vegetables for the lasagna. Matthew sliced the squash. Fahim worked on the squash as well. Rebeca and Emily sliced zucchini and onions. Ahmed and Shakur prepped the carrots. We went back to class and did our Weekend Journals.

Period D: We presented our Journals to the class.We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Friday May 5th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Coolish….

HIGH : 10°C                     LOW : 7°C              P.O.P. : 100  %

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We had our weekly visit to the computer lab. While we were there we worked on various educational programs.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued to work on our Pillow project. We began we began work on the Maple Leaf logo’s we will be attaching to the pillow. Here are some pictures of us working in class…

Period C:  We had our weekly Yoga session. We watched a video which showed us how to do a warm up and then we went to another Web site which demonstrated different standing Asana’s. When we were done we did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Thursday May 4th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Rainy…

HIGH : 11°C                     LOW : 5°C              P.O.P. :  100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Rebeca and Emily cut up the sweet peppers. Ahmed and Matthew cut up the celery and grated the cheese. The Sasitharan Boyz set the table and made the Limeaide. Shakur put raisins in the tart shells and helped with clean up. Fahim browned the ground beef.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued with our Canada          Bi-Centennial Pillow project. Today we used a sewing machine to stitch the pillow covers.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen and washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. When we had finished we had some delicious fresh baked Butter Tarts for dessert. We then went back to Room 200 and got the Bluffs Monitor papers which we delivered in the nearby neighbourhood.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Wednesday May 3rd 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm……

HIGH : 14°C                     LOW : 4 °C             P.O.P. :  10%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly Current Events literacy activity. We cut picture from the 24 Hour Newspaper then completed the Current Event worksheets. When we had all finished with the worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued work on our pillow projects. Today we were sewing the pillow covers.

At lunch we went to the Dance Club where we continued work on the Bruno Mars dance number we hope to have ready for the Year End Assembly.

Period C:  We went for our weekly shopping trip to No Frills. We bought the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Taco’s, Burrito’s, Mexican Rice and Cole Slaw. We will be making some Butter Tarts for dessert.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 2nd. 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and cool…

HIGH : 10°C                     LOW : 9°C              P.O.P. :  100%

Period A: Mark, Joel and Nerissa went to the Track and Field Meet at Birchmount stadium. Mr. Makan went as well. Mr. Wilkens was away this morning, we had Ms. Z for our supply teacher. Fahim, Ahmed and Emily went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. Once again they put clothes on hangers. Rebeca and Mathew did some cleaning in the classroom then went downstairs for some Hot Chocolate.

Period B: Matt and Rebeca went to S-7. They helped to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch . At 10:00 the co-op students returned to class. We worked on our Multimedia cherry blossom projects. Today we glued on the twigs with a glue gun.

Period C: We got the dishes from S-7 and took them to the ME Kitchen to wash. We went back to Room 200 and continued work on our Foods of the World Sorting flipchart. We then planned the menu and made the shopping list for Thursday’s lunch.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Monday May 1st 2017

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cool….

HIGH : 15°C                     LOW : 6°C              P.O.P. :  100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals what we had done over the weekend. When we had finished our writing we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued work on our Pillow projects. Today we sewed together pieces of fabric to make a pillow cover. We finished off the period with some coloring activity.

Period C: Joel, Mark and Nerissa went to the Track and Field  team practice. Since it was raining we had to practice in the gym. The rest of us worked with Mr. Wilkens on our Foods of the World Sorting activity on the Promethean Board.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : Please see letter in communication book re: $3.00 fee for pillow form.