Daily Report for Monday June 26th 2017

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 19°C                     LOW : 13°C            P.O.P. :  70%

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

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We spent the period helping to clean up the classroom.

Period C: We watched a movie on the Promethean Board. The movie was called Up. It was a Disney movie about an old man and his adventures with a young man who was a boy scout.

Period D: We went for a community walk. Today we walked the GO Train route. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : Tomorrow is the last day of school. There will be an early dismissal at 12:00.

Daily Report for Friday June 23rd 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Warm….

HIGH : 22°C                     LOW : 16°C            P.O.P. :  100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went for our weekly trip to the computer lab where we worked on individual educational programs.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we used watercolour paints to do some painting We painted pictures of owls and different birds. We also made some cards to say good bye to Mr. Wilkens and Mr. Makan.

Period C: We had our weekly Yoga activity. Using a Web site on the Promethean Board we did various standing Asanas. We then did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. Today  we did the Go Train Route. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : The class will be having a Pizza lunch on Monday.

Daily Report for Thursday June 22nd 2017

         

Weather for Today: Overcast and Warm….

HIGH : 23°C                     LOW : 12°C            P.O.P. :  100%

Period A: The Sasitharan Boyz went on a special field trip to the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough with Mr. Stolte. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We watched a movie today. The movie was called The Goonies. It was a movie made in 1985. It was about a group of young people who have adventures discovering a pirate ship and lots of treasure.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in Room S-7. We did a review of the course and told Ms. Queen what our favourite parts of the course. Most of us liked making the Tie Dye T Shirts and the Hand Puppets. We also reviewed our acts from yesterday’s Year End Assembly.

After lunch we went to the Computer Lab.

Period C: We finished watching the movie. It was an enjoyable film. We 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.

Daily Report for Wednesday June 21st 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot…..

HIGH : 23°C                     LOW : 13°C            P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the cafeteria for the Year End Assembly. Our class took part in five different acts ! It was a very good assembly, though it did run into our lunch period.

Here are some video’s of our different performances….

                                

After the assembly we went to Mr. Spiers classroom to have a BBQ lunch. We had hamburgers a  bag of chips and pop. For dessert we had Chocolate Ice Cream.

Period C: We watched the video’s of our performances and watched some video’s of Mr. Wilkens classes from previous years. We then went for a long community walk to the newly refurbished Guild Inn.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday June 20th 2017

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy with light rain….

HIGH : 21°C                     LOW : 16°C            P.O.P. :  100%

Period A: Fahim, Emily and Ahmed went to their final day of Co-op at Giant Tiger. They hung clothes to be put on display. The rest of the class began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly Current Events activity. We cut pictures out of the 24 Hour Newspaper and used the paper to fill in our worksheets. When we had done with our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We then set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. When we had done, we went to the cafeteria to practice the acts we will be performing in tomorrow’s Year End Assembly.

After lunch we went on stage to practice with the Dance Club for the assembly.

Period C: Once again we practiced our songs for the assembly. We then went for a Community Walk.

Period D: We began by practicing the jokes we will be telling in our Puppet Show for the Year End Assembly. We then filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : BBQ Lunch tomorrow. Students do not need to bring a lunch.

Daily Report for Monday June 19th 2017

       

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot…..

HIGH : 25°C                     LOW : 17°C            P.O.P. :  40%

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

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We then went to the cafeteria to practice for the Year End Assembly. We practiced doing the Tie Dye T Shirt fashion show. We also practiced the puppet show we will be presenting.

At lunch we practiced our Dance Club act for the Year End Assembly.

Period C: We did a Money Math activity using the programs we had written for the Promethean Board. We went for a Community Walk. We did the Go Train route.

Period D: We went to the cafeteria to practice the song we will be singing at the Year End Assembly. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Friday June 16th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot….

HIGH : 30°C                     LOW : 17 °C           P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch of Sheppard’s Pie with Garden Salad. Ahmed, Matthew, Fahim and Emily peeled the potatoes. Mark and Joel set the table and made the Fruit Punch. Shakur peeled and cut up some carrots for salad garnish. Mark, Ahmed and Fahim cooked the ground beef and celery and onion for the pie.

Here are some pictures of us working in the kitchen.

Here is a picture of the Sheppard’s Pie.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We then went to the cafeteria to practice our Puppet Show on stage. We then went back to class where we watched a movie, Harriet the Spy. Ahmed finished making his Tie Dye T Shirt.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen to clean up and do the dishes. When we had finished the clean up we had our dessert. We had Chocolate Brownies and Ice cream with Chocolate Sauce ! We then went back to Room 200 where did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Period D: We began by joining Ms. Barwell, Ms. Kim and Ms. McClaren’s classes to work on our acts for the Year End Assembly. We will be doing a Fashion show showing off our T Shirts, two songs, We are the Champions and Another Brick in the Wall Part 2. when we went back to class we filled in the Daily Report.

Here are couple of video's of us practicing...

Daily Report for Wednesday June 14th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm….

HIGH : 21 °C                     LOW : 15°C           P.O.P. :  10%

We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our weekly trip to the Scarborough YMCA. We took the Scarborough 86E bus to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan Station. From there we walked to the Y. We got changed into our gym clothes and went upstairs to walk around the indoor track. After walking we went to the gym downstairs and practiced our Badminton skills. We finished off our visit to the Y by using the fitness machines.

After changing back into our street clothes we walked to the Scarborough Town Centre to eat lunch in the Food Court. We met Scottie Forsythe a student who graduated from our class last year. After eating lunch we walked around the Mall for a while before taking the TTC back to school.

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

Note to Parents : Lunch program will be on Friday this week due to a Awards Assembly. Students will need to bring a lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday June 13th 2017

       

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Hot ….

HIGH :28 °C                     LOW : 20°C            P.O.P. : 100 %

Period A: Mr. Wilkens was away for the day. We had Mr. Turnbull as our Occasional Teacher. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly Current Events activity. Using articles from the 24 Hours newspaper we filled in our worksheets. After we had finished our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We began by setting the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then continued work on our latest project, a Tie Dye T-Shirt.

After lunch we went on stage in the Cafeteria to practice our act for the Year End Assembly.

Period C: We practiced our song for the Final Assembly. We then went for a Community walk.

Period D: We were unable to fill in the Daily Report, so we did this report on Wednesday. Instead, we used the Promethean Board to read some stories. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Monday June 12th 2017

   

Weather for Today: Overcast and Hot !!!....

HIGH : 30°C                     LOW : 23°C            P.O.P. :  30%

Period A:Ahmed, Emily and Nerissa left school this morning to go to the Special Olympics Bocce Ball Tournament that is being held in St. Catharines, Ontario over the next three days. The rest of the class began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of the things we had done over the weekend. When we had finished writing in our journals we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we began work on a new project. We are making some Tie Dye T Shirts featuring the Canadian Flag. Today we traced a maple leaf on the shirts and stitched and tied them. We had some extra time at the end of the period so we practiced our song for the Year End Assembly.

After lunch today we went to Dance Club where we practiced our act for the assembly.

Period C: We began by doing a Money Math Activity. We used a program we had written together as a class to practice our money recognition and addition skills. 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 Body Scan exercise.

Daily Report for Friday June 9th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm….

HIGH : 24°C                     LOW : 16°C            P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the Computer Lab where we worked on individual educational programs.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We talked about what has been happening at the Metro Zoo and went on the computer to do some research about big cats. We also worked on the act we will be doing at the Year End Assembly. We were assigned different jokes for our puppets to tell.

Today at Lunch we got to enjoy a school wide Barbeque. We had Hamburgers and Hot Dogs as well as delicious Macaroni and Potato Salad. We also had ice cream for dessert.

Period C: We used the Promethean Board to do some Yoga exercises. After we had done some Yoga we did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period D: We went for Community walk. Today we did the GO Train route. We filled in the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Thursday June 8th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

HIGH : 23°C                     LOW : 11°C            P.O.P. :  0%

Today we went on a Field Trip to the SPEEL Year end Celebration. We took a school bus to the event which was at the Salo Cabato Banquet Hall at Dufferin and Lawrence Ave. W. We picked up students from West Hill C.I. and Lester B. Pearson C.I. before we went to the event. It was a good time where we got some awards and certificate’s for doing Co-op this year. We had pizza and Vegies for lunch and we got to do some dancing after lunch. When we got back to school we filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Daily Report for Wednesday June 7th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm……

HIGH : 21°C                     LOW : 8°C              P.O.P. : 0 %

 We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went for our weekly trip to the Y.M.C.A. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to McCowan Station. We walked to the Y. We got changed into our gym clothes.  We went upstairs to the Indoor Track and walked for a while. We then went back to the change room and got into our swim wear. ( Except for Ahmed, Joel and Mark who failed to bring their swim wear ) After swimming in the pool we got changed back into our street clothes and walked to Scarborough Town Centre where we ate lunch in the Food Court. We then took the TTC back to school.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday, June 6th, 2017

          

Weather for Today: cool and overcast

HIGH :15 °C                     LOW :11 °C            P.O.P. : 100 %

Period A: Emily, Ahmed and Fahim went to their coop placements at the Giant Tiger. The rest  of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the Computer  Room.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in Room S7. We set the table for the Mindfulness Community Lunch. Once we finished with setting the  table we painted with water colours a landscape picture. After  lunch we went to the Dance Club in the Gym.

Period C: We went to the Library for a workshop On Library cards and its facilities for students . We then went to ME Kitchen to wash all the dishes .

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

Note to Parents :

Daily Report for Monday June 5th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Warmish…

HIGH : 16°C                     LOW : 13°C            P.O.P. :  60%

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 writing we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we worked on jokes that we hope to use in an act for the Year End Assembly.

Period C: We went out into the community to finish off the delivery of the Bluffs Monitor Community newspaper. When we got back to school we used the Promethean Board to do some money math exercises.

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

Daily Report for Friday June 2nd 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

HIGH : 19°C                     LOW : 9°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 for the first part of the period. We then went back to our classroom where we practiced the song we will be singing at the Year End Assembly.

Here is a video of us practicing…

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We finished off our Hand Puppets today. We will not be bringing them home today as we will be using them in an act we hope to put on for the Year End Assembly. We began work on the act today by using YouTube to do some research on jokes.

Period C: We had weekly Yoga activity. We used a Web Site, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CITc2AxYnPY that showed us how to do different Standing Asanas. When we had done our Yoga we did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

  

Period D:We were just going out for a Community Walk when the fire alarm went off ! It was a fire drill, not the real thing. When the all clear sounded we went for our Community Walk. When we got back to class we filled in the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Thursday June 1st 2017

   

Weather for Today: Mainly Sunny with a few clouds and Warmish…

HIGH : 17°C                     LOW : 10°C            P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Today we had Hamburgers and Fresh Hand Cut French Fries with Coleslaw. Fahim, Emily and Rebeca peeled and cut the potatoes for the fries. Ahmed and Matthew prepped the Coleslaw. The Sasitharan Boyz set the table and made the Mango Punch.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we finished off the Hand Puppets as well as the Cloth Pencil Cases.

After lunch we went to the Computer Lab.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen. We all helped to clean the kitchen and do the dishes. We then had our dessert of Chocolate Chip Cookies with Vanilla Ice Cream and Fruit Salad. We then began our Level 3 Co-op class activity by delivering the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper to houses in the neighbourhood.

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