Daily Report for Wednesday, February 28th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish….  

High:  13°C                   LOW : 2°C          P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We came up with a menu for tomorrow’s lunch. We then made a shopping list of the groceries we will need to make lunch tomorrow. We then walked to No Frills to buy the groceries. We will be having Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and mix vegetables. For dessert, we will be having chocolate pudding.

Period B: When we got back from No Frills we took the groceries we had bought to the ME Kitchen. We then used the IWB to do some numeracy activities.

Period C: Today in Ms. Queen’s class we were working on our fabric pencil cases. We were sewing the fabric by hand today.

Period D: We once again used the IWB to do some sequencing and ordering activities.. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday February 23rd 2018

Weather for Today: Light Rain and Coldish….

High:  7°C           LOW : -3°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we left school for our field trip to Harbourfront. We took the Scarborough 86 bus westbound to Kennedy Station. We got on the Line 2 subway to Yonge and Bloor Station. We transferred to the Line 1 subway and went south to Union Station where got 509 LRT which took us to Harbourfront. We went into the Harbourfront Centre where we saw a demonstration of Glassblowing.

 

Then we ate our lunch at some tables. We then went for a tour of some the Art galleries there. Next, we went to the Power Plant building where we saw some more art.

 After visiting the Art Shop we finished off our trip by checking out the Queens Quay Terminal.

We then took the TTC back to school in time for the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday February 22nd 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish….

High:  2°C           LOW : -2°C                   P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare lunch. Ahmed and Mark set the table. Amena and Rebeca prepped all of the garnish for the Green Salad. Brandon and Fahim grated the two kinds of cheese. Shakur prepped the lettuce. Fahim made the Chocolate Pudding.

Here are some pictures of us making our lunch…

Here is a picture of the Mac and Cheese…

Period B: We continued with food prep. We went back to the classroom where we did some work on the IWB as well as practicing our assembly song.

Period C: We cleaned the kitchen and the dishes and then had our dessert. We went back to S-7 where we did some laundry as well as practicing our song.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday February 20th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Light Rain and Warmish…

High:  12°C                   LOW : 4°C          P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: Amena went to her Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then wrote in our Weekend Journals.

Period B: We went to the gym to join Ms. McDonald’s class for gym. Today we did the Twelve minute run. Then we played a game called Holy Moly. It involved running across the gym and trying not to lose your tabs. Rebeca was “it” and she did a good job catching other players. Here is a video of us playing Holly Moly.

 Then we played a game of Monster Ball. It was a lot of fun as well.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We cleaned up the dishes from the Mindfulness lunch. We began a new project today. We are making pencil cases out of cloth.

Period D: We practiced the song we hope to be singing next Monday at the Black History Month Assembly. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday February 15th 2018

Weather for Today:  Overcast and coldish…

High:  8°C           LOW : 4°C          P.O.P. : 70%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the computer lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period B: We used the IWB to do some yoga exercises. Then we did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We watched a movie about a wedding. It was an enjoyable movie.

Period D: We went for a  Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report.   We used the IWB to do some research about Harbourfront.

Daily Report for Wednesday February 14th 2018

Weather for Today:  Sunny and Coldish…

High:  5°C           LOW : -2°C                   P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We started off the day in the ME Kitchen.  We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we began the final preparation for today's Valentine’s Day Feast. We all helped out setting the tables in Room S-7. We also worked in the kitchen putting the final touches on the fabulous feast of Spaghetti with Meatballs, Caesar Salad and Garlic Bread.

Period B: We went back to our classroom where we finished off the Valentines Day cards we will be giving to Ms. Gregersen’s class when they get here. Our guests arrived and we all went to the partnership room where we decorated some cupcakes that we will be having for dessert. Here are some pictures of us decorating our Valentine’s Day Cupcakes….

We went to S-7 and joined Ms. Barwell’s class and Ms. Gregersen's class from Ionview Public school for the Feast. Here are some pictures of our guests and us enjoying the fine repast…..

Period C: We spent the entire period cleaning up in S-7 and the ME Kitchen. It was quite the cleanup, but it was worth it as we all had a great time and a great meal!

Period D:. We began to fill in the Daily Report. At 2:50 we were called down to the cafeteria for the Maplewood Valentines Dance!

Daily Report for Tuesday February 13th 2018

Weather for Today:  Partly Cloudy and Cold…

High: - 5°C          LOW : -16°C                 P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Fahim, Ahmed, Brandon, Mark, Matthew and Nerissa went to the Special Olympics Bocce Ball Tournament in Whitby. They took a school bus there and competed with many other schools in an invitational tournament. Amena went to her co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of the class made some Valentine’s Day cards to give to our guest’s tomorrow.

Period B: We went to the ME Kitchen to do some more food prep for tomorrows Valentine’s Day Feast. Amena and Rebeca washed and spun dried the lettuce. Nerushan and Shakur helped to clean the kitchen and prepare the Garlic Bread.

Period C: We continued to work on our Binder Covers’ for the first part of the period. We then helped to set up the tables and chairs for tomorrow’s feast.

Period D: We worked some more on the Valentine’s Day Cards. The Bocce Ball team got back from the tournament. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday February 12th 2018

Weather for Today:  Sunny and Cold…

High: - 5°C          LOW : - 7°C                  P.O.P. : 20%

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

Period B: We went to the gym where most of us changed in to our gym wear. We then did a 12 minute run. After the run we played a couple of games using the volleyball nets. Here is a video of us playing a game….

Period C: We continued work on our binder covers. Today we did some sewing for the covers.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. When we got back to class we had some Hot Chocolate and Sticky buns.  We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday February 9th 2018

Weather for Today: Snowy and cold…

High: -5°C           LOW :-9 °C                   P.O.P. :100 %

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we delivered the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper in the local neighbourhood .

Period B: We started out by having Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Then we did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We made some covers for our binders then we had some cookies and apples to eat.

Period D.We began work on a flipchart for the IWB. It will be a sorting activity that shows what to put into the Blue bin, Green bin and the Garbage. We filled in the Daily Report. 

Daily Report for Thursday February 8th 2018

Weather for Today: Light Snow and Cold...... 

High: -7°C           LOW : -13°C                 P.O.P. :100 %

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Ahmed, Shakur and Fahim peeled and grated the carrots. Nerissa washed and spun dried the lettuce. Mark and Nerushan set the table. Matthew, Rebeca and Amena peeled the potatoes and used the fry cutter to make the French fries.

Period B: We continued with the food prep. We then went to the gym to watch the Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Period C: We went back to the ME Kitchen to clean up. Ms. Queen was extremely thorough and as a result it took us all period to do the job.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday February 7th 2018

Weather for Today: Snowy and Cold….  

High: -5°C           LOW : -9°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A:& B: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to begin the food prep for next week’s Valentine‘s feast.  Amena and Rebeca cut up the celery and onions. Nerissa and Fahim Ahmed and Mark Nerushan made the hamburger patties.  

Period C: We went to Ms. Queen’s classroom  and worked on our binder project.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday, February 6th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and COLD…  

High: -5 °C          LOW : -9°C                   P.O.P. : 20 %

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We began by making s a shopping list for our trip to the grocery store. We will be having Hamburgers and French Fries on Thursday and Mr. Wilkens would like us to start on the food prep for next week’s Valentine’s Day Feast. We checked out the grocery store flyers on line and found out the Food Basics had a good price for ground beef. We walked to the nearby Food Basics and purchased almost  $100.00 worth of groceries!

Period B: Since we had so much to buy we were too late to join the gym class. We went to the ME Kitchen and put away the groceries. We also began some food prep for the Feast.

Period C: We went to S-7 for our class with Ms. Queen. Today we  began by doing the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. We then went to the ME Kitchen where Ms. Queen showed us what we will be doing to organize the kitchen.

Period D: We delivered the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday February 5th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and COLD…

High: -8°C           LOW : -15°C                 P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then wrote in our Weekend Journal. We also used the IWB to research a song that we could perform for the Black History Assembly on Feb. 26^th. We decided that we will perform Waving Flag by K’naan Here is a link to the video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJSt4wP2ME

Period B: We went to the gym to join with Ms. McDonald’s class. We will be joining this class on Monday’s and Tuesday’s. Today we did a 12 minute run, some Yoga stretches and we played some badminton.  

Period C: We started a new class today with Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we talked about some of the things we will be doing in the class.

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

Daily Report for Friday February 2nd 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and CCCCCOLD !  

High: -10°C                  LOW : -17°C                 P.O.P. : 30%

We went to the ME Kitchen were we prepped our lunches. We had a short session of Mindfulness Minutes.

We then left school to go to Allen Gardens. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We then got on the Line 2 subway westbound to Sherbourne Station. We went out onto the street and got on the 75 Sherbourne southbound to Gerrard  St. We then walked to Allen Gardens.

It was warm and beautiful inside the big greenhouse. 

We explored the different habitats in the Gardens and saw turtles, Koi and many different types of plants.

It was a great place to visit on such a cold wintry day !

We then made a walk through the frigid cold to College Park where we ate the lunch that we had made at the Food Court. We then took the Line 1 subway northbound to Yonge-Bloor Station where we got on the Line 2 subway eastbound back to Kennedy Station then back on the Scarborough 86 to school.

We got back in time have some well deserved Hot Chocolate and fill in the Daily Report.

Note to Parents : Please ensure that students bring gym clothes to school on Monday. This includes running shoes !