Daily Report for Monday April 30th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm….

High:  16°C                   LOW :  3°C                   P.O.P. :  0%

Period A : Today was a short day staff meeting schedule. It was also Grad Photo day so Ahmed, Nerissa and Shakur went to the library to have their Grad Photo taken. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of the things we did over the weekend.

Period B : We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. Today we practiced our basketball and badminton skills.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today Ms. Queen showed us an old-fashioned hand held sewing machine. We all got a chance to use it.

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

Daily Report for Friday April 27th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warmish…

High:  14°C                   LOW :  2°C                   P.O.P. :  40%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went out to finish the delivery the Bluffs Monitor Community newspaper. When we had finished delivering the newspapers we went to the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period B : We used the IWB to listen to a Dhamma talk about body awareness and mindful breath meditation. We then had a Body Scan Mindfulness Meditation exercise.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We watched a movie called Chika Chika Bang Bang.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. As we did a body scan in the morning we did not have to do a sit.

Daily Report for Thursday April 26th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

High:  14°C                   LOW : 20 °C                 P.O.P. : 10 %

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Which actually was a brunch. Ahmed supervised Nerushan and Mark while they set the tables in Partnership Room. We had to use the Partnership Room because we had invited Ms. Myers-Taylor`s class to join us for brunch. Rebeca put the bacon on trays as well as making the French Toast. Fahim, Brandon and Amena peeled the potatoes for the Home Fries. Matthew cracked the eggs for the Scrambled Eggs as well as the French Toast.

Period B : We continued with the food prep. In the last part of the period, we went the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Here are some pictures of us prepping our Brunch…

Period C: We began the period by cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes. We then went to S-7 where did some art activity.

Period D: We went outside to deliver the Bluffs Monitor Community paper. We filled in the Daily Report. We had just enough time for a short Mindfulness Meditation sit.

Daily Report for Wednesday April 25th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Cool….

High:  11°C                   LOW : 8°C          P.O.P. : 100%

We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We the RT to McCowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We went to the Family change room and got into our gym clothes. We then went upstairs to the indoor track where we walked for almost 2 kilometers. We then went downstairs and worked out on various fitness machines... We then walked to Scarborough Town Centre where we ate our lunch in the Food Court. When we had finished lunch we went the Walmart in the mall to buy the groceries for tomorrows’ lunch. We then took the TTC back to school. We went to the ME Kitchen to put away the groceries.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday April 24th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Warm…

High:  16°C                   LOW : 6°C          P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: Co-op was canceled today so that everybody in the class could enjoy the Earth Day festivities. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We were called down to the cafeteria for an Earth Day Assembly. We learned a lot about environmentalism and especially how dangerous plastic water bottles were for the environment.

Period B: We were able to participate in three different Earth Day activities. We started out by going outside in the courtyard where we were able to work with Ms. Myers Taylor who showed us how to plant some Spider Plants in Mason Jars. Here is a picture of what we made… 

We then went to the next activity where we were able to make Earth Day medallions out of wood and beads. Here is a picture of us working on our medallions.

To finish off our activities we were able to paint some of the rocks that we had been prepping in Ms. Queens class. Here are some pictures of us working on this activity….

Here is a picture of the finished product...

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We went outside to take part in a Community Clean-up.

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

Daily Report for Monday April 23rd 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

High:  16°C                   LOW : 1°C          P.O.P. : 0%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journals. We wrote in our journals some of the things we did over the weekend. When we had finished writing we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We did a twelve-minute run. We then did some stretching exercises. We finished off with a game of Basketball.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we were preparing for tomorrow`s Earth Day by painting rocks to look like Ladybugs.

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

Daily Report for Friday April 20th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish…

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

We had our Mindfulness Minutes.  We then went on our field trip to Toronto City Hall. We took the 198 Rocket Express Scarborough College to Kennedy Station. We took the Line 2 Subway westbound to the Bloor Yonge station where we transferred to the Line 1 subway southbound. We got off at Queen Station and walked to Nathan Phillips Square. We then went to the City Hall where we walked around a saw different aspects of the building. We saw an art exhibit of art that was created by a young woman with Autism. We could not see the Council Chambers as they were being used for a private function.

We walked to the Eaton Centre where we ate our lunch. We then walked to  Berczy Park, a park Ahmed had discovered while reading a pamphlet he picked up at City Hall.

Here is a picture of us at the park…

 We took the TTC back to school and arrived with just enough time to fill in the Daily Report. No time for a sit, so we will have double down on our Mindfulness on Monday !

Daily Report for Thursday April 19th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coolish…

High:  4°C           LOW : 0°C          P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Mark and Brandon set the table. Ahmed helped with clean up as well as peeling some potatoes. Fahim also helped with cleaning. Rebeca prepped the celery for the Tuna Salad mix for the melts. Amena grated the carrots for the Cole Slaw. Amena and Rebeca then buttered the English Muffins and portioned out the tuna mixture.

Period B: We continued with our lunch prep. We all took turns making the Tuna Melts by putting the tuna mixture and cheese on the toasted English Muffins.

Here are some pictures of us prepping our delicious lunch.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen the ME Kitchen. We all helped to clean the kitchen and do the dishes. We then had our dessert of Jello. We went to S-7 where we were working on a new project by painting rocks for use on next Tuesdays Earth Day Celebrations.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday April 18th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish…

High:  5°C           LOW : 1°C          P.O.P. : 30%

We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We the RT to McCowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We went to the Family change room and got into our gym clothes. We then went upstairs to the indoor track. After walking 2 kilometers on the track we went swimming in the pool. The water was a little cool, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. We got back in to our street clothes and walked to the Scarborough Town Centre. We ate lunch in the food court. We then walked to the local Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch of Tuna Melts, Cole Slaw, and French Fries.

We went to the ME Kitchen where we put away the groceries. We watched Mr. Wilkens demonstrate making Jello for tomorrow’s dessert.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday April 17th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cold….

High:  1°C           LOW : -1°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: Ahmed, Fahim and Amena went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. Today we were hanging up clothes. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of 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. McDonald in the gym. We had some free time to practice our basketball skills. We then did the 12-minute run. Ms., McDonald then led us in some stretching exercises. We then played a game of Floor Hockey. Brandon and Nerissa were amazing in goal.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we continued work on our latest project, Fabric Pot Holders.

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

Daily Report for Friday April 13th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Coolish and Rainy…

High:  4°C           LOW : 1°C          P.O.P. : 100 %

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. We then had Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We started a new project today. We will be making fabric Pot Holders.

Period D: We went on a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Thursday April 12th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Coolish…

High:  10°C                   LOW : -3°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prep our lunch of Beef Stir-Fry, Chow Mein Noodles and Fried Rice. Amena and Rebeca cut up the sweet red peppers and onions. Matthew and Brandon prepped the broccoli and onions. Ahmed prepped the celery. Mark and Shakur set the table. Fahim prepped the carrots.

Here are some pictures of us preparing and enjoying our lunch…

Period B: We went to S-22 where we joined Ms. McDonald’s class for a session of Yoga.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We went to the ME Kitchen to clean up and do the dishes. When we had finished we went back to S-7 and had some Birthday Cake to celebrate Brandon’s birthday.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday April 11th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Cool and Rainy…

High:  5°C           LOW : -3°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

 We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We the RT to McCowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We went to the Family change room and got into our gym clothes. We then went up stairs to the indoor track where we walked for almost 2 kilometers. We then practiced our badminton skills in the 2^nd floor gym. We then walked to Scarborough Town Centre where we ate our lunch in the Food Court. When we had finished lunch we walked Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrows’ lunch. We then took the TTC back to school. We went to the ME Kitchen to put away the groceries. We also helped Mr. Wilkens to make the Birthday Cake which we will be having tomorrow to celebrate Brandon’s 18^th birthday. When we had finished in the kitchen we had just enough time to fill in the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Tuesday April 10th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coldish…

High:  5°C           LOW : -2°C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: Kanti was away today and we had Ms. Kent as our EA. Amena, Ahmed and Fahim went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. They were kept busy hanging pants. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did a money math activity. We began by handing out some plastic money. Then Mr. Wilkens pulled up one of our Money Math flipcharts on the IWB. We then had to come up with different amounts of money.

Period B: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We began by walking/running around the gym. We then played a game of Holy Moly. Then we played with a big parachute. After that we played floor hockey.

Period C: Ms. Queen was back in class today. We began by cleaning the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then watched a movie called “The Wedding Singer”.

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

Daily Report for Monday April 9th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coldish….

High:  3°C           LOW : -5°C                   P.O.P. : 30%

We began our day with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then left school to go on a field trip to the City TV station. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the Line 2 Subway and went to the Yonge Bloor station. We transferred to the Line 1subway and went to Dundas Station. We got off at Dundas and walked across the Yonge/Dundas Square to the City TV building.

We were given a tour of the station by a nice lady named Teresa. She showed us many different parts of the station. We saw two control rooms, one for City TV and one for the Omni network. We also got to go out to the terrace where they film shows when the weather is nicer.

When we had finished the tour we walked back to the Eaton Centre and went to the Food Court there, where we ate our lunch. After we had finished our lunch we walked around the mall for a while.

We got back on the subway and came back to school. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

. Daily Report for Friday April 6th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, light flurries’ and Coldish…

High:  4°C           LOW : 3°C          P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went out to finish our delivery of the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper. When we got back to school we went to the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period B: We did some Yoga Asanas with the help of a video we watched on the IWB. We then did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Period C: Ms. Queen was away again today so once again we had Mr. Turnbull as our Occasional teacher. We watched a movie called Parent Trap.

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

Note to Parents: We will be going on a field trip to City TV on Monday. Students will need a bag lunch or $ for lunch.

Daily Report for Thursday April 5th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coldish..

High:  2°C           LOW : -7°C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: Nerissa went to her co-op placement at Giant Tiger where she worked at folding clothes. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prep our lunch of Sloppy Joe’s, French Fries and Cole Slaw. Amena, Matthew and Rebeca prepped the fries by peeling the potatoes and cutting them up with a French fry press. Fahim cut up the red Sweet Pepper. Mark and Brandon set the table. Ahmed browned the ground beef with some help from Brandon. Fahim and Ahmed made the Sloppy Joe filling. Brandon and Matthew peeled and grated the carrots for the Coleslaw.

Period B: We continued with the food prep for half the period. We then went to the Computer lab to work on individual educational programs.

Period C: Ms. Queen was away again so we had Mr. Turnbull as our occasional teacher. We met in the ME Kitchen where we cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishes. We then had our dessert of the Chocolate Chip Cookies that we made yesterday.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish….  

High:  4°C           LOW : 3°C          P.O.P. : 70%

Period A: Fahim, Ahmed, and Amena went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of what we had done over the weekend. When we had finished we presented our journals to the class.

Period B: We went outside to deliver the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper. We did 2/3 of our route by delivering the papers to all the houses.   

Period C: Ms. Queen was away again today so we had Mr. Choudary as our Occasional Teacher.

Period D: We did some numeracy activities on the IWB. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.