Daily Report for Thursday May 31st 2018

Weather for Today: Rain then Sunny and Hot !

High:  28°C                   LOW :  19°C                 P.O.P. :  30%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Then we began our lunch prep. Mark and Nerushan set the table. Amena cut up the sweet pepper. Rebecca cut up some cucumber. Fahim and Ahmed cut up some celery. Matthew peeled and grated the carrots.

Period B : We continued with our lunch prep. We then went to the computer lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We went outside to deliver the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper.

Period D: We cleaned up the classroom/kitchen. We celebrated Amena’s birthday with Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday May 30th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot…..

High:  26°C                   LOW :  19°C                 P.O.P. :  10%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We took 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 downstairs to use various types of fitness equipment. 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 Hamburgers, Fries and Cole Slaw.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday May 29th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot…

High: 26 °C                   LOW :  17°C                 P.O.P. : 20 %

Period A : Mr. Wilkens was  away for the day so we had Mr. Syed as our Occasional teacher Ahmed , Amena and Fahim went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes.We did Money Math With play money.

Period B : We went to the gym Ms. McDonald was away for the day so we had Mr. Mariani as our occasional teacher we did warm up and 12-minute run.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7 We went to the Computer Lab to find funny jokes for our Year  End Presentation with our puppets

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

Daily Report for Monday May 28th 2018

Daily Report for Monday May 28^th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and HOT !

High:  30°C                   LOW :  19°C                 P.O.P. :  10%

Period A : Today is a short day Staff Meeting schedule. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our weekly journal writing activity.

Period B : We went to the gym and changed into our gym clothes. We had some free time art the start of the period. We then played a game using foam bats and bowling pins

Period C: Ms. Queen was away so we had Mr. Sullivan as our occasional teacher. We went outside to enjoy the beautiful day !

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

Daily Report for Friday May 25th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot….

High:  29°C                   LOW :  18°C                 P.O.P. :  10%

 Today we went on our field trip to Rouge Valley Urban Park. We took the Scarborough 86A bus northbound. We got off at the second last stop the bus makes. We walked to the park. We then walked along the Vista Trail. Here are some pictures of us walking the trail……

We walked for about 4 kilometres before we turned back. When we got back to the start of the trail we had our picnic lunch. Here is a picture of the lunch…

Here are some pictures of us enjoying our delicious lunch…

Some of us were so tired from the hike they had to have a nap...

After lunch we got on the bus a came back to school. When we got back to school we met Ms. Queen in the library where we worked on individual educational programs on the library computers.

We filled in the Daily Report and then had our weekly Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Daily Report for Thursday May 24^th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot….

High:  28°C                   LOW :  13°C                 P.O.P. : 10%

The whole class went on a trip to Birchmount Stadium to compete in the Annual Barrier Free Track and Field Meet. We took a school bus to the meet at around 9:15. We got to the stadium and got our numbers and Maplewood shirts. We then took part in the meet. We participated in a number of events like the 80 metre dash, Standing and Running Long jump and the 400 metre relay. Here are some video’s of some of the competition’s.

When we got back to school at 2;30 we had time to do the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Wednesday May 23rd. 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot….

High:  25°C                   LOW :  18°C                 P.O.P. :  0%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We walked to Food Basics to buy the groceries to make a picnic lunch for Friday’s field Trip to Rouge Valley Park.

Period B : We prepped the food for Friday’s picnic lunch. Amena cut up the celery. Matthew cut up the green onions. Ahmed and Fahim helped to make the Bean Salad. Brandon cut up some celery and some sweet peppers.

Period C: We worked on our Handbags and Pillows.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday May 22nd 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Warmish….

High: 25 °C                   LOW :  17°C                 P.O.P. :  20%

Period A : Ahmed, Fahim and Amena wen to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then helped Mr. Wilkens make some Vegetarian Chili for this week’s Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. At the last part of the period we did some money math activities on the IWB.

Period B : We went to gym with Ms. McDonald’s class. We did the 12 minute run. We then did some stretching exercises and we finished off with some badminton.

Period C: We continued work on our handbags and pillows.

Period D: We went to the track field at Borden to practice for Thursdays Track and Field Meet at Birchmount Stadium. Here are some video’s of us practicing our  running….

Daily Report for Thursday May 17th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot…

High:  23°C                   LOW :  10°C                 P.O.P. :  10%

We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on the Field Trip to Springboard Day Program. We walked up to Lawrence and took the Lawrence 54 bus to Midland. The Springboard program facility was right on the north west corner of Lawrence and Midland. We had a tour of the facility and saw the classrooms, the computer room and the kitchen. We were given some papers about the program to take home to our parents.

When we had finished our tour we got on the LRT to Scarborough Town Centre where we ate lunch in the Food Court. We then took the TTC back to school.

Period C: We continued work on our pillows and Handbags.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday May 16th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish….

High:  21°C                   LOW :  9°C                   P.O.P. :  20%

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. 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 Pierogis’ and Garden Salad.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday May 15th 2018

Weather for Today: Rainy and Coolish….

High:  20°C                   LOW : 17°C        P.O.P. :  100%

Period A : Ahmed, Amena and Fahim went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then used the IWB to write a Flipchart program about Money Math.

Period B : We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We did our 12 Minute run. We then played a game of Holy Moly. We then had a game of indoor soccer.

Period C: We worked on our latest projects. Some of us are making pillows while some of us are making handbags.

Period D: We walked to Sir Robert Borden track field to practice for the upcoming Track Meet at Birchmount Stadium

Daily Report for Monday May 14th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Quite Warm…

High:  24°C                   LOW :  7°C                   P.O.P. :  10%

Period A : Brandon and Nerissa went to the Special Olympics Media Event at Toronto Police H.Q. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of the things we had done over the weekend. When we had all finished writing in our journals we presented our work to the class.

Period B : We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We began with the Twelve Minute Run. Then we went outside to practice our baseball skills.

Here are some videos of Mark and Fahim doing hteir thing....

Period C: We began a new project today. Those of us who made a pillow in Ms. Queens class last year, will be making some fabric handbags. Those who did not make a pillow last year will be making one this year.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday May 8th 2018

Daily Report for Tuesday May 8^th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hotish….

High:  °C             LOW :  °C            P.O.P. :  %

Period A : Amena and Fahim went to their co-op p[placement at Giant Tiger. Ahmed and Nerissa went on the Walk for Excellence. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. The rest of us used the IWB to find some images that we will be using to make a Wesak banner to put in the hall outside of our classroom.

Period B : We went to the ME kitchen to make some Chocolate Chip Cookies. Fahim read out the recipe and told us what we needed for the “Mise en Place” ( getting all of the needed ingredient’s together prior to making the cookies ) We then all took turns measuring out the different ingredient’s. We used the Mixer to mix the cookie dough then we all made some cookies. Mr. Wilkens then baked off the cookies.

Period C: We continued to work on our Floral decorated Potholders.

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

Daily Report for Monday May 7th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish…

High:  16°C                   LOW : 9 °C                   P.O.P. :  0%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We did the Daily Report from last Friday that we did have enough time for on Friday. Then we did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of the things that 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. McDonald in the gym. We began with the 12 minute run. We then warmed up by using the parachute. Here is a video of us using the parachute…

 

After we had warmed up we played a game of indoor soccer.

Period C: We continued working on our Mother’s Day project, a floral decorated potholder.

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

Daily Report for Friday May 4th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warmish…

High:  24°C                   LOW :  18°C                 P.O.P. :  40%

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 a session of Hatha Yoga. We did some breathing exercises and also some Asanas. We then did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period C: We continued work on our fabric Potholders.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. Since it was so nice out we walked all the way to the Guild Inn. We did not have time to fill in the Daily Report. 

Daily Report for Thursday May 3rd 2018

Weather for Today: Rainy and Hot ( Humid! )…..

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

Period A : Nerissa went to her co-op placement at Giant. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen where we watched Mr. Wilkens make some Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Period B : Mr. Wilkens then demonstrated various types of cuts used in cooking. He showed us how to cut julienne strips as well as three types of dice, small, medium and large. We then got a chance to practice making various cuts.

Here are some pictures of us practicing our knife skills.

Period C: We started a new project today. We will be making florally decorated potholders. Hopefully, we have them done in time for Mothers Day.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday May 2nd 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Hotish…

High:  25°C                   LOW :  18°C                 P.O.P. : 40 %

We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We had to wait for Mark to get here as his bus was late. When Mark got here we took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the Line 2 subway and took it all the way to High Park Station. That’s 25 stops ! We then walked to High Park. Unfortunately the Cherry Blossoms had not come out yet. We still had a good time. We saw different animals, like Llama’s, Reindeer, Bison and Emu’s. We ate our Picnic lunch beside Grenadier Pond. At around 12:30 we started walking back to the subway. We got on the subway at High Park and came back to school.

Here is a picture of Shakur trying to pull a sword from a stone, just like King Arthur….

 

Here is a picture of all of us standing on some stairs in the park…

When we got back to school we filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sit.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 1st 2018

Weather for Today: Partly cloudy and quite warm….

High:  25°C                   LOW :  5°C                   P.O.P. : 40 %

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We walked to Food Basics to buy the groceries that we will need to make a picnic lunch for tomorrow’s field trip to High Park.

Period B : When we got back from Food Basics we went to the ME Kitchen to drop off the groceries. We then went out to the field to take pictures for Sports teams and Clubs. When we had finished we went to the gym where we got to practice our basketball skills.

Period C: We went to the ME Kitchen to make our picnic lunch for tomorrow. We made Curry Chicken Wraps and Cole Slaw.

Period D: We finished packing our lunches. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.