Daily Report for Tuesday April 30th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast and Warmish…

High:  6°C           LOW :  7°C                   P.O.P. : 20%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the Art Room to glaze our Mother’s Day Project.

Period B : We went to No Frills to buy the groceries for lunch program We will be having Spaghetti and Meatballs, Caesar Salad, Garlic Bread and Chocolate Cupcakes for dessert.

Period C: We continued to work on our Paper Mache Platters.

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 29th 2019

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and cold…

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

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We wrote out of Weekend Journal.  Went to the computer lab room 205 to send it to Mr. Wilkens     

Period B : Then we went to the computer lab room 205 to send it to Mr. Wilkens the weekend journal.      

Period C: We went to Mr. Stolte’s Art Room Then we did some coloring.

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

Daily Report for Friday April 26th 2019

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cool…

High:  12°C                   LOW :  8°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the CPC-ML to prepare our lunch. Rebeca cut up the Sweet peppers and the grapes. Vivian and Amena cut up the strawberries , melon and apples. Amena also cut up the pineapple. Fahim and Daidrean cut up the onions. Matthew cut up the mushrooms. Nerushan and Mark set the table. Mark also made the juice. Brandon cut up the oranges and mango.

Period B : We continued with our food prep. Here are some pictures of us making our lunch.

The last half of the period we went to the computer lab.

Period C: We did an interactive Netflix video activity about delivering medicine to a tribe in the jungle. It involved making choices to successfully complete the mission.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday and Thursday April 24 & 25 2019

Due to Practice and Preparation for

the upcoming Track and Field Meet on May 2nd.

we have been unable to fill in the Daily Report for the last two days.

We will be returning to full Daily Reporting beginning 

tomorrow, Friday, April 26th.

Daily Report for Tuesday April 23^rd 2019

Weather for Today: Rainy and Warmish….

High:  13°C                   Low :  8°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A : Amena went to her Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. She was working in the back of the store hanging shirts and shorts. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We made point form notes describing what we had done over the long weekend. When we were done we went to the Computer Lab in Room 204 where we used the notes to make a journal entry using Microsoft Word. We then emailed the document to Mr. Wilkens.

Period B : We continued to work on our journals. When we were done we went to the CPC-ML to help Mr. Wilkens prepare a meal for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We also went to Room S-7 to help set the table for lunch.

Period C: We continued work on our Paper Mache platters. We also made some toilet paper roll flowers.

Period D: Most of the class went to a practice session for the upcoming Track and Field Meet. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday April 18th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish…

High:  14°C                   LOW :  6°C                   P.O.P. : 90%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. On voice we went down to the cafeteria to attend the earth day assembly.

Period B : We went to clean up the outside schoolyard for our earth day activity.

Period C: We went down to the front foyer with Mr. Stolte to participate in the Earth Day Activity.

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 17th 2019

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm….

High:  12°C                   LOW :  1°C                   P.O.P. : 20%

Period A : Brandon went to his Co-op placement at Shoppers Drug Mart. The rest of the class had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the CPC-ML to prepare our Turkey Feast Easter Lunch. Mark set the table all by himself as Nerushan was away. Fahim and Matthew peeled the potatoes and the sweet potatoes. Amena and Daidrean cut up the onions. Vivian cut up the bread for the stuffing. Rebeca cut up the celery. Amena prepped the stuffing. Fahim mashed the potatoes and made the gravy.

Period B : We continued with our lunch prep and also went to the Computer Lab in Room 204 when we had finished the prep.

Period C: We continued with helping to prepare for tomorrow’s Earth Day activities.  

Period D: We went on a Community Walk. We went to the CPC-ML and had Birthday Cake and Ice Cream to celebrate Brandon’s birthday. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Tuesday April 16th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish…

High:  8°C           LOW :  2°C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then made a menu for tomorrow’s Easter Feast. We will be having a Turkey Lunch. We then created a shopping list based on the menu. We walked to No Frills to buy the groceries for the feast.

Period B : When got back from No Frills we went to the CPC-ML to put away the groceries. Rebeca and Amena made the Chocolate Cake we will be eating to celebrate Brandon’s 19^th birthday. We then went back to class and used the IWB to do some Money Math.

Period C: Mark, Matthew and Brandon completed the Earth Day Banner we have been working so hard on. The rest of us were using toilet paper rolls to make supplies for an Earth Day activity.

Period D: We did some classroom clean up. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday April 15th 2019

Weather for Today: Sunny and Coldish…

High:  5°C           LOW:  3°C          P.O.P: 20%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes  We worked on our Weekend Journal.

Period B : Fahim Rebeca and Matthew went to the library for our Graduation Photo Shoot  The others continued to work on their My Weekend Journal on the computer. Once we completed it we e-mailed to Mr. Wilkens.

Period C: We went to the Art Room We continued on our Paper Mache Platters.

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

Daily Report for Friday April 12th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast and Rainy…

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

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the Computer Lab in Room 200 where we worked on individual educational programs. We were then called down to the Library to listen to a presentation on using the resources of the Toronto Public Library.

Period B : We went back to the Computer for a part of the period. We then went back to our classroom where we did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period C: We finished off our Earth Day Collage projects. They will be displayed in the school hallways on Earth Day, next Thursday.

Period D: We began watching a movie on “Toxic Masculinity”. We filled in the Daily Report. 

Daily Report for Thursday April 11th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cold….

High:  2°C           LOW :  0°C                   P.O.P. : 100 %

We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then left to school to go on our Field Trip to The Gibson House Historical Museum. We took the 986 Scarborough Express bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the Line 2 Subway westbound and transferred to the Line 1 Northbound train at Bloor Yonge Station. We got off at the North York Centre Station and walked to the Museum.When we got to the Museum we were greeted by two ladies dressed in the type of clothes worn by the pioneers in 18^th. Century. We went to the kitchen in the old Gibson House we all helped to make some Scones. The Scones were cooked over an open hearth fireplace,  just like in pioneer times. While the Scones were cooking we went on a tour of the house.After the tour we went back to the kitchen where we were able to eat the Scones we had made. 

Here are some pictures of our trip...

We then walked to the North York Centre to eat our lunch in the Food Court. When we had finished our lunch we took the TTC back to school.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday April 10th 2019

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coolish…

High:  7°C           LOW :  3°C                   P.O.P. : 10%

Period A : Brandon went to his Co-op placement at Shoppers Drug Mart. He was kept busy stocking merchandise on store shelves. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the CPC-ML where we prepared our lunch of Tuna Melts with French Fries and Cole Slaw. Fahim peeled and grated the carrots. Mark and Nerushan set the table. Amena and Vivian cut up the Green Onions. Rebeca cut up some celery. Matthew grated the Cheddar Cheese. Daidrean prepped the English Muffins. We then all had a chance to put the Tuna salad on the muffins so Mr. Wilkens could cook them under the broiler.

Period B : We continued with our lunch prep. When we had done we all got help out making some Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert. We then went to the Computer lab in Room 204 to work on individual educational programs.

Here is a pictures of us making our delicious lunch...

Period C: We watched a video about sacred dancing among the Cree indigenous people.

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 9th 2019

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warmish….

High:  11°C                   LOW :  5°C                   P.O.P. : 20%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the CPC-ML to make some paratha’s, a type of South Asian flatbread.

Period B : We continued to work on making the paratha’s.

Period C: We watched a movie about Indigenous hunting traditions.  

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 8th 2019

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warmish….

High:  16°C                   LOW :  4°C                   P.O.P. : 10%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Weekend Journals. We made point form notes of our activities over the weekend. When we had finished making our notes we went to the computer lab in Room 204 and used our notes to create a journal entry using Microsoft Word.

Period B : We continued working on our Weekend Journals. When we had done we emailed the document to Mr. Wilkens. We came back to class where we used the IWB to research foods that the pioneer’s used to eat in 1800’s Ontario.

Period C: We continued work on our Paper Mache Platters. Today we used the pictures we had cut out of magazines to paste on to our platters.

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

Daily Report for Friday April 5th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cold…

High:  3°C           LOW :  2°C                   P.O.P. : 30%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the Computer Lab in Room 204 where we worked on our Life in Pioneer Times research projects.

Period B : We used the IWB to do some Yoga. We did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period C: Mr. Stolte was away today and we had Mr. Turnbull as our  Occasional Teacher. We continued work on our Paper Mache Platters.

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

Daily Report for Thursday April 4th 2019

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold…

High:  5°C           LOW :  0°C                   P.O.P. : 10%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Current Event activity. We cut out a picture from the Metro Newspaper and used it to fill in a worksheet.

Period B : We presented our work to the class. We then went out into the local neighbourhood to finish off delivering the Bluffs Monitor Community newspapers.

Period C:  Amena went to the library for Girls Chat group. The rest of the class continued work on our Paper Mache platters. Today we used paper mache to reinforce our platters.

Period D: We played a game of Musical Chairs. Daidrean won the game.We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday April 3rd 2019

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold…

High:  8°C           LOW :  4°C                   P.O.P. : 20%

Period A : Fahim and Brandon went to their co-op placement at Shoppers Drug Mart where they were kept busy stocking shelves. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the CPC-ML where we prepared our lunch of Sloppy Joes with French Fries and Cole Slaw. Mark and Nerushan set the table. Daidrean and Matthew peeled the potatoes and hand cut them for the Fries. Rebecca cut up the sweet pepper and browned the Ground beast. Vivian peeled and grated the carrots.

Period B : We continued with our lunch prep. When Brandon and Fahim returned from Co-op, Brandon helped to hand cut the potatoes and Fahim helped to cook the Sloppy Joe filling.

Here is a picture of our final product….

When we had finished our lunch prep, we went to the Computer Lab in Room 204 where we began work on a new research project, a look at life in Pioneer Times.

Period C: We continued work on our Paper Mache platters.

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 2nd 2019

Weather for Today: Sunny with a few Clouds and Cool….

High:  7°C           LOW :  1°C                   P.O.P. : 20%

We had a very small class today! The only ones of us to make it to school today were Vivian, Mark, Brandon and Fahim. We had our Mindfulness Minutes.

 We then left school for our trip to the DD Spring Dance at Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got the Line 2 subway westbound to Greenwood Station. We then walked to Danforth CTI.

We had a good time at the dance. There many DD students from all over Scarborough there. Upwards of 200 students attended the event. We even got to see Mr. Wilkens’s wife Michelle, and her class from Ionview PS.

Here are a couple of video’s of us enjoying the festivities.

We left Danforth around 1:00 and took the TTC back to our school. When we got back we filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday April 1st 2019

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold….

High:  3°C           LOW :  -3°C                  P.O.P. : 20%

Period A : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We began by writing out in point form some of what we had done over the weekend. When we had finished making our notes we went to the Computer Lab in Room 204 to create a Word document which we sent to Mr. Wilkens by email.

Period B : We finished off our Weekend reports. We then went out into the neighbourhood to deliver the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper. We were able to finish the Payzac route today.

Period C: In Art class today we continued work on our Paper Mache platters. Today we cut out pictures from magazine’s to use in our project.  

Period D: We used the IWB to begin learning about Self Regulation. We learned a strategy to help with this skill, the process of Deep Breathing. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.