Daily Report for Tuesday January 13th 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and quite Cold.

LOW : -21°C                                    HIGH : -11°C                P.O.P. : 0%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We played various money math games on the Interactive White Board. All of the class did very well identifying and adding different coins and bills.

Period 2: We had our regular Tuesday morning Drama activities. First we played three rounds of musical chairs. Aaron won the first two rounds while Ralph was the winner of the final round. We then did our circle dance activity. We finished off with a game of Sports and Animal Charades.

Period 3: After returning to class to do our Dental Hygiene we went to the Art room. We finished off our Stained Glass drawings and then Mr. Stolte had us sort out different colors of crayons. We also made name tags so we could display our Paper Mache bowls in the upcoming Open House Art Tour.

Period 4 : We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the Daily Report. We then had plenty of time for our daily mediation.

Note to Parents: We will be walking to No Frills for our weekly shopping trip  please make sure the students dress warmly !

Daily report for Monday January 12th 2015

Daily Report for Monday January 12^th 2015.

The Weather Today was: Overcast cold and snowing. 

Low: -1°C                          High: -2°C                     P.O.P 40%

In Class Today: We had a supply who’s name is Mr. Sullivan in for Mr. Wilkens while he is away today.

Period 1: We talked about what we did on the weekend. We met our new co-op student and we did our weekend journals.

Period 2: We gave our Co-op student a tour of our school. Then we started the new sports spelling list. We wrote five sentences using our spelling words.

Period 3: We did our dental hygiene. Then we did math on the smart board. Then we went to yoga with Mr. Tipoff’s class.

Period 4: When we got back we returned the mats to the gym and then we got back and did classroom jobs and did the daily report and a skillful sitting.

Note to Parents: Mr. Wilkens will return tomorrow. 

This report is written by Aaron Rohit.  

Daily Report for Friday January 9th 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Cold

LOW : -10°C                          HIGH : -6°C                            P.O.P. : 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We went to the Computer lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period 2: We delivered the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper to the houses on Payzac and Apscott, two streets near the school. When we had finished delivering the newspapers we had our weekly spelling test.

Period 3: We came to class to do our dental hygiene. Then we went to the Art room where we finished off our Stained Glass Drawings.

Period 4: We did our classroom jobs. Then we filled in the Daily Report. We then had our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: As Mr. Wilkens is away on Monday we will not be going to the YMCA.

Daily Report for Thursday January 8th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Cold

LOW : -13°C                                    HIGH : - 9°C                 P.O.P. : 30%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We all worked at preparing our delicious lunch. We had made the tomato sauce yesterday and we used it to make an amazing pan of Lasagna. Jaran washed the lettuce for the Caesar Salad. Ibby and Stafhan set the table . Kabilan and Laven grated  the mozzarella cheese. Ralph made the fruit punch. Mr. Wilkens gave a demonstration on how to put together  the lasagna then took it to the community kitchen to bake. We almost forgot about the Garlic Bread but luckily Ms. Benyarko found the loaf we baked yesterday so we had our garlic bread as well. It was a great meal enjoyed by all !

Period 2: While we were waiting for the Lasagna to bake we worked on our Current Event activity. We choose articles from the Metro newspaper and then filled in the worksheets.

Period 3: In Art today we continued to work on our Stained Glass drawings. Some of us even finished them.

Period 4: We started the period by having our dessert of Chocolate Brownies with Ice Cream. Then we did our classroom jobs. We then filled in the Daily Report.  We finished off with a skillful sit.

Note to Parents: 

Daily Report for Wednesday January 7th 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Very COLD !!

LOW : -18°C                          HIGH : -15°C                P.O.P. : 10%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We started out the day by prepping the sauce we will be using to make the Lasagna for tomorrow`s lunch. Laven and Robert cut up the peppers..

Stafhan and Ralph had the tear jerking job of cutting up the onions….

Kabilan and Shagee cut up the celery and some Hot Peppers….

Meanwhile, Ibby had the sweet job of making and then putting the icing on the brownies….

Tomorrow we will be even busier putting the whole thing together !

Period 2: In this period it was time for some more traditional school work. We began by working on our addition skills by playing some math games on the Whiteboard. After we all had a turn polishing our computational skills we did individual work on some addition worksheets.

Period 3: We came back to class to do our dental hygiene then went to the Art Room. Today we began making some Stained Glass drawings . We traced some geometric patterns on paper and then coloured the patterns in. Tomorrow we will oil the paper to create a stained glass effect.

Period 4 : We did our classroom jobs. Then we filled the daily report. Then we had our meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow. No lunch needs to be sent 

Daily Report for Tuesday January 6th 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Very Cold !!

LOW :  -12°C                         HIGH : -8°C                  P.O.P. : 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1:  Since it is going to be so cold tomorrow,  Mr. Wilkens decided to take the class grocery shopping today instead. We went to No Frills where we bought the ingredients for Thursday’s Lunch. We will be having Lasagne, Caesar  Salad and Garlic Bread.

Period 2: We did our usual Tuesday Drama Activity. We started out by playing Musical Chairs. Ibrihaim won his first game. Then as usual , Stafhan “The Lion” Kalananthan won the next two rounds. We then had our circle dance activity followed by a game of Animal Charades.

Period 3: After lunch we came back to our class to do our dental hygiene. Then we went  to the Art room where we finished off glazing our Ceramic Tortoise’s. We finished off the period by playing a game of Connect Four.

Period 4 : We did our classroom jobs. Then we filled in the Daily Report. That left us enough time for a truly Skillful sitting.

Note to Parents: 

Daily Report for Monday January 5th. 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny  and  COLD !

LOW : -11°C                 HIGH : -9°C                            P.O.P : 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We began the day by having a class discussion about  what we did over the Christmas Holidays. Then we wrote in our journals about our holiday activities. We also worked on cleaning up the classroom by sweeping and mopping the floors and cleaning of the Meditation Table.

Period 2: We came up with this week’s spelling words. The words for this week are about the New Year. After we had finished writing down the spelling words in our journals we went on line with Promethean Board to do some patterns and geometry.

Period 3: In Art today we began work on the Ceramic Tortoises  that we made a long time ago with Mr. Wilkens. First we all had to help reconstitute the PSH Glazes that Mr. Stolte wants to use up. We did manage to put a first coat of Bean Pot Brown glaze on our tortoises.

Period 4 : We started out by doing our classroom jobs. Then we got a treat when Mr. Wilkens gave us all ( except Jaran) a Cinnamon Bun, fresh from the oven. Then we had a short, yet skillful, sitting.

Note to Parents: