Daily Report for Tuesday March 10th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Cool…

LOW : -4°C                            HIGH : 6°C                             P.O.P. : 20%

In Class Today:

Period 1: The class went outside to deliver the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper in the local neighbourhood. When we got back from delivering the papers we wrote in our weekend journals. When we had all finished our journals we presented them to the class.

Period 2: We worked together to come up with this week’s spelling words. The words for this week are all about St. Patrick’s Day. After we had come up with the words we wrote out 5 sentences using different spelling words. We had been invited to a St. Patrick’s Day Lunch and Party by Ms. Appleton’s class so we went to the Partnership Room a little early.

Period 3: In Food School today we did some food prep for tomorrow’s pizza lunch. Aaron, Jaran, Laven and Robert cut up vegetables for the pizza garnish. Kabilan and Stafhan grated mozzarella cheese. Ibby helped to clean the dishes, including the dishes from the lunch party we were at.

Period 4: We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We finished off with daily meditation.

Note to Parents: 

Daily Report for Monday March 9th 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Warmer….

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

Today we went to the YMCA. We took the TTC to the Scarborough YMCA. When we arrived we went upstairs to the indoor track. We walked around the track 28 times for a grand total of 2 miles walking!  When we had done our power walking around the track we went downstairs where we worked out on various fitness equipment. All in all, a healthy day.

After we finished at the Y we walked to the Scarborough Town Centre to eat lunch at the food court. Ms. Moses, one of the co-op students working with our class bought us all some Tim Bits to share. Thanx, Ms. Moses. After lunch we did even more walking, this time around the Scarborough Town Centre. We then took the TTC back to school.

When we got back to school we did our classroom jobs. We then filled in the daily report. We finished off the day with our daily meditation sitting.

  

Note to Parents: The class has been invited to a special lunch by Ms, Appleton`s class. No need to send a lunch in. 

Daily Report for Friday March 6th 2015

The Weather Today was: Mainly Sunny and Cold…

LOW : -17°C                 HIGH : -5°C        P.O.P : 20%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We went to the computer lab where we all worked on various educational programs. The lab has recently been upgraded and we got to use the new machines which are running Windows 7. 

Period 2: We spent the first part of the period working on an Art project. We made some crinkled tissue paper Shamrocks which we will use to decorate the classroom. In the second half of the period we all went to the cafeteria to have our graduation photos taken. The photographers had white shirts, ties and Graduation gowns that we could borrow so that we looked good for our photos.

Period 3: It being Friday there was not a lot to do in the kitchen today. Aaron, Laven and Ibby took the food cart around the school selling Egg Salad Sandwich’s though not too many buyers were to be had. The class also helped to clean the Staff dining room. Later on in the period we all got to eat some apple slices that Mr. McGregor, the occasional teacher in for Ms. S, gave us. 

Period 4: We began the period by having more to eat. Yesterday’s dessert of Lime Jello was very tasty. We then did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We finished up by having our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: YMCA on Monday. Students will need gym wear.

Daily Report for Thursday March 5th 2015

The Weather Today was: Mainly Sunny and COLD !

LOW : -16°C                 HIGH : -9°C                  P.O.P. : 10%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We started out our day by doing the food prep for our regular Thursday lunch. This week we had Hamburger’s, French Fries and Cole Slaw for lunch. Jaran placed the hamburger patties on a baking sheet. Ibby and Robert set the table. Ralph and Kabilan peeled and grated the carrots for the Cole Slaw. Aaron used the electric salad slicer to grate the cabbage for the Cole Slaw. Shagee made the fruit punch. Here are some pictures of us preparing our lunch….

Period 2: Since we did not get a chance to do our weekly Drama activity on Tuesday, we had Drama today. We played three games of musical chairs and since Stafhan was away today we had some different winners. Aaron won two games while Ralph won the other game. During our circle dance activity Aaron made up a new twist to the game whereby  two people got up to dance. We were able to eat our lunch a little early at around 11:00. Here is what our lunch looked like….

Period 3: Ralph and Aaron peeled some squash and stored them in the fridge. Jaran and Kabilan peeled some carrots. Laven was peeling some onions. Ibby cleaned and put away some cutlery. It was a productive day in Food School !

Period 4: We were going to have our dessert but since the Lime Jello had not fully set we will have to have it tomorrow. We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. To end off our day we had our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Tomorrow is Graduation Photo Day. Students should wear a nice shirt and a tie is you wish.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 4th. 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Cold (though not that cold )

LOW : -3°C                   HIGH : 0°C                             P.O.P. : 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We went to the art room to work on our St. Patrick’s day ceramic candle holders. We put on some clay shamrocks and used slip to fill in the joints. Hopefully Mr. Wilkens will be able to bisque fire the pieces this week so that we can glaze them next week.

Period 2: We did our Current event activity. We all picked an article from the Metro paper  and then filled in a worksheet describing the article. After we had all finished our worksheets we presented our findings to the class while Mr. Wilkens used the whiteboard to further investigate what we had learned about. For example, Jaran had chosen an article on a volcano in Chile and we got to see an amazing video of the eruption.

Period 3: We had a great period in food school today. We started out by getting some salad and pizza ! It was very good. After we finished our free food we all helped to clean up the kitchen.

Period 4: We all did our classroom jobs. Then we did some math drills on the whiteboard. Kabilan scored highest on the game. We then filled in the daily report. Finally we had our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch program tomorrow, no lunch needed to be sent in.

Daily Report for Tuesday March 3rd 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast with Snow Flurries

LOW : -17°C                 HIGH : -3°C        P.O.P. : 100%  (5-10 cm.)

In Class Today:

Period 1: In period 1 today we walked to the local No Frills to buy groceries for our lunch on Thursday. We will be having Hamburgers, French Fries and Cole Slaw. We got started a little late because we were waiting for Aaron’s bus to get here so we studied for the spelling test while we waited.

Period 2: After we got back from our trip to No Frills we had our spelling test. This week’s words were about Black History Month. Most of the class did quite well with two perfect papers !

Period 3: We had another busy day in food school getting ready for tomorrows Pizza lunch. Robert, Stafhan and Jaran grated the mozzarella cheese. Kabilan, Ralph and Laven chopped up some vegetables for pizza garnish. Ibby and Shagee helped to clean the kitchen.

Period 4: We did our classroom jobs. There was a little confusion because we switched the jobs for the month but once everybody figured out their new job it went smoothly. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday March 2nd 2015

The Weather Today was: Partly cloudy and cold….

LOW : -7°C                            HIGH : -3°C                  P.O.P. : 20%

In Class Today:

Today we did our weekly trip to the Scarborough YMCA. When we got to the Y we started out by going upstairs to the indoor track. We walked around  the track for approx. one mile then went back downstairs where we changed into our swim wear and went to the pool. After swimming in the pool we changed back into our clothes. We then went to the food court at the Scarborough Town Centre to eat our lunch. After lunch we walked around the mall for a while then it was time to head back to school.