Daily Report for Monday April 13th 2015

The Weather Today was: Partly Cloudy and Warm…

LOW : 4°C          HIGH : 17°C                 P.O.P. : 60%

Today we went on our weekly trip to the Y.M.C.A. We took the TTC to the Y and when we got there we went upstairs to the indoor track where we walked for 2 miles ! When we had finished walking around the track we went downstairs where we all did 15 minutes on the treadmill.  We then went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre to eat lunch. After lunch we went to Walmart where Ms. Benyarko bought a fitness elastic. We took the TTC back to school. We did our classroom jobs, filled in the daily report and ended our day with our daily meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday April 10th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and warmer…

LOW : 8°C          HIGH : 14 °C                          P.O.P : 30%

In Class Today:

Period 1: In period one we had our weekly visit to the Computer lab. We worked on a variety of educational programs.

Period 2: We began the period by doing a word search consisting of words from our weekly spelling list. We then did a test of our spelling. This week the words were about Easter, and the class as a whole did very well. When we had finished the test we used the whiteboard to do some math drills.

Period 3: Since it was a Friday we did not have any food prep to do. We spent most of the period cleaning the kitchen and we also delivered some food orders.

Period 4: We finished off our math drill exercise. We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA on Monday. Students need gym wear.

Daily Report for Thursday April 9th 2015

The Weather Today was: Rainy and Very Cool….

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

In Class Today:

Period 1: In period 1 today we did the food prep for our Lunch Program. Today we were having Submarine Sandwich’s with Fries. Laven and Robert sliced the tomatoes and onions. Robert also sliced the salami. Jaran made the fruit punch. Aaron made the chocolate icing for his ( and Ralph’s ) birthday cake. Kabilan washed the lettuce. Stafhan and Ibby set the table. We then all made our own Subs. Ralph sliced the sub buns, Here are some pictures of us prepping and eating our delicious lunch…

Period 2: We still had a little prep to do in period 2, but when we were finished we did our current event activity. We choose articles from the Metro newspaper and filled in our worksheets.

Period 3: There was not a lot of work to do in the kitchen today so after we had finished with some kitchen clean up we went for a walk around the school  property.

Period 4: We began the period by having  some Chocolate birthday cake. We had two birthday`s to celebrate. Ralph`s birthday was last Saturday and Aaron`s birthday was on Monday. Here is a video of us singing Happy Birthday to the boyz !

We then did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday April 8th 2015

The Weather Today was: Rain and Cold…

LOW : 2°C          HIGH :  3°C                    P.O.P. : 100%

In Class Today:

Period 1: In first period we went to the Art Room to continue work on our latest ceramic project. Today we attached the clay pieces that we had cut last week to make the jewelry boxes. With help from Mr. Stolte, Ms. Benyarko and Mr. Wilkens we did some further cutting of the clay and then scratched and attached the pieces. Here are some pictures of us working on our projects…

Period 2: Because the weather forecast for the next two days is rain and more rain Mr. Wilkens decided to deliver the Bluffs Monitor papers today. When we went out to deliver the papers it was pretty miserable but at least it was not raining too hard. We got all of the papers delivered in record time! Here are some pictures of us delivering the papers…

 When we got back to class we continued to work on our Four  Food Group exercise. We managed to finish our chart for the Four Food Groups.

Period 3: In food school we had another busy day. We all worked on peeling and cutting up a whole lot of sweet potatoes. Ibrahim helped to clean as well as wash some kale.  

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

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow, send no lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday April 7th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and quite Cool….

LOW : 1°C          HIGH : 8°C                             P.O.P. : 30%

In Class Today:

Period 1: The class walked to the local No Frills to do the grocery shopping for Thursday’s Lunch Program. We are going to be having Submarine Sandwich’s with French Fries. We bought some cold cuts, sub buns, frozen French fries. We made very good time on our shopping trip today getting there and back in only 45 minutes.   

Period 2: In period we wrote in our Weekend Journal about what we did over the long weekend. When we had all finished our journal entries we then presented our journals to the class. We also came up with our weekly spelling words. This week’s words are about Easter.

Period 3: We had a busy day in Food school today. Stafhan, Laven and Kabilan grated mozzarella cheese for tomorrow’s pizza. Aaron and Robert peeled a lot of Sweet potatoes. Ibrahim used the French fry cutter to make fries. Ralph helped to clean.  At the end of the period we got another treat when we were given some fries to eat.

Period 4: We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We did our daily meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday April 2nd. 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Warmer…

LOW : 1°C                    HIGH : 13°C                 P.O.P. : 60%

In Class Today:

Period 1: In period 1 we were busy doing food prep for our special Easter Feast. Robert, Laven and Stafhan cut up celery, carrots, cucumber and tomatoes for salad garnish. Kabilan and Aaron peeled potatoes for the mashed potatoes. Ibrahim  washed some more lettuce for the salad.

 Period 2: We finished off the food prep and then we did our Current Event activity. We learned about basketball players and an artificial arm created by a three dimensional printer. After the class had finished presenting their articles it was time to sit down to our Easter Feast. We had Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Corn and Sage Dressing. Here is a picture of us sitting down to our delicious meal….  

Period 3: Since today is the beginning of a long weekend there was not a lot to do in food school. To take advantage of the spring like weather we all went on a long power walk with a number of other classes. Before we went for the walk were treated to some Easter chocolate by our teacher.

Period 4: We all got to enjoy a dessert of Brownies and Ice Cream. The brownies, made by Aaron, were delicious. We then did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We then had our daily meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday April 1st 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Cool….

LOW : -4°C                            HIGH : - 6°C                 P.O.P. : 10%

In Class Today:

Period 1: The class went to the Art Room where we began our latest Ceramic project. We are going to be making ceramic jewelry boxes. Today we cut out the top, bottom and sides and smoothed out the pieces. We then did a great job cleaning up.

Period 2: Since we will be having a special Easter feast tomorrow, we did some of the food prep today. Ibrahim and Ralph washed and spun dried the lettuce for the salad. Stafhan and Laven had the tearful job of chopping onions for the stuffing. Jaran, Robert, Shagee and Kabilan cut up celery for the stuffing. Aaron had the challenging task of making the Brownies which we will be having for dessert. Here are some pictures of us doing the food prep…..

Once we had finished with our food prep tasks we did an exercise on the whiteboard about Canada’s Food Guide and the four food groups.

Period 3: We had another busy day in food school. Aaron and Laven washed and stored some potatoes. The rest of us did a very thorough job of cleaning the kitchen.

Period 4: At the start of the period Mr. Wilkens assigned us our new classroom jobs for the month. We then did our new jobs. We then filled in the daily report. We finished off the day with our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow, send no lunch.