Daily Report for Thursday April 12th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Coolish…

High:  10°C                   LOW : -3°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prep our lunch of Beef Stir-Fry, Chow Mein Noodles and Fried Rice. Amena and Rebeca cut up the sweet red peppers and onions. Matthew and Brandon prepped the broccoli and onions. Ahmed prepped the celery. Mark and Shakur set the table. Fahim prepped the carrots.

Here are some pictures of us preparing and enjoying our lunch…

Period B: We went to S-22 where we joined Ms. McDonald’s class for a session of Yoga.

Period C: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We went to the ME Kitchen to clean up and do the dishes. When we had finished we went back to S-7 and had some Birthday Cake to celebrate Brandon’s birthday.

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 11th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Cool and Rainy…

High:  5°C           LOW : -3°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

 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 where we walked for almost 2 kilometers. We then practiced our badminton skills in the 2^nd floor gym. We then walked to Scarborough Town Centre where we ate our lunch in the Food Court. When we had finished lunch we walked Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrows’ lunch. We then took the TTC back to school. We went to the ME Kitchen to put away the groceries. We also helped Mr. Wilkens to make the Birthday Cake which we will be having tomorrow to celebrate Brandon’s 18^th birthday. When we had finished in the kitchen we had just enough time to fill in the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Tuesday April 10th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coldish…

High:  5°C           LOW : -2°C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: Kanti was away today and we had Ms. Kent as our EA. Amena, Ahmed and Fahim went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. They were kept busy hanging pants. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did a money math activity. We began by handing out some plastic money. Then Mr. Wilkens pulled up one of our Money Math flipcharts on the IWB. We then had to come up with different amounts of money.

Period B: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We began by walking/running around the gym. We then played a game of Holy Moly. Then we played with a big parachute. After that we played floor hockey.

Period C: Ms. Queen was back in class today. We began by cleaning the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then watched a movie called “The Wedding Singer”.

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 9th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coldish….

High:  3°C           LOW : -5°C                   P.O.P. : 30%

We began our day with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then left school to go on a field trip to the City TV station. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the Line 2 Subway and went to the Yonge Bloor station. We transferred to the Line 1subway and went to Dundas Station. We got off at Dundas and walked across the Yonge/Dundas Square to the City TV building.

We were given a tour of the station by a nice lady named Teresa. She showed us many different parts of the station. We saw two control rooms, one for City TV and one for the Omni network. We also got to go out to the terrace where they film shows when the weather is nicer.

When we had finished the tour we walked back to the Eaton Centre and went to the Food Court there, where we ate our lunch. After we had finished our lunch we walked around the mall for a while.

We got back on the subway and came back to school. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

. Daily Report for Friday April 6th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, light flurries’ and Coldish…

High:  4°C           LOW : 3°C          P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went out to finish our delivery of the Bluffs Monitor Community Newspaper. When we got back to school we went to the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period B: We did some Yoga Asanas with the help of a video we watched on the IWB. We then did a Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise.

Period C: Ms. Queen was away again today so once again we had Mr. Turnbull as our Occasional teacher. We watched a movie called Parent Trap.

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

Note to Parents: We will be going on a field trip to City TV on Monday. Students will need a bag lunch or $ for lunch.

Daily Report for Thursday April 5th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coldish..

High:  2°C           LOW : -7°C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: Nerissa went to her co-op placement at Giant Tiger where she worked at folding clothes. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prep our lunch of Sloppy Joe’s, French Fries and Cole Slaw. Amena, Matthew and Rebeca prepped the fries by peeling the potatoes and cutting them up with a French fry press. Fahim cut up the red Sweet Pepper. Mark and Brandon set the table. Ahmed browned the ground beef with some help from Brandon. Fahim and Ahmed made the Sloppy Joe filling. Brandon and Matthew peeled and grated the carrots for the Coleslaw.

Period B: We continued with the food prep for half the period. We then went to the Computer lab to work on individual educational programs.

Period C: Ms. Queen was away again so we had Mr. Turnbull as our occasional teacher. We met in the ME Kitchen where we cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishes. We then had our dessert of the Chocolate Chip Cookies that we made yesterday.

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 3rd, 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish….  

High:  4°C           LOW : 3°C          P.O.P. : 70%

Period A: Fahim, Ahmed, and Amena went to their Co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of us had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals some of what we had done over the weekend. When we had finished we presented our journals to the class.

Period B: We went outside to deliver the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper. We did 2/3 of our route by delivering the papers to all the houses.   

Period C: Ms. Queen was away again today so we had Mr. Choudary as our Occasional Teacher.

Period D: We did some numeracy activities on the IWB. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.