Daily Report for Monday November 12th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Coolish….

High:  6°C           LOW :  1°C                   P.O.P. : 20 %

Period A : Frankie and Amena grated cheese for Tuna Melts. Vivian and Fahim prepped some vegetables. Brandon and  Matthew toasted bread. Daidrean opened up some Tuna cans. Nerushan didn’t do much of anything…

Period B : We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then worked on our Weekend Journals. We wrote out some point form notes on our  weekend activities. We then went to the Computer Lab where we wrote up the journals on the computers using Microsoft Word.

Period C: We went to the computer lab where we worked on our Winter Holidays Project.

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

Daily Report for Friday November 9^th 2018

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cold….

High:  4°C           LOW :  0°C                   P.O.P. :  100%

Period A : Rebeca and Amena grated the cheese for the pizza. The boyz made some Oatmeal Blueberry Bars. When we had finished our we watched episode of “Just Desserts” on You Tube.

Period B : We went to the cafeteria for the Remembrance Day Assembly. It was moving ceremonies that reminded us of our duty to honour and remember those who served their country as soldiers. After the assembly was over we all went outside ( in the rain!) to “plant” the poppies we had made earlier this week.

Here is a picture of us “planting” our poppies.

Period C: We used the IWB to have a Yoga session.

Here is a video of us doing our Yoga…

After the yoga we did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We practiced our songs for the Holiday Assembly.

Daily Report for Thursday November 8th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coldish…

High:  6°C           LOW :  4°C                   P.O.P. : 20%

Today was the day we went on a field trip to the BAPS Mandir. We took a school bus to Hwy. 427 and Finch where the Mandir is located. Mr. Makan met us at the bus and took us on a tour of the Mandir.

Here is a picture of the Mandir…

After our tour of the Mandir and the Mandir Museum, we went to eat our lunch. Mr. Wilkens bought us all a delicious vegetarian lunch. When we had finished our lunch we got back on the bus and came back to school.

When we got back to school we had some Hot Chocolate and then filled in the Daily Report. We finished off the day with a short sit.

Daily Report for Wednesday November 7th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Coolish…..

High:  8°C           LOW :  6°C                   P.O.P. :  100%

Period A : Mr. Makan was away today helping to set up the Diwali Celebration at the BAPS Mandir we will be visiting tomorrow. We had Ms. Naheed as our EA. Amena, Frankie, Vivian and Daidrean helped to make Vegetarian Wraps for a catering order for the snack program at William G Miller P.S. Fahim, Mark and Brandon peeled some carrots. Nerushan sat out the class as he had a sore neck.

Period B : We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Current Events activity. We each choose an article from the Toronto Star Metro newspaper and used the article to fill in a worksheet. When we had finished the worksheet we presented our work to the class.

Period C: We all got to eat some pizza that Mr. Wilkens brought us, it was leftover from an OSSTF lunch and learn meeting. Mr. Wilkens then used the IWB to describe an assignment we will be doing over the next couple weeks. We are each researching a different Winter Holiday so we can make a display on the bulletin board  outside our class.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday, November 6th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm….

High:  16°C                   LOW :  8°C                   P.O.P. :  20%

Period A : Matthew, Brandon, Fahim and Nerushan helped to cut up vegetables to garnish the Chicken Wings that were on todays lunch menu. Daidrean, Amena, Frankie and Vivian went out in the foyer and made poppies for Fridays Remembrance Day ceremony. When they were done they watched a video about making cakes. The boys went out in the foyer to make their poppies.

Period B : We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then watched some videos that told us the story of Diwali. We also did some coloring pages with a Diwali theme.

Period C: We went out to deliver the rest of the Bluffs Monitor Community newspaper.

Period D: We had some Hot Chocolate and some Tiramisu. We filled in the Daily Report. We practiced our songs for the Holiday Assembly. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Students should bring a lunch tomorrow as we will be using Lunch Fund money to pay for lunch on Thursday’s field trip to the BAPS Mandir.

Daily Report for Friday November 2^nd 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Coolish…

High:  6°C           LOW :  3°C                   P.O.P. :  100%

We began the day with our Mindfulness  Minutes. Amena and Frankie went to their final Co-op placement at Old Navy. They worked hard at hanging up and folding different types of Christmas inspired fashion. The rest of us, actually just Fahim, Mark, Matthew, Rebeca and Brandon, went on a field trip to  Harbourfront Centre. We took the 905 Express bus to Kennedy station where we got on the Line 2 subway westbound. We transferred to the Line 1 Subway to Union Station and got on the 510 Spadina Dedicated Streetcar.

We then explored Harbourfront . We saw the glass and ceramics studios. We checked out the Happy Place art installation but the tickets to get into the facility were $34.00, so we did not go in. We ate lunch in one of the buildings then checked out the boats at the waterfront.

We then took the “long way home” by getting on the streetcar going westbound to Spadina Station.

Here are some pictures of our trip…

When we got back to school we filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting. We also practiced our What’s Up song.

Daily Report for Thursday November 1st 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast, Rainy and Coolish…

High: 8°C            LOW :  5°C                   P.O.P. :  100%

Period A : Fahim and Matthew went to their Co-op placement at Eastview P.S. They worked in the school snack program by cleaning out the bins used to deliver food to the classrooms. The rest of us worked in Food School.We all helped to make Chocolate Chip cookies.

Period B : We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Mark and Nerushan set the table. Amena grated the Parmesan Cheese. Daidrean cut up the French loaf for Garlic Bread. Rebeca and Amena buttered the bread with garlic butter that Amena had prepared. Brandon and Vivian helped with the clean-up.

Period C: Rebeca went to her Level 2 Co-op placement where she worked in the school library. We met in the ME Kitchen where we all helped to clean up. We then had our dessert of Tiramisu. We then went for a Community Walk. We then went back to class where we filled in the Daily Report.

Period D: We went to the Art Room to begin work on our latest Ceramic project. We will be making platters much like the ones we made for the Markham Fair, only this time we will be taking our time to ensure a good result.

Note to Parents: Field  Trip to Harbourfront tomorrow. Ensure students are dressed appropriately for the weather.