We went to the movies today! We went to Morningside Cinema to see The
Hunger Games…
We all enjoyed the movie, though the ending was a little disappointing. Julian’s favourite part was the bad guys. Markeisha’s favourite part was the fighting.
Jessica’s favourite part was the girl with the hair. Spencer’s favourite part
was shooting the arrows. Taylor’s favourite part was the spaceship. Megan can’t
remember her favourite part. Curtis does not know what his favourite part was.
On Monday we will : be going to the YMCA
where we will be walking around the indoor track and then going swimming !
Mostly Sunny and Cold, High:
-2 Low: -3 P.O.P.: 40%
In Class Today
Period 1: We prepared our lunch. Today we made
Pizza with Caesar Salad. Here is a picture of Markeisha and Arqum making their
Pizza….
Period 2: We finished off the meal prep. And then
ate our lunch a little early so we had plenty of time for Drum Band practice. Here is a picture of the class enjoying their
Pizza and salad….
During lunch period today we had the first practice of the newly
reconstituted Maplewood Drum Band. We had a very good turn out and the practice
went very well. Here is a video of part of the practice….
Period 3: In gym today we helped to clean up the
front hallway after the Movember Shave off. When we had finished that job we
got to go to the gym for some free time. Some of us played soccer while others
enjoyed a game of basketball.
Period
4: Most of us got a break from our classroom jobs today so we could have
our dessert. We had fresh Apple Pie with Ice Cream. After dessert we did the
Daily Report and then had a short sitting.
Tomorrow we will: Be going to see Hunger Games Part 2 Catching
Fire at the movie theater.
Period 1: We went to the Art room where we
glazed our Ceramic Christmas Tree Ornaments.
Period 2:
We had our Drama Activity. First we played a game of Musical Chairs.
Here is a video of the last part of the game…
After three games of Musical Chairswe did the Circle Dance. Ms. Duffin, who is working with us this term
did a great job leading the activity. Here is a video of the Circle Dance……
Period 3: In gym we started out with a game of
Indoor Soccer. After that we went into the hallway to practice our Bocce Ball
skills. Curtis was quite the pro !
Period
4: We did our classroom jobs, filled in the daily report then had a
sitting.
Tomorrow we will: Be making, then having Pizza and Caesar Salad
for lunch. For dessert we are going to enjoy one of Mr. Wilkens amazing Apple
Pie.
Period 1: We walked to No Frills to buy
groceries for Thursday’s Lunch Program. We bought ingredient’s for Pizza, Cesar
Salad and Apple Pie.
Period 2:
We did our Current Event activity. Arqum peeled apples for the pie.
Period 3: In gym class we helped set up the Gym
for a special Volleyball game that pits the students against a team made up of
male staff. When we had finished setting up we were able to enjoy some free
time.
Period
4: We got our classroom jobs done then went to the gym to watch the
volleyball game.Late Breaking News !!! The boys beat the Staff Team 3 games in a row ! What a triumph for The Maplewood Boys Volleyball Team !!!
Tomorrow we will: Be working on our Ceramic Christmas tree ornaments.
We will also do our Drama activity.
Period 1: Since today was a short day schedule
we got to watch a movie in class. The movie we saw today was….
The class was wondering if Arqum Khan was related to the bad guy in the
movie as they both have the same last name. We think that since this is just a story, Arqum probably is not related to Star Trek's Khan.
Period 2: We continued watching the movie and we
even got to eat some popcorn. While we were watching the movie Mr. Wilkens unloaded the kiln with our ceramic Angels.
They came out very nicely. Here is what they look like.
Period 3: We went to gym where we began by jogging around the track. Then we played some indoor soccer.
Period
4: We did our classroom jobs, filled in the daily report and had enough
time for a short sitting.
Tomorrow we will: Work on our latest ceramic project, Christmas
tree ornaments and hopefully we will get started on the Tie Dye T Shirts we
hope to sell to raise funds for our lunch program.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Today’s Date:
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Weather Today was:
Hi: 9C Lo: -2C
In Class Today
Period 1: We went to the gym and played Dodgeball to raise
money for prostate cancer. We did not have any time to go to the computer lab.
Period 2:We did drama. We did musical chairs. We had a circle dance.
We did guess the animals. We played bingo.
Period 3: We had gym. First we had warm up exercises. We
played bocci and then we had free time.
Period
4: We did our classroom jobs. We filled
in the daily report. We had meditation.
(Arqum called this “a skillful sitting”.)
Tomorrow we will:
Note to Parents : Monday will be a shortened day due to
a staff meeting.
Period 1: We were very busy preparing our
regular Lunch Program Lunch because today was the day Mr. Kemeny was coming to
visit our class to help Mr. Wilkens, Ms. Scott and Ms. Benyarko begin the
Maplewood Drum Band again. For lunch we had fried chicken, mashed potatoes with
gravy and Coleslaw.
Arqum was responsible for coating the chicken with Mr. Wilkens secret recipe
( better than KFC )…
Taylor, Megan and Jessica helped to make the coleslaw…..
Spencer and Curtis peeled the potatoes for the mashed potatoes….
Period 2:
We spent the first part of the period finishing off our lunch prep. Then
we welcomed our special guest Mr. Kemeny and his daughter Hazel.
Mr. Kemeny
showed us and Mr. Wilkens, Ms. Benyarko and Ms. Scotthow to run the Drum Band which will begin again here
at Maplewood next Thursday ! We had a
great time and are looking forward to working with other Maplewood students who
wish to join the Drum Band.
Here is a video of our first practice
Period 3: We did a nice long Power Walk in gym
period and when we got back to the school we went to the gym and had free time.
Period
4: We had our dessert of Brownie’s and Ice Cream. Then we filled in the
Daily Report. That left us just enough time for a skillful sitting.
Tomorrow we will: Go to the Computer Lab then we are going to
have a chance to raise money for Prostate Cancer research by playing Dodge ball.
( Donation required ! )
