Daily Report for Tuesday February 28th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…..

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

Period A: Ms. McDonald is away for the week. We have Mr. Sullivan as our Occasional teacher. We played some basketball and also some floor hockey.

Period B: Mr. Wilkens was at a PD session this morning and we had Mr. Kastris as our occasional teacher. We did a Mindfulness sitting. We then were called down to the Cafeteria for the last special event of Mental Health Month. It was a pancake eating  contest pitting four teams against each other. Emily and Rebeca were on different teams. It was a very fun event.

Some of us went to badminton practice at lunch.

Period C: We went to S-7 to help clean up from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then back to our classroom where we did some Money Math activities on the Promethean Board.

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

Note to Parents: See Summer School application and Bocce Ball Permission  forms in Communication Books.

Daily Report for Monday February 27th 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny with a few clouds and warmish…..

HIGH : 8°C                            LOW : 1°C                   P.O.P. : 70%

Period A: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We stayed in the gym and did various physical education activities, such as, basketball, badminton and skipping.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then began work on our Weekend Journal activity.    

Period C: We went to the Cafeteria to practice and then perform our Zulu Song, Siyahamba. Some of us also performed in the Dance Club where we danced to a song called  Follow the Leader.

Here is a Video of our fantastic performance….

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report.

Daily Report for Friday February 24th 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool….

HIGH : 6°C                            LOW : 3°C                   P.O.P. : 70%

Period A: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We did a Twelve Minute Run. Then we practiced our Bocce Ball skills. Later this year we will compete in a Special Olympics Bocce Ball Tournament.

Period B:We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went for our weekly Computer Lab activity where we worked on various educational programs. Mr. Wilkens and Fahim attempted to get Fahim set up with a Raz Kids account but it proved to be somewhat more challenging than could be dealt with in only one period.   

After lunch Joel, Mark and Fahim went to Badminton practice, the rest of us went to the Games Room.

Period C: We had our weekly Yoga session where we used an on-line site to practice some standing Asanas. We then did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period D: We went to the Cafeteria to practice our Zulu song, which we will be performing on Monday.. We filled in the Daily Report. We then reviewed a video of our Zulu Song practice.

Note to Parents: Monday is a Staff Meeting Day Schedule. Bus P/U at 12:15.

Daily Report for Thursday February 23rd 2017

Weather for Today: Sunny, Warm and Amazing !!!

HIGH : 17°C                         LOW : 11°C                P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. Since it was such a beautiful day we went for a nice long Power Walk.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the Library for our Weekly Mental Health Workshop. Today’s theme was about strategies that support you when you are feeling low or vulnerable. We watched a video about Mindfulness Meditation. Then we all created Stress Rocks by painting a small rock with what our stressors are. We did an activity that created some stress by doing a difficult activity like picking up a marshmallow with chopsticks. We all got some chocolate as a reward. We also saw another video with Mr. Bean.

We then went to the ME Kitchen to feast on an amazing meal of Pad Thai. Ms. Kim, the music teacher joined us for lunch.

After lunch most of us went to the Games Room where we were able to make some cool bracelet’s.

Period C: Emily went to her Co-op placement at Dollarama. She stocked the shelves with various types of merchandise. The rest of us went to the ME Kitchen. We cleaned up a rather significant  mess in record time. We then went back to our classroom and ate our dessert of Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Period D: We went to the Cafeteria to practice our Zulu song on stage. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Tomorrow is Jersey and Hat Day.

Daily Report for Wednesday February 22nd 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast, Foggy and cold…

HIGH : 8°C                            LOW : 3°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: Ms. McDonald was supervising the Volleyball Tournament. We had Mr. Sullivan as our Occasional teacher. We went to the weight Room where we used different fitness equipment.

Period B: We went for our weekly shopping trip to No Frills. We bought the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Pad Thai.   

Period C: We met in our classroom and did the Mindfulness Minutes that we did not get to this morning. We then went to the ME Kitchen to do some food prep for tomorrow’s lunch. The Girlz cut up the sweet peppers. Ahmed and Matthew Cut up some carrots. Fahim did a great job with the onions.

After lunch most of us went to Dance Club.  

Period D: We practiced our Zulu song on stage in the Cafeteria.. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow. Students need no lunch. It is also Parent Interview tomorrow evening from 6:00 till 7:30.

Daily Report for Tuesday February 21st 2017

Weather for Today: Overcast and cold…..

HIGH : 6°C                            LOW : 0°C                   P.O.P. : 80%

Period A: We met Ms. McDonald in the gym. We did a warm up exercise playing some Basketball. We helped to set up the Volleyball nets for the Volleyball Tournament tomorrow. We finished up with some more Volleyball and Basketball drills.

Period B: We met in our regular classroom. We took our Weekend Journals with us to the ME Kitchen so we could work on our journals while Mr. Wilkens did some food prep for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. We then went to S-7 where we all helped to set the table for the Community lunch.   

After lunch we went to the Games Room.

Period C: We went to S-7 to clean up and do the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then went to S-22 ( the Yoga Room ) to practice the Zulu song we will be performing next Monday. We were able to practice for the first time with Ms Barwell’s and Ms. Kim’s classes.

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

Daily Report for Thursday February 16th. 2017

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold….

HIGH: -2°C                   LOW: -6°C                    P.O.P : %40

Period A:We met Ms. McDonald in the Gym. We went to the Yoga Room and did some Hatha Yoga When we had finished the Yoga exercises we went back to the gym. We helped to set up the Badminton nets. We then played a little Basketball.

Period B: We met in our classroom where had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen where we did the food prep for our lunch. Matthew peeled and cut up the apples for the apple pie. Ahmed and Fahim made the Garlic Bread. Emily, Nerissa and Rebeca ( The Girlz ) made the meatballs. Shakur helped to clean and keep things organized. The Sasitharan Brothers set the table. We then sat down to a delicious lunch. Our gym teacher, Ms. McDonald joined us for lunch and greatly enjoyed it as well.

Period C: After getting started on the clean up we were called down to the library for this weeks Mentak Health Workshop. Today the theme was “we are All the Same “ We made some fabric bracelets and did a discussion activity about the Tree of Life. At the end of the period went back to the ME Kitchen to eat our delicious Apple Pie with Ice Cream.

Period D:. We filled in the daily report. We had a skilful Mindfulness Meditation sitting.