Daily Report for Wednesday May 31st 2017

        

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy, warm with Thunderstorms…

HIGH : 21°C                     LOW : 12°C            P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went our weekly trip to the Y.M.C.A. We took the Scarborough 86 to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan Station. From there we walked to the Scarborough YMCA. We got changed into our gym clothes and went upstairs to the indoor track. We walked around the track for over a mile and a half and then went to the gym downstairs where we practiced our Badminton skills. We finished our day of exercise off by using the treadmill machines. We then changed back to our street clothes. We walked to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre and ate our lunch. After walking around the mall for a while we took the TTC back to school.

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

Note to Parents : Please remit $20.00 for June Lunch Fund.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 30th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm with Chance of Thunderstorms…

HIGH : 22°C                     LOW : 14°C            P.O.P. : 70 %

Period A: Emily, Ahmed and Fahim went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of the class began with our Mindfulness Minutes. Mr. Wilkens had to change our passwords so we went to the Computer Lab to see if the new passwords worked. They did, so we stayed to work on various educational programs.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We went to the ME Kitchen to get the dishes to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then continued to work on our Hand Puppets by adding some finishing touches. We also worked on a new project, Hand Painted Pencil Case’s.

At lunch we went to Dance Club with Ms. Duffin. We are working on a dance number for the final assembly.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen to clean the dishes from lunch. Mr. Wilkens gave us a review lesson on the proper way to clean dishes. We then all helped to do the dishes. We returned to Room 200 where we looked at videos of the two songs we will be singing with Ms. Barwell’s class in the Year End Assembly. We also got to eat some left over Mindfulness Buns !

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We did the GO Train route and got some good exercise ! We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : We will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Students will need gym clothes and running shoes.

Daily Report for Monday May 29th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 23°C                     LOW : 16°C            P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote in our journals what we had done over the weekend.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. Today we continued work on our Hand Puppets. We have almost finished them.

Period C:We began by presenting our Weekend Journals to the class. After we had all presented our Journals we practiced the song we hope to sing at the Year End Assembly, Hallelujah.

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

Daily Report for Friday May 26th 2017

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 18°C                     LOW : 13°C            P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went on our Field Trip to the Rouge Valley National Park. We took the Scarborough 86A bus eastbound. We got off the bus at the last stop before the Metro Zoo. We then walked into the park and took what is known as the Vista Trail. After all the rain we have had over the last while it was pretty wet and muddy on the trail but we made it through in good time. We ate our lunch at the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre and then took the bus back to school. Here are some pictures of our trip….    

 

When we got back from our trip we went to the ME Kitchen where we all helped to make some Chocolate Chip Cookies to reward us for doing such a long walk.

We went back to our classroom and had our weekly Body Scan Mindfulness Exercise. Then we had some cookies and then we filled in the Daily Report.

Note to Parents : Monday is a short schedule Staff Meeting Day. Bus p/u at 12:30PM.

Daily Report for Thursday May 25th 2017

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cool….

HIGH : 13°C                     LOW : 12°C            P.O.P. : 100 %

Period A: Mr. Wilkens went with Emily, Mark and Joel to the TDSB Walk for Excellence. We had Mr. Holt as our Occasional teacher. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our picnic lunches for tomorrows field trip to Rouge Valley Park.( Weather permitting )

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We continued work on our hand Puppets. We have almost finished them.

Period C: We did our weekly Current Events activity. Using articles from the 24 Hour paper we filled in the current events worksheet. We then went for a walk around the school.

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

Note to Parents : We will be going on a rather long hike tomorrow. Students should bring a water bottle and dress appropriately for the weather.

Daily Report for Wednesday May 24th 2017

         

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…

HIGH : 21 °C                     LOW : 12°C           P.O.P. :  20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes . We went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the  86 Scarborough Bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to McCowan Station. We walked to the YMCA. We changed into our gym clothes a went to the upstairs track. After walking on the track we changed into our swim wear and went swimming in the pool.We went to the Scarborough Town Centre Food Court to eat lunch. We then walked to the local Freshco to buy the groceries we will be using tomorrow to make a picnic lunch for our field trip to Rouge Valley park on Friday.We took the TTC back to school where we filled in the Daily Report and had a Mindfulness Meditation Sit.

Note to Parents : No Lunch Provided tomorrow. We will having the Lunch Program lunch on Friday.

Daily Report for Tuesday May 23rd 2017

         

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 21°C                     LOW : 8°C              P.O.P. :  40%

Period A: Mr. Wilkens was away at a dental appointment so we had an on call teacher, Mr. Gocool. Fahim, Ahmed and Emily went to their co-op placement at Giant Tiger. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal activity.

Period B: We met Ms. Queen in S-7. We set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. We then continued work on our Hand Puppets.  

Period C: We had two special events this afternoon. We began with a workshop called Get Real. It was about inclusion and acceptance. We then went to the Cafeteria where we enjoyed a Jazz Concert put on by college students from Humber College.

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

Note to Parents : We will be going swimming at the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure that students have swim wear and towel.