Daily Report for Wednesday October 31st 2018

Weather for Today: Light Rain and Coolish

High: 11 °C                   LOW :  7°C                   P.O.P. : 60 %

Period A : In Food School today we made oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies.  We seeded the pumpkins.  

Period B : Mr. Wilkens was away for the day so we had Mr. Turnbull as our  Occasional Teacher . We had our Mindfulness Minutes and Musical Chairs and Halloween Carnival.

Period C: We went for our Community Walk and filled in the Daily Report.

Period D: Halloween Dance.

Daily Report for Tuesday October 30th 2018

Weather for Today: Sunny and Coolish….

High:  12°C                   LOW :  -1°C                  P.O.P. :  10%

Period A : Vivian and Daidrean went to their Co-op placement at Shoppers Drug Mart. The rest of us made Raspberry Jam sandwiches’ for a catering order.

Period B : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. The girlz worked on making some bracelets and chockers. The boyz did some colouring while Fahim did research on upcoming field trips. We then came up with a shopping list for our Lunch Program, which this week will be on Thursday.

Period C:  We went to No Frills to buy the groceries for Thursday’s lunch. When we got back to school we went to the ME Kitchen to put away the groceries.

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

Daily Report for Monday October 29th, 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cold…

High:  6°C           LOW :  4°C                   P.O.P. : 30 %

Period A : Today we cut up some fruits for fruit salad. We also helped to make some Holiday Fruit Cake.

Period B : We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then worked on our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote out some point form notes in class then went to the Computer lab where we typed up the notes into our journals.

Period C: Since today was a short day schedule we only had time to finish off our journals.

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

Daily Report for Friday October 26, 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…

High:  7°C           LOW :  4°C                   P.O.P. :  30%

Period A : Frankie and Amena went to their Co-op placement at Old Navy. They worked at folding baby Halloween clothing. They both did an excellent job and were able to work independently. The rest of us worked in the Food School making Halloween cupcakes.

Period B : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the Computer lab where we worked on individual educational programs.

Period C: We used the IWB to do some Yoga exercises. After the yoga we did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We practiced our “What’s Up” song.

Daily Report for Thursday October 25th 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…

High:  9°C           LOW :  1°C                   P.O.P. :  20%

Period A : Matthew and Fahim went to their Co-op placement at Eastview P.S. at 9:30 AM. They worked in the school Snack Program by washing out the bins used to distribute the food to the different classes. In Food school today Mark, Brandon, Nerushan, Fahim grated some Mozzarella Cheese for tomorrow’s pizza lunch. Matthew and Vivian cleaned out the Popcorn machine. Frankie, Amena and Rebeca prepped the ingredients for Golden Muffins.

Period B : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then began working on our acts for the Holiday Assembly. We are going to be singing the same song we sang last year at the Year End Assembly, What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes. Frankie and Amena also hope to sing a song by a band called Little Mix, Shout Out to My Ex.

Period C: Rebeca went to her Level 2 Co-op placement. She worked in the library cleaning table and computer desks and tided the books on the shelves. She also cleaned the shelves and sorted the Reference works. We did a little Money Math work then went for an early Community Walk. When we got back to the classroom 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 re-doing the platters we had made for the Markham Fair but this time we take our time, be more careful and produce a highly superior project.

Daily Report for Wednesday October 24^th 2018

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Coolish…

High:  6°C             LOW :  2°C           P.O.P. :  30%

Period A : Today we worked on a catering order for Ms. Savoie ( our Lunch Room Supervisor). We put popcorn into individual bags. We made almost 500 bags!

Period B : We met in the ME Kitchen where we did the food prep for our lunch. Rebeca and Fahim grated the cheese. Mark and Nerushan set the table. Amena, Frankie, Brandon, Matthew, and Vivian cut up the garnish for the Garden Salad. Daidrean prepped the macaroni.

Period C: We cleaned up the dishes and the kitchen. We had our dessert of Chocolate Chip Cookies and Vanilla Ice Cream. We had our Drama activity where we played a game of Musical Chairs. Mr. Wilkens made the game a little more interesting by offering a $1.00 prize for the winner. After a very hard fought contest, Vivian emerged as the victor!

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

Daily Report for Monday October 22nd 2018

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…

High:  13°C                   LOW :  3°C                   P.O.P. :  20%

Period A : Today in Food school we watched a scary movie about cooking for Halloween. It showed someone who made cakes that looked like monsters.

Period B : We did our Weekend Journal activity. We wrote out some point form notes about what we had done over the weekend. We then went to the Computer lab where we used the computers to write up a final copy of our journal.

Period C: We did some money math activities. We used the IWB and plastic money to come up with different amounts of money. We then did some worksheets where we had to add up different amounts of coins.

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

Note to Parents: We are planning to go to a Halloween Dance at Heron Park Community Centre tomorrow. The cost of admission for the Dance is $4.00.

Please send in $4.00 tomorrow.