Daily Report for Wednesday January 30th 2019

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Very COLD….

High:  -13°C                 LOW :  -19°C                P.O.P. : 30%

Period A : Amena and Vivian did some cleaning in the classroom/kitchen. The rest of us went to the Bake Shop classroom and watched a movie.

Period B : We met in the CPC-ML. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then prepped for our special lunch event. Fahim washed the lettuce and made the lemonade. Nerushan, Matthew and Mark, under Frankie’s supervision set up the Partnership Room for our special lunch. Amena, Vivian and Rebeca prepped the salad garnish.

Here are some pictures of us getting ready for the Feast…

Here are some pictures of us enjoying the feast with our guests, Ms. Sharma’s class.

We also celebrated Ms. Savoie's birthday today. Here is a picture of us singing "Happy Birthday"...

Period C:  We spent most of the period cleaning up the kitchen and the Partnership Room.

Period D: We were unable to go for a Community Walk, because of the “extreme cold” outside. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday January 28th 2019

Daily Report for Monday January 28^th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast, Snowy and COLD !

High:  -8°C          LOW : -20 °C                P.O.P. : 100%

Period A : Today was a Short Staff Meeting Day schedule. In food school today we were very busy. Fahim, Matthew, Brandon, Mark and Nerushan prepped for Chocolate Chip Cookies. The girlz, minus Rebeca who was absent, prepped some Lemon Cookie Cake Bars.

Period B : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Weekend Journal Activity.

Period C: We met in the CPC-ML to continue work on our reorganization task. Almost Done ~!!!

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. 

Daily Report for Friday January 25th 2019

Weather for Today: Partly and Coldish…

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

Today we went to a special event at Birchmount Park Collegiate. It was a dance for all the ISP/ DD classes in Scarborough. We took the 905 Express Bus to Kennedy Station. We then got the 12C Eastbound Bus which took us to Birchmount Collegiate. There were many other students at the dance we got meet our old friends and even some former teachers and staff. We had a very good time. 

At 1:00 o’clock we headed back to school on the TTC. When we got back to school we had some Hot Chocolate to warm ourselves up as it was very cold on the way back to school. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a short  Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

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

Daily Report for Thursday January 24th, 2019

Weather for Today: Partially Cloudy and Coldish…

High:  0°C           LOW :  -4°C                  P.O.P. :  30%

Period A : We watched a video for the first 30 minutes. Then we went to the library for a talk by a police officer about Social Media, cyberbullying and other dangers that we need to know about. It was a very interesting and informative session.

Period B : We continued with the police information session. At 11:10 we came back to class where we had our Mindfulness Minutes. By the time we had finished our sit it was time to go to lunch.

Period C: We went the CPC-ML where we almost finished our reorganization task. We should be able to finish it off on Monday as tomorrow we will be going to Birchmount Collegiate for the TDSB DD spring dance.

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

Daily Report for Wednesday January 23rd 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast Snow, Freezing Rain and Coldish…

High:  5°C           LOW :  -1°C                  P.O.P. :  100%

Period A : Daidrean, Frankie and Rebeca were away today. In food school today we made Oatmeal Cookies and Orange Cranberry Cookies. Fahim, Brandon , Matthew and Amena made orange zest for the cookies. Vivian and Amena measured out the dry ingredients and mixed the cookies.

Period B : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. Because we had so many absent students we were quite challenged to prepare our lunch of Mexican Food. As it was, we ended up eating a little late. Mark and Nerushan set the table, with mark doing most of the work. Fahim grated some cheese, as well as helping to prep the apples for the Apple Pie. Amena cut the onions and cooked the Mexi Rice. Vivian and Matthew cut up peppers and celery, with Matthew cutting up some onion as well. Vivian browned the ground beast and made the meat filling for the tacos and burritos. Vivian and Amena did a fantastic job putting together the Tacos and Burritos.

Period C: Matthew and Brandon were not able to go to their Co-op placement as they were doing inventory at Shoppers Drug Mart. That was a good thing as we had a lot of cleaning to do. Once we all got the kitchen clean we sat down for a slice of Apple Pie with Ice Cream.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We did a little practice of our Oh Canada rendition. We had a Mindfulness 

Daily Report for Tuesday January 22nd 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast Snowy and Coldish…

High: -4 °C          LOW :  -9°C                  P.O.P. : 30 %

Period A : We cut the vegetables for the smoothie for slimming. Matthew, Fahim, Brandon and Vivian helped in the cutting of the vegetables. Amena, Mark, Frankie and Daidrean helped in cutting the French Fries.

Period B : Mr. Wilkens was away for the day so we had Ms. Myers Taylor as our Occasional Teacher. We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We wrote on our Weekend Journal. We went to the Computer Lab to type and forward our journals to Mr. Wilkens.  

Period C: We did the Money Math on the Promethean Board. We looked at classroom  videos.

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

Daily Report for Friday January 18th 2019

Weather for Today: Overcast, Snowy and Coldish….

High:  0°C           LOW :  -4°C                  P.O.P. :  30%

Period A : Due to a lack of applicable tasks. We spent the period watching videos.

Period B : We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We began to investigate how to create a calendar using a Word Template and pictures from Mr. Wilkens Goggle Drive that contains photos from this and past years school activities. In the last portion of the period we went to the computer lab where we worked on individual education

Period C: We returned to the CPC-ML to finish off the job of organizing the various drawers and cupboards. While Mr. Wilkens was finishing off the organizational job we made some Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Period D: We ate the delicious cookies we had made. We filled in the Daily Report. We did Mindfulness Meditation Body Scan.