Daily Report for Monday February 29th 2016

Weather for Today: partly cloudy, chance of a shower and cold…

HIGH : 4°C                             LOW : -2.5°C                P.O.P. : 70%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Courtney was cleaning her restaurant. She did some vacuuming and directed Atshaya and Michelle while they helped out. Romi cut and pasted pictures from magazines to make a collage. Jerron did some bead work as well as putting pegs into a block of wood. Mindy did some painting.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We sat down and had a class discussion about what we had done over the weekend. We then filled in our Weekend Journal worksheets. When we had finished our worksheets we presented our journal’s to the class.  

Period C: The class went to the Art Room to continue working on our clay project. We all made lids for our coil pots. The pots and lids are now drying out so that Mr. Wilkens can fire them in the kiln. With any luck we should be able to glaze them next week.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday February 26th 2016

Weather for Today: Mostly Sunny and Cold….

HIGH : -4°C                  LOW : -10°C                 P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: There was a leaky roof in the wood shop so we had to stay in our classroom for the first part of the period. We watched a story on the Whiteboard. It was “Chicken Little.” We eventually got to go the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Atshaya and Courtney used the Shop Vac to clean up in the shop. Mindy did some coloring. Michelle and Jerron did some bead work. Romi was working with the Lego.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went upstairs to the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period C: We began the period with a couple of games of Bingo. Courtney won the first game and Romi was the winner of the second game. We then got to watch some `TV`` on the whiteboard. We watched a show called Pepa Pig.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday February 25th 2016

Weather for Today: Light Snow and Cold…

HIGH : 0°C                             LOW : -1°C                            P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: In Mr. Watson’s class we did different activities. Jerron did a new activity. He used a board that had nails in it to follow a pattern with string. Michelle, Atshaya and Courtney used a Shop Vac to clean up around the wood shop. Mindy made a plaque with different shapes of wood.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We prepared our lunch. Courtney washed the lettuce. Mindy and Michelle set the table. Atshaya made the fruit punch. Jerron helped to prepare the French Fries. We then got a call from Ms. McLaren reminding us to go to the last Mental Health Workshop. Today’s workshop was about “Flexibility” or how willing we are to try new things. We did a fun activity where we got to try different types of food like capers, Dragon Fruit , Panner ( a type of cheese),Snow Peas and a delicious Indian sweet called Gulab Jamun. We then went back to our classroom to finish lunch prep. We all had a chance to make our own Submarine Sandwich.  

Period C: We started out by doing the activity we missed in the morning Mental Health workshop. We all, staff included, used colored markers to draw on small squares of Bristol board. Some us drew rainbows, some of us drew flowers but we all made a contribution. Ms. Hamel is going to take the squares that everybody in the school created a make a mural. When we had finished we did a money math activity with the Whiteboard.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday February 24th. 2016

Weather for Today: Snow, Rain and Freezing Rain !!!

HIGH : 3°C                             LOW : -2.5°C                P.O.P. : 100%

Mr. Wilkens cancelled our trip to the YMCA today because of the storm.

Period A: Mr. Watson was back today. We went to his class. Atshaya helped Cortney clean her restaurant. Mindy helped Mr. Watson put wheels on wooden cars. Jerron played with the cars and also did some bead work. Michelle did some beading and coloring.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. Because we missed our Y trip today Mr. Wilkens had us walk in the foyer as a physical education activity. Mr. Wilkens used the pedometer app on his phone to keep track of how far we walked. When we had walked a mile ( 1.6 km.) we went back to class and played bowling on the Wii.

Period C:  We started out playing bowling on the Wii. Michelle got two strikes in a row. Everybody got a chance to play. We then did some more “hall walking” for another half mile.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: We will be having Lunch Program tomorrow. Send no lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday February 23rd 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : 0°C                             LOW : -4.5°C                P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: Mr. Watson was away today so we had an occasional teacher. We did our usual activities though. Atshaya and Mindy did some coloring. Jerron continued with his bead work. Romi did some collage work as well as using plasticine. Michelle also did some cut and pasting for a collage. Courtney was kept busy running her restaurant.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to S-6 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. We then returned to class where we all got to help make some Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Period C: We went back to S-6 to do the dishes from the Mindfulness Community lunch. Everybody had a chance to help out. After we had finished we went back to our classroom where we got to eat some of the freshly baked cookies. The cookies were delicious. We then went to the Library where Elena and Jacinda, two co-op students from college, taught us a lesson on the food guide and healthy food choices. At the end of the lesson we got to do some coloring.  

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: Check Communication book for forms re: DD Summer school. Weather permitting, we will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students have running shoes and gym wear.

Daily Report for Monday February 22nd 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold…

HIGH : -1°C                  LOW : -4.5 °C               P.O.P : 10%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Atshaya used Lego to make a car. Mindy did some coloring and so did Atshaya after she had finished with the Lego. Jerron did some bead work. Romi cut pictures out of magazines to make a collage for Mr. Wilkens. Michelle also worked on a collage.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes.  We then had a class discussion about what we had done over the weekend. After that we filled in our Weekend Journal’s. When we had completed the worksheets we all presented our journals to the class.

Period C: We went to  the Art Room to continue work on our hand built clay coil pots that we started two weeks ago. Today we added 5 coils to our pots. When we had done we made sure to clean the room well.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday February 19th. 2016

Weather for Today: Mostly cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : 5°C                             LOW : -2.5 °C               P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Atshaya and Courtney cleaned up Courtney’s restaurant with a vacuum cleaner. Romi was using the motorized Lego. Michelle did some beading and made some shapes with plasticine. Jerron carried on with his beading project.  

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went upstairs to the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs such as Starfall and Jigzone.

Period C: We watched the movie Charlotte’s Web. It  was about a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte. It was a good movie.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday February 18th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold….

HIGH : -4°C                  LOW : -14°C                 P.O.P. :0%         

Period A: We went to Mr. Watson’s class. Atshaya and Mindy did some coloring. Courtney made some menu’s for her restaurant with Atshaya’s help. Romi made a collage from pictures she cut out of magazines. Jerron helped Mr. Watson sand some wood pieces and also some bead work. Michelle worked with the motorized Lego.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then prepared our lunch. Romi and Michelle set the table. Atshaya washed and dried the lettuce. Courtney made the Fruit Punch. We all helped to prepare the Garlic Bread. We got finished early so we used the Whiteboard to learn about the history of pasta and watched a video about how pasta is made.

After Lunch Activity : Jerron, Mindy, Atshaya and Courtney went to the Karaoke Club. We sang along to songs like One Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g and Three Little Birds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LanCLS_hIo4  by Bob Marley. (If you wish you can follow the links above to practice with your child )

Period C: When we got back to class we all helped to wash the dishes and clean up. We then sat down to eat our dessert. This week we had a special treat, Cupcakes that Ms. Josie bought for us yesterday. The cupcakes were delicious ! Because we are going to a Mental Health workshop in Period D we did our daily report next.

Period D: We went to the library for a Mental Health Workshop. Today's workshop was about Goal setting and Working Memory. We played some fum games and won some Gummy Frog's. 

Note to Parents

Daily Report for Wednesday February 17th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : -1°C                  LOW : -8°C                            P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Jerron, Courtney and Michelle did some beading. Mindy did some coloring. Atshaya and Caitlyn were away and Romi was at her off school workshop.

At 10:00 we got ready to go to the YMCA. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT TO McCowan and then walked to the Y. We got changed and went upstairs to the track. Today we managed to walk a mile and a half ! We then went downstairs where we used the treadmill machines. We then went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre to eat our lunch. After we had eaten we walked to the local Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrows lunch. We will be having Spaghetti and Meatballs, Caesar Salad and Garlic Bread. When we had finished shopping we took the TTC back to school.

When we got back to school we had just enough time to do the Daily Report and have a short sit.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow, send no lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday February 16th 2016

Weather for Today: Light Snow and Cold…

HIGH :  0°C                  LOW : -4.5°C                P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Courtney made a restaurant sign with wood. Caitlyn, Atshaya and Mindy did some coloring. Romi, Jerron and Michelle used wooden beads to make a necklace.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to S-6 to where we all helped to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community  lunch. We then went back to class where we did our weekend Journal. We filled in a worksheet about what we did over the weekend. We then presented our work to the class.

Period C: We went back to S-6 where we all helped to wash the dishes from the Mindfulness lunch. We went back to class where we used the Whiteboard to do a money math exercise. We moved different value coins into a pink piggy bank to make up different amounts of money.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students have running shoes and gym clothes.

Daily Report for Thursday February 11th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and COLD !!!.....

HIGH : -9°C                  LOW : -16.5°C             P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We went to Mr. Watson’s room and did different activities. Atshaya did some coloring. Romi made shapes with plastacine. Jerron and Mindy helped Mr. Watson do some errands around the school. Caitlyn and Courtney used Lego to make things. Michelle did some bead work.

Period B: We prepared our lunch. We had pizza and they were very good. Michelle , Atshaya and Courtney grated the cheese. Mindy made the juice. Caitlyn cut up the peppers. Romi helped to cut up the peppers. Jerron helped to set the table.

Period C: We went to a Mental Health workshop in the library. Today’s workshop was on “Emotional Regulation” which was all about controlling our emotions, especially anger. We played a board game called “ Don’t Get Mad” and another game where we learned about thoughts that we speak out loud and thoughts we keep in our heads.

Period D: We went to a Valentine’s Day dance in the cafeteria. We all had lots of fun dancing up a storm !

Daily Report for Wednesday February 10th 2016

Weather for Today: Mostly Cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : -3°C                  LOW : -5°C                            P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: Jerron , Mindy and Michelle used beads to make some necklaces. Atshaya did some coloring. Courtney used Lego to make a blender for her “restaurant”.  

At 10:00 o’clock we headed off to the YMCA. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan station and walked to the Y. We got changed and then went upstairs to the track where we walked 14 laps, which equals a mile ! We then went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre to eat lunch. After lunch we walked to Freshco where we bought some groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having pizza and Caesar salad. We then took the TTC back to school.   

When we got back to school we filled in the daily report and had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow, send no lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday February 9th 2016

Weather for Today: Mostly cloudy, light flurries and cold…

HIGH : 2°C                             LOW : -2.5°C                         P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop and met Mr. Watson. Courtney used Lego to make a blender. Mindy and Atshaya did some coloring. Romi and Michelle used plasticine to make some shapes. Jerron was using blocks to make different shapes. Then we all helped Mr. Watson use a computer  to control a robot !

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to Room S-6 and set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. Mr. Wilkens showed us how to do a place setting then we all had a chance to help out. When we got back to class we began to read a story using the Whiteboard. The story was called “The Tortoise and The Hare”.

Period C: We went back to S-6 where we all helped to wash the dishes from the Mindfulness lunch. We then went back to our classroom where we continued to read the story we had started. It was a Aesop’s Fable about a race between a hare and a tortoise. As we read the story we answered questions about it. The story had a lesson. The lesson was “ slow and steady wins the race”.  

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

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

Daily Report for Monday February 8th 2016

Weather  for Today: Overcast and Cold...

HIGH : 3°C                             LOW : 1°C                    P.O.P. : 60%               

Period A: We went to Mr. Watson’s room where we took part in different activities. Courtney, Atshaya and Mindy used Lego to make some motorized items. Jerron used blocks to make some shapes. Romi and Michelle worked with plasticine to make different shapes.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Weekend Journal Activity. We filled in a journal worksheet about our weekend activities. The students then presented their journal entries to the class.

Period C: We went to the Art Room where we began a new ceramic project. We will be making hand-built clay coil pots. We watched Mr. Wilkens demonstrate how to use clay coils to build a pot. We then all worked on our own pots. When we had finished working with the clay we cleaned up the room.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday February 5th 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast, Snow flurries and Cold…

HIGH : 1°C                             LOW : -3.5°C      P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to Mr. Watson’s class. We used plasticine and blocks of wood to make different plaques. Some of us made heart’s and some of us made plaques with our initials’

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then prepared our lunch. Michelle washed and dried the lettuce for the salad, Mindy, Caitlyn and Atshaya cut up garnish for the salad. Jerron peeled some carrots. Romi made the fruit punch.  Then we all watched Mr. Wilkens demo how to make a grilled cheese sandwich after which we all got to make our own sandwich.

Period C: When we got back to class Michelle and Romi washed the dishes. Then we watched Despicable  Me, a Movie. While we were watching the movie we had our dessert of Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday February 4th. 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : 3°C                             LOW : 1°C                    P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We started a new class today. Our teacher is Mr. Watson. Today in class we cut some pictures out of a flyer. We then pasted the pictures on to paper. We finished off the period by coloring some worksheets.

Period B: We met our new teacher, Mr. Wilkens. We watched a short video about Mindfulness. We then had a short Mindfulness Meditation sitting. We worked on our literacy worksheets.

Period C:We began with a money math activity. We talked about the different coins and showed what different coins look like. We then went outside and walked around the school property.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting. We finished off the day with some free time.