May 25, 2020

Good morning and happy Monday, folks.

This week there is a lot going on. Namely a Grade 9 online event on Thursday. If you are unsure of what this is, head on over to the school’s website and take a peak. 

I built a couple of nice Muskoka chairs this weekend, from kits. I can’t wait to sit out in the yard by the fire with those babies.

Academics, right! ~ This week is as follows:

Grade 8 Science - We carry on with our unit on cells. Start with the Amoeba sisters video link, and then try completing p. 5-8 in your carnet. Don’t forget the online textbook! Although, the answers are up for you, it’s important that you attempt the work and check your answers against the key. We will meet on Thursday morning, at 9:45AM. Naturally, all of the above is via our Google Classroom.

Grade 9 Science -  We carry on with the Reproduction unit. Once you are finished the last post on l’hérédité, move on with les mutations. These two sets of notes are both here and on my website. Read pp.122-129 from our textbook (don’t forget you can get it online here.) And follow your carnet on p. 6-7. Of course, as always, check out the cool videos links, as well. We meet again on Tuesday, at 10:00AM

Sciences Humaines 9 - La Guerre Froide continue. N’oubliez pas d’utiliser votre compte d’école (nlesd) pour observer les documents de chapitre 8. Le manuel est seulement disponible en photos. Continue work on the Carnet - Ch. 8 Document on Google Classroom, submit what you like, but be sure to let me know if you want credit for it. Explore the video links at your own pace. All are found on the website or here. We meet again on Tuesday, at 10:00AM We’ll be doing some Sciences as well.

Santé 8 - Follow our Google Classroom, led by Madame O’Leary.

That’s it for now. Have a a great week.

Stay safe, stay active, and stay in touch.

Monsieur Thorne

May 19, 2020

Hi folks,
We're starting new chapters across the board this week.

Sciences 8: les cellules

Sciences 9: la reproduction

Sciences Humaines 9: le Canada dans le monde (la guerre froide)

Santé 8: Mindfulness activities (Merci Mme. O'Leary)


As always, submit what you wish, and please join us for our Google Meet sessions, times announced in our Google Classrooms.

REMINDER: Due date for Science Projects is this Friday, May 22.

Stay safe, stay active, and stay in touch.

Monsieur Thorne

May 11, 2020

Good morning and happy Monday!
I hope everyone had a great weekend. The following is your update for this week of May 11:

For Sciences 8, you folks were awesome on Friday's Quizlet Live and Google Meet session. We're going to try and clue up this Optiques Unit this week. We'll try the same thing this week, only on Thursday, at 9:30AM. Please be sure to stay up to date with the material posted here on my website and over there on Google Classroom. If you want to submit anything (the revision perhaps), just let me know. I'll be posting a Google Form Quiz there as well.

Sciences 9, we're hoping to finish the work posted on the Electricity Unit. I'm thinking we finish up this week, so we can start brand new on our Reproduction Unit next week. Please finish working on what I posted on our Google classroom there last week -the energy and power problems from the textbook, specifically. If you'd like to submit part of or any of this for marks, please let me know.

Sciences Humaines 9: We met last week for our combined Sciences/Sciences Humaines Quizlet Live session. We will meet much the same way on Tuesday morning, at 10:30. There we will discuss chapter 7 a little bit and maybe some of our Sciences course. If everyone feels comfortable moving forward, we will carry into chapter 8: La Guerre Froide.

Santé 8: Madame O'Leary has been awesome in helping us out with our Google Classroom. Last week you may have noticed that we have joined forces for this course.  If you'd like to work on, or submit, anything there, please let me know. The current topic is great for our reality - mental health. Check it out!

Lastly, those of you working on a Sciences Project of some sort, please have everything submitted by Friday May 22, 2020.

That's it for now.
Stay safe, stay active, and keep in touch.

Monsieur Thorne

May 4, 2020

Good morning everyone,

Welcome to another edition of the Monday update! I hope everyone had a great week and got outside a bit.

Course specific updates are as follows:

Sciences Humaines 9 This week you’ll notice that the Google Forms Quiz for chapter 6 has been taken down, and the material for chapter 7 is up and running. We’re going to have a Quizlet Live Google Meets for ch. 7 /Show and Tell “Que faites-vous? - What have you been at?” tomorrow at 10:30 AM, pending on participation signup. 

Sciences 8 Our Carnet 3 Material is posted and there will be an online “Quiz”/”Test” late this week , I’m thinking Friday morning, but I’ll confirm with Mr. Sharpe how he feels about that, because we’re collaborating. In the meantime, the Google Forms quiz for the last Carnet we completed has been deactivated. Please contact me directly, if you still want to try that.

Sciences 9 There are video links from last week that are still on our Google Classroom and we are trucking forward with this last portion of the Electricity unit. I’ll have more links this week for you to check out, as well as a new Quizlet.

You folks doing a Science Project - please forward your booklets to me, for my review. I would like to have all of these projects complete and submitted by Friday, May 22.

Santé 8 / Health - Check out the new link under our tab on my website titled Mental Health

As always: stay in touch, explore the links I put up, and be sure to be a part of our Google Classrooms.

Stay safe and stay active!

Monsieur Thorne