BB 2019-09-20

BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XII, ISSUE 7

September 20, 2019

 

FROM THE OFFICE

Though we have had a busy quarter so far for upper school with athletics, the rest of this quarter is going to be really busy for lower school students too!  Soccer tournament, running club, field trips, and more! Please review the list below carefully, sync your online calendar with ours, and plan ahead so you can be involved and ready for these fun opportunities.

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:

    • Monday, 9/23 
      • MS volleyball  game, HOME, 4:00 pm
      • JV soccer game AWAY, 4:30 vs BCA
    • Tuesday, 9/24
      • MS soccer game, HOME, 4:00
      • JV soccer game, HOME, 5:00
      • Varsity volleyball game, HOME, 4:30
    • Wednesday, 9/25
      • Soccer Tournament:  1st – 6th grades (see permission slip for details)
      • XC meet, away, 4:30
    • Thursday, 9/26
      • Running Club:  K – 5th grades (see permission slip for details)
      • MS soccer game, HOME, 4:00
      • Varsity volleyball, HOME, 4:30
    • Friday, 9/27
      • MS volleyball game, AWAY, 4:00
      • Varsity volleyball game, AWAY, 5:00

 

 

 

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

    • Monday, 9/30 – Home XC meet
    • Tuesday, 10/1 – 6th grade field trip, Museum of Life and Science
    • Friday, 10/4 – 4th grade field trip, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
    • Wednesday, 10/9 – 1st and 5th grades field trip, Alamance Battleground
    • Friday, 10/11 – 3rd grade field trip, Greensboro Science Center
    • Friday, 10/11 – End of 1st quarter;  report cards will be posted on Educate

 

  • October 14 – 18 – FALL BREAK!

 

 

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Grubb)

Bible
  •  TK learned about the fall of man this week.  Though this story can be sad students quickly learned God provides hope to us all.  We are thankful for God’s providence, faithfulness and love even in our rebellion. The memory verse for September is Psalm 19:1.  TK students learned a song to this verse during music class this week and sung it beautifully. 
Theme Adventure
  • This week was a very special week in TK.  It was Apple Pie Week! TK students used apples and common spices to test their senses.  Identifying colors, comparing ingredients by sight, smell, taste, and feel all led to a better understanding of how working as a team creates something beautiful! TK students shone in the kitchen as they used tools to peel, core and slice three varieties of apples. They helped measure and mix ingredients to make the filling.  We all cheered when we saw the bubbles begin to rise in the pot! The second day was creative. TK students used their fine motor skills to shape and stamp pie crust. One enthusiastic student pointed out that pie crust feels just like play dough! TK filled their own pies and created a personalized crust top. Some chose to stamp and cut apple shapes while others chose varieties of leaves, acorns and pinecones.  The pies were beautiful and baked nicely. The third day TK students enjoyed and apple pie feast. After enjoying a book about Johnny Appleseed and prayer the students had fun tasting their delicious work! TK students created two pies. Each student brought home one lovely pie to share with their family as well. We had a wonderful week and look forward to next month when we will be roasting freshly harvested pumpkin seeds in the TK kitchen! 

 

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera & Mrs. McDorman)

This Week
  • Math meeting brings fun to numbers. During this math time we continue to clap out the month, order our pattern, and identify the tens and ones place value as we count how many days we’ve been in school. Students have begun to understand the importance of the calendar and how it helps us to keep track of important dates, particularly birth dates! We talked about the sound of “t” as we touched the tip of our tongue to the top of our teeth, and then created colorful tulips using tissue paper in the primary and secondary colors. We are also using our growing knowledge and understanding of dates and time to order the major events in history beginning with creation. Hand motions are helping us keep those events straight on the timeline. As we continue our study of the five sense, students used their super sonic sense of hearing to distinguish different sounds. The ear is amazing! And just in case you didn’t know, the ear continues to function while you are sleeping. Your brain just blocks out the sounds.
  • If your student doesn’t know their address or phone number, please start reviewing this with them. 
Music 
  • Our lesson was about distinguishing between the sound of a steady beat, and the sound of no beat at all. Also, the students enjoyed singing and practicing our songs for Bradford Night.  
Memory Work:
  • Ecclesiastes 9:10, review Proverbs 1:7 and 1Corinthians 13:4-8a

 

1st Grade (Mrs. Campbell & Mrs. Morgan)

This Week
  • First grade began the week by reading a phonics primer about King Alfred of England.  We learned new words like ‘intrepid’ and continued practicing our “r” and “l” blends. The students enjoyed making a crown with the same design as the statue which stands in Alfred’s birthplace (Wantage, England) and each student was “crowned” king or queen!  In math we created a pictograph, learned about polygons, and discovered color patterns in our names. We completed our creation designs this week and also began memorizing a favorite poem “Work”. Our class ended the week by viewing a lizard skin under a microscope which is a fantastic lead in to our upcoming study of reptiles!
Music 
  • Our lesson was about distinguishing between the sound of a steady beat, and the sound of no beat at all. Also, the students enjoyed singing and practicing our songs for Bradford Night. 
P.E.
  •  This week the students played a soccer scrimmage in preparation for next week’s soccer tournament.
Memory Work:  
  • John 1:12-13

 

2nd Grade (Mrs. Jones)

This Week
  • Second grade learned all about the Tower of Babel this week. We discussed how difficult it would be to communicate with one another if we all spoke a different language. Then, the students were divided into groups to try and build their own tower. This assignment was made especially difficult since they weren’t allowed to talk to one another! Ask your child how they felt during this activity. We also began reading a book about a dog named Tornado. The students have fallen in love with this mysterious dog just like the boy in the book did. Where did he come from? They will have to wait until next week to find out!

Music 

  • Our lesson was about distinguishing between the sound of a steady beat, and the sound of no beat at all. Also, the students enjoyed singing and practicing our songs for Bradford Night. 
P.E.
  • This week the students played a soccer scrimmage in preparation for next week’s soccer tournament.
Memory Work: 
  • Romans 12:18-19

 

3rd Grade (Mrs. Garner)

This Week
  • This week has been such a blessing to watch the class grow! We have started enthusiastically working on our “Math Measurement Sound Off”. This week was our review chapter in Latin, solidifying chapters 1-4. We played an intense and exciting game of around the world, while reviewing our Latin vocabulary and definitions. I loved watching our class work on their oral presentation skills with their IEW outlines (Institute for Excellence in Writing). They are doing a great job working on maintaining eye contact and receiving constructive feedback. 
Music 
  • Our lesson was about identifying a steady beat in musical examples. We listened to our quarterly hymns and found the beat by clapping together. Also, the students enjoyed singing and practicing our songs for Bradford Night.
P.E.
  • This week the students played a soccer scrimmage in preparation for next week’s soccer tournament.

 

4th Grade (Mrs. Hamilton) 

This Week
  • What an exciting week we had in fourth grade! In History, students learned about monastic life in the early Middle Ages. Each student had a chance to experience a “day” in the life of a Benedictine monk by having a simple snack of freshly baked bread, copying Scriptures while listening to Gregorian chants, and illuminating manuscripts under candlelight. In Literature, students were outraged at all the injustices Rolf’s father, Hiarandi, has endured; also, they were eager to reenact one of the most tragic chapters in the book. Their dramatic reading has been steadily improving, as we are reading as much as we can of this fantastic coming-of-age novel together in class. After individual meetings in writing, discussing possible improvements to their stories, students began working on three-point expository, as well as opinion, paragraphs. We also had a chance to begin our first unit of Poetry. In Math, fourth graders learned the relationship between multiplication and division, three ways to show division, and word problems about equal groups, and began working on fractions by creating fraction manipulatives. Students also began division facts power-ups and completed their third assessment.
Science
  • After learning the parts of a flower, students were able to dissect different flowers and identify all of its parts. Students also continued learning about monocots and dicots.
  • Upcoming: October 4–Field Trip to the NC Museum of Natural Science in downtown Raleigh. 
Music
  • Our lesson was about identifying a steady beat in musical examples. We listened to our quarterly hymns and found the beat by clapping together. Also, we sang our songs for Bradford Night. On our recorders, we learned the fingering for Middle C, and our homework was learning the song, “Largo”.
P.E.
  • This week the students played a soccer scrimmage in preparation for next week’s soccer tournament.
Art
  • In art, students are practicing shading with drawing pencils. We have been drawing a multitude of 3-D shapes – spheres, cubes, and best of all a whole cylinder city! 
Memory Work:
  • I Cor. 13:1-8a
  • Plants and Flower Sound Off
  • History Song

 

5th Grade (Ms. Windes) 

This Week
  • We continue learning about the explorers in history, this week hearing about the travels and discoveries of three who went to the Northeast portions of North America – John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain. Friday was the exact 500th year anniversary of Magellan setting out on his voyage that circumnavigated the globe, and we ate ship food and learned about navigation techniques in memory of this event. In literature, students did a great job exploring symbolism in The Hobbit, even as we continue to follow our travelers’ journeys and close escapes. Our newest math concepts are greatest common factors, divisibility rules, diagramming fraction problems, and using fraction manipulatives. We continue to learn new vocabulary and endings in Latin class, finishing up our study of the third declension adjectives this week. Next week will be a review week of all the vocabulary we have learned so far! 
  • Upcoming: 
    • Wednesday, 9/25: Math test 4
    • Thursday, 9/26: Ch. 6 Latin vocab review test
    • Friday, 9/27: Sir Walter Raleigh test, spelling test
Music 
  • Our lesson was about breath support for strength in singing and for high notes. We learned some vocal exercises to help with this, and used them for our warmups. Also, the students enjoyed practicing and singing our songs for Bradford Night.
P.E.
  • This week the students played a soccer scrimmage in preparation for next week’s soccer tournament.

Memory Work:

  • Verse: Romans 12:14-16
  • History song
  • Alliteration chant

 

6th Grade (Mrs. Garrett) 

This Week
  • The class focused on logic this week, and the various fallacies that are common throughout history, and even today. The fallacy, Ad Hominem, shows up in advertising, political campaigns and even in our own homes. Ask your student about it, and maybe they could spot this fallacy, in a respectful manner, of course.  In addition, the students conducted science experiments at home, and wrote up their first lab report. The process proved to be quite a learning experience as they worked to control variables, limit the independent variable, and look for the dependent variables upon completion of the experiment. Finally, the students began studying slavery in the south and the beautiful songs that were created out of the trials and suffering many people faced. The hymns gave people hope, courage, and reliance on their heavenly Father.
  • Upcoming: 9/26: Grammar Test, 9/27: History Test, Logic Test
Music 
  • Our lesson was about breath support for strength in singing and for high notes. We learned some vocal exercises to help with this, and used them for our warmups. Also, the students enjoyed practicing and singing our songs for Bradford Night.
P.E.
  • This week the students played a soccer scrimmage in preparation for next week’s soccer tournament.
Memory Work:
  • I John 1-2:3, Avoiding the Question Sound Off, Individual poetry, States and Capitals Song

 

LOGIC & RHETORIC SCHOOL

 

Mrs. Byrd

Calculus
  • We are learning about infinite limits and limits at infinity – yes, they are two different things.  We will conclude this topic with a test next week and move on to an introductory look at derivatives.
Precalculus
  • We’ve begun our study of polynomial functions with a look at the simplest types – quadratic functions.  Next we will look at functions of higher power and learn various techniques to locate roots and to produce graphs.
Geometry 
  • Our class is learning different ways to divide lines and space.  This brings up some interesting new shapes and terms – things like half planes, curves, and regions.  We will have a test on this topic next week and then begin some work on our bridge project.

Dr. Byrd

10th Bible Survey
  • This week we have been learning valuable lessons in the book of Numbers. In multiple ways and times the people of Israel opposed Moses – complaining and murmuring.  We were reminded how we are like Israel. We do not trust that God will provide for us. 
  • Moses continually prayed and interceded for the people. The Lord calls him the meekest man on the earth. Christ intercedes for us at the Father’s side. Our memory verse is Deut. 6:4-6. We plan to finish Deuteronomy and hope to begin the book of Joshua next week.  

Mrs. Frueh

7th Grade Science:
  • We are continuing to investigate the ways in which the universe is fine-tuned for the benefit of humanity, specifically the relationship between the four fundamental forces of the universe. Our area of focus this week was on the weakest of the fundamental forces: gravity. The students thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of analyzing the mathematical representation of Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, as well as theorizing what would happen if the gravitational constant increased or decreased.
  • We will look at the remaining three forces next week.
8th Grade Science:
  • Our 8th Grade Science scholars are continuing to learn how to distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter. We also learned how to classify samples of matter as either mixtures or pure substances. The students are learning to distinguish between elements and compounds, as well as atoms and molecules.

 

Mr. Hamilton

9th History
  • Our first test, which covers major developments in the early modern period, is right around the corner!
9th Literature
  • We have greatly enjoyed our journey with the Pilgrims as they have battled to set up their colony in the New World.
9th Theology
  • More with the Westminster Confession: creation, providence, and the fall of man.
10th History
  • Our current unit of study examines the book of Job, with particular reference to the problem of evil. 
10th Literature
  • Our next unit of study concerns ancient Babylon, the Hebrew people, and an overview of the ancient Egyptians. 
11th Philosophy/Apologetics
  • This week we took our first major test and examined the contributions of Augustine to the world of philosophy.
12th History
  • This week we took on the scientific revolution in the early modern period.
12th Literature
  • Our study of Milton is coming to a close. We have greatly enjoyed this examination of the many facets of Paradise Lost. Next up: Shakespeare and Hamlet!

Dr. James

10th Chemistry
  • This week we finished our discussion of measurements and calculations.  The students took their second test of Q1. 
  • Next week we will begin a discussion of the structure of atoms. 

Miss Oldham

8th Grade Omnibus
  • The students are beginning Beowulf, the epic poem of a Scandinavian thane. 
11th Grade Literature
  • The students enjoyed beginning Romeo and Juliet. We’ve looked at a few of the motifs that will recur throughout the play. They are also enjoying watching several interpretations of the play and comparing/contrasting them to Shakespeare’s original play. 
11th Grade History
  • The students are discussing how history repeats itself and how we still feel some of the ripple effects from the Dark Ages today. 
7th Latin
  • Our Latin scholars have completed Unit 4 and began Unit 5 on Thursday. 
8th Latin
  • Our Latin scholars are learning about pronouns, both reflexive and personal, and how they look in Latin (as well as a reminder of what that means in English). They have a vocabulary quiz on Monday. 

 

Mrs. Palmer 

7th Art
  • This week we continued working on our comic strips.  Students finished their rough drafts and many began their final comic strip.  They’re already coming along nicely!
8th Art
  • This week students launched into their final pen and ink historical figure portraits.  We’ve talked about hatching, cross hatching, and stippling and how these techniques will be used within their portraits.  I’m excited to see how these turn out!
9th Spanish 1
  • This week we did test review activities and took our very first Spanish test! 

10th/11th Spanish 2

  • We worked hard this week clarifying reflexive verbs and their uses.  We also discussed indefinite and negative words and began to talk through verbs that are similar to “gustar.”  We are working on some tedious grammar points and it’s essential that students review their notes/vocabulary when they can! ¡Gracias!

 

Mr. Palmer

7th Pre-Algebra
  • This week we reviewed for the test, took the test, then began working on finding the area of an object and working on multiplying fractions. 
8th Algebra I
  • This week we reviewed for the test, took the test, then began working with “like terms.”
10th Algebra II
  • This week we worked on multiplying and dividing polynomials and reviewed for the test this week.
9th Intermediate Logic
  • This week we learned how to work with bi-conditionals and form their truth tables.
12th Systematic Theology
  • This week we learned about the importance of the inerrancy of scripture.

Mr. Davis

7th and 8th Grade Choir
  • This week the students worked on harmony for the songs Trisagion and Our Great God.
7th Grade Logic
  • This week the students learned about the logical fallacy 7 and 8: appeal to the mob and the snob appeal. 
8th Grade Logic
  • This week the students learned about the relationship between statements, consistency and disagreement and the “one basic verb” principles.  
10th Grade P.E.
  • This week the students did various total body workouts and played kickball.      

Ms. Hutchison

7th grade Omnibus
  • Forum
    • Hymn: Blessed Assurance by Fanny J. Crosby
    • Inductive study of 2 Timothy 1 and quiz
  • Literature: 7th grade students finished up their study of The Epic of Gilgamesh this week and were assessed on their understanding of the content and themes in this ancient story from Mesopotamia.  They began reading the book of Exodus from the Bible and explored the theme of “freedom”, in addition to exploring the details of the amazing events which unfolded in this historical account of the birth of the nation of Israel.
  • History: In conjunction with our 7th graders’ study of the book of Exodus, they have been learning about the ancient and mysterious culture of the early Egyptians: their farming techniques, technological advancements, religion and architectural wonders. 

General Biology

  • This week we continued our study of Kingdom Monera.  Students learned about different types of bacterial colonies and ways that bacteria are classified.  Our microscopes were put to good use this week as our 9th graders observed the bacterial cultures they have been growing in the pond water samples they collected last week.  
  • We had some exciting discoveries of the microscopic world found in a small drop of water.  Students discovered and identified coccus bacteria, algae, amoeba and volvox protists. General Biology students will soon be concluding their study of Kingdom Monera with a test scheduled for Wednesday, September 25.

Honors Biology

  • Most of this week has been devoted to preparing for and taking a Unit Test covering information from  2 chapters of the students’ textbooks: “The Chemical Context of Life” and “Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life”.  After a challenging week of study and assessment, our Honors Biology scholars will now turn their attention to the study of Cell Structure and subcellular components.