Our experience at the Roger Williams Park Carousel was wonderful. This photo shows Ruby having a fabulous time on a horse that moves up and down.  As soon as the conductor rang the loud bell, Ruby new to hang on!
Fourth graders in Ms. Broullette's class were comparing this carousel to the Watch Hill carousel.  Be sure to look in our February edition of the Bradford Bugle to learn more about their work.

Please join us for our Pasta Dinner on Friday, January 27 in the cafeteria.  Our co- chairs for this event are our kindergarten teachers Ms. Sinotte and Ms. Dodge.  Tickets are $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. We will be serving pasta and meatballs, tossed salad, and fresh bread.  Our PTO will activate our "Baker's List" for parents to bake delicious desserts for our dessert table.

We will also be holding our "Feinsten After School Program" sign ups this evening. Our list for activities include knitting, book club, tennis, basketball, homework club, and more...

Bradford School children in grades K-4 will be visiting Roger Williams Park on Wednesday, December 21 to ride on the carousel.  Students have been learning about the history of carousels in library and reading various books about carousels. They have been designing horses in art class.  Students will write about their experience upon their return. 

Jupiter Jen is here this week working with our preschool - grade four students.  They are working on states of matter.  Please ask your child to talk about the science learning that is occurring at our school! 

Students learned about chemical reactions.  They mixed liquids and powders together to create a gas call carbon dioxide. 

Check out the following websites to learn more about carbon dioxide and the properties of gas:

http://Chemistry.about.com/od/bubbles/Bubbles.htm
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_gas.html

We are thrilled to welcome to our school Ms. Marianne Scorpio.  She is our new school psychologist!  Today she met with our K-4 teachers and students and she will soon be introduced to our preschool teachers and students.  We are excited to welcome Ms. Scorpio to our school community.

The entire Bradford School community would like to welcome Mrs. Laura Gladding to our school.  She will be in the library media center on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.  Please watch for her article in the January edition of our Bradford Bugle. 

We would like to thank Mrs. Demetra Moore who has been working with the children in the library as our guest teacher.  Thank you Mrs. Moore!!!

Our children are eager about reaching a high goal for this year's food challenge.  For every can donated to our school, Mr. Feinstein will match with a dollar.  Our children are incorporating math skills by recording their data on a school wide graph that is on display in our main lobby. 
We have tallied our final count for our canned food drive and are thrilled to report that the Bradford School children and staff have contributed 750 items to support this food drive. 

Thanks to all of our children and families for thier continued support that is demonstrated in so many ways!  Ms. Pendola, Principal

WESTERLY SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT OUR SCHOOL

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7 AT 7:00 PM IN THE MULTI PURPOSE ROOM


Please join us as the Westerly School Committe holds their regualrly scheduled meeting at our school.  Our third grade students from Mrs. Bontempo's class will showcase thier musical insturments they created as a culminating project from the GEMS-NET Sound unit. 

Mr. Feinstein visited our school on Tuesday, November 29 to congratulate our children for being fabulous Feinstein Good Deed kids! 

Each child received his/her good deeds card that entitles them to entry into many exciting venues.  See the back of the card for specifics.  Our children also received a good deeds journal to document their acts of kindness shown throughout the school year.

The Bradford School children held thier first monthly town meeting on Tuesday, October 4 at 2:00 p.m. in the multi purpose room.  All children in grades preschool - grade four participated.  Ms. Olivia Frenze, grade four, hosted this town meeting.  Preschoolers entertained us with a dance that we all had the chance to participate in, Ms. Noonan's class led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, our first graders sang a hello song in different languages, and our second graders sang a chant about pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. 

Thanks so all of our children for showcasing the tremendous learning that is happening in our classrooms. 

Parents are invited to attend our December Town Meeting on Thursday, December 22 at 2:00 p.m.  This meeting will showcase student work.  Our school chorus will be performing three musical selections.  Our student host will be Noah Silva, a fourth grader in Mrs. Broullette's classroom.  We hope you can join us.

Kit Schedule and Focus by Grade Level

                                 





  Kit 1                                                Kit 2                                                    Kit 3

Kindergarten               Animals 2x2                                Balls and Ramps
Grade One                 Balance and Motion                      Pebbles, Sand and Silt                New Plants
Grade Two                 Insects                                        Simple Machines                         Solids and Liquids
Grade Three               Sound                                         Water                                         Plant Growth and Dev.
Grade Four                Land and Water                            Electric Circuits                           Motion and Design

Our science instruction is hands-on, inquiry based, with a strong integration of science and writing.  Our students are motivated to learn new concepts and skills through this inquiry based design while thinking like a scientist.  They all use science notebooks as a tool to document their scientific learning.  Following the actual science lesson, our students engage in a science writing session at which time they use their science experiences and understanding of specific skills and concepts as the content of their journal writing.  Our students learn different forms of scientific writing, including:
*observations
*cause and effect
*comparisons
*reasoning
*data and analysis
*conclusions

Our students work on developing scientific writing skills while simultaneously learning how to think and work like real scientists. This science-writing approach supports our kids in using their time to learn how to write about higher-level thinking and understanding. 
If you have any questions regarding our science program, please feel free to contact our child's classroom teacher for a lesson preview. 

Please join us in the Media Center on the third Monday of the month for our PTO meetings.  All meetings begin at 3:30 p.m. and last until approximately 4:30 p.m. 
Our officers the 2011-12 year are:



Co-President:  Ms. Restelli
Vice President:  Ms. Henry
Secretary:  Ms. Labbe
Treasurer:  Ms. Datson

We do have a very active PTO, however we are always looking for more volunteers so that we can provide our children and families with many engaging events.  Please refer to you school handbook for a monthly listing of exciting happenings that we have planned for this school year.