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Next Page Inclusive Book Fair

We were delighted to welcome our friends from Next Page Books into school this week. Our local independent bookshop Next Page Books is, like us, passionate about celebrating diversity in all its forms. Thank you to all the families who came along to support the event. We hope everybody found books that they will enjoy … Read more

Ready Steady Read!

This week we are working in partnership with Usborne Books to raise some money to purchase new books for the school. To celebrate and encourage a lifelong love of reading at home and school, we are running a sponsored read from Monday 3rd July until Friday 7th July 2023. We hope you and your children … Read more

Author Visit for Year 5 & 6

We were so excited to welcome the celebrated author – Lisa Thompson – into school. This visit was all thanks to the wonderful ladies at Next Page Books, Hitchin, who were kind enough to think of us! Unfortunately, Covid struck and the visit had to change to a virtual one. Nevertheless, we had a wonderful … Read more

Year 5 – rap artists!

In English, we have been studying a short unit of work on rap. We have watched, read, analysed, written and performed our own, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. (It has taken some of the staff down a lovely 70s / 80s / 90s memory lane of music too!) This has linked nicely to the children’s … Read more

Diversity Project Spring 2023

We had a fantastic fortnight here at William Ransom School celebrating diversity in all its different forms. In Reception, they read Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett. Year 1 read And Tango makes Three by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell. Year 2 read Can I join your Club? by John Kelly and Steff Laberis. Year 3 … Read more

Rowan’s Book Nooks

After posting our work about Book Nooks on World Book Day, we’re sure you’re all desperate to see some of our ideas? We loved thinking about our perfect place to read and have added some of our more inventive creations into our own book corner to inspire our future reading spaces. Zoom in and see … Read more

The ONLY way is Badger – re-write the ending!

After all the work Rowan class have done on this insightful book – The ONLY way is Badger – we decided that the ending wasn’t to our satisfaction. We loved the book and it helped us look at and discuss so many issues including prejudice and discrimination, but we decided we weren’t completely satisfied. Although … Read more