What on earth is going on?

World Book Day comes to William Ransom and there are some very strange people turning up at school! Everyone had the chance to come to school dressed as their favourite book character on World Book Day and there were some amazing sites around the school! This is just a selection of some of the characters! … Read more

Claude Monet makes an appearance at William Ransom!

Amazingly, the day after David Hockney came to school Claude Monet turned up to tell us all about his life and works! The day started with a whole school assembly where Monet told us all about his life and how he changed the way we all look at art. He was the founder of the … Read more

David Hockney visits William Ransom

Today we have spent the day in the company of David Hockney. He told the whole school the story of his life so far and shared some of his art work with us all. After talking to the whole school David showed Key Stage 1 how he starts off with drawing, making sure everyone knew … Read more

Information from Mrs Driver

Suddenly we are here at the end of an extremely busy half term and I can’t believe how many wet playtimes we have had this half term! The weather has been atrocious but we have battled on and are now desperate for some signs of spring! Could I remind you all to think about the … Read more

500 Words Story Writing Competition

I have been into all of your classes and worked with some of you and have been amazed at how great some of your writing is. So… Why not get inspired and write a story. You can start now and have half term to work on your ideas to enter this competition? There are 2 … Read more

Welcome to our Friendly Force!

We would like to congratulate our Friendly Force Team on successfully completing their Peer Mediation Training. Their role will be to talk to and to support children needing help with friendship issues at breatimes. We hope that they will work with the staff to make sure everyone plays together in a friendly way!

Anti-Bullying Accreditation Award

I am delighted to be able to tell you that the school has recently been awarded an accreditation for anti-bullying. This is a scheme run by Hertfordshire and we have all been working together to promote positive behaviour across the school and at playtimes to keep everyone safe and happy. Last term we had a … Read more

First newsletter of the Spring Term

Dear Parents, Welcome back and Happy New Year! 2014 looks to be a very busy year for us in school. There are lots of exciting trips and visits being planned as well as some different events in school. Please check the dates of things that are happening this term on the diary of events. We … Read more

Christmas Photographs

We have put together a CD containing about 100 of the photographs taken of the Christmas performances. If you are interested in buying one of these CD look out for the letter coming home with an order form during the first week of term. The CDs will only cost £1 as we are copying these … Read more

Christmas Newsletter

Dear Parents We have now reached the end of an exhausting term and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the support you have offered this term. The School performances of ‘A Christmas Full of Eastern Promise’ and The Reception’s ‘The Origins of Christmas’ went very well and I am pleased … Read more