Recorder Reggae
Class 3 learned to play part of Bob Marley's Three Little Birds on the recorder last week. Along with the backing music, they played the notes B and C to complete the bass line. It was really good fun and dreadlocks were not needed!
School Work
The excitement of fireworks
Another busy week as the children learnt some new skills and practised the old. The week started with retelling our half term holiday news which made exciting listening! With Bonfire night on Thursday the children looked at the life of Guy Fawkes and listened to firework poems. They tried to think of words that described … Read more
Our Autumn walk
We wanted to look for signs of Autumn. As we walked outside, across our school field, we saw beautiful colours. The leaves on the trees were yellow, orange, red and brown. Lots of leaves had already fallen to the ground. We really enjoyed walking through them.
Starting Our Tudor Houses
We are now at the painting stage for our Tudor houses. We've painted to wooden frames already and we are nearly all done with painting the houses. Its going to take a few more weeks of work to finish them off but we are starting to see some good progress now. We also had a … Read more
Fire Fighters!
We had such an amazing treat on the last day of term when we were visited by Hitchin Fire and Rescue Service. They came to tell us all about how things have changed since The Great Fire of London and about how some things have stayed very similar. They showed us the equipment they use … Read more
Half term has arrived
Half term has arrived, a time to recharge batteries, practise skills learnt so far and return fighting fit for the seven weeks that lead up to Christmas. Following on from our autumn activities last week, some of the children used their woodland collections to make faces in the style of an artist called Arcimboldo. This … Read more
Toadstools by the car park
In science we are learning about living things. We were excited to see these toadstools growing by the school car park. We must remember that we should never eat toadstools because they will make us very ill.
Fire fighters from Hitchin Fire Station visit Class 1/2
Hi Parents/Guardians The fire fighters from Hitchin Fire Station visited Class 1/2 at William Ransom School today and we had such a great time! Class 1/2 saw the fire engine, the fire fighters’ uniform and squirted water through the hoses, but most importantly we were asked to check that we had smoke alarms in our … Read more
Class 3s Fabulous Photo Frames!
Class 3 today took home their fabulous photo frames. Professionally made and beautifully decorated everyone was proud of their creations. The children designed the frames after learning about what makes structures strong and practising standing structures up using triangles. The outcomes have been outstanding, with frames decorated with jewels and stickers and buttons and lollypop … Read more
Class 3 recreate Stonehenge
In history we have been learning about Stonehenge. We found out where it is located, what it looks like today and when it was first built and who built it. The class discussed theories about how people in the New Stone Age managed to build such a huge structure without any modern tools and machinery. We also thought about … Read more