BLOG OF THE WEEK AT SCHOOL in Chestnut and Cherry Class by Tegan and Phoebe 29/9/18 – 5/10/18 This week at William Ransom School, we had a lot of interesting and fun things happen. On Saturday the 29th of September a group of girls went to Wilshere Dacre School for a non-competitive football-rally. The girls … Read more
Everyone has settled well into Holly class and are getting used to the new routines and independence expected in Year 1. In our Design and Technology lessons, we are building Tudor houses as this links to our History topic of ‘The Great Fire of London’. We started by experimenting with different ways to join paper … Read more
In Design Technology this term Maple have been looking at examples of stable structures. We evaluated examples of picture frames and hope to design and make our own picture frame later in the term. On Friday, Maple were set the challenge of creating a strong and stable structure using only newspaper; we were surprised to … Read more
Wow this has been a busy week in Year 2! We have finally managed to complete all letters in our joined up handwriting books and we have even practised some tricky joins! We haven’t given the usual homework sheet today so the children can spend a bit of time just working on their joins. As … Read more
Coach and ex international player, Anna Collis, has been coaching badminton to Willow Class. She is teaching them lots of different shots, including the backhand serve, net shot and net kill! The children are really enjoying the help of a professional and are taking on board all of her guidance. The children particularly enjoy Round … Read more
Year 2 have had a busy past two weeks! They’ve all made excellent progress with learning their joined-up handwriting, completing their homework carefully and being very focussed during handwriting practise. Both classes went to explore the local area. They created their own maps, plotting on key features as they walked. All of the children were … Read more
Read some short blogs about our wonderful trip to Buckingham Palace. The Trip to Buckingham Palace On the 17th September 2018, Cherry and Chestnut Class went to Buckingham Palace, one of Queen Elizabeth II’s houses. In the morning, Cherry went to the Mews (stables and carriages) and Chestnut went to the main part of the … Read more
Willow made parachutes today to explore the effects of air resistance. In groups they decided which variable would change and which would be their control variables. Some groups made different sized parachutes (but kept the string length and metarial the same), whilst other groups changed the string length and shape. The children worked really well … Read more
Year 2 have made a good start with homework and have had lots to get through. If you are unsure about any homework received, please ask Miss Vivian or Mr Maranian. The children should be completing the following homework: – reading every night to an adult, with questions (please write the date and title into their … Read more
Seventeen new children started school in Oak class on Monday. They have had a great week, settling in well to the new experiences that school life offers. Mrs Driver was so pleased with the way that they had all settled in that she gave them a class achievement certificate. Next week we are joined by … Read more
