We have been looking at the work of Henri Rousseau this term in Pine. We have looked at his style of painting and had a go at recreating his most famous work. We decided we wanted to put our own spin on things and so we created our masterpieces using a mix of mediums. Wen … Read more
Last half term we were doing some basic orienteering in PE and as part of this the children were challenged to work as a team to create a picture. On this occasion they were using their own bodies to create a picture of a dragon.
Another half term has been and gone and we have squeezed quite a lot in to what is the shortest half term of the school year. The pupils across Year 2 have been learning about multiplication and division in Maths and all the children now have access to Times Tables Rock Stars, which they are … Read more
Well it’s been quite a week in Year 2. This week, along with the two Year 1 classes, we had two performances of our Christmas production which we performed on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening. We have been putting these performances together and practising them for a number of weeks and all the class teachers … Read more
It’s not everyday you get to go on bouncy castles and eat cake in class but that’s exactly what we did in Pine and Cedar class last week to celebrate the school’s 50th birthday. In between lessons, we also got the chance to play a few games of Musical Chairs and we even had a … Read more
This year we have bought into the Herts School Sports Partnership which allows William Ransom to enter lots of exciting competitions and festivals within sport across this academic year. This morning, a group of super keen KS1 children from Years 1 and 2 took on the mission of representing William Ransom at the 1st of … Read more
Cedar and Pine class had a lovely day last week where we were lucky enough to have some visitors to talk to us about some different countries. Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Egypt were among some of the countries we learned a bit more about. In Cedar class, we are now able to say hello … Read more
We have had a very busy start to the year in Year 2 and I’m sure there have been a lot of tired children (and adults). Our timetable for this term can be seen below but please be aware that we are always having to adapt to different circumstances in school and so we may … Read more
Cedar class have enjoyed a fun afternoon recreating the buildings from the Katie Morag stories. They worked in pairs to design the buildings using the map from the story as inspiration. They then used a variety of boxes to make the houses, Post Office, lighthouse and castle.
We have been working through our measuring unit in Maths this week. The children have looked at mass and compared grams and kilograms. They have also had a go at weighing different objects and recording their mass. We have also started looking at volume and capacity. Today the children had a lot of fun experimenting … Read more
