Rowan and Willow Class enjoyed lots of role play and discussion about this wonderful book about acceptance, difference and learning to say sorry as part of our whole school Diversity and Inclusivity project. Enjoy these photos showing children taking on the parts of different characters of the story. They chose what they could say to … Read more
Another year, another exciting World Book Day at William Ransom! We had a great discussion about where we like to read; what makes a great ‘book nook’ for us to curl up with a great book, leave our real lives behind and escape into another world? Where is your favourite place to read? Year 5 … Read more
As part of PSHE in our Being Responsible unit, the children in Rowan and Willow class were asked to imagine that an alien had landed on Earth and asked them why humans look out for each other. The children wrote some beautiful and interesting responses so we thought we would share some of them: Dear … Read more
Year 5 and 6 had so much fun learning a new sport this week. Quidditch (from the Harry Potter series) is a fast, physical and highly active sport which is growing fast in popularity. It certainly proved very popular with Year 5 with one football fanatic in Rowan class stating, ‘It’s even better than football!’ … Read more
Since September, over half of Year 5 have been attending netball club on a Thursday lunchtime. They have braved the wind and the rain (and trying to hear me coach above the rest of KS2 out on the playground every week!) All their work has finally paid off, when Miss Swinburn kindly offered us the … Read more
This half term, Year 5 have been learning about tag rugby in PE. Mrs. Herbert has taken both Y5 classes for tag rugby and Ms Rowley-Jones has complemented this brilliantly with teaching both classes a Haka routine in dance. Both classes have worked extremely hard at learning both! Rowan class have finished their unit with … Read more
Rowan and Willow Class had a wonderful time last week with a visit from Retune. Retune is a charity which inspires young people to improve their mental wellbeing through creative outlets such as music and the arts. What did the children learn? “That I love music even more than I used to” “I learned SCALES … Read more
Year 5’s new science unit this term is all about materials. The class have decided that they are already enjoying this unit as it involves lots of experiments! We have looked at what properties we know materials have and have planned and taken part in some initial experiments to test these theories. We are gearing … Read more
Year 5 have been busy in the past few weeks, designing, making and evaluating moving toys, using a cam mechanism. Their brief was to make a moving toy depicting an endangered animal, that the World Wildlife Fund could sell to raise funds. They considered its sturdiness, visual appeal, and safety for small children. We firstly … Read more
