Willow – Year 4/5

Willow class share what they have learned about the Ancient Maya Civilisation with the rest of the school in their class assembly. 

Today Willow Class visited the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space Centre and met Brain the prototype Mars Rover. For the first time William Ransom school visited this exciting location where the Mars Rover prototypes are tested by scientists and engineers. Brian, the current prototype, will help Airbus engineers make the latest Mars Rover which is due to … Read more

Willow Class have been very busy over the Easter holidays raising money for the children that we sponsor through Compassion UK.  This year, the children decided to give their time to do jobs and to help others in return for sponsorship.  The list of jobs completed was both varied and impressive.  The children: vacuumed, gardened, fed … Read more

The recycling superheroes strutted their stuff for the school on their fashion runway. Eat your heart out Paris, London and New York Fashion Week!

Willow Class spent Thursday making their recycled fashion superhero costumes and then performed a fashion show to the whole school on Friday! The class worked really hard, using the plans and diagrams they had made to bring their recycled superheroes to life.  Many worked in groups and the teamwork in evidence was superb. The childrem … Read more

Willow Class pulled out all the stops this World Book Day with the variety of characters on display and the huge effort put into the costumes. There were foxes and witches, Harry Potters (and Harriet!) as well as Goths and partridges (attached to Danny). A couple of Hetty's were hanging out with Athos; Shanks was … Read more

In Science, Willow Class has been looking at properties of materials. Today they looked at electrical conductors. The challenge was to find the metal with the least resistance and most conductivity. To test different metals the children wired up a circuit with a bulb and inserted the metals to complete the circuit.  The metals tested … Read more

On Tuesday 16th January, Willow Class enjoyed a workshop packed full of Viking facts, stories and activities all led by our very own 'Viking' from 'Portals to the Past'.  The children all looked fantastic in their Viking outfits which really helped them get into character for the day.  Below are some quotes from the children about their experience: … Read more

Today Willow Class finished their unique felt phone cases. The children designed their phone cases, learnt about different stitches and cut out templates for the project. Over a few afternoons, they then cut out the colourful felt and carefully glued and stitched them together. We are all so proud of the results and of the children … Read more

The main song being studied was Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey. We also listened to the Glee rendition amongst others, but undoubtedly the class prefer the rocky, electric guitar and keyboard heavy version. Everyone in Willow also had the opportunity to play part of the melody on either the xylophone or recorder and improvise with … Read more