In assembly today, the children surprised Mrs Driver by stopping her talk about school rules. It was amusing to see Mrs Driver’s consternation at being interrupted during her important talk. Year 5 and 6 children stood up and, one by one, started counting to 40. Once they got to about 30, we suspect Mrs Driver … Read more
The National Curriculum for English: Accessit online catalogue for fiction and non-fiction https://uk.accessit.online/wll15/#!dashboard Top 100 books by Year Group:
Family Lives are delivering online parenting groups, funded by Herts County Council, in the Autumn term for parents/carers. Bringing Up Confident Children for Parents of Children with ADHD/ASD – Online (6 weeks) Thursday 15th September to 20th Oct, 9.30 – 11.30 Tuesday 4th October to 15th November, 9.30-11.30 Tues 8th November to 13th December 7.30pm – … Read more
Sport at William Ransom 2021-2022 PE and Sport at William Ransom 2021-2022 has been a very mixed year for sport at William Ransom. We have done our best to get back to clubs as usual but unfortunately a couple COVID outbreaks did have an impact on our overall provision. However, we were able to get … Read more
Film Club has been running at William Ransom since 2018/19 but the programme it is part of has been going since 1995 when cinema reached 100 years old. Le Cinema, cent ans de jeunesse (CCAJ) stands for Cinema, 100 years of youth and it is a project that brings children together from all over the … Read more
Year 4’s final unit in Design and Technology this year has been looking at food packaging – in particular pizza boxes. We first started by looking at premade boxes and what information they had on them. We spoke about what shapes they were and what material they were made out of. We also mentioned about … Read more
It was lovely to see so many parents this morning. We hope you found the information useful. For those who would like to see the presentation again, and for those parents who were unable to attend, please find the PowerPoint below.
At William Ransom School, preparations for the Platinum Jubilee started early and we had a whole host of activities for the children to learn about the Queen’s reign and celebrate along with her majesty. We started off in English lessons, learning all about the Queen, her family, her role and her achievements. Once we had … Read more
Hitchin Fire Service visited us on Wednesday morning and we were lucky to see so many aspects of being a Fire Fighter. From the uniform, to the engine and the hoses the children saw and experienced it all. And then at the very end they were called out to a job and we got to … Read more
There are many talented musicians at William Ransom and we are pleased to share with you some of their favourite pieces. From Year 3 onwards we offer a range of music tuition including violin, guitar, recorder, and trumpet. Congratulations to the following children who performed in this short showcase: Year 3 Alice , Charlotte, Chloe , Luke , Narjis , Olivia , Sam , … Read more
