Last Sunday, our lacrosse team competed at the 2017 National Lacrosse Finals in Sheffield. It was a long day and the children returned home with a well-deserved trophy. We arrived at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield to compete – as the top team in Hertfordshire – against several other schools from across the … Read more
This year's Let's Get Cooking Club have enjoyed making lots of delicious dishes. The children put their cooking knowledge to good use and chopped, peeled, grated and stirred until their arms ached each week. At the end of each session, the children would taste what they had made – sometimes trying ingredients for the first time – and many of them discovered that … Read more
This has been an incredibly successful year for football at William Ransom. After progressing through to the final of the Hitchin district final of the Wix cup, the team faced tough, unbeaten opposition. Wilshere Dacre have had a very good season and have managed to claim the league title. In the final they looked to … Read more
Over the last week we have had a great end to our netball season when taking part in the netball rallies. Last Saturday (22nd April) the A-Team travelled to Whitehill to take part in the A-Team Rally. It started as a rainy morning with a sudden downpour, thankfully this cleared and the rest of the … Read more
Every week is different in the world of William Ransom! There is always so much going on. This term alone there have been numerous trips to some very exciting places! Maple’s trip to the Botanic Gardens sounded fascinating as did Beech’s trip to The Polar Museum in Cambridge. The older pupils visited The Priory School … Read more
We have many different Interhouse competitions across the school and now we have introduced an Interhouse Bake Off! The school council approached us earlier in the year with the idea of trying to organise a Bake Off and Mrs Mills and Mrs Halliwell worked out a way we could make it work. Two members each … Read more
Our team gave an incredible performance at the High 5 Festival this week at Knights Templar School, winning our group and then going onto win in the final! Our team consisted of a mix of children from both years 5 and 6. Despite the freezing conditions, our players ensure they remained focused both on and off the court. … Read more
The recycled fashion club took part in a Recycled Fashion Show at St Christopher School last Saturday. The children had to make their own outfits out of discarded clothes and anything else they had lying around! The theme was ‘Adventures and Discoveries’ and all the girls chose a different topic to represent this theme. They … Read more
What a superb performance from our players against Mary Exton! Many of our players were playing their first match tonight and they all had an excellent game. Lily captained the team well, communicating with all the players on the court. Harry M and Samuel worked well together to keep the pace of the game fast … Read more
What a great day of activity for reception and Key Stage One classes. With a fantastic group of parents to support the teachers and teaching assistants, the children rotated to five different activities during the day. Every class had done indoor athletics in their PE lessons, so this was an opportunity to have an inter-class … Read more
