It is with great sadness that the 1st Year 1 athletics club has come to a close, after 6 weeks of exciting and energetic lunchtime sessions. This half term, 17 Year 1s have worked their way round a number of fitness based athletics events, run and mentored by their exceptional Year 5 sports leaders. They … Read more
After our Hitchin Wix Cup success earlier this season, our football team qualified for the County finals of the Wix Centenary Shield. The finals evening was held at Colney Heath FC and gave our boys a chance to play on an excellent surface in front of all of their families. The evening itself was a … Read more
Last week, the whole of Year 3 were lucky enough to have a guest coach in for one of their PE lessons to give them a masterclass in athletics! Alex, who runs our School Sports’ Partnership, came in to see what talents we have here at William Ransom and give all the children an exciting … Read more
After the Easter holidays, the whole school took part in professional skipping sessions in their classes. This looked to teach all children how to do the basic skip, learn different skipping skills, increase fitness, learn some skipping games and work on their mental well being through physical activity. The children (and many adults) fully threw … Read more
Last week saw the culmination of a season of hard work for our football team. William Ransom played Samuel Lucas in the final of the Wix Cup. This was a very challenging match for William Ransom, coming up against an unbeaten side and a special performance was required. A special performance was exactly what the … Read more
The football fixtures have been coming thick and fast recently as we approach the end of season rallies next month. Recent matches have included 1-1 draws against Highover and Purwell and a Wix 9-a-aside loss away in Royston against King James Academy. The boys did very well in these matches but they were particularly good … 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
This afternoon, sixteen runners from Year 5 and 6 took to the field at Knights Templar School to represent William Ransom at the School Sports Partnership cross country tournament! After much anticipation for this event, including trials and weeks of training, our Year 5 girls and boys team and Year 6 girls and boys team … Read more
Two Year 6 teams played outstanding games of netball against Whitehill School on Wednesday 9th November. Both teams played outstandingly, resulting in an A team win (10-6) and a B team loss (2-1). Check out the fantastic match report below to hear more about it… Our thanks to Deeya for the excellent write up!
