We are painting cityscapes at the moment and today was in the style of Vincent Van Gogh. We looked closely at Starry night and let it inspire our own paintings. When our paintings are finished, we will be cutting our card into the shape of buildings, to create silhouettes.
The Year 5 & 6 children took part in Graffiti Workshops last week! Professional street artist, Leon, led the children through a workshop that involved them creating their own individual boards as well as a collaborative class board. Leon taught the children techniques to use in their art but he also taught them about working … Read more
Year 2 had a great day last week on our trip to Mountfitchet. We got to explore the castle, learning about castle life, different jobs people did and the different features of the castle. There were also some interactive parts where we could have a go at firing catapults and slingshots. We also got to … Read more
On Wednesday 12th June, Year 6 got the coach to London to watch the ‘The Lion King’. After enjoying the scenic drive along the River Thames, via St Paul’s cathedral, we stopped at Victoria Embankment Gardens for a picnic lunch, before walking up to Waterloo bridge and along to the Lyceum Theatre The show was … Read more
Just Talk Week has come to William Ransom! We’ve had a brilliant time and learned lots!
During the first half of the Summer term children in Year 3 have been exploring animated drawings in art. The children were introduced to the idea that animations can be made by sequencing drawings. They gathered ideas in their sketchbooks by looking at the work of other artists and animators and after they had done … Read more
Some of our year 5 children have had an enriching and fun experience this week, learning how to peer mediate. They have learnt how to help resolve low level conflict between other children during break times, and they will be putting their new-found expertise into action in the near future. The training took place over … Read more
This week as part of Design and Technology we have planned a healthy sandwich, choosing our ingredients and writing a method of how to make it. Today we have done the fun part of making and eating our sandwiches. After giving our sandwiches the taste test, we will be reviewing and evaluating tomorrow.
The children have been learning to use their sketchbooks to practise and develop ideas. At the end of the series of lessons the children had created their own bird sculpture using all their own ideas. As part of Geography this term, we completed a traffic survey – counting how many cars, lorries, bikes etc. drove … Read more
