As part of our Science topic on forces, year 5 were lucky enough to take part in a fantastic Circus Skills workshop, led by Shooting Stars instructor, Nick. Children first watched a fun and entertaining demonstration, where they discovered how certain forces play a vital role in a variety of circus skills. They were then … Read more
On Wednesday, Year 5 were lucky enough to have a Viking visit us for the day! He was immensely engaging and knowledgeable and we all (including the staff!) learnt lots of new facts. We particularly enjoyed the artifacts that our guest brought in, really bringing the Viking period to life for us. We used our … Read more
It’s been an extremely busy week in Reception, rounded off at the end of the week with a wonderful celebration to mark the 50th birthday of William Ransom Primary School. That hasn’t stopped lots of learning taking place throughout Discover & Do. Please see a selection of photos of some of the things the children … Read more
What a fantastic day we all had celebrating William Ransom School’s 50th year. We started the day playing some fun board games, followed by an outdoor assembly and the cutting of the cake. The cake was delicious! The afternoon was spent bouncing, sliding and climbing. A huge thank you to Mrs Driver for the amazing … Read more
Year 4 have been learning about the digestive system in their science lessons.
Year 5 children have started buddy reading on Tuesday mornings. If we don’t have an assembly, the children are taking it in turns to spend time in Year 1. Once there, they are reading to their year 1 buddies or the Year 1 children are reading to them. This is proving very popular indeed and … Read more
This term, we are learning about ‘Living things and their habitats’ in Science. We have learnt about how to classify living things in different ways and this week we looked at the seven life processes. We talked about micro-organisms and the children were surprised to learn that these too are living things. To prove this, … Read more
We were so happy to welcome back parent visitors for this year’s Festival of Languages. It’s always one of our favourite days and the children had a great time. We are very lucky to have such a wide range of cultures at William Ransom and it’s wonderful to have a special day to celebrate and … Read more
Year 5’s RE Trip Our trip to Bhaktivedanta Manor was a great success. The manor is a spiritual sanctuary spread over 78 acres of land with plentiful gardens, an organic farm, a protected herd of cows, a temple and a monastery. On arrival, we split up into three groups to take turns visiting the various … Read more
The children really enjoyed their first assembly on Wednesday. They sat beautifully and were impeccably behaved throughout. Thank you all for your donations of fruit and vegetables. We took our fruit and vegetables down to the hall before assembly started. Linking to the theme of harvest, some of the children made tractors from junk modelling. … Read more
