Year 5 children had the most wonderful time getting to know the patients and staff at the Garden House Hospice this term. Each visit gave them a new and exciting experience. The first visit included some ‘getting to know you activities’, a tour of the hospice including the garden, the wards, the day centre and … Read more
Last week, Year 3 got to have a go at following a set of instructions to create woolly mammoths out of milk containers. We think you’ll agree that they turned out magnificently!
Transient art is something we do a lot of in Reception. You may or may not have heard the term before. It literally means “moveable art”. It is any creative work that does not stay fixed in its position. You may ask, why is it important to include it in our curriculum? Transient art gives … Read more
Yesterday, Year 5 were lucky enough to take part in a whole day dedicated to our learning about Vikings! We had an amazing teacher, ‘Irik the Viking’, to teach us lots about many different elements of Viking life. He started with lots of interesting information regarding the Vikings first coming to Britain and the history … Read more
Hazel class had a fantastic time when they were transported back to the year 1666. In the morning they had a go at making soda bread, watched their Tudor houses burn and wrote a diary entry just like Samuel Pepys. In the afternoon they created some beautiful Great Fire of London pictures using oil pastels. … Read more
Holly class went back in time to 1666 and recreated the Great Fire of London. We started the day making soda bread because the fire started in Thomas Farriner’s bakery on Pudding Lane. We then watched as the fire burned our Tudor houses! We tried to stop the fire with a fire break but it … Read more
Years 3 and 5 have been learning all about forces in Science this term and today had the opportunity to see forces in action in a Circus Skills show. Nick from Shooting Stars demonstrated his amazing juggling skills and explained how different types of force are needed on different pieces of juggling equipment: pushes, pulls, … Read more
As we reach the end of a busy half term, I thought I’d share a few of the many exciting things we have learnt in Holly class. In our indoor PE lessons, the children have been learning to balance on different parts of the body. They then chose interesting ways to move along benches and … Read more
For the children in Reception this often feels like the longest half term and yet despite being somewhat tired they’ve been amazing at continuing to be enthusiastic about their learning. We’re so pleased with with how all the children have taken to school life at William Ransom after their very first half term and are … Read more
At the end of every games PE unit, every class should take part in some some of competition specific to the learning that has taken place across the 6 week block. Learning competition skills in PE is so very important; we work on winning and loosing well, team work, motivation, resilience, fair play and sports’person’ship. … Read more
