The Orbit

Welcome to our new Orbit team for 2016/2017. We are all busy working hard on articles and reviews for the Autumn 2016 issue which will be finished later this term.

At the moment all we seem to be doing is packing boxes and getting ready to move and this has unearthed a whole lot of memories as we find things that we haven’t seen for years! Recently we found some old photographs taken in the school grounds which show the school before we had 3 … Read more

It is lovely that at last the weather is starting to warm up and there are some definite signs of spring! This has been a really busy term, as always, but we have also had some very exciting events. Our World Book Day was fantastic! I can’t remember having so much fun in one day, … Read more

I can’t believe we have almost reached the end of another term! And what a term it has been! It is always lovely to welcome new families into school and in reception we have lots of new children and so lots of new families. I hope everyone has enjoyed being part of the William Ransom … Read more

On Tuesday of this week, William Ransom made their first ever food bank collection. The Orbit Team and the School Council teamed up to spread some Christmas spirit by supporting 'Letchworth Foodbank'. Just last week members of the two groups came up with the idea of making a collection of food and toiletries in school to support … Read more

And so another year draws near to the end, and what a year it has been! Looking back the biggest highlight for me has to be the visit from Ofsted back in December. We were all delighted to come out of that with an Outstanding Grade and I firmly believe that we earned it through … Read more

Our roses are in bloom!  The Orbit team planted three rose bushes in February in order to remember the soldiers who died during the First World War. The rose bushes are now in flower at the front of the school.

Goodness me, what an exciting and busy term we have had! We have had some fantastic days with Rousseau and Turner in school giving us two wonderful art days, World Book Day provided us with some very interesting characters and lovely literacy work and many classes have been out on some amazing trips. I was … Read more

Well done to everyone who entered the latest Orbit competitions. Key Stage 1 produced some wonderful colouring. The winner was Elena, Will came second and Kanishk third. In Key Stage 2 the winner of Srihan's Impossible Quiz was Andrew and George came second.

Welcome to the fifth year of The Orbit, our school newspaper. The Orbit began in 2010 with a team of nine Key Stage 2 pupils who have now all left William Ransom and gone to Secondary school. We were lucky enough to have Adam Mills (Mrs Mills’ son), who was a pupil at Hitchin Boys … Read more