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  • Our first Book Review winner

    Published 30/04/24
    Congratulations to the very first winner of the William Ransom Book Review competition. Each half term a book voucher is awarded to one of our pupils in years 4, 5 or 6 who leaves a book review on Accessit, our online library portal. So please rememb
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  • Year 5 Rap!

    Published 15/04/24
    The spring term was concluded with a fun and creative English topic: Rap music. Following on from looking at this genre in Music, children further deepened their knowledge and opinions of different types of rap music, before researching, planning and
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  • World Book Day

    Published 22/03/24
    What an exciting day we all had on World Book Day again this year! Our wonderful local author – Lucy Plunkett – came in to read her story with every class throughout school. Dexter is a school dog who has a natural way of helping child
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  • World Book Day Fun in Year 3!

    Published 07/03/24
    Year 3 had a fantastic World Book Day with lots of creative costumes, a lovely visit from local author Lucy Plunkett, and a chance to read with parents, carers and friends! World Book Day Fun in Year 3!
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  • Brilliant Books!

    Published 07/03/24
    What a fantastic day Year One had celebrating World Book Day! We were so impressed with all the creative costumes and interesting books the children bought in today. This morning we all met Lucy Plunkett the author of ‘Dexter! The Amazing Schoo
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  • World Book Day in Reception

    Published 07/03/24
    Oak and Ash thoroughly enjoyed their visit from local author Lucy Plunkett. After listening to the story, all the children had an opportunity to colour in a picture of Dexter the School Dog and talk about the story with their teachers. We loved ta
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  • Willow Class debate

    Published 28/02/24
    As part of our focus on British values, we have discussed the important role of democracy in our society, which has linked in with our English topic on persuasive language and debating. Beofre holding our own class debate, we discussed how to argue a
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  • Rowan Class get competitive!

    Published 15/02/24
    This week has seen a number of different areas of learning come to a conclusion with particularly exciting endings. In games lessons within PE, we have been progressing our tag rugby skills. As all our games modules at William Ransom do, we ended
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  • Magic and Mischief

    Published 14/02/24
    Some lucky Year 5 children recently received invitations to attend a magical club which celebrated a love of the Harry Potter books and films! In the first week, the children made their own magical wands and were sorted into their Hogwarts houses.
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  • Warner Bros Studio Tour Year 6

    Published 09/02/24
    Year 6 had a fantastic time at Warner Bros studio tour on Wednesday. We have been using Harry Potter as inspiration for some writing in English and we thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the intricately crafted props and sets, used in the films. From ow
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  • Woolly Mammoths in Year 3

    Published 14/11/23
    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! Woolly Mammoths in Year 3
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  • Next Page Inclusive Book Fair

    Published 04/11/23
    We were delighted to welcome our friends from Next Page Books into school this week. Our local independent bookshop Next Page Books is, like us, passionate about celebrating diversity in all its forms. Thank you to all the fami
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