Once Upon a Time, Great Explorers and Reception took a magical trip to Abbey House Museum in Leeds to discover more about their favourite fairytales! When they arrived, the children played with the museum’s toys then wandered through the Abbey...
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Stay and Play – 9.11.18
Our Friday morning Stay and Play sessions have had a makeover! As numbers soar, we wanted to give our Stay and Play-ers room to play and space to enjoy our sessions. We have introduced a booking system for when you...
Ghyll Royd Pupils Make Their Mark on Local Art!
Artist Ian Middleton visited Ghyll Royd School pupils to showcase his latest work. The Primary school children in Years 5 and 6 were enthralled by his work and the many different colours, shapes and animals built into his ‘rubistic’ art...
Welly Walk Wanderers!
On Wednesdays, Ghyll Royd Pre-School children enjoy an afternoon Welly Walk! The Walks are themed with the children’s learning topic and are always a highly enjoyable midweek activity. Last week, Little Adventurers and Great Explorers combined their welly walks with...
Head Pupils Have a Great First Half Term!
Head pupils Juliet and Archie and Deputy Head Pupil Jemima have had a fantastic first half term assisting Mr Martin. All our of Form 6 class have taken to their leadership roles brilliantly, finding confidence in their new duties and...
Form 6 Visit to Henry VII Experience
Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the Henry VII Experience in York last week to learn about Crime and Punishment in the Tudor times! Their Learning Challenge questions for the Autumn term are ‘How did the Tudors shape modern Britain?’...
Cross Country Stars!
Ghyll Royd School prides itself on its sports stars who compete in a wide variety of physical activities inside and outside of school. We had fantastic turnout for Saturday’s Cross Country event organised by Burley Woodhead! We had keen runners...
Singing Children of Africa put on ‘The Greatest Show’
Children from Kenya have spent the past week touring Ilkley as ‘The Singing Children of Africa’ choir. The group, put together by the Educate the Kids charity, have performed several shows in the area, finishing at Ghyll Royd School last...
Primary Goes Prehistoric!
Form 6 are discussing evolution in their Science lessons. In pairs, the class went around the room looking at different fossils and wrote down what they thought the fossils might have been and what they might have looked like. The...
Grandparents’ Day 2018
We’re delighted to share that our Grandparents’ Day / Macmillan Coffee Morning raised a whopping £411.82 for Macmillan Cancer Support! On Friday 28th September, grandparents of Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School pupils arrived at school for our Friday morning assembly....
