For our last Stay and Play of 2017, we brought our festive jumpers and got excited for Christmas! In Music Notes with Mrs Coultas, we had Santa’s sleigh bells to jingle as well as claves to tap and drums to...
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Head Girl’s New Year Message
“Hello, I’m Ava and I’m your Head Girl. This year I help hand out commendations with Mr Martin in assembly. So far this year I have also organised the tuck shop with the School council and the Deputy Head Boy...
Ghyll Royd School Highlights 2017
We hope you enjoy reading about our year. Click on the image above to view an interactive PDF to find out more about our highlights. Conveniently situated on the A65 between Ben Rhydding, Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale, Ghyll Royd...
Groovy Greek Gods
In Art this term, Forms 3 and 4 have been getting messy with modrock! Using sheets of modrock, pupils layered up their design over a basic mask shape to create unique faces. The masks represented different Greek Gods to coincide...
Cracking Cricket News for Nicholas!
Nicholas in Form 6 has received a brilliant early Christmas present, securing a place on a top Cricket Training Programme! The junior sports star passed a series of trials at Yorkshire Pathways Cricket and has been offered a place with...
Christmas Carol Concert 2017
Our annual Christmas Carol Concert took place this year on Monday 11th December at St Mary’s Church in Burley in Wharfedale. Families gathered on the cold, wintry evening to listen to the beautiful performances by children in Reception, Key Stage...
Festive Creations!
Every Year Form 6 teacher Mrs Marshall sets an exciting task for the last week of the Autumn Term. Each pupil is set with the task of making a Christmas project of their choice, and over the years there have...
Ghyll Royd at the Top of the Nice List!
Little Adventurers, Great Explorers and Reception enjoyed their own Christmas party on Wednesday. We arrived at school in our fancy clothes and sparkly and colourful Christmas jumpers. Reuben had a Tree Rex on his jumper, and Charlotte and Isabelle both...
Stay and Play – Shimmy and Sway!
This term our Stay and Play sessions have been super! The new, quieter area is great for a place to dress up, play and read with our mummies and daddies. Up the stairs to Mrs Coultas’ Music Room, we started...
‘Christmas Counts’ the Nativity – 2017 Performance
Children from our Little Adventurers class all the way up to Form 2 performed the annual Nativity play on Tuesday evening. Teachers, parents and grandparents gathered in the school hall to enjoy a hot drink and a mince pie before...
