In Little Adventurers last week, we talked about aliens and all things to do with space. When we came to pre-school last week there was a giant rocket in the middle of the room! We made our own mini rockets...
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Children in Need 2017
For this year’s Children in Need pupils brought in lots of tasty bakes ready to sell to raise money. Buns, cookies and cakes went on sale at morning break and pupils brought in a pound to pay for a mid-morning...
Autumnal Animal Art
Great Explorers have been continuing their learning of night and day through different art forms. Following on from their nocturnal and diurnal animal activity, the children were keen to learn more about these different woodland animals, and what they looked...
Stay and Play – 10.11.17
Take a look at the fantastic things we got up to at last week’s Stay and Play session. We made bright and beautiful firework pictures, textured pictures using sensory balls, and boogied in Music Notes. It was beautiful and sunny...
Miss King: “Thank you!”
Teaching Assistant Miss King went to Ghana over October half term to help teach young children with Church on the Way. Before her trip, Miss King asked parents and staff for donations of paint, tin foil, brushes, and other art...
Remembrance Day Assembly
In Friday’s assembly pupils presented what they had learnt during Poppy Week. Every year leading up to Remembrance Day, Ghyll Royd School holds Poppy Week to get children thinking about the significance of the events in the First and Second World...
The Best Things About Autumn!
Little Adventurers spent last week thinking about what makes Autumn great, taking part in lots of fun new activities. Following on from a weekend of bonfire parties, the children talked about what they had been up to then created some...
Poppy Week
War medals and mementos were passed around Form 3 on Wednesday as Mrs Merkin came in to school. Former teacher Mrs Merkin now volunteers listening to the children read each week. Her grandfather survived in battle thanks to a metal...
Who’s Awake When We’re Asleep?
Great Explorers learnt the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals this week as part of their learning topic about day and night. We put on our wellies and waterproofs and went outside to the forest. On the trees there were...
New Flowers Added to Burley Tubs
Form 6 got their hands dirty planting some new flowers at Burley in Wharfedale’s War Memorial, ahead of the weekend’s Remembrance service. The children worked together to spruce up the tubs by the Memorial for members of the local community...
