Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School wish to thank the parents of our pupils with: ‘A Night of Sparkle’ at Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. Our annual end of term celebration will toast another successful school year here at Ghyll...
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Enrichment Week 2017
After a busy SATs week, Form 6 celebrated with a week of trips, adventure and activities. Enrichment week was a collaborative effort with ideas from the children and teachers to find out what kind of activities they would like to take...
Stay and Play — 26.05.17
Our last Stay and Play before the half term break was a scorcher! Coinciding with the Ghyll Royd Sports Day, the sun was out in full force allowing our Stay and Players to head outside with their sunhats and enjoy the...
Ghyll Royd App Update
Earlier in the year we launched the Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School app. The app allows parents to stay up-to-date with news, the School calendar, and many other fantastic features at their fingertips. The free app is available for Apple...
All Wrapped Up!
Forms 3 and 4 wrapped up lessons before half term by literally wrapping each other up! We have been focusing on Ancient Egypt as part of our learning topic: ‘What would you see on a trip down the Nile?’ In...
Spellbinding, Sophisticated Vocabulary!
In English this term, Form 5 have been studying ‘The Convergence of the Twain’ by Thomas Hardy and creating sea poems. Mr Nicholson organised a spellbinding English lesson to test our vocabulary and explore the different words that can be...
Ghyll Royd Sports Day 2017
The annual Ghyll Royd School Sports Day took place on Friday 26th May and had all years competing in the various races, competitions and events over the course of the day. With water bottles filled and sun cream applied the...
Making a Splash!
Children were invited to the re-opening of the Ilkley Lido Outdoor Pool for their weekly Thursday swim session. Every Thursday morning, pupils from Reception to Form 6 enjoy swimming lessons at Ilkley Swimming Pool, and have the opportunity to compete...
Jubilee Swimming Gala
Children from Forms 4, 5 and 6 sparkled in the swimming pool at an inter-school gala held on Tuesday evening. Children representing All Saints, Ashlands, Askwith, Ben Rhydding, Burley Woodhead, Ghyll Royd, Menston and Westville House got together at Ilkley...
Sporting Success!
In the lead up to the Ghyll Royd Sports Day, we’ve learnt of some fantastic sporting news by some of our pupils. Athletics Congratulations to Evie in Form 2 who competed over the weekend in the Yorkshire Junior Triathlon Series...
