Form 5 went to meet historian Alex Cockshott from Ilkley Civic Society to learn more about Ilkley’s Victorian heritage. When Victoria first became Queen, there were only 100 houses in Ilkley; at the end of her reign there were 1000....
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Miss King’s Uganda Trip
Miss King will be in Uganda this Summer leading a children’s club for those less fortunate than ourselves. Alongside members of the Church on the Way, Idle, Bradford, Miss King will be working with Action for Children and Young People, a...
Outdoor Classroom Day
The 18th of May marks Outdoor Classroom Day with over half a million schoolchildren taking part in the UK. At Ghyll Royd we are fortunate to call everyday Outdoor Classroom Day as we use our extensive grounds to host lessons,...
Harlow Carr Trip
Reception and Key Stage One pupils took a wonderful trip to Harlow Carr this week. The gardens are one of four in the UK ran by the Royal Horticultural Society. Reception had a colour hunt in the grounds to try...
Will it Sink or Float?
After a busy SATs week, Form 6 are continuing to show what they have learnt this year by presenting lessons to their classmates. Each pupil in Form 6 has created their own lesson to teach to the rest of the...
Pupils Wow at the Wharfedale Festival
Pupils from Forms 2-6 presented a variety of poems at this year’s Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts. The Festival, in its 11th year, hosted the Verse Speaking rounds at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley, with several schools in the area taking...
May Stay and Play!
See a collection of photos from Ghyll Royd Pre-School and Nursery’s weekly ‘Stay and Play’ sessions. See if you can spot yourself boogieing with Mrs Coultas or painting with Mrs Smith! Stay and Play runs between 9.30am and 11.00am on Fridays (term...
Can You Smell A Picture?
Following on from last week’s Art lesson, Forms 1 and 2 had to use their imaginations to create great 3D pictures. This term’s Art lessons are all about using our senses with the natural environment. Today’s lesson was about touch...
On Ilkley Road, I Saw…
To continue with their learning topic of travel and journeys, the Great Explorers and Reception class have conducted their very own traffic surveys. The children perched their clipboards against the fence by Ilkley Road and watched as many different vehicles...
Phoebe’s Sponsored Walk
Phoebe C in Form 4 is feeling inspired after her Easter holiday to Nepal! After trekking with her family where she mets lots of Nepalese children, she felt that she wanted to help make a difference to the children who...
