We have outlined information on the most frequently asked questions below. If you cannot find the information you require, please visit our FAQs page or feel free to contact the school.
Drop off and collection
The doors of the Pre-School & Nursery open to parents at 7.30am for our before school club. We appreciate that many families travel a considerable distance and by opening at this time we hope to enable parents to drop off their children before travelling to work. We have a large car park located directly next to the Pre-School and we have drop off bays for Nursery parents.
The Pre-School Day
- Children can arrive from 7.30am for our before school club
- The morning session runs from 8.40am to 12.30pm
- An afternoon session runs from 12.30pm to 3.45pm
- The nursery day ends at 3.45pm
- Before school club begins at 7.30am – children can be provided with breakfast until 8.30am
- After school club runs from 3.45pm – 6.00pm. Tea is served at 5.00pm.
Please contact the school office on 01943 865575 or email information@ghyllroydschool.co.uk to book your child into before or after care.
Weekly WOWs
At Ghyll Royd Pre-School and Nursery, children receive an enriched and stimulating curriculum from 2 years old which includes Music, PE and Forest Schools. Children are encouraged to learn at Ghyll Royd with our Learning Through Play curriculum which fosters curiosity and exploration of the world around them. We also have an extra special activity for each day of the week.
Move it Mondays
On Mondays we have our PE sessions where we learn about a range of physical activities and build the children’s skills and confidence to participate in sport. We teach children about the importance of health enhancing and inclusive physical activity for everybody!
Talented Tuesdays
On Tuesdays we begin the day with Music with Mrs Evans. Before lunch, we have more time for creative expression with Ballet! Wright Theatre Arts make ballet imaginative and fun!
Welly Wednesday
We’re outside each and every day, whatever the weather! On Wednesdays we take a trip around the grounds and sometimes to Burley Beach to explore and discover more about the world around us. We also step onto the football pitch with our optional Little Kickers club.
Trek Thursdays*
After our Thursday Music session, we head outside! Will we go out to the woods or into Burley? Will we light the campfire? Previous adventures include our visits to Harlow Carr Gardens, Bluebell Woods, Bradford Science and Media Museum, Stephen H Smiths Garden Centre and Bolton Abbey Woods. Our excursions offer a new way of learning for the children in different environments.
Flexible Fridays
The outdoors are just an extension of our classrooms! On Fridays we look after our allotment, explore the changing seasons and learn about the world around us. We don our wellies and head out on an adventure learning about the environment, science and nature. Will we go on a minibeast hunt, or will we have a story in the woods? Each week brings an exciting new activity.
*Trips are not exclusive to Thursdays and are spread over various days over the year for all children to experience excursions and visits.
Menu
Snack
The children are offered milk and fruit mid-morning. We don’t encourage sweets at snack time, but as a treat (e.g. a birthday) they are allowed! Parents can also send in a birthday cake to share if they want, but please avoid nuts and please check with us for other allergies. There is also a snack mid-afternoon which is provided by our chef which varies from a choice of sandwiches, veg sticks, fruit teacakes, mini bagels and cream cheese, breadsticks and humous, malt loaf, fruit and rice cakes.
Uniform
Pre-School and Nursery Uniform List
Please supply you child with hats, gloves and wellingtons as we will be outdoors a lot.
The school runs a uniform shop. Parents kindly donate good quality clothing that is too small for their son or daughter and the school sell it to raise funds. If you have something to donate please leave it in the school office. If you would like to purchase any items from the school shop please contact the office on 01943 865575.
50-week Care
Our Nursery is now open for 50 weeks of the year for children aged two to four and is available during the school holiday breaks, subject to availability. The spaces are filled by children who already attend for 50 weeks of the year. The costs and timings are the same as a regular Pre-School day and lunch and snacks are included.
Supported by staff the children know and trust, the children experience a variety of fun and learning experiences that follow the Early Years Foundation Stage principals.
Activities are planned using a ‘learning through play’ approach and are designed to complement the Ghyll Royd Pre-School schedule.
To book your child in for the next school holiday please contact the school office on 01943 865575.
