A foundation for life
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
