On the 21st February 2018 we set off in the minibus raring to go and play Belmont Grosvenor School. The team comprised of Freddie B, Josh, Sonny, Quentin, Freddie L, Jamie, Thomas, Max and Reuben. When we arrived we had...
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“Sunflowers” by Form 1
In this week’s Art lesson, Form 1 examined the work of artist Vincent van Gogh to create their own Sunflower pictures. The famous still life painting was used for pupils to observe and replicate to create their own pictures. Art...
Stay and Play: Art Splash and Music Notes!
Stay and Play returns after the half term break on Friday. At the last session before half term, we made big, beautiful rainbows like the ones we’ve seen in the sky. Using sponges and brushes we dipped into the bright...
Cricket Coaches Bowled Over by Nicholas!
Nicholas in Form 6 has impressed coaches with his batting and bowling skills at Yorkshire Pathways. Just four weeks into the U11 Bronze Yorkshire Elite programme, Nicholas has been fast-tracked up to Silver at Headingley Indoor Cricket Centre. This is...
Outdoor Mathematics Fun!
Reception had all the fun of the fair in their playground by turning their Mathematics lesson into a fun carnival game! The children rolled a dice then had to double that number using their two times tables. When they worked...
Homemakers!
To round off their Science lessons before half term, Forms 1 and 2 made their own habitats. They looked at where minibeasts and bugs lived out in the woodland area of Greystone Manor last month, and also got up close...
How Do You Describe a Film Trailer?
Mr Nicholson’s Form 5 class put their creative writing skills to the test by writing audio descriptions for film trailers. William said: “We’ve written audio descriptions for the ‘Titanic’ film trailer which describes what is happening on the screen.” Phoebe...
Puppy Love
In Great Explorers we are learning about pets, how we look after them and what sort of animals we keep in our homes. We met some wacky and exotic animals last week when Sam’s Safaris came to visit, and this...
Can You Taste Colour?
Little Adventurers took a trip to Billy Bob’s Ice Cream Parlour on Monday morning – a great way to start the week! We were buckled into our car seats on the minibus and headed out on an adventure. We arrived...
Sam’s Safaris Come to Play!
Creepy crawlies and cuddly critters came along to Ghyll Royd School for the Nursery’s latest Play Date event on Friday 2nd February. Ghyll Royd hosted Sam’s Safaris, an educational animal programme which allows children the chance to get up close...