Teaching Assistant Miss King went to Ghana over October half term to help teach young children with Church on the Way. Before her trip, Miss King asked parents and staff for donations of paint, tin foil, brushes, and other art...
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Remembrance Day Assembly
In Friday’s assembly pupils presented what they had learnt during Poppy Week. Every year leading up to Remembrance Day, Ghyll Royd School holds Poppy Week to get children thinking about the significance of the events in the First and Second World...
The Best Things About Autumn!
Little Adventurers spent last week thinking about what makes Autumn great, taking part in lots of fun new activities. Following on from a weekend of bonfire parties, the children talked about what they had been up to then created some...
Poppy Week
War medals and mementos were passed around Form 3 on Wednesday as Mrs Merkin came in to school. Former teacher Mrs Merkin now volunteers listening to the children read each week. Her grandfather survived in battle thanks to a metal...
Who’s Awake When We’re Asleep?
Great Explorers learnt the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals this week as part of their learning topic about day and night. We put on our wellies and waterproofs and went outside to the forest. On the trees there were...
New Flowers Added to Burley Tubs
Form 6 got their hands dirty planting some new flowers at Burley in Wharfedale’s War Memorial, ahead of the weekend’s Remembrance service. The children worked together to spruce up the tubs by the Memorial for members of the local community...
Remembrance Run
Sienna in Form 3 and her dad took part in the Poppy Run at Temple Newsam on Sunday 5th November, organised by the Royal British Legion. The 5k charity run was open to all and was part of a series...
Christmas Card Orders
Mrs Smith and her little elves were busy last half term making a start on their Christmas cards in Art. Each design was sent off to the Dandy Art House to be turned into a Christmas card. The Christmas cards...
Happy Halloween!
Boys and ghouls had a spooktacular day at Ghyll Royd on Tuesday as they took part in Halloween lessons and activities. The Halloween theme ran alongside the Ghyll Royd Discovery Day where children and parents came for a visit and...
Harvest Festival 2017
This year’s Harvest service was beautifully organised by Music Teacher Mrs Coultas. Parents and grandparents all came along to watch the service, to listen to the pupils sing and tell the story of the seven-day creation. Canon Grey, known to...
