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Snow Update – Tuesday 7th January 2025
UPDATE TUESDAY 6TH JANUARY, 8:30AM Ghyll Royd is open from 9.30am for children in our School, Pre-School and Nursery. We ask everyone to take extra care getting in, particularly around the school entrances. We advise footwear with a grip as the car park is still fairly icy. MONDAY 6TH JANUARY 2025 UPDATE 9:00AM, Monday 6th…
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Here you will find the latest school newsletter and early years news. We like to keep you in the loop with all the events and news happening at Ghyll Royd School. To read our latest newsletter, please click on the link below. We send out our whole school news on a Monday and our Early…
We are Hiring!
See below for our opportunities. Early Years Practitioner – Full and Part-Time Our ‘Excellent’ rated 50-week nursery is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated level 3 qualified EYFS Practitioners. £12.50 per hour. The successful candidate will: Work with the Early Years Team to promote the principles and aims of the EYFS Ensure learners feel included, secure…
Sports Round-up from Mr O’Connor
Teacher of Physical Education and Outdoor Games, Mr O’Connor, shares a round-up of sport from this half term. Fixtures U9 and U11 games lessons have been extremely enjoyable this term with Coach Verity and Coach Laycock providing their expertise in Rugby and Hockey. U9s have been on 2 fixtures to Bradford Grammar and Queen Ethelburga’s….
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Parents, Teachers, Pupils and Governors joined us for our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning last week. We expanded the morning from our usual bake sale to also include a breakfast from 8.00am. Families had the opportunity to drop in before the school day began to enjoy a bacon sandwich made by Chef Dave. We had a…
End of Year Letter – Mr D. Cunningham
Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School’s Chair of Governors, Mr David Cunningham, gave an end of year speech in our awards service. Dear Parent, I cannot believe we are already at the end of another fantastic year. Having said that, I am not surprised how quickly it has flown, given how much there is going on…
Wharfedale Festival Success!
Ghyll Royd School pupils enjoyed participating in this year’s Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts. Twenty pupils took part in this year’s Speech and Drama Festival, with great success. Children take part each year as an opportunity to try out public speaking. It is fantastic for young people’s confidence. We had brilliant success this year, with…
End of Term Letter – Mr Martin
Dear Parents, Staff, Governors and Friends of Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School, As we move into the final months of the school year, it has been a pleasure to see the creativity, the athleticism, the kindness, and the hard work on display inside and outside of the classrooms this term. I am always astounded by…
Mother’s Day Tea Party
Mums and grandmas were treated to a Mother’s Day concert last week. Children in Early Years up to Year 2 sang, danced, played instruments and performed to an audience of their loved ones in our annual Mother’s Day Tea Party. The event began with teas and cakes before the children stepped onto the stage in…
School Council raise £3,500 for Rob Burrow MND Centre
Ghyll Royd’s School Council has raised over £3,500 for the new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease. The School and Eco-Council pupils organised a sponsored swim on Thursday 22nd February 2024. The swim was arranged to raise funds for the new centre in honour of a teaching assistant’s family. Mrs Julie Tomkinson is taking…
Lunar New Year
Ghyll Royd pupils of all ages enjoyed celebrating the Lunar New Year this week. Our Early Years children learnt about the holiday and why it is celebrated. In Little Adventurers the boys and girls made concertina dragons. The children loved mixing together the yellow and red colours in their tuff tray. The sensory tray had…
Spring Term Sports Round-Up
Our Sports Captain, William, and Deputy Head Pupil, Olivia S, have put together a sports round-up of the Spring term so far. We’ve had an incredible start to the term with plenty of exciting sports events! We had an amazing start with the U11 cross country at Giggleswick on the 25th of January and over…