Forms 5 and 6 are starting to see their lino printing turn into Tartan! For their learning topic all about the Stuarts, pupils have been making scottish kilts using lino and paint on cotton fabric. The printing process takes time...
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Mrs Ellis’s Race for Life for Cancer Research UK
Mrs Ellis will be running the Race for Life in Ilkley on the Sunday 17th June 2018. The 5k run is in aid of Cancer Research UK with thousands of participants taking part to help this worthy cause. 1 in 2...
Outdoor Poetry
Form Two used their senses to describe the school grounds in an outdoor, multisensory English lesson. Here are a couple of their poems. Poem 1 I can see a huge, massive, colossal, thick tree. I can hear the humming of...
Primary School Places 2018
Hundreds of local schoolchildren receive their Primary School places on Monday 16th April. This is an exciting time for parents as they wait to find out where their child will be attending from September. However, with growing state school pupil...
Achievements All Around
The last week of the Spring term was filled with congratulations and celebrations for our multi-talented pupils! Our last Commendations Assembly was filled with stories of success, wins, and acts of care and courtesy by pupils across the school. The...
Ghyllstonbury Festival 2018!
Ghyll Royd School, Pre-School and Nursery are excited to bring you Ghyllstonbury – a one-off mini festival celebrating another brilliant school year! As a leading Primary school and after a string of successes in Sport, Art, Music, Drama, Entrance Exams...
Key Stage Two Presents: ‘The Tempest’
Talented Primary School pupils dazzled family and friends in their performance of ‘The Tempest’. Ghyll Royd pupils in Forms 3-6 performed the Shakespearean classic to a packed Sports Hall on Wednesday 28th March 2018. For some, this was their very...
T-Evie Design Wins Ilkley Carnival Competition!
If you see Evie in Form 6 around school this week, her smile will be even bigger than usual, as it has been announced that she is this year’s winner of the Ilkley Carnival Cover Competition! Her bright and dazzling...
Key Stage One in Bloom
Pupils in Forms 1 and 2 visited Harlow Carr Gardens to learn about how things grow. The Gardens are a great place to visit for Primary School children, as they can explore and learn in the beautiful outdoors. The classes...
Solar Show and Tell
Headteacher Mr Martin was over the moon with the impressive work Reception had done for their homework! Each pupil researched one of the planets at home and made mini presentations to share with their classmates. Mrs Hudson was very impressed...
