National Offer Day on Tuesday 16th April will see hundreds of local schoolchildren receive their Primary School places. This is an exciting time for parents as they wait to find out where their child will be attending from September. However,...
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British Science Week
Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School pupils got fully engaged with British Science Week! Children across the school participated in experiments, practicals and lots of outdoor learning to celebrate the STEM subjects. Little Adventurers Firstly, our youngest children had just finished...
Make Mr Martin laugh!
On Friday 15th March, children were invited to do something funny for money for Comic Relief: Red Nose Day. Children from Reception to Year 6 brought their funniest jokes and silliest faces to the Headteacher’s office. Mr Martin had over 50...
World Book Day – Eeyore came to play!
Ghyll Royd School’s Headteacher Mr David Martin was almost out of a job when Eeyore came to visit on World Book Day! The beloved donkey from the Winnie the Pooh book series visited Ghyll Royd last Thursday. Eeyore met children...
Ghyll Royd School alumni – get in touch!
Are you a former pupil or related to someone who attended Ghyll Royd School? This year the school will have provided exceptional education for 130 years. We want our alumni to be involved in celebrating the occasion! We would love...
Entrance exams success!
Congratulations to all the children who sat Independent Secondary School Entrance Exams this term. We are delighted to share that our Form 6 children received glowing feedback from their exams and interviews. Several pupils have also been awarded Headteacher awards...
Terrific Tudor Art
Key Stage Two pupils create super Tudor artwork! In Art this term, Forms 5 and 6 are exploring their learning challenge topic: ‘The Tudors: Terrific or Terrible’. They are taking a look at the work of Hans Holbein. Holbein was...
Stay and Play – 15.01.19
Before Christmas we had a Santa treasure hunt. We found him hiding in the fancy dress rail. Silly Santa! When we came back for 2019, we have enjoyed painting icicles, singing new songs and practicing our balancing and focus in Gym...
Does gas weigh anything?
In our Spring term science topic, Forms 3 and 4 are researching states of matter. With Mr Laycock, we worked together to investigate the weight of a gas. We used the courtyard area to conduct our experiment. In groups of...
Inspire a love of learning from 2 years old
When choosing a pre-school setting, a child’s health and happiness are always top of any parent’s list. Ghyll Royd provides a warm, loving environment combined with exciting and enriching activities to ignite a passion for learning. Recent developments to our...
