Welcome to the Sixties!
Form 6 have taken a step back in time to the 1960s for their main learning topic this term. Pupils have been fascinated by the styles, music and the historical changes made through the era and have been keen to...
Unbeaten!
Ghyll Royd’s U10s have brought home the School Sports Partnership Netball trophy after going unbeaten throughout the season. In the semi-final they faced their toughest match yet against Burley Oaks Primary, but managed to push through and win 7-2. Next...
Early Years Bradford Science and Media Museum Trip
Great Explorers and Reception had a SENSE-ational trip to Bradford Science and Media Museum earlier this month to explore astronaut Tim Peake’s Spacecraft! We hopped on the Ghyll Royd minibus and headed over to Bradford. We were really excited about...
Wharfedale Art Competition Brings Local Schools Together
The first ever Wharfedale Art Competition was held during the course of this year’s Ilkley Art Trail. Ghyll Royd School joined over 60 artists exhibiting in this year’s trail, attracting over 100 eager schoolchildren and art enthusiasts over the weekend....
‘Singing Children of Africa’ Visit & Performance
Over 25 children from Kenya visited Ghyll Royd School on Tuesday. The children are touring the UK performing at different schools and public spaces as part of the ‘Singing Children of Africa’ during their 2017 ‘Angels’ tour. The children stopped...
Miss King Prepares for Ghana Trip
Following on from our visit from Educate the Kids yesterday, Miss King is travelling to Africa once again to volunteer over half term. This time, Miss King will be visiting the Calvary Chapel Academy in Pepease, Ghana where she will...
Spooky Half Term Performing Arts School
After a fantastic number of Ghyll Royd pupils attended and excelled Mrs Hughes’s summer school, places are now being taken for Performance Drama School’s Spooktacular Halloween themed half term workshops. It’s a great mixture of spooky and dramatic, with lots...
Grandparents’ Day 2017
We had 31 children’s grandparents visit on Friday 29th September for our annual Grandparents’ Day event. Grandparents were invited back to school to observe and participate in a variety of lessons with their grandchildren and their teachers. We had a...
The Wheels on the Bus go…
Key Stage One’s learning challenge this term is: “Where do the wheels on the bus go?” Mrs Downes, Miss Brown and Miss Baker talked to Forms 1 and 2 about the wheel and its purpose before the children got started...
Literature Festival Serves Up a Great Surprise!
The Ilkley Literature Festival has welcomed hundreds of authors from far and wide to share their stories with members of the local community. Forms 4, 5 & 6 enjoyed a children’s book workshop with author Rachel Rooney on Tuesday where...
