A foundation for life
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Next Tuesday we’re welcoming 30 children to Ghyll Royd from Kenya who are travelling the UK with charity Educate the Kids. Our guests will be visiting classrooms and having lunch with our children before a sneak preview of their choir performance...
Junior artists are exhibiting their own work to hundreds of art enthusiasts during this year’s Ilkley Art Trail. Ghyll Royd School has set up the first ever Wharfedale Art Competition where local schools submit their pupil’s best work to share...
Forms 1 and 2’s first Forest Schools session of the year had the sun shining brightly in the sky, which gave our teacher Mrs Wood a great idea! Mrs Wood brought out a big piece of tarpaulin and held it...
