In English this term, Form 5 have been studying ‘The Convergence of the Twain’ by Thomas Hardy and creating sea poems. Mr Nicholson organised a spellbinding English lesson to test our vocabulary and explore the different words that can be...
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Ghyll Royd Sports Day 2017
The annual Ghyll Royd School Sports Day took place on Friday 26th May and had all years competing in the various races, competitions and events over the course of the day. With water bottles filled and sun cream applied the...
Making a Splash!
Children were invited to the re-opening of the Ilkley Lido Outdoor Pool for their weekly Thursday swim session. Every Thursday morning, pupils from Reception to Form 6 enjoy swimming lessons at Ilkley Swimming Pool, and have the opportunity to compete...
Jubilee Swimming Gala
Children from Forms 4, 5 and 6 sparkled in the swimming pool at an inter-school gala held on Tuesday evening. Children representing All Saints, Ashlands, Askwith, Ben Rhydding, Burley Woodhead, Ghyll Royd, Menston and Westville House got together at Ilkley...
Sporting Success!
In the lead up to the Ghyll Royd Sports Day, we’ve learnt of some fantastic sporting news by some of our pupils. Athletics Congratulations to Evie in Form 2 who competed over the weekend in the Yorkshire Junior Triathlon Series...
What the Victorians Did for Us
Form 5 went to meet historian Alex Cockshott from Ilkley Civic Society to learn more about Ilkley’s Victorian heritage. When Victoria first became Queen, there were only 100 houses in Ilkley; at the end of her reign there were 1000....
Miss King’s Uganda Trip
Miss King will be in Uganda this Summer leading a children’s club for those less fortunate than ourselves. Alongside members of the Church on the Way, Idle, Bradford, Miss King will be working with Action for Children and Young People, a...
Outdoor Classroom Day
The 18th of May marks Outdoor Classroom Day with over half a million schoolchildren taking part in the UK. At Ghyll Royd we are fortunate to call everyday Outdoor Classroom Day as we use our extensive grounds to host lessons,...
Harlow Carr Trip
Reception and Key Stage One pupils took a wonderful trip to Harlow Carr this week. The gardens are one of four in the UK ran by the Royal Horticultural Society. Reception had a colour hunt in the grounds to try...
Will it Sink or Float?
After a busy SATs week, Form 6 are continuing to show what they have learnt this year by presenting lessons to their classmates. Each pupil in Form 6 has created their own lesson to teach to the rest of the...
