To celebrate our amazing parents, mums and grannies were invited to Ghyll Royd for a Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea Party. Mrs Coultas decorated the Hall with daffodils and organised a fantastic event for the parents of Early Years and Key...
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Skipton Castle Trip
Forms 1 and 2 set off on an exciting adventure to Skipton Castle last week. Skipton Castle is over 900 years old and is one of the most complete and preserved medieval castles in England! We had a great tour...
Pupils Put Brendan in the Hot Seat
The man with the best seat on the coach talks getting the best seat in the theatre! Coach Trip tour guide Brendan Sheerin visited Ghyll Royd School to unveil the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ – a fundraising initiative for retractable tiered...
Branching Out of the Classroom
School days are always fun, but we really look forward to seeing Mrs Woods — our Forest Schools Teacher! She came to Ghyll Royd to teach Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 all about the outdoors. We wrapped up...
Tee-rrific News for Junior Golfer
Gabriel in Form 1 competed in the European Junior Golf Tour in Prestatyn on Sunday. He battled through 50mph winds and wet conditions to come first place in his age group. Gabriel received a medal and trophy, but that’s not all —...
Nell Bank relays
On Saturday Ghyll Royd hosted the finale to the Wharfedale League’s Cross Country season. Three teams from Ghyll Royd ran two laps of the gruelling course in the cold, windy March weather. Well done to all who have taken part...
How does your garden grow?
The Great Explorers hopped onto the Ghyll Royd minibus and took a trip to the Stephen Smith’s Garden Centre this week. The trip was part of the ‘Understanding the World’ section of the Early Years Curriculum, learning about how things...
Drama Club!
Drama Club returned for most pupils this week, but for Forms 3 and 4 it was the first time meeting Mrs Hughes due to last week’s trip to Headingley Water Treatment Works. Drama Club will run every Friday lunchtime for...
Thinking Outside the Classroom
Mr Laycock took Form 4 outside for a problem-solving Maths time challenge. In pairs or groups of three, we had a series of Maths questions we had to find the answers to. For example: George had 19 stickers that he...
Form 5 — Fire Safety
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service visited Ghyll Royd on Wednesday for a Fire Safety workshop. A firefighter called Richard visited us to tell us all about the dangers of fire, and what the Fire Service’s role in society is....
