A foundation for life
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...
Great Explorers went to see the bluebells in full bloom in Middleton Woods on Thursday. Off they went on the Ghyll Royd minibus to go explore and play in the beautiful local woodland. Mrs Johnson guided the children down the...
Forms 3 and 4 have been learning about living things and their environments. In their science lessons this week they have been focusing on how the plant kingdom could be divided into smaller groups. They discussed the four groups which...
On our Wednesday welly walk, Great Explorers and Reception went on a minibeast hunt! We’re learning about minibeasts this term. Great Explorers are focusing on dragonflies, butterflies, snails and ladybirds, whilst Reception are asking the question: ‘are all minibeasts scary?’...
Great Explorers are s-sounding out ‘a’ and ‘s’ in their phonics lessons this week. We have been learning about the ‘a’ sound and the ‘s’ sound. We coloured in an ‘S’ shaped snake, and using the whiteboard we drew out...
On Ilkley Moor with their wooly hats, the Great Explorers set off on a mini adventure. We were buckled into our car seats in the minibus and drove up to the tops of Ilkley Moor. Once there we went on...
This week Great Explorers ventured out to Stephen H Smith’s Garden Centre in Otley! The children regularly visit the centre to collect supplies to use back in their playground’s garden, and to meet with members of the local community. This...
Form 2 went on a hunt for the correct homophones in the adventure playground for their English lesson on Thursday. Dotted around the playground were cards which had a number on one side which corresponded to a sentence on their...
Great Explorers and Reception ventured into the woodland for their first welly walk of the school year. Mrs Johnson, Miss Coulton and Mrs Watson led the way into the forest area and to a campfire where we all sat around....
Three to five year olds were invited to Ghyll Royd Pre-School on Friday morning for a brand new event! The Ghyll Royd Beach Party is part of a series of play dates which encourages outdoor learning and building friendships. The...
