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...
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Fairytale Fun!
Once Upon a Time, Great Explorers and Reception took a magical trip to Abbey House Museum in Leeds to discover more about their favourite fairytales! When they arrived, the children played with the museum’s toys then wandered through the Abbey...
Welly Walk Wanderers!
On Wednesdays, Ghyll Royd Pre-School children enjoy an afternoon Welly Walk! The Walks are themed with the children’s learning topic and are always a highly enjoyable midweek activity. Last week, Little Adventurers and Great Explorers combined their welly walks with...
Wednesday Welly Walk!
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?’...
Spring has Sprung at Harlow Carr Gardens
Little Adventurers and Reception enjoyed a brilliant visit to Harlow Carr Gardens on Tuesday. We visited the gardens to look for signs of spring. We sniffed flowers, looked at their pretty petals in all their brilliant shades of pink, purple...
Signs of Spring on Ilkley Tarn
On their latest trip, Great Explorers visited Ilkley Tarn for a second time – this time to look for changes to the landscape as they looked for signs of Spring. Spring has officially sprung on Ilkley Tarn, with the little...
30 Hours – Apply Now for Summer Term
In September 2017 Bradford Council rolled out the 30 hours free childcare offer to local nurseries and pre-schools. Ghyll Royd School offers the 30 hours to eligible parents of 3 and 4 year olds, and has seen a positive increase...
Puppy Love
In Great Explorers we are learning about pets, how we look after them and what sort of animals we keep in our homes. We met some wacky and exotic animals last week when Sam’s Safaris came to visit, and this...
Can You Taste Colour?
Little Adventurers took a trip to Billy Bob’s Ice Cream Parlour on Monday morning – a great way to start the week! We were buckled into our car seats on the minibus and headed out on an adventure. We arrived...
Sam’s Safaris Come to Play!
Creepy crawlies and cuddly critters came along to Ghyll Royd School for the Nursery’s latest Play Date event on Friday 2nd February. Ghyll Royd hosted Sam’s Safaris, an educational animal programme which allows children the chance to get up close...