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...
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The Wheels on the Bus go…
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...
Fun in the Sun – Forest Schools
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...
Into the Woods
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....
Forest Schools 2017
Each term we welcome Mrs Woods to Ghyll Royd who teaches valuable skills through outdoor learning. Children from ages 3-11 each enjoy their Forest School lesson where they can grow in confidence, and enhance their communication and concentration skills as...
Great Explorers Say Goodbye
Mrs Johnson and Miss Coulton waved goodbye to their lovely 2016-17 Great Explorers with a thank you afternoon for parents and children. Tea, juice and biscuits were served as everyone reminisced on a wonderful year at Ghyll Royd Pre-School. They...
All Wrapped Up!
Forms 3 and 4 wrapped up lessons before half term by literally wrapping each other up! We have been focusing on Ancient Egypt as part of our learning topic: ‘What would you see on a trip down the Nile?’ In...
Spellbinding, Sophisticated Vocabulary!
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...
All Things Bright and Beautiful!
For Form 1 and 2’s Art lesson, Mrs Smith took the children outside to discover what beautiful, natural colours can be found outdoors. In pairs, we had a palette with a different piece of coloured paper in each section. Mrs Smith...
Learning Challenge Proves No Teaching Challenge
As part of Form 5 and 6’s learning challenge ‘What Lies Beneath?’ pupils have been learning all about dinosaurs, fossils, and archaeologists. To show how much they have learnt over the term, the Forms split into five groups to teach...
