A foundation for life
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...
Whilst Ilkley Pool is closed, Forms 1 and 2 are using their usual swimming session times to explore the outdoors. Last week they took a walk by the river and discussed ‘where does the river come from?’ and ‘where is...
With the hot, sunny weather shining down on Greystone Manor, the Little Adventurers needed cooling down. Cue lots of fun play and splashing in water! The children love playing with the many cars, trains, buses and bikes in the Little...
Form 4 opened their own bars in the courtyard last week. The class has been learning about capacities in their Mathematics lesson and were tasked with creating two mocktail drinks that needed to be 250ml exactly. Using tubes and measuring...
Rception, Form 1 and Form 2 compared the strengths and suitabilities of different materials in an outdoor science lesson. From an own-brand tissue, to toilet paper, to kitchen towel, Reception and Form 1 tested how many drops it took for...
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...
Form Two used their senses to describe the school grounds in an outdoor, multisensory English lesson. Here are a couple of their poems. Poem 1 I can see a huge, massive, colossal, thick tree. I can hear the humming of...
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...
To build towards our Gold level in the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Schools Award, pupils from Forms 1 to 6 spent the whole day outside for Ghyll Royd’s Eco Schools Day. To start the day, Forms 1 and 2 celebrated...
Ghyll Royd School are just a few points away from reaching Gold level in the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Schools Award. The Trust reward schools for completing environmental projects and encouraging outdoor learning, enhancing school’s green credentials and inspiring young...
