A foundation for life
Ghyll Royd School pupils are enjoying the latest addition to their expanding curriculum. Bushcraft lessons with outdoor education specialist Mark Parry started after February half term for children in Years 5 and 6. Budding Bear Grylls joined Mark in the...
Great Explorers and Reception were extra observant during last week’s welly walk. Great Explorers We went on a leaf hunt. When we found a leaf, we described it to Mrs Johnson and Miss Coulton. We had to use the different...
Reception had all the fun of the fair in their playground by turning their Mathematics lesson into a fun carnival game! The children rolled a dice then had to double that number using their two times tables. When they worked...
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...
We’ve had a brilliant start to 2018 in our Early Years department. Little Adventurers have lots of newly turned 2 year olds attending nursery for the very first time. We’ve also welcomed new faces to our Stay and Play sessions....
Great Explorers LOVED their mini bushcraft activity on Friday afternoon. Using real hammers, the children knocked golf tees into fruits. You can see the focus on their faces as they use their fine motor skills to safely hit the tees...
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 have been continuing their learning of night and day through different art forms. Following on from their nocturnal and diurnal animal activity, the children were keen to learn more about these different woodland animals, and what they looked...
Great Explorers learnt the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals this week as part of their learning topic about day and night. We put on our wellies and waterproofs and went outside to the forest. On the trees there were...
Boys and ghouls had a spooktacular day at Ghyll Royd on Tuesday as they took part in Halloween lessons and activities. The Halloween theme ran alongside the Ghyll Royd Discovery Day where children and parents came for a visit and...
