A foundation for life
Key Stage Two pupils joined over 6000 Primary School children at the annual Countryside Days event at Yorkshire Showground. The event held over 100 practical and engaging workshops which cover aspects of farming, the environment and the countryside. Schoolchildren also...
Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School wish to thank the parents of our pupils with: ‘A Night of Sparkle’ at Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. Our annual end of term celebration will toast another successful school year here at Ghyll...
Earlier in the year we launched the Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School app. The app allows parents to stay up-to-date with news, the School calendar, and many other fantastic features at their fingertips. The free app is available for Apple...
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...
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...
The annual Ghyll Royd School Sports Day took place on Friday 26th May and had all years competing in the various races, competitions and events over the course of the day. With water bottles filled and sun cream applied the...
Children were invited to the re-opening of the Ilkley Lido Outdoor Pool for their weekly Thursday swim session. Every Thursday morning, pupils from Reception to Form 6 enjoy swimming lessons at Ilkley Swimming Pool, and have the opportunity to compete...
Children from Forms 4, 5 and 6 sparkled in the swimming pool at an inter-school gala held on Tuesday evening. Children representing All Saints, Ashlands, Askwith, Ben Rhydding, Burley Woodhead, Ghyll Royd, Menston and Westville House got together at Ilkley...
In the lead up to the Ghyll Royd Sports Day, we’ve learnt of some fantastic sporting news by some of our pupils. Athletics Congratulations to Evie in Form 2 who competed over the weekend in the Yorkshire Junior Triathlon Series...
Form 5 went to meet historian Alex Cockshott from Ilkley Civic Society to learn more about Ilkley’s Victorian heritage. When Victoria first became Queen, there were only 100 houses in Ilkley; at the end of her reign there were 1000....
