What a wonderful return to school we have had. It was an absolute joy to see all the children looking so smart in their uniforms. It was also great to see you, the parents, looking so happy. Welcome back to...
Tag Archives: Reception
Primary School Places 2020
Hundreds of local schoolchildren receive their Primary School places on Thursday 16th April. This is an exciting time for parents as they wait to find out where their child will be attending from September. However, with growing state school pupil...
Ilkley Nursery Celebration Afternoon
Ghyll Royd’s Pre-School children celebrated their time in Great Explorers with their families last week. Before the Summer holidays, Mrs Johnson and Miss King invited the Ilkley Nursery children and their parents to a ‘graduation’-style party in the School’s sports...
Primary School National Offer Day 2019
National Offer Day on Tuesday 16th April will see hundreds of local schoolchildren receive their Primary School places. This is an exciting time for parents as they wait to find out where their child will be attending from September. However,...
Early Years Beginners Ballet
Children in the Early Years department at Ghyll Royd Pre-School are enjoying getting fit and active with two new, exciting activities. These two activities are an exciting addition to the already jam-packed Pre-School week. On Wednesday mornings, Miss Amy and...
Pre-School Pilots
Little Adventurers and Reception had a fabulous trip to Leeds Bradford Airport last week. We were made to feel very welcome at the ‘Multiflight Café’ where we were treated to milk, water and biscuits on arrival! We sat and watched...
Soak up the Sun!
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...
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?’...
Solar Show and Tell
Headteacher Mr Martin was over the moon with the impressive work Reception had done for their homework! Each pupil researched one of the planets at home and made mini presentations to share with their classmates. Mrs Hudson was very impressed...
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...