A foundation for life
Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School pupils got fully engaged with British Science Week! Children across the school participated in experiments, practicals and lots of outdoor learning to celebrate the STEM subjects. Little Adventurers Firstly, our youngest children had just finished...
Inquisitive inspectors put on white suits to uncover a crime at Greystone Manor! Louise from The Detective Project visited Ghyll Royd School with her forensics workshops last month. Reception and Forms 1 and 2 explored the scene of a crime....
Form 6 are discussing evolution in their Science lessons. In pairs, the class went around the room looking at different fossils and wrote down what they thought the fossils might have been and what they might have looked like. The...
During the latest Discovery Day, Key Stage One pupils learnt about the ways creatures change and grow. Children spent the full day focusing on the life cycle of the caterpillar through Music, Forest Schools, English and Computing. In Science, pupils...
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...
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?’...
Mrs Ellis will be running the Race for Life in Ilkley on the Sunday 17th June 2018. The 5k run is in aid of Cancer Research UK with thousands of participants taking part to help this worthy cause. 1 in 2...
To round off their Science lessons before half term, Forms 1 and 2 made their own habitats. They looked at where minibeasts and bugs lived out in the woodland area of Greystone Manor last month, and also got up close...
Reception’s learning challenge topic this term focuses on Winter Weather. In their Maths lesson, pupils used their own bottles to see which container held more water. The children would fill up their water bottles from the tap then pour it...
