Form 3 experienced life during World War II in Mr Laycock’s classroom on Wednesday. Pupils went back over 80 years to understand what life was like in the late 1930s during the outbreak of the Second World War. Mr Laycock...
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Remembrance Day Assembly
In Friday’s assembly pupils presented what they had learnt during Poppy Week. Every year leading up to Remembrance Day, Ghyll Royd School holds Poppy Week to get children thinking about the significance of the events in the First and Second World...
Poppy Week
War medals and mementos were passed around Form 3 on Wednesday as Mrs Merkin came in to school. Former teacher Mrs Merkin now volunteers listening to the children read each week. Her grandfather survived in battle thanks to a metal...
New Flowers Added to Burley Tubs
Form 6 got their hands dirty planting some new flowers at Burley in Wharfedale’s War Memorial, ahead of the weekend’s Remembrance service. The children worked together to spruce up the tubs by the Memorial for members of the local community...
Form 6 dig for First World War centenary
Pupils have been busy planting trees to commemorate the end of the First World War. Around 450 trees will be planted by Form 6 and Mr Martin to mark the 100th anniversary. The trees have been donated by the Woodland Trust...
