“You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.”Dr Seuss Today has been fabulous! The children came in a variety of amazing costumes and were excited to discuss who they had come as. The children have been completing creative activities based on the book "Room on a Broom" by Julia Donaldson [...]
As a school we really value children's mental health and wellbeing. We promote this through a vast range of ways including; being an active school, delivering PSHE and nurture principle lessons to name but a few. Today the Year 1 and Year 2 children participated in a "Mental Health and Wellbeing" assembly delivered by iMoves. [...]
During safety week the children have learnt so much about keeping safe in different ways. We have enjoyed visits from the police, ambulance and fire services – as well as learning how to cross the road safely with our lollipop lady. We learnt lots of information and even got to try the uniform on too! We [...]
Year 1 completed a music workshop that were provided by music specialists from the Sheffield Music Hub. This workshops were focused around our current topic 'Rio da Vida'. The children had the opportunity to play percussion instruments and learn songs about Brazil and Samba. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to use percussion instruments that are used [...]
The Key Stage 1 children put on an amazing Christmas production titled "The Hoity Toity Angel". It has been an absolute pleasure seeing the children gain confidence throughout their time at Royd. To perform in front of such a large audience is a huge thing. On behalf of all of the staff at Royd we [...]
Santa visited us this week to wish us all a "Happy Christmas". When he visited us he delivered a class present as we have been so amazing! As a school we are really proud of your child(ren). They are an absolute pleasure to teach. We also really appreciate how supportive you are as parents / [...]
On 11th December, Class 9 visited the Victorian Classroom in Barnsley. Miss Sharp met us off the coach and we were quickly transported back in time to 1883! We had to dress up - flat caps and waistcoats for the boys and mop caps and pinafores for the girls. In 1883 boys were more important than [...]
We have had such an enjoyable week in Class 9! We have created incredible art focused around ‘The Desert’! We have used a variety of tools such as pencil, painting, pastel and clay. We each sketched a cactus, made clay lizards and camels, created some fantastic cactus pictures using both paint and oil pastels as [...]
Year 1 participated in a 30-minute aerobics session this afternoon. As a school, we aim to provide a minimum of 30 minutes physical activity each week. As well as the children having lots of fun, physical activity has lots of other benefits such as: building confidence and improving social skills, giving children the opportunity to [...]
