Latest News/Events
Certificates
The children in Nursery that took part in the Balance Bike course a couple of weeks ago, have been awarded with their very own license number and certificate! Well done Nursery!
Name the Penguin Winner
Congratulations to this child who guessed the name of the penguin. The penguin's name is Arthur. We hope that Arthur brings you lots of joy!
Winner of “How Many Marbles in the Jar”
Congratulations to this child who guessed that there were 140 marbles in the jar. The child won 2 FREE swimming vouchers at Stocksbridge Leisure Centre. We hope that you have a brilliant time!
Summer Fayre July 2022
Royd raised a huge £632.39 as part of the summer fayre. A huge congratulations to Class 9 who made £94.50 profit and were the overall winners as part of their enterprise project. Thank you to all of those that attended and an extra thank you to the parent volunteer...
Wonderdome Planetarium!
As part of this term’s topic ‘Moon Zoom’, we invited Wonderdome Planetarium to visit and bring an exciting multimedia exploration of the solar system. The children loved learning about the planets and their surroundings. They especially enjoyed discovering about the...
Wonderdome Planetarium!
As part of this term’s topic 'Moon Zoom', we invited Wonderdome Planetarium to visit and bring an exciting multimedia exploration of the solar system. The children loved learning about the planets and their surroundings. They especially enjoyed discovering about the...
Wonderdome Planetarium Visit 13.7.22
As part of this term’s topic 'Moon Zoom', we invited Wonderdome Planetarium to visit and bring an exciting multimedia exploration of the solar system. The children loved learning about the planets and their surroundings. They especially enjoyed discovering about the...
Grenoside Woods trip with the Wildlife Trust
The children have enjoyed a trip to Grenoside Woods where they worked with the Wildlife Trust. During our 'Why do spiders eat flies?' topic the children thoroughly enjoyed learning all about mini-beasts so this was the perfect trip for our children! We had a brilliant...
Sports Day Monday 11 July 2022
Royd with the support of LINKs and the Year 10 sports leaders from Stocksbridge High School hosted their annual sports day this morning. Children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were put into teams from around the world and completed a range of multiskills stations....
Learn a new skill Tuesday 12 July 2022
Bonjour! Key Stage 1 held a ‘learn a new skill’ afternoon and invited parents / carers in to share this experience. The children completed three 30 minute stations consisting of French, sign language and skipping. Key Stage 1 children enjoyed learning the colours in...
Balance Bikes!
This week in Nursery the children have enjoyed learning how to use a balance bike independently. The children went through a safety talk first, learning about what to wear when riding one and why they needed to do this. They were excellent and listened to instructions...
Arts Week – Rumble in the Jungle
During Arts Week, the children in Reception did lots of art activities based around the book 'Rumble in the Jungle' We made lots of different animals in different ways - bubble wrap painting for tigers, collage materials for a crocodile and handprint elephants to name...
Year 2 Library Visit
Reading brings many benefits to children including developing vocabulary and enhancing imagination, creativity and language skills. To create opportunities to develop reading further, the children have enjoyed a trip to Stocksbridge Library. During the visit, the...
Save or Spend
The children in Year 1 and Year 2 have worked really hard this year and staff thought the children deserved a treat. As part of save or spend, the children focused on doing good listening, lining up and demonstrating good learning behaviours throughout school. The...
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations!
This week, the children at Royd Nursery Infants have celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This year marks her 70 years of reign across the country. The children have celebrated in style with a royal tea party with their friends, enjoying snacks and...
Save or spend
The children in class 1 and class 2 have worked really hard this academic year and staff thought the children deserved a treat. As part of save or spend the children focussed on keeping their classroom tidy and earned some money for their hard work. The children...
Queen’s Jubilee
This week, the children at Royd Nursery Infants have celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This year marks her 70 years of reign across the country. The children have celebrated in style with a royal tea party with their friends, enjoying snacks and...
Queen’s Jubilee
This week, the children at Royd Nursery Infants have celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This year marks her 70 years of reign across the country. The children have celebrated in style with a royal tea party with their friends, enjoying snacks and...
Forest School Friday 27 May 22 Day 4
The children completed their last Forest Schools session today. As part of yesterday's session they enjoyed participating in running races so much that we decided to have more races today. They then made their very own woodland flags. The children used natural...
Forest School 26 May 22 Day 3
Children attended session three of Forest Schools today. The children are so confident at relaying how to stay safe in the woodlands. It has been brilliant to see the children's confidence grow in the space of a few days. As part of today's session the children made a...
Forest School Tuesday 24 May 22 Day 2
As part of day two the children recapped how to stay safe in the woodlands. In order to build the children's confidence, they completed two activities from yesterday. They explored the woodlands and then found their name cards that were hidden. After that the children...
Science afternoons!
This week children in Year 1 and Year 2 have enjoyed two science afternoons. These included an investigation based on finding out which materials have the most/least friction, an experiment testing whether a gyrocopter will fall faster or slower to the ground if more...
Forest School Monday 23 May 22 – Day 1
The children in Reception had a fantastic time at forest schools. They were taught how to stay safe in the woodlands and spot potential hazards. They also looked at staying within certain boundaries. The children were then given time to explore the woodlands and use...
Stocksbridge Town Council Design a Jubilee Flag Competition May 2022
Royd Nursery Infant School took part in designing a flag to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee as part of Stocksbridge Town Councils celebratory event. The design created and made by children at Royd Nursery Infant School is positioned in the top right hand corner...
Magic Monday and Thursday in Nursery
The children in nursery this week have taken part in magic Monday and Thursday. The children have explored the Easi-speak microphones learning some new skills including how to turn them on and off, record themselves and play back their recording. The children have...
Magic Monday
Today the children had a fantastic day where all of their learning was based around the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle, to link with our 'Why do spiders eat flies?' topic. We shared the story and talked about how the caterpillar is born from an egg...
Science week in Nursery
This week the children in Nursery have been having lots of fun learning a range of science based activities. They have learnt about Sea Pollution and the effects this has on wildlife. The children have been brilliant at recognising plastic objects which they found...
Stocksbridge Town Council Competition May 2022
As part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Stocksbridge Town Council has set up numerous events for the local community. Royd Nursery Infant School were recently presented with a Rose Bush that some of our children planted on the school grounds to mark the occasion. The...
Science Day
The children in Reception enjoyed a Science day where we took part in different experiments throughout the day. We really enjoyed learning about how plants need soil, warmth, sunlight and water to grow. Then we planted our own plants in our outdoor area. We are...
Aerobics
Children at Royd participated in a 30-minute aerobics session this afternoon. As a school, we aim to provide a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each day (this is separate to the 2 hours of Physical Education that the children participate in each week). As...