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Red Nose Day March  2025

Red Nose Day March 2025

Thank you for your donations made as part of Red Nose day on Friday 21st March. Thanks to your generosity we raised £159.50. Comic Relief continues to make a difference to the lives of millions of people across the UK and around the world. Comic Relief believes “that...

World Book Day March 2025

World Book Day March 2025

Year 1 and Year 2 have had a fabulous World Book Day! The children came in a variety of amazing costumes and were excited to show each other who they had come as! This year we focused on the book 'Tidy' by Emily Gravett. After reading the story, we were joined by...

World Book Day March 2025

World Book Day March 2025

This week in Nursery we have been celebrating world book week! The children have been listening to the story 'Elmer' by David McKee. We have talked about the word 'unique', and the children have enjoyed learning that we are all different and that being unique is a...

World Book Day March 2025

World Book Day March 2025

Our world book day story was Handa’s Surprise.  The children enjoyed doing various activities around this book such as balancing baskets on their heads, making their favourite fruits with various craft materials.  Introducing new language by learning about new fruits...

‘How many colours in a rainbow?’

‘How many colours in a rainbow?’

This half-term we are learning our topic 'how many colours are in a rainbow?'  Class 2 has been busy getting creative by painting our own rainbows.  We have also really enjoyed a science experiment where we added warm water to skittles and watched the colours travel...

Nursery Rhymes Feb 2025

Nursery Rhymes Feb 2025

This half term, children have begun learning familiar nursery rhymes on the xylophones. Class 9 children have focussed incredibly hard and they have ensured they followed the rhythm of the song and played the correct keys. Playing the xylophone helps to develop...

Modroc Feb 2025

Modroc Feb 2025

Recently the children in class 8 have been using modroc to create sculptures. The Year 1 children enjoyed making their snakes and the Year 2 children loved making their animal masks. To use the modroc effectively, children had to dip the strips of modroc into water,...

Animation – Feb 2025

Animation – Feb 2025

During this half term, the children in class 7 have thoroughly enjoyed producing their own Animation. They started by choosing characters such as a shark and a lifeguard, or a monkey and a zoo-keeper, and a suitable background such as the ocean or the zoo to name a...

Safety Week Jan 25 – Fire

Safety Week Jan 25 – Fire

Children at Royd are currently taking part in a 'safety week' where a range of people will be visiting school including the police, paramedics, lollipop lady and an online safety worker. This week a member of the fire service visited us. They told us that it was...

Safety Week Jan 25 – Police

Safety Week Jan 25 – Police

Last week children at Royd Nursery Infant School took part in safety week. As part of safety week, a police officer kindly visited Royd and spoke to our children about stranger danger. Following on from the police officers visit, children carried out stranger danger...

Safety Week Jan 2025 – Nurse

Safety Week Jan 2025 – Nurse

As part of a recent safety week a nurse visited Royd. Following on from the nurses visit we discussed with the children the importance of being able to dial 999 in the event of an emergency. Please spend time with your child showing them how to do this on your house...

Safety Week Jan 2025 – Crossing

Safety Week Jan 2025 – Crossing

As we all know Jackie does a fabulous job of keeping our children safe when crossing the road. As part of safety week Jackie came into school to deliver a workshop for our children. There were a number of children that commented that they cross further down and don't...

‘Stay & Play’

‘Stay & Play’

The children had a lovely morning where they were joined by their grown-ups for a stay and play.  The session was based around the children's current learning, including buildings, construction and repeating patterns.  There were a variety of activities for the...

Class 9 PE lesson

Class 9 PE lesson

Class 9 have been learning about football in their PE lessons this half term. We have been focusing on dribbling and passing with the inside of their foot. Some children were challenged even further by passing with their non-dominant foot. All the children tried...

Poppy the Rabbit!

Poppy the Rabbit!

This half term, in science, class 8 children are learning about animals, their habitats and how to care for pets. At Royd, we are fortunate enough to have our own school pet - Poppy the rabbit! The children sat in a large circle and Poppy was able to hop around inside...

‘Beat Band Boogie’

‘Beat Band Boogie’

This half term's topic is based around the theme 'Beat Band Boogie'. The children in class 7 have started their art work and their focus is around modroc. Modroc starts off dry, you then dip it in water and model with it. The children absolutely loved learning the...