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96.5% and above Attendance March 2023
Well done children on achieving 96.5% attendance and punctuality in the Autumn term. Having high attendance has a vast amount of benefits. 78.7% of children that have 100% attendance go on to achieve 5+ GCSEs including English and Maths. Setting good attendance...
100% Attendance Awards March 2023
Well done children on achieving 100% attendance and punctuality in the Autumn term. Having high attendance has a vast amount of benefits. 78.7% of children that have 100% attendance go on to achieve 5+ GCSEs including English and Maths. Setting good attendance...
Extracurricular Club Activities. April 2023
Royd Nursery Infant School offers a range of extracurricular club activities. Extracurricular clubs give children a chance to learn, practice, and excel in activities. Attending extracurricular clubs regularly helps to grow their talent, explore their abilities, and...
Learn a new skill – April 2023!
On Tuesday 25th April, 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 Archery, Team building and Mini first aiders. For Archery, children learnt...
Learn a new skill – April 2023!
On Tuesday 25th April, 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 Archery, Team building and Mini first aiders. For Archery, children learnt...
Year 2 Geography walk
This half term, the Year 2s have been focussing on locating local landmarks as part of the Geography curriculum. We went on a walk in the sunshine around the local area, using our map to follow the correct route. We pointed out local landmarks, such as the golf club...
Science afternoon – March 2023!
On Friday 31st March, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building bridges, marshmallow catapults, making gyrocopters, a magic milk experiment...
Science afternoon – March 2023!
On Friday 31st March, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building bridges, marshmallow catapults, making gyrocopters, a magic milk experiment...
Science afternoon – March 2023!
On Friday 31st March, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building bridges, marshmallow catapults, making gyrocopters, a magic milk experiment...
Forest Schools Reception 22 March 2023
The children completed their last Forest Schools session. As part of the 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 materials and mixed...
Nursery provision Spring 23
This term the children have explored the new topic 'How many colours are in the rainbow?'. The children have enjoyed exploring the use of colours in their play, using the computer to develop their mouse control, making collages and pictures of rainbows and working on...
Forest Schools Reception 8 March 2023
Children attended session three of Forest Schools and had the added bonus of doing the activities in the snow. The children are so confident at relaying how to stay safe in the woodlands. It has been brilliant to see the children’s confidence has grown in the space of...
World Book Day March 2023
We had a fabulous week in our 2 year provision last week for world book week. The story we focused on was one of the children's favourites, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. We read then acted out the story with the children every day, they enjoyed curling...
World book week
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World Book Day – Elmer
The children in FS2 had a fantastic World Book Day! The children came to school dressed up as their favourite characters from stories and in their comfy pyjamas! This year we focused on the book 'Elmer' by David McKee. We shared the story together and talked about...
World Book Day – Zog!
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 "Zog" by Julia Donaldson. After reading the story, we completed a...
Forest Schools Reception Wed 1 March 2023
As part of session two the children at forest schools recapped how to stay safe in the woodlands. In order to build the children’s confidence, they completed two activities from the previous week. They explored the woodlands and then found their name cards that were...
Forest Schools Reception Wed 22 Feb 2023
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...
Nursery Stay and Play February
Once again it has been lovely to welcome all parents and family into Nursery to join in with our stay and play sessions. Our theme this week has been all around 'How does that Building stay up?'. Children and parents took part in a story time read to by Miss Terry and...
2 Year Old Provision – Stay & Play Feb 2023
The children in the 2 year provision really enjoyed having their grown ups to stay and play last week. There were plenty of activities based around our topic "How does that building stay up?" and our story "The three little pigs" [gallery columns="2" size="full"...
School Council Visit Stocksbridge Town Council Feb 2023
The school councils from Royd Nursery Infant School and Deepcar St John's CE Junior School visited Stocksbridge Town Council as part of this academic year's elections. The children discussed a range of things that they felt were important to them and the local...
“Royd’s Got Talent” Jan 2023
Year 1 and Year 2 children have enjoyed an afternoon of celebrating children's talents in our 'Royd's Got Talent' show. Some children displayed amazing courage and bravery getting up on stage and we saw performances such as singing, gymnastics, dancing, telling jokes...
Music Workshop 30th January 2023
Key Stage 1 have really enjoyed their music workshop this afternoon, as part of their Beat Band Boogie topic! As part of the workshop, pupils carried out warm up activities that involved following using body percussion. After that, the children were split into two...
RE Trip to Bolsterstone Church
On Thursday 26th January, some Year 1 and Year 2 children visited Bolsterstone Church as part of our RE topic based on religious symbols. The children loved exploring the church, finding different features and artefacts. The children also listened to Reverend Steve...
Sheffield Children’s University Passport to Learning Newsletter Feb 2023
The Sheffield Children's University Passport to Learning newsletter which includes details of activities happening across the city during the February half term holidays is now available! You find a copy of the newsletter attached to the email, but here is a link to...
Special Assembly for Jackie Jan 2023
Royd Nursery Infant School were absolutely honoured to host a special assembly for Jackie to celebrate her being awarded a British Empire Medal. Jackie shared with the children her letter from King Charles III and the newspaper article that reported why she had...
Safety Week – Police Jan 2023
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 – Online Safety Jan 2023
The internet is a superb tool to use when used safely. However, if not used properly it can be extremely dangerous. As part of safety week a member of the Online Safety Team for Sheffield supported the school in delivering a talk to our pupils. Whilst we encourage...
Stay and Play – 24.01.2023
The children really enjoyed their stay and play where their relatives came into school to join in with different activities. The activities were based around the children's topic 'how does that building stay up?' and around the celebration of Chinese New Year....
Safety Week Nurse Jan 2023
As part of 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...