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- 25/04/22
Welcome Back
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope that everyone managed to have a good Easter. As we return to school for this term, I thought that I would issue our latest protocols again just so that everyone is clear on what we need to do in respect of Covid-19. Even though coronavirus is not in the news as...Read Full Story - 08/04/22
Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter
We wish all Castle School children and families a wonderful Easter break. We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday 25th April 2022Read Full Story - 31/03/22
Updated protocols 1.4.22
Dear Parents and Carers, As you will no doubt know, the last of the remaining restrictions in England are being removed tomorrow. However, there is still guidance issued by the government that we all need to follow in order to help keep everyone safe. I have updated the protocols, attached below...Read Full Story - 31/03/22
West Berkshire Local Offer
Please click the link below to read West Berkshire's latest local offer newsletter.Read Full Story - 28/03/22
A visit from Buttercup and Clover
On Thursday, Secondary 1 students received a visit from Jan from Newbury & District Agricultural Society and her wooden farmyard friends, Buttercup and Clover! Students took part in two workshops and had the opportunity to milk Buttercup and Clover. The first workshop w...Read Full Story - 21/03/22
Raising money for Ukraine
As part of their Ukraine fundraising project, Dover and Tiverton made bacon and veggie butties to sell to staff for £3. Students worked in groups and were responsible for completing certain jobs. Jobs included: cooking bacon and veggie sausages, buttering rolls, spreading sauces, wrapping and...Read Full Story - 18/03/22
Outdoor Fayre for Ukraine
Tiverton and Dover class have been learning about the Ukraine conflict presently happening. From these lessons Albie suggested we try and help by raising some money. Through project lessons, lead by the pupils ideas we created a cake sale and fun games at an outdoor fayre to happen over a lunchtime...Read Full Story - 18/03/22
Tiverton Short Story Competition
Tiverton class worked very hard on writing short stories last term, they learnt about everything that is needed to make a fabulous story and then they went about writing their own. They all did so well we entered the stories into a competition run by Laura Farris the local MP for West Berkshire. All...Read Full Story - 14/03/22
Coffee Morning for parents
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Talking with children about the war in Ukraine
Creative Education are running a webinar to help give advice on talking about the conflict with children. See the message and links below from Dr Pookey Knightsmith. We’d love to see you at our upcoming webinar: Title: Talking about War and Conflict with Your Child Date: Mon...Read Full Story - 07/03/22
Update on protocols
Dear Parents and Carers, Following a review of the school risk assessment, I am very pleased to announce that as of today we will be ending the use of zones within the school. The zones or bubbles have been in place for most of the past 2 years. However, it is now time to allow the school student...Read Full Story - 07/03/22
National Online Safety
Dear Parents & Carers, The online world is posing an ever-increasing risk to children, and it is important that schools, parents and carers work together to take an active role in teaching children about online dangers. Learning how to act safely when using the internet is an incredibly impor...Read Full Story