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- 17/04/20
School Closure Update 17.4.20
Dear Carers and Parents, UPDATE - Covid-19 School Closure Following the announcement yesterday (16.4.20) by the UK government, we are remaining closed in line with other schools in the UK. However, we are running a very limited childcare service for pupils whose parents are...Read Full Story - 08/04/20
Winchcombe Place Care Home
Some of our pupils have sent cards to our Winchcombe Care Home, which are have been very well received. You can read the facebook post by clicking here Your child can also send one if they wish. Details are below: SUPPORT YOU LOCAL CARE HOME Here at Winchcombe we are asking anyone to w...Read Full Story - 06/04/20
Easter Newsletter and update
As we enter the Easter Holidays, I thought I would give you a brief update on our situation. We continue to remain closed as a school and are continuing to offer a very limited childcare provision for children of key workers and those with CIN plans where at all possible, similar to schools up an...Read Full Story - 30/03/20
Pupils 4 Positive Change (P4PC)
I am extremely impressed with the P4PC group that met recently. We discussed community, as part of our 3C's (Curiosity, Creativity and Community) and looked that the information that each class gave us. We decided that community was a tricky word for some of our pupils to understand, so we...Read Full Story - 25/03/20
World Down Syndrome Day
So, our video of Roar by Katie Perry has reached 8.7 thousand views, which is remarkable!! There is a lovely article that you may have seen in the Newbury Weekly News which you can see by clicking here. Thank you to all the stars of the video and especially to Meaghan Ebbage-Taylor, whose e...Read Full Story - 18/03/20
Happy World Down Syndrome Day
Remember, it is World Down Syndrome Day on 21st March. At The Castle School we are celebrating with this video. Please watch, enjoy and share as far as possible. Thank you You can find out more about the day by visiting the WDSD website by clicking hereRead Full Story - 17/03/20
- 16/03/20
COVID-19 Updated Advice
Following the latest government advice, if anyone in your household has a new persistent cough or a temperature above 37.8C, then everyone in the household, including your child must be isolated and stay off school for 14 days even if they are not showing any symptoms. Pl...Read Full Story - 16/03/20
Coronavirus update
Dear Parents and Carers, I wanted to keep you up to date in terms of what we are doing at The Castle School to keep everyone as safe as possible. We have taken the decision to do the following things to try and limit contact during the school day for our pupils and staff. The following comes into...Read Full Story - 13/03/20
Latest advice on Coronavirus
Following the latest government advice, it is important that if your child has a new persistent cough or a temperature above 37.8C, then they must be isolated and stay off school for 7 days. Please do not send your child into school if they have any of these symptoms and contact us to report thei...Read Full Story - 11/03/20
- 10/03/20
Potato Challenge
Every year Newbury and District Agricultural Society run a Potato Challenge, where local schools have the opportunity to grow their own potatoes and the school with the biggest yield wins a prize. This week, Tiverton class went along to Newbury Showground and they were able to taste some potato c...Read Full Story