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- 20/12/23
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas
As always, each class has produced a Class Newsletter with lots of lovely information on what they have been doing as well as some pictures of learning. You can read the newsletters by clicking the link below: The Castle School - Class Newsletters (thecastleschoolnewbury.org.uk) My...Read Full Story - 14/12/23
Parent Pizza Challenge Event 29.1.24
We have an exciting event for parents taking place at Castle Gate (on the Love Lane site) on 29th January 2024. Please download the flyer to find out moreRead Full Story - 13/12/23
A Christmassy Garden Centre Visit
Skipton class visited Thatcham Garden Centre on Wednesday 13th December. The children ordered their own drink and snack in the café, and then we visited the Christmas decorations. They were amazing and made us proud to be out with them!Read Full Story - 13/12/23
Castle's Market Stall Success
Despite the rather inclement weather, on Thursday 7th December, The Castle School Post-16 students ran a wonderful craft stall at Newbury Market. Selling an array of handmade gifts the stall was a fantastic success. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the stall. And a massive thank you to Lou...Read Full Story - 12/12/23
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Visit to Sparsholt
On Thursday 7th December Oxford and Totnes class visited Sparsholt College as part of their Vocational Studies. We explored Horticulture and Animal care. We first visited the horticulture department and had a tour of their greenhouses, we then visited their sheds and looked at the diff...Read Full Story - 08/12/23
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2023 Inclusion Festival
On Friday 1st December The London Irish Foundation hosted their Annual Inclusion Festival in celebration of the International Day of Persons' Disability (03.12.2023) at Braywick Leisure Centre. Key stage 4 attended with other schools and local clubs. We tried a variety of inclusive sports a...Read Full Story - 23/11/23
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Visiting the Rainforest
Today, Oxford class visited The Living Rainforest to learn about biomes and sustainability. Lucy was our tour guide and talked about ‘Sustainable Future’ Lucy explored sustainable development and its impact for different people, places and environments, using specific e...Read Full Story - 21/11/23
Parenting Special Children Session
Parenting Special Children in association with Brighter Futures for Children are offering a training day for parents titled "From Conflict to Connection". The day will take place on Wednesday 31st January. To find out more please click hereRead Full Story - 08/11/23
Castle School make Food Bank Delivery
Representatives of P4PC delivered the produce collected on our Harvest day to the Food Bank at Greenham on Monday. The food bank were very grateful for the food items. The donations weighed a total of 80.1kg which is the equivalent of 168 meals! Whilst there, the students had a tour of the food bank...Read Full Story - 01/11/23
Marvellous Me!
Key Stage 1 and 2 have been creating abstract backgrounds by mixing their primary colours and using different materials to create prints and patterns. They finished these off by adding an image of themselves with their favourite things.Read Full Story - 01/11/23
Fun with Photos
Pupils had fun in Go Afternoon experimenting with Photographs. They explored a range of different techniques to create innovative, imaginative and at times surreal art work.Read Full Story - 01/11/23
Experimenting with different Grades of Pencil
Tiverton and Carisbroke class have been learning about value (one of the elements of art). They learnt that shading within a picture shows light and dark. Without shading an image can appear flat. The students experimented with different grades of pencil to create drawings of noses, mouths and ears...Read Full Story