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- 02/05/23
Barge Trip for Skipton and Balmoral
Last week, Skipton and Balmoral Class went to Hungerford to catch 'The Rose of Hungerford'! We were all so excited to board the boat and loved watching the crew move around it to set us off, especially when legs kept appearing at the windows! We all had a checklist and explored the different...Read Full Story - 27/04/23
A Day at the Races (Well, Racecourse at least!)
Oxford class went on a work place visit to Newbury Racecourse to learn about the variety of jobs that they have onsite. We met with Claire and Nigel who gave us a tour of the site. We started off in the stables and talked to Pippa the stable manager, she talked about how she prepares all the st...Read Full Story - 18/04/23
Eggsellent fun at The Castle
P4PC have worked very hard to organise and Easter celebration day for the last day of last term, for the whole school. P4PC planned, prepared and prepared lots of Easter crafts, games and hunts. It was wonderful to see pupils from Primary, Secondary and post 16 coming together, communicating and joi...Read Full Story - 17/04/23
Welcome Back
Welcome back to this new term at The Castle School. As we head towards the summer, I am hopeful of improved weather and more outdoor learning for our students. This will undoubtedly be a busy term - with lots packed into a short number of weeks. Just as a reminder, that there are two bank ho...Read Full Story - 30/03/23
Wishing all our students, staff and parents a wonderful Easter
Dear Parents and Carers, As we approach the end of term, I would like to wish all our staff, students and their families a wonderful Easter. 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...Read Full Story - 27/03/23
A visit to Swings and Smiles
Carisbrooke plus Zack were invited to Swings and Smiles for a 'Stay and Play' session last week. The whole centre was opened up and we could explore. The sensory room proved very popular, as did a game of Monopoly. I have to say Layna, is quite the property expert. A big thank you to everyon...Read Full Story - 21/03/23
Happy World Down Syndrome Day
Today we are celebrating World Down Syndrome Day. The campaign is called lots of socks - nd you can see Windsor's wonderful feet above with lots of different socks. You can find out more about the day by clicking here https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/lots-of-socks-campaig...Read Full Story - 17/03/23
National Online Safety Certification
The Castle School is now a National Online safety certified school again for 22-23. Thank you to the parents who have signed up or have completed a course this year. All our Teachers, TA’s and Safeguarding Leads have completed their annual certificate for online safety...Read Full Story - 14/03/23
All aboard!!
On Monday Colchester Class went on a train trip to Reading. It was amazing, we had lots of fun and we are thankful for it. We took 2 trains. One to get to Reading and one to get back to Newbury. It was the same train! We had a guest come in from Try a Train for our trip. She gave us a workshop in th...Read Full Story - 09/03/23
Cycling Fun at The Castle
On Tuesday 28th February we were very fortunate to have a visit from Everybody’s Cycling https://www.everybodyscycling.org.uk/, they brought a range of developed specialised bicycles for all the students to use, these included a Penny Farthing, Trikes, Tandems and Wheelchair Transporter. Bo...Read Full Story - 02/03/23
Mental Health Week
We visited The Avenue School in Tilehurst as part of the World Mental Health Week, Let's Connect. The school has a brand new Post 16 unit and wanted to 'show it off' to us. We did painting and colouring activities together and had a look around. We all had a great time...Read Full Story - 20/02/23
Wellbeing Bags
P4PC (Pupils 4 Positive Change) have been working very hard, with Charlotte Williams, a Health and Wellbeing in Schools Support Officer, to design and make wellbeing bags, which classes can borrow in school. Students decided what they would like in the bags, based on the 5 ways to...Read Full Story