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- 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 - 10/02/23
Wishing everyone a Happy Half Term Break
I would like to wish all our students, families and staff a wonderful half-term break. 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...Read Full Story - 06/02/23
Mighty Machines Exhibition
Mighty Machines Exhibition by students of The Castle School Might Machines is an exciting collaborative educational art project with The Castle School and local printmaker, Charlotte Adcock. The project explores identity and social exclusion. The students have used mixed media to examine th...Read Full Story