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- 19/02/24
Welcome Back to term 4
Welcome back to all our wonderful students, staff and parents for the start of term 4. We have quite a few things going on in this short term. Here are a few as follows: Thursday 7th March 2024 - World Book Day. A celebration of all things related to reading w/b 11th March 2024 - Parent Con...Read Full Story - 31/01/24
Castle "Bake Off"
On Friday we were working in groups looking up different recipes, looking for healthy pizzas. "I found a recipe for pizza pepperoni rolls, I thought it would look good. It was really hard to find" said Wilson. Jackie had invited us to a bake off challenge against parents. We then wrote a s...Read Full Story - 31/01/24
Jack and The Beanstalk
M&M productions gave a fabulous production of Jack and the Beanstalk. It was absolutely wonderful to see all the students and staff alike enjoying the show. Students were commenting on the quick scenery changes, asking how did they do that? Commenting on how funny it was, that their tummies hurt...Read Full Story - 31/01/24
Castle visit Castle!
We walked all the way to Donnington Castle on Wednesday afternoon. We did a hard challenge activity finding parts of the castle. Dylan F said, ‘he liked finding all the things on the sheet. He thought it was interesting.’ We looked for materials like wood brick and plastic to see i...Read Full Story - 10/01/24
Welcome Back and Happy New Year
A warm welcome back and a Happy New Year to our Castle School Community.Read Full Story - 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