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- 26/02/20
Castle gets a mention in Laura Farris' maiden speech
Laura Farris, the new MP for Newbury, gave her maiden speech in the House of Commons on Monday this week. Excitingly, Laura mentioned our wonderful school during her speech, extolling the amazing provision for children with learning difficulties in Newbury. You can watch the whole speech here courte...Read Full Story - 11/02/20
Upcoming Pastoral Events
There are two Pastoral Team events coming up for families and friends. They are: 1. Castle Pastoral team invite parents & Carers to a Coffee morning To be held in Castle Gate on the site of The Castle School on 26th March 2020 9:00am -10:30am We look forward to seeing you there. 2...Read Full Story - 11/02/20
NSPCC Number Day
We celebrated NSPCC Number Day on Friday. Its was great to see everyone dressed up in number-related outfits. We raised £60, which was a real bonus. The day also allowed us to look at how we can all stay safe. Thank you to everyone who took part...Read Full Story - 06/02/20
Job success for Tom
Congratulations to Tom, in Flint class, who has been offered a part-time job at Tesco Metro in Newbury, following work experience arranged through our World of Work programme. Tom had previously participated in an extended work placement at Sainsbury's, before moving to Tesco Metro...Read Full Story - 04/02/20
Building works @ The Castle School
As you may have noticed, we have some building works going on at our Love Lane site. Here is a little more information about what is going on: 1. Roofing repairs - you may have noticed scaffolding around our Primary building. We have had several leaks in our roof since the summer holidays and des...Read Full Story - 31/01/20
Body Books
This week the boys from Colchester Class joined the boys from Windsor Class to share their Body Books that they made in class. The boys used the internet and books to research their information and then wrote it in their own words. The boys included a contents, an index and a glossary too. In Win...Read Full Story - 28/01/20
Jammin' with Pembroke
This week Pembroke had a fab music session, they explored different instruments and had a good old jammin' session! Here are some pictures of them making music.Read Full Story - 28/01/20
Rebound Therapy @ The Castle School
At The Castle School we use Rebound Therapy with many of our pupils. ‘Rebound Therapy’ was named by the founder Eddy Anderson in 1969 to describe the use of trampolines to provide opportunities for movement, therapies and recreation for people across the whole spectrum of special need...Read Full Story - 17/01/20
West Berkshire Local Offer News
Please click the link below to download the latest West Berkshire SEN Local Offer NewsletterRead Full Story - 16/01/20
Cardiff Class Forest Fun
Cardiff Class went to forest school this week. We all had an amazing time. It was very muddy but we all loved stamping in the mud, even if some of our boots got stuck and we got muddy socks too! We loved climbing the trees. Dee helped us to learn how to climb safely. The mud kitchen was brilliant...Read Full Story - 15/01/20
A trip to get your teeth into!
Windsor Class had a brilliant morning at Westbrook house Dentist. Some of us were a bit nervous beforehand, but we didn't need to worry. Vicki the dental nurse was really kind and friendly and answered all our questions. We were able to have a go in the dentist chair and Vicki showed u...Read Full Story - 09/01/20
Countdown to The London Marathon
Kieron Fisher (Flint Class Teacher) and James Whybra (Assistant Headteacher) are running the London Marathon! This is going to be such a big challenge for them but one that they are both really looking forward to. Between them, they have run a few half marathons but this will be their first eve...Read Full Story