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  • 07/12/17
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    Cold Weather Advice

    We are expecting some significantly colder weather over the next few days. As such, West Berkshire Council have issued some advice to help keep the most vulnerable in our community safe. Please read the attachment below.
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  • 06/12/17
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    Children in Need update - £1906.52!

    A Massive Thank you to our students, staff, parents and local community
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  • 04/12/17
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    BASE Team of the Year Award

    Nicola Hall (World of Work Assistant), Louisa McClure (World of Work Co-ordinator) and James Whybra (Assistant Headteacher Post-16)
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  • 04/12/17
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    Non-Fiction November

    As November draws to a close so does Non-Fiction November and our Bingo reading challenge. A huge well done to everyone who achieved Bingo by reading 4 in a row! And a special well done to Madison and Pendragon Class who read a full house! It has been wonderful to see so many of our students e...
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  • 28/11/17
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    Oxford are Foodwise

    This week Oxford Class, as part of their Foodwise lessons, tackled the tricky art of making bread. We had to carefully follow the recipe, weight out the ingredients and have lots of patience as we waited for the bread to prove. We made a variety of shaped rolls including plates and hedgehogs. We...
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  • 28/11/17
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    Trip to The Watermill Theatre

    On Wednesday we had the opportunity to watch The Watermill Theatre's Christmas performance of ‘The Borrowers.’  The story focuses around a family of tiny ‘borrowers’ who live under the floorboards of a large Victorian house. The lives of the borrowers drama...
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  • 20/11/17
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    Children in Need

    Last week our whole school community (pupils, staff and parents) all got moving to raise money for Children in Need. We moved on foot, in the water and rode horses and bikes to try and reach the distances used in a Sprint Triathlon. By the end of the week we had achieved so well that we had actually...
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  • 17/11/17
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    The Castle School Band

    Our school band members are busily practising for Christmas. Here they are playing through Jingle Bells and sounding really wonderful with their tenor horns, trumpets and p-bones. We all look forward to hearing from them over the Christmas period.
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  • 17/11/17
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    Musical Marching for Children in Need

    As you will know, we are trying to cover a lot of distance this week in aid of Children in Need. We have had walkers, cyclers and runners. However, Pembroke class (pictured), Dover and Windsor have done something a little bit different, by being the Castle School's very own marching band! With i...
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  • 16/11/17
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    Tiverton News - Read all about it!

    4 classes visited the Imperial War Museum on Thursday 9th November. The journey took 3 hours, but it was worth the time and waiting stated Josie of Tiverton Class. Ethan from Dover explained the traffic was a nightmare and this was the cause of the long delay. Colchester Class explained how they wer...
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  • 15/11/17
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    Children in Need

    This week we are all working together to raise money for Children in Need. We are getting sponsored to get moving on foot, in the water or on wheels. We have already reached our initial target on foot but we are keeping moving to see how far we can reach by Friday. Freddie from Nurse...
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  • 14/11/17
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    Colchester's Wonderful Wind Turbines

    In Colchester Class we have been learning about energy. On Thursday, we made wind turbines. We were challenged to design and make a wind turbine to lift a cup off the floor. A hairdryer blew wind onto the sails of our wind turbine. The sails spun to turn a pencil with string tied around it. Th...
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