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- 20/05/20
School Update 20.5.20
We have now received further guidance from the government. The guidance states that special schools should work towards welcoming back more pupils. This should be done to a level that can be "...safely catered for in their setting". Firstly, I would like to say that, as a school team, w...Read Full Story - 12/05/20
Parenting Special Children Course
Parenting Special Children are running a selection of free courses online. These may be helpful for you whilst your are supporting your child at home. Click the website link to have a look https://mailchi.mp/parentingspecialchildren/parenting-special-children-events-update-week-commencing-4-ma...Read Full Story - 12/05/20
Closure update 12.5.20
As you will be aware, The Prime Minister gave a speech this weekend about the government’s plans for easing lockdown restrictions. Like you, I only saw the announcement on the Sunday evening. We had no pre-briefing of any of the content. Some additional details have now since been rele...Read Full Story - 22/04/20
Lockdown Poems
Here are two examples of lovely poems written by two of our pupils about lockdown acrostic poems: Living at home not going anywhere Oh this sucks so much Corona virus spreads around the world Keep the NHS safe Don't go near anyone Open your door have one piece of...Read Full Story - 17/04/20
School Closure Update 17.4.20
Dear Carers and Parents, UPDATE - Covid-19 School Closure Following the announcement yesterday (16.4.20) by the UK government, we are remaining closed in line with other schools in the UK. However, we are running a very limited childcare service for pupils whose parents are...Read Full Story - 08/04/20
Winchcombe Place Care Home
Some of our pupils have sent cards to our Winchcombe Care Home, which are have been very well received. You can read the facebook post by clicking here Your child can also send one if they wish. Details are below: SUPPORT YOU LOCAL CARE HOME Here at Winchcombe we are asking anyone to w...Read Full Story - 06/04/20
Easter Newsletter and update
As we enter the Easter Holidays, I thought I would give you a brief update on our situation. We continue to remain closed as a school and are continuing to offer a very limited childcare provision for children of key workers and those with CIN plans where at all possible, similar to schools up an...Read Full Story - 30/03/20
Pupils 4 Positive Change (P4PC)
I am extremely impressed with the P4PC group that met recently. We discussed community, as part of our 3C's (Curiosity, Creativity and Community) and looked that the information that each class gave us. We decided that community was a tricky word for some of our pupils to understand, so we...Read Full Story - 25/03/20
World Down Syndrome Day
So, our video of Roar by Katie Perry has reached 8.7 thousand views, which is remarkable!! There is a lovely article that you may have seen in the Newbury Weekly News which you can see by clicking here. Thank you to all the stars of the video and especially to Meaghan Ebbage-Taylor, whose e...Read Full Story - 18/03/20
Happy World Down Syndrome Day
Remember, it is World Down Syndrome Day on 21st March. At The Castle School we are celebrating with this video. Please watch, enjoy and share as far as possible. Thank you You can find out more about the day by visiting the WDSD website by clicking hereRead Full Story - 17/03/20
- 16/03/20
COVID-19 Updated Advice
Following the latest government advice, if anyone in your household has a new persistent cough or a temperature above 37.8C, then everyone in the household, including your child must be isolated and stay off school for 14 days even if they are not showing any symptoms. Pl...Read Full Story