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  • 14/03/24
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    Theatre Mask Workshop

    This term, students in Tiverton and Dover Classes have been exploring Theatre Masks and, as part of their work, participated in a workshop with Trestle Theatre Company.  Students interpreted their character masks through expressive body language and began presenting their work back to an audien...
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  • 13/03/24
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    Windsor's World of Books

    Since January, Windsor class have been working hard on a collaborative book project with Newbury Library. Chenoa, a children's librarian, gave us a selection of Book Trust books to keep at school and review. Chenoa read the stories to us at the library, and then we took them back to school and e...
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  • 06/03/24
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    What a Superstar

    One of our students had amazing success this week Well done - super amazing  
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  • 04/03/24
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    Perfect Pizzas

    Skipton class went to a pizza making workshop at Pizza Express on Wednesday 28th February.  They listened to the chef’s instructions really well and made the tastiest pizzas which we ate when we came back to school.  They were delicious!
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  • 19/02/24
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    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...
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  • 31/01/24
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    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...
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  • 31/01/24
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    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...
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  • 31/01/24
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    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...
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  • 10/01/24
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    Welcome Back and Happy New Year

    A warm welcome back and a Happy New Year to our Castle School Community. 
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  • 20/12/23
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    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...
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  • 14/12/23
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    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 more
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  • 13/12/23
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    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!
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