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- 31/10/22
Walk and a cuppa - 2nd December
The Castle Pastoral Team and The Castle Gate Team would like to invite all parents and carers to a walk followed by a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake on Friday 2nd December 2022 just after morning drop-off (about 9am). Please meet outside Castle Gate, just after morning drop off, th...Read Full Story - 31/10/22
Castle School Bake-Off
Our school council group (P4PC) planned a brilliant Harvest festival celebration day, for the end of term. Everyone enjoyed taking part in the activities in the hall, including a harvest collage, harvest games and crafts and even a remote-controlled car race, around the tin can food bank donations...Read Full Story - 18/10/22
Sibling Support Online Workshops
Swings and Smiles are offering SIBSupport workshops online. Please click below to download the leaflet for more informationRead Full Story - 07/10/22
Food Bank Collection
Dear Parents and Carers, Our Pupils for Positive Change (P4PC) group would like to arrange a food bank collection, to help the local community. Please can you help us with the collection? If you are able to make a donation, please send this in with your child, to give to their class teacher, by t...Read Full Story - 05/10/22
A Trip with Bruce Boats
Tiverton class went to Great Bedwyn Wharf on a boat trip. Each group had 2 days of learning. We listened and we learnt lots about the boat. We learnt to steer the boat using a tiller, this moved the rudder and the boat moved from the back end changing direction. “It was fun, I never thought...Read Full Story - 22/09/22
Agricultural Challenge
The Castle school were awarded double second place at the Newbury and District Agricultural Challenge competition on Saturday! One of our KS4 and 5 guided Options group made a fabulous four seasons collage, which was awarded second prize. Windsor class made Wilbur the scarecrow, who also came second...Read Full Story - 15/09/22
The Castle School will be closed on Monday 19th September
To mark the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Monday 19th September is a bank holiday. As such, The Castle School will be closed on this day. We will reopen on Tuesday 20th September.Read Full Story - 12/09/22
Bank Holiday for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - School Closed Monday 19th September
It has been a strange week for all of us I am sure. The passing of the queen has affected us all in different ways, and we are now using the time to reflect on her life as sovereign. In our school, we will be responding to this period of mourning as appropriate for each class and individual student...Read Full Story - 09/09/22
Queen Elizaberth II
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This is understandably a significant event and will affect people in many different ways. We know that some of our students and staff will be understandably very upset by the news. As a school, we will ensure that all our students...Read Full Story - 06/09/22
Castle @ Theale
Excitingly, today we open our new Castle @ Theale provision. This has been two years in the making and today we welcomed in our first cohort of students. Castle @ Theale will support the learning of students with SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) and/or autistic spectrum. This will be a cut...Read Full Story - 05/09/22
Flu Immunisations
As we head towards flu season, the West Berkshire immunisation team are coming into school to offer flu vaccines to all pupils who have consent. With that in mind please a letter attached form Berkshire School-Aged Immunisation Team about the forthcoming flu immunisations taking place on Wednesday 1...Read Full Story - 02/09/22
Welcome to the new school year
Dear Parent/Carer, Myself, along with the whole staff team, are all so pleased to be welcoming back all of our students this September as well as welcoming all the new starters to our Castle School family. We look forward to a successful and fun year of learning ahead. As you w...Read Full Story