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April 2018

  • 30/04/18
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    Cooking with The Newbury & District Agricultural Society

    Jan Murray from The Newbury & District Agricultural Society has visited Pembroke Class on four occasions this year. During her visits, the class have learned how to make; vegetable soup, apple crumble, marinated chicken and roasted vegetables, and most recently rhubarb muffins. Take a look at...
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  • 26/04/18
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    John Lewis Community Matters

    Some time ago the Castle School had the opportunity to take part in the John Lewis Community Matters scheme. This is where local charities are featured on collection bins in the John Lewis store, and customers choose who they would like to support, by putting green tokens in the appropriate containe...
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  • 23/04/18
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    Fit for a Queen

    Our Hospitality and Catering Team were invited to cook with the professional Chefs in the Ascot Kitchen. After students made their individual Victoria sandwich cakes and Ascot scones, they were then treated to Mocktails and a delicious afternoon tea. Each student was awarded a Certificate of Achieve...
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  • 23/04/18
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    Canapes and Champagne, No Problem!!

    Castle Hospitality and Catering provided a post-wedding buffet reception for the daughter of Post-16’s governor, Ursula Codrington, at her home which took place in a marquee during the Easter holiday. From the photos you can see how hard student worked, especially Bradley with his plate specif...
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  • 23/04/18
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    The Bean Challenge

    Skipton have today planted a bean and we are all keeping a bean diary to watch how much it grows. We know that our beans need water (not too much!) and sunshine. Some people even sing to their plants, so we are going to try that too!!! We are going to post more photos on the website each week to sho...
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  • 18/04/18
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    Rugby Coaching

    5 of our Key Stage 4 and 5 students had an enjoyable day at the John Madjeski Academy today and are now Level 1 qualified tag rugby coaches, which is an amazing achievement. They learnt how to coach under 7's and under 8's and now look forward to the opportunity to test out their new...
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  • 18/04/18
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    Castle School Fete - 1pm this Saturday

    Being opened by Adam Brown, actor and comedian, best known for playing the dwarf Ori in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy and Cremble in Pirates of the Caribbean. Our wonderful fete will take place at our Love Lane site from 1pm this Saturday, the 9th June. Please come along and brin...
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  • 16/04/18
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    Welcome back

    A warm welcome back to everyone for the start of the summer term! I am hopeful that we will have some better weather conditions from now on and that we will gert a bit more sunshine and warmer temperatures. Please check out our calendar to see what is happening this term. You can find it by click...
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