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March 2020

  • 30/03/20
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    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...
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  • 25/03/20
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    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...
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  • 18/03/20
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    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 here
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  • 17/03/20
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    School Closure

    The Castle School is currently closed. Click here to read more.
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  • 16/03/20
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    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...
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  • 16/03/20
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    Coronavirus update

    Dear Parents and Carers, I wanted to keep you up to date in terms of what we are doing at The Castle School to keep everyone as safe as possible. We have taken the decision to do the following things to try and limit contact during the school day for our pupils and staff. The following comes into...
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  • 13/03/20
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    Latest advice on Coronavirus

    Following the latest government advice, it is important that if your child has a new persistent cough or a temperature above 37.8C, then they must be isolated and stay off school for 7 days. Please do not send your child into school if they have any of these symptoms and contact us to report thei...
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  • 11/03/20
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    Makaton sign of the week

    The sign of the week this week is Rabbit
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  • 10/03/20
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    Potato Challenge

    Every year Newbury and District Agricultural Society run a Potato Challenge, where local schools have the opportunity to grow their own potatoes and the school with the biggest yield wins a prize. This week, Tiverton class went along to Newbury Showground and they were able to taste some potato c...
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  • 09/03/20
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    Rebound Therapy News

    Pembroke Class pupils have achieved Grade 1 Proficiency  with their rebound work! They have had to show many skills including sitting on soft objects on the trampoline to showing and holding a star position. Well done to them all!
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  • 06/03/20
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    A Wonderful World Book Day

    Once again, we had a wonderful World Book Day on Thursday. As usual pupils and staff excelled in their creativity. Thank you to all the parents who clearly spent a lot of time putting together some amazing outfits to celebrate reading and books. Here are a selection of photos...
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  • 05/03/20
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    Berkshire Maestros Newsletter

    Please click below to download the latest Berkshire Maestors newsletter
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