Lancaster Quiz Night

Callum in Lancaster writes:

Lancaster’s Quiz Night

Lancaster class held a quiz night at Post -16 on the 12^th February. The students in Lancaster class have to raise £4.000 pounds to go on a residential for our Duke of Edinburgh. That night we raised £596.

 We made this money by selling tickets and wine and a meal. The drinks were alcohol and soft drinks and we cooked bangers and mash for the meal. We had a raffle and people won prizes. The students were in the kitchen. It got very stressful but we got there in the end serving 45 portions. We have developed our skills in the kitchen because we run a lunch club on Tuesdays. We are very good at cooking now.

Thank you to all the people that came to our quiz night. Thanks to Fee’s husband and son for running the quiz questions and thank you to all the parents for coming. This would not happen without you.

Special thanks to all the supermarkets that donated wine and raffle prizes. We would like to thank Griffins for the delicious sausages and Robinsons for giving us the potatoes and onions for our quiz night. Thank you so much  

Callum Collins

Lancaster Class

Here are some pictures of the night:

 

Castle in the Community

As you may be aware, we like to get involved in many things in our local community. Here are some of the recent activities that our amazing young people have been up to in the community.

 

Students selecting plants to buy to plant at Shaw-Cum-Donnington Village Hall

 

 

 

Students washing cars at Newbury Volunteer Centre

 

 

Students volunteering at the Old Chapel Textile Centre

  

 

Volunteering at Shaw-Cum-Donnington Village Hall

 

 

Sweeping up and working hard at The Village Hall

 

 

Look at all the rubbish! After working hard at Shaw-Cum-Donnington Village Hall

 

Students volunteering at Oxfam in Newbury - Sorting clothes ready for sale

Well done to all our community-minded students. There work makes a real difference and we are very proud of them.

There is a section on our website that highlights all our work. Have a look by clicking here:

Inclusion for Learning

We have created a new Inclusion for Learning webpage on our website to showcase all the wonderful things that our students get up to in their mixed groups on Friday afternoons. Please click the link below to have a look:

Inclusion for Learning webpage

Have a lovely half term

How time flies! We are already well into 2015 and have reached our first holiday already. The staff and students have worked immensely hard this term and have produced some wonderful work and learning outcomes. We are currently working on creating a page on our website which looks at our new and exciting Inclusion for Learning afternoon - this page will showcase all the wonderful things our young people have been doing together this term.

In the meantime, here are some key dates for next term:

4th March 2015 - Parents Evening - 3pm to 7pm

5th March 2015 - World Book Day

31st March 2015 - Castle's Got Talent (1.30pm)

Have a good half term and we look forward to seeing our students back on Monday 23rd February.

Thanks,

Jon Hewitt

A football tournament win :-)

Our football teams go out regularly to take part in competitions and we are always praised for our pupils' exceptional behaviour and sportsmanship. Despite their gallant efforts we don't always win - however, on Tuesday this week our girls' football team showed their determination and skill by not only winning the tournament, but by winning every match they took part in. This is a fantastic achievement and we are all very proud of the team led by our PE Teacher Emma Bryant. The results were:

Match 1:  Castle 4 - 0 Brookfields A    Goals scored by:  Kirra 2, Alisha 2

 

Match 2:  Castle 6 - 0 Addingdon B    Goals scored by:  Kirra 1, Alisha 1, Jane-Marie 2, Alissa 2

 

Match 3:  Castle 7 - 1 Addington A    Goals scored by:  Kirra 1, Alisha 2, Jane-Marie 1, Alissa 3

 

Match 4:  Castle 3 - 0 Brookfields B    Goals scored by:  Kirra 1, Alisha 2

 

Match 5:  Castle 4 - 1 Kennel Lane    Goals scored by:  Amy 3, Alisha 1

Well done girls

Term Dates 2015-2016

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have now finalised the term and holiday dates for next academic year as listed below. You can also download them by clicking here

Staff Training: pupils not in school	Tuesday 1st September 2015
Term 1 (37 days - 7 weeks, 2 day)	Wednesday 2nd September 2015 to Thursday 22nd October 2015
Autumn holiday	Friday 23rd October 2015 to Monday 2nd November 2015
Term 2 (33 days – 6 weeks, 3 days)	Tuesday 3rd November 2015 to Friday 18th December 2015
Staff Training: pupils not in school	Friday 27th November 2015
Christmas holiday	Monday 21st December 2015 to Friday 1st January 2016
Staff Training: pupils not in school	Monday 4th January 2016
Term 3 (29 days – 5 weeks, 4 days)	Tuesday 5th January 2016 to Friday 12th February 2016
Spring holiday	Monday 15th February 2016 to Friday 19th February 2016
Term 4 (24 days – 4 weeks, 4 days)	Monday 22nd February 2016 to Thursday 24th March 2016rd uary 20144 a short while :-)hole School Responsibilites us and I know that the staff are indebted to you for your hard work.
Good Friday Holiday	Friday 25th March 2016
Easter holiday	Monday 28th March 2016 to Friday 8th April 2016
Term 5 (34 days – 6 weeks, 4 days)	Monday 11th April 2016 to Friday 27th May 2016
May Day Holiday	Monday 2nd May 2016
May Holiday	Monday 30th May 2016 to Friday 3rd June 2016
Term 6 (33 days – 6 weeks, 3 days)	Monday 6th June 2016 to Wednesday 20th July 2016