Thank you

As our students and staff head off for their summer holidays I would like to thank all our parents and carers for their amazing support this year. It really makes the difference and enables us provide the education and care that our students deserve.

I am sure that you would join me in thanking the staff for their incredible commitment, energy and hard work that they have shown throughout the year. I am very proud of every one of them.

And of course I would like to thank our wonderful students - who are the reason we all come here to The Castle School each day and inspire us to do our best.

Have a great summer and we will see all our students ready to learn on Wednesday 2nd September 2015.

Thanks,

Jon Hewitt
Headteacher

What a wonderful Prom!

Last Friday our older students had their Castle School Prom and enjoyed a night of dancing, fun, food and alcohol-free wine at our Post-16 Unit. It was wonderful to see so many students attending - our highest number so far! Everyone had a great time, students and staff alike. A huge thank you to all the staff who gave up their time to help out and organise. And a special thank you to Mr Fry, Thomas' father, who provided all the meat for the barbecue and also spent the entire evening cooking for us as well.

A brilliant evening which was made even better by the terrific weather. Here are some photos of what happened:

More Film Club Videos

The Film Club continue to be busy bees and have produced two more videos for our Jungle Book production. The first is the Gloworms film, which involves the youngest members of our school team and is extremely sweet. The second is the Elephant video, which is very funny. Both are silent as the music is added during the live shows.

The links are below:

Gloworms

Elephants

Enjoy

Duke of Edingburgh Award

On the 26th of June 7 students embarked on their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition. 4 were completing their practice expedition and the other 3 where completing their full expedition which was the final section of their bronze award.

The students set off on the River Thames from Wolvercote in Oxfordshire with the aim of reaching Abingdon the following evening.

The students paddled independently for the day to their camp site where they then set up camp, cooked dinner and then tried to rest ready for the following full day of paddling.

The second day started early and the students worked fantastically as a team to pack up camp and get on the water. Despite challenging winds and torrential rain the students managed to reach Abingdon by the end of day two. There was singing led by Terry which kept morale high!

Throughout the two days, a Duke of Edinburgh assessor was watching the progress of the students to ensure they met the standards needed to pass the expedition. He was so impressed with the whole group and commented on how he had not seen a group work so well together before.

Congratulations to Donna, Terry and Tiana who have now completed their Bronze award which is a fantastic achievement.