We would like to wish you all a lovely Easter and we look forward to seeing our pupils and students back on Monday 11th April.
Best wishes,
Jon Hewitt
Headteacher
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Sport Relief - what a total!
Our Castle Community really pulled together in aid of Sport Relief last week. Lots of activities took place culminating in mass group dancing in town and at Love Lane. Pupils, staff, parents and even member of the public joined in. It was a really wonderful community event.
Most astonishingly is that, thanks to Hannah Daniel's superb organisation and the commitment of our school community, we managed to raise a whopping.....
This incredible total will go straight to Sport Relief to help in their projects. You can click here to find out more about what Sport Relief does http://www.sportrelief.com/
Here is a picture of the dancing at Love Lane. We hope to have a video shortly so you can see the enthusiasm of the dancers!
Most astonishingly is that, thanks to Hannah Daniel's superb organisation and the commitment of our school community, we managed to raise a whopping.....
This incredible total will go straight to Sport Relief to help in their projects. You can click here to find out more about what Sport Relief does http://www.sportrelief.com/
Here is a picture of the dancing at Love Lane. We hope to have a video shortly so you can see the enthusiasm of the dancers!
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Enjoy Café 16
A student led enterprise
that offers a variety of products including our speciality fresh, home-made
muffins and mouth-watering, luxury hot chocolate.
Our friendly and vibrant atmosphere allows you to enjoy your visit in the improved Café 16!
If you would like to join us, please email Hannah Daniell...
hdaniell@castle.w-berks.sch.uk the Tuesday before you would like to attend.
Let us welcome you to our warm and inviting Café, Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 - 2:45
Our Aims:
- to create a profitable business
- to provide a service
- student work experience
- student independence
- to develop our students customer service skills
- to provide life experience for our students
Located on Newbury College campus Post 16 – The Castle School
Monks Lane
Newbury
RG14 7TD
with plenty of parking available at Newbury College
Boccia team news
On Wednesday 16th
March The Castle School represented West Berkshire in a Boccia tournament.
Marcos, Ciara and Harry worked hard in the Secondary squad. Ciara captained the
secondary team well; Marcos showed skillful aim and Harry's blocking technique
worked wonders. Jonny, Oliver and Adam made up the 3 players for the Primary
team. Jonny had expert aim, Oliver had a good use of blocking shots and Adam
was a fabulous captain. A massive well done to both teams J
Monday, 21 March 2016
We are the Champions!
We are the champions!!!!
On Thursday 17th
March Alissa, Alisha, Maddy, Stephanie, Katie, Lily and Vicky represented the
school at a girl’s football tournament held at The Madejski Training Dome. We
won every game and our sticker Alissa scored a massive 18 goals, set up by Lily
and Alissa. Maddy made a spectacular save using her shoulder. Stephanie, Vicky
and Katie made up a strong defence team.
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Debating Brexit!
On Friday last week, Richard Benyon MP kindly spent some time with Lancaster and Tintagel Classes to put both sides of the EU debate. We are very keen at The Castle School to develop the understanding of politics and political issues amongst out students. Some of our young people will be able to vote in the forthcoming EU referendum and we felt that it is very pertinent to get them involved in a debate. Discussions were excellent and many views were put forward. Please see below some pictures of the interesting and informative debate:
WOW! What an event
On Friday 11th March we held our second World of Work (WOW) event at The Castle School Post-16 Centre. The event was amazing to say the very least. It was supported by a rich variety of employers who have supported us over the last few years to ensure that our pupils and students have access to high quality work placements in order to develop their key skills for employment.
We are very thankful to all the employers who supported the event and have supported over the past few years. We are very excited about all we have got planned for the future and very much look forward to working alongside even more employers in the future.
The event was also attended by Richard Benyon MP, The Mayor of Newbury Howard Bairstow and Rachel Wardell, Corporate Dirtector for Communities at West Berkshire Council amongst many others.
Rachel Wardell tweeted: I was available to attend the “World of Work Celebration” at The Castle School. See my @WardellR Twitter account for some pictures from this event which was inspirational. I was impressed to see so many different employers represented there who had all found suitable work for young people whose additional needs might otherwise have been a barrier to employment.
Here are some pictures of the event:
A huge thank you to all the following organisations for their support in making our World of Work programme as success:
Sainsburys
Community Furniture Project
The Corn Exchange
Deanwood Park Golfclub
Dingley Family and Specialist Centre
Newbury Dogs Trust
Donnington Valley Hotel and Spa
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Mencap
Newbury Building Society
Newbury College
Pizza Hut
Riding for the Disabled
Ridgeway Volkswagen
SENDIASS
Sovereign Housing
Speenhamland Primary School
The Volunteer Centre West Berkshire
Waitrose
Watermill Theatre
Ways In To Work
West Berkshire Council
West Berkshire Libraries
The Winchcombe School
Abacus Day Nursery
Apple Print
Argyles Nursing Home
Berkshire Trout Farm
Boot
Costa
D&D Motors
Englefield Estate
Kennet Leisure Centre
Nandos
Newbury Crash Repair
Newbury Racecourse
Newbury Weekly News
Northcroft Leisure Centre
PepsiCo
Pets at Home
Pizza Hut
Tesco Metro
Tigers Day Nursery
Victoria Park Nursery
Wash Common Stores - Budgens
WH Smith
Wolverton Plants
We are very thankful to all the employers who supported the event and have supported over the past few years. We are very excited about all we have got planned for the future and very much look forward to working alongside even more employers in the future.
The event was also attended by Richard Benyon MP, The Mayor of Newbury Howard Bairstow and Rachel Wardell, Corporate Dirtector for Communities at West Berkshire Council amongst many others.
Rachel Wardell tweeted: I was available to attend the “World of Work Celebration” at The Castle School. See my @WardellR Twitter account for some pictures from this event which was inspirational. I was impressed to see so many different employers represented there who had all found suitable work for young people whose additional needs might otherwise have been a barrier to employment.
Here are some pictures of the event:
A huge thank you to all the following organisations for their support in making our World of Work programme as success:
Sainsburys
Community Furniture Project
The Corn Exchange
Deanwood Park Golfclub
Dingley Family and Specialist Centre
Newbury Dogs Trust
Donnington Valley Hotel and Spa
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Mencap
Newbury Building Society
Newbury College
Pizza Hut
Riding for the Disabled
Ridgeway Volkswagen
SENDIASS
Sovereign Housing
Speenhamland Primary School
The Volunteer Centre West Berkshire
Waitrose
Watermill Theatre
Ways In To Work
West Berkshire Council
West Berkshire Libraries
The Winchcombe School
Abacus Day Nursery
Apple Print
Argyles Nursing Home
Berkshire Trout Farm
Boot
Costa
D&D Motors
Englefield Estate
Kennet Leisure Centre
Nandos
Newbury Crash Repair
Newbury Racecourse
Newbury Weekly News
Northcroft Leisure Centre
PepsiCo
Pets at Home
Pizza Hut
Tesco Metro
Tigers Day Nursery
Victoria Park Nursery
Wash Common Stores - Budgens
WH Smith
Wolverton Plants
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Sport Relief Swimathon
Students from Lancaster class dived into
Fundraising for Sports Relief during their recent Swimathon. With only 30
minutes on the clock the students smashed their 100 length target, swimming
over 200 lengths in total! Their efforts have raised over £140 so far.
Friday, 4 March 2016
World Book Day cont/d......
Classes have also been busy decorating their classroom doors with all things literary. Have a look at all the wonderful work they have produced below. Post-16 pupils worked collaboratively to produce work linked to the book "The Fox and The Star". A picture of their creation is also below
A Wonderful World Book Day
On Thursday this week it was World Book Day - a chance to celebrate all that is brilliant about books and reading. Our staff and pupils excelled, as always, in the outfits they dressed up. All manner of literary characters could be seen on the day. Have look below at some pictures of the day:
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