Castle at The Special Olympics

We had a Post -16 team of 8 - Nathan, Chris, Justin, Bradley, Ryan, Esme, John and Tyrell who all competed well and showed great determination and spirit.


Results for our superstars were:


Nathan - 200m (div 3) - Bronze


                              - 100m (div 2) - Silver


Chris     - 200m ( div 4 ) - 4th


                               - 100m ( div 9) - 5th


Justin  - 200m ( div 4 ) -5th


                            - 100m ( div 10) - 4th

Bradley  - 200m( div 5) - Gold


                            - 100m ( div 3) - 4th

Ryan  - 200m ( div 6) - Bronze


                      - 100m ( div 13) - 6th

Esme - 50m (div 3) - Gold


                           Softball throw ( div 3 ) - Gold

John - 200m ( div 3) - Gold


                     - 100m ( div 8 ) - Gold

Tyrell  - 100m ( div 12) - 4th


                         - Long jump ( div 5 ) - Bronze

RELAY TEAM - 4x100m  Justin, Tyrell, Bradley and Ryan - Silver




Very proud of them and again this time, excellent behaviour. It was a pleasure  to take them and watch them compete to the best of their ability.

More Punch and Judy fun

Skipton Class had great fun this afternoon with the Punch and Judy box and thought my interpretation of Punch and Judy was hysterical. Louise and Connor were especially amused. We learnt all about the history behind Punch and Judy and that it dated back over 350 years and that Samuel Pepys wrote about it in his diary.

Tintagel's fantastic week!

Tintagel class had a simply amazing time last week doing lots of exciting and enriching activities. Here are the highlights:



On Tuesday we visited Mudeford. We spent a long time catching crabs and ended up with 5 buckets full of them.  Some people were also very brave (and careful) and held the crabs. We also took a trip on the ferry and enjoyed time exploring the sandy beach.

On Wednesday we went to Laser Quest. The class got very competitive (including the staff)! We also went to Thatcham Discovery Centre. We had a picnic lunch, fed the ducks and located another Geocache whilst on a walk around the lake.

On Thursday we visited Thorpe Park. It was a great day and lots of students overcame their fears of highs, speed and water by riding some of the more challenging rides.

On the final day we visited the driving range and went bowling. Both these activities required coordination and concentration. Lots of the students had to persevere and got better at both activities. Joe also proved to be an excellent teacher by helping Liz to improve her bowling technique.

John Lewis Tokens - help us raise some money

Exciting news: The Castle School has been chosen as one of the three organisations to benefit from the current John Lewis "Community Matters" initiative.



This is where John Lewis donate £3,000 to three local organisations, with the money shared out according to how customers vote in-store . 



You have probably seen the voting bins in John Lewis. Customers are given a green token when they make a purchase and use them to choose which local organisation they would want to support, by dropping them in the appropriate container when leaving the store.



Our campaign will start in the next few days, and will be featured until the end of July.


So if you are thinking of making a purchase in John Lewis Home in Newbury over the next few weeks, this is your chance to vote for the Castle School and get us the biggest possible share of the £3000!!!

Thanks you :-)

Amazing riding success

Two of our students, Chloe and Sam, entered a riding competition on Sunday in Windsor and did so incredibly well. Chloe came first in Dressage and second in the Country Challenge. Sam came first in Country Challenge and fifth in Dressage. This means they have both qualified for the county championships in Gloucestershire in July!! Well done guys - we are all so proud of what you have achieved.

That's The Way To Do It!

Punch and Judy visited Colchester Class this week. They came out of a museum box from Hampshire Cultural Trust. The two characters helped us to go back in history and explore seaside activities in the Victorian period. We found lots of exciting things in the box including a real puppet theatre with props and scripts, old black-and-white photographs from the beach, Punch and Judy post stamps and more! We loved speaking in silly voices while doing role play with the puppets. It was great to have an excuse to hit someone (another puppet!) with a frying pan over the head! :)

Tintagel Bouncing Around!

Tintagel Class have begun their Activity Week. Activity Week provides the pupils with the opportunity to do a range of activities some of which are new or different. On Monday Tintagel took part in Geocaching at Greenham Common (despite the rain) and trampolining. We had great fun and were all exhausted by the end of the day.