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Who we are
Castle School is a specialist provision for children and young people with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. At Castle School, we aim to:- Be a happy, safe, caring environment for all our pupils and staff.
- Be a friendly and stimulating environment where learning is fun and interesting.
- Provide a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum appropriate to the needs of each child or young person, taught and assessed through individual learning programmes.
- Provide relevant opportunities and experiences out of the Academy to help our young people understand being part of a wider community.
- Develop the self esteem, self awareness and confidence of each of our pupils.
- Work in partnership with parents, carers and other professionals.
" If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."
Ignacio Estrada
" Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand. Step back and I will act."
Chinese Proverb
" Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes."
Tori Amos
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Before the children arrived, bright and early yesterday,
Our staff formed a conga line to start the festive way!
The Christmas spirit was ready, the mood set just right,
All set for a joyful, Christmas Jumper Day delight! 🎄
Today was a fabulous festive day as Bay Uke joined us to spread some Christmas cheer with a fantastic sing-along! 🎶🎄
Children and staff absolutely loved it, with smiles all round and lots of joyful singing.
Thank you, Bay Uke, for making our day so special!
Our Pre-Formal Stay and Play event was a wonderful sensory Christmas celebration!
Pupils enjoyed lots of hands-on sensory exploration, making reindeer food, posing in our festive photo booth, and finishing the session with a fun Christmas sing-along!
Our Semi-Formal Pathway pupils had a wonderful time on their trip to the Tim Lamb Centre, exploring the fantastic facilities available!
Red 1 had a fantastic time at Lillidorei
We enjoyed a magical story time read by a friendly elf, explored the village, and peeped into all the enchanting windows.
Our pupils enjoyed meeting Santa, had so much fun playing on Elfwin Drin and even had a dance with Gyrog the Troll!
Our Engagement Pathway had a lovely festive Stay & Play! We decorated snowman biscuits, made sparkly Christmas ornaments, and got wonderfully messy with our frozen gloop sensory tray.
Thank you to all our families for making it such a fun-filled afternoon🎄