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NCEA Castle School
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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๐Save the date.
๐End of year celebration disco.
๐ Wednesday 9th July 5-7 pm at Castle School.
*Please note this event will only be appropriate for students aged 13 and above (Year 9 and above).
A big โWowโ moment for Harvey last week!
During attention bucket, Harvey vocalised โgoโ spontaneously for the ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ and continued to do so at all appropriate points in the session.
Amazing โ well done!
The NHS Childrenโs Occupational Therapy website has a dedicated website to offer support to parents around sensory processing.
Here you can find links to advice, resources and free short online workshops.
About us - Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Sensory Processing Service
Support and information for parents and carers of children and young people who experience difficulties with processing sensory information.
sensoryot.northumbria.nhs.uk
Castle pupils attended the Future Focus Event, where they served refreshments, spoke with employers and supported other pupils and parents attending the event.
They found out lots of information about transition options after Castle School.
Hayden and Oliver had a fantastic time visiting the beach! Thanks to some brilliant ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ, both boys were able to ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ safely and comfortably.
They loved the experience โ smiling, laughing, and truly enjoying the sights, sounds, and feel of the seaside. It was a special day full of joy, freedom, and fresh sea air!
Yellow 3 had an amazing time at Whitehouse Farm!
They loved meeting and feeding all the different animals, and even got to meet the famous โLittle Dan Burnโ the goat.