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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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Orange 1 had a fantastic visit to @WhitehouseFarm_ last week.
They were very brave during a petting session and had an amazing time on the big slide and bouncy pillows. We are so proud of how well the pupils transitioned between different areas of the farm, well done!
Pupils in our Semi-Formal pathway had an amazing day at Tynemouth Aquarium! They were so excited to see all the wonderful aquatic animals and had lots of fun watching the seal show.
📌Save the date.
💃End of year celebration disco.
📅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 ‘Wow’ moment for Harvey last week!
During attention bucket, Harvey vocalised ‘go’ spontaneously for the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 and continued to do so at all appropriate points in the session.
Amazing – well done!
The NHS Children’s 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.