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A message from Mr Morton Posted on: 17/12/2024

A message from Mr Morton

We have been full speed ahead with Christmas here at Castle Primary School over the last few weeks. But before we celebrate all things festive, let’s remember all the other fantastic experiences and learning opportunities that our children have engaged with earlier in the term.  Our Year 6 peers, Harriet, Thomas, Mia, and Lucy proudly represented our school on the top of Ham Hill on Remembrance Sunday. They spoke with clarity, conviction, and pride as they read the names of the brave soldiers who lost their lives in service to our country. It was a beautiful service well attended, and it was a privilege to be a part of it.  Well done to all.   Now on to the main events! Everyone enjoyed our flying visit from Father Christmas and his elf. The children were very patient as we all waited for Father Christmas to refuel his helicopter. The children all gave over their letters and cards, and Father Christmas promised to read them all. A special mention to all the children in our school nativity. Each year it does not fail to fill everyone with the joys of Christmas. The children were brilliant actors, narrators, and storytellers. They really did all shine and gallop! As I write this, we keep our fingers crossed for an outdoor venue for our carols by candlelight. Hearing all the children practise their carols each week has been an absolute delight, and we can’t wait to bring them all together for our choral extravaganza!    Finally, it has been heartwarming to work with our Year 6 members of parliament this term. Their courageous advocacy has risen to new heights. A big thank you to Mia, Zachary, Jemima, and Amelia for working hard to arrange the Christmas present swap. Their kindness and community spirit have ensured that lots of children across our school will have extra toys under the tree and that families will not have needed to spend a penny to do so. Our peers have also been getting involved and have coordinated the parent/carer present collection that has enabled all children in our school to choose a gift and wrap it for a family member to open on the big day.    Thank you to all of them and to all of you for supporting our efforts to give back to our families. You are all amazing. Have a well-deserved break, and we look forward to welcoming you all back for 2025 on January 7th.   Merry Christmas, everyone.   Categories: 1 CategorySchool News
A Message from Mr Morton Posted on: 18/10/2024

A Message from Mr Morton

Welcome to the first newsletter of the year. This term seems to have flown by, but we haven’t missed a moment or an opportunity to cram in as much learning and enjoyment as we can. All the children have returned to school full of energy and enthusiasm. Everywhere around our school children have settled into their new classes and built relationships with their new classmates. The Reception children are certainly keeping their Year 6 buddies on their toes as they navigate their first term of ‘big school’. International Languages Day and World Poetry Day kicked off our wider curriculum learning for the term. All the children sang and spoke in our assembly to the school in a multitude of languages from around the world. This was swiftly followed by Years 5 & 6 collaborating with children from all over Great Britain in a Guinness World Record attempt for the most people collaborating in a poetry lesson at the same time. The lesson was live streamed, and all our children and the teachers joined in. We will let you know if we get a mention in the record book! World Mental Heath Awareness Day (Wear a bright colour) was a hit, with all the children filling our school with colour and smiles. Sessions throughout the day gave the children time to focus on their own mental health and to understand how to keep themselves well, whilst being aware of those around them. Ending the day with our second golden ticket event made the day even more special. Thank you to everyone who purchased a bar. I can’t wait to see who is joining the King and Queen for a private lunch this time. We have spent some time introducing our new Castle values focus for the year. The Castle 4 C’s. The poster attached shares with everyone in our school community what we value and how we help to make our school and the wider world better. Lots more information to follow on this over the coming terms. ‘Project Playtime’ is off to a great start. The new play equipment and the structure of each daily play session is allowing for all the children to get involved in play that they are interested in. Adults around the playground are facilitating team games, role-play, crafts and a variety of physical activities. The new gigantic sandpit is a hit with, on average, 15 children tunnelling and building daily. Please do continue to donate any dress up clothes, buckets and spades, large cardboard boxes, plastic tarpaulins etc to keep it all evolving. Our next project is to remove the tin shed from the corner of the playground and to build an outdoor stage area for all our budding performers. We are looking for volunteers who are motivated to help with this over a weekend next half term. Please let the office know if you are willing and able to help. Enjoy your half term break and we look forward to welcoming you all back in November.Categories: 1 CategorySchool News
A message from Mr Morton Posted on: 19/07/2024

A message from Mr Morton

I can’t believe it’s this time of year again so soon! What a marvellous year we have all had here at Castle Primary School. The summer term is always a whirlwind of busy and exciting activities, trips and school-based events. Thank you to everyone who has been able to join us to support the children in all their endeavours. As always, we strive to offer the children a diet of educational experiences that enhance and enrich their curriculum. We see each experience as an opportunity to feed into each child’s wider experiences of the world as well as to offer real-life experiences linked to their curriculum. We appreciate that the current economic climate brings with it challenges for all families and we have looked to maximise every contribution to our trips to ensure the children get the most out of everything we have offered. As I look back over the experiences this year, I am astounded as to how we managed to fit it all in! Here are just a few of the trips this year: Fleet Air Arm, Longleat Wildlife Park, Weymouth Sealife Centre, Bristol Aquarium, ROAM and our Year 6 Bristol Residential.  Thank you to all the members of FoCS for helping to coordinate and fundraise throughout the school year. It is through your support that so many of these events are made more accessible to all families. You are all amazing!  We also look to bring experiences into school for the children too. These have ranged from talks from firefighters and vets to local and famous authors. The children have participated in a judging panel for a national shortlisting for new books for children. They have competed in, and won, a regional bake-off held between local schools and held our own, in-school version run by two of our fantastic Year 5 students. They have learnt to ride their bikes safely through Bikeability and have even met a duckling and a gosling! All in all, we have loved teaching your children and we are grateful that you share their learning and development with us every day.  To our Year 6 children, we are so very proud of you for all your achievements and your growth as learners towards becoming young adults. If you multiply the above activities over 7 years and add in all the daily experiences and lessons that you have devoured over your time with us, then it becomes clear why you leave Castle Primary School so ready and prepared for the wider world. We know that you will make the right choices, be a voice for positive change, and make our world a better place because you are in it just being you! We will miss you all very much.  We also say a big thank you to Mrs Gosney who has decided to hand over lunch duty and leading our after-school care. We are very grateful for everything that you have done for our children over the years. From September Mrs Newman will lead our after-school provision.  Finally, to you all. Thank you for making me smile each and every day as you greet me at the gates. You brighten up the greyest of skies with your beaming smiles. Have an amazing break. Do marvellous things and come back to us safe and sound in September, ready for our next adventure together.   Categories: 1 CategorySchool News

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