News
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Monday 30 September 2024 Willow Tree Farm Its was lovely to be back at Willow Tree Farm, working with all the animals again. Placements like these help us so much to support not only work skills but also Vocational option experiences!,
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Monday 23 September 2024 SEND Careers Fair
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Friday 13 September 2024 Unlocking Potential
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Monday 22 July 2024 We are the Champions! Congratulations to the girls Dodgeball team who played in the SESSSA tournament this term and became overall champions! They demonstrated excellent teamwork, confidence and tactical play throughout their matches. Well done!
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Friday 12 July 2024 Culture Champions Well done to our members of staff that completed the Cultural Champion middle leaders training last month, run by the Royal Opera House! What a fantastic experience!
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Monday 8 July 2024 Super Hero Day Thank you so much to @501st_ukgarrison for giving up their time today to make it such a special day!
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Thursday 4 July 2024 Primary Sleepover What a blast our Primary pupils had at their residential sleepover!
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Friday 28 June 2024 Hyde Hall Hadleigh class had a fun time exploring Hyde Hall as part of their Vocational lessons. They created observational drawings of flowers, discussed different jobs in Horticulture and had a great time rolling down the hills!
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Thursday 20 June 2024 Bike Maintenance As part of the #KeyStage4 vocational car and bike maintenance #ASDAN course, students visitedThorndon Country Park Bike Trail. Students were able to carry out a ‘M’ check on the bikeswhich they hired. When they were satisfied with the checks, students were then able to ride the trail, taking in the sites of the park!
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Friday 14 June 2024 Work Placement A successful, independent work placement for one of our #KeyStage5 students. She has settled in at a local café and staff and customers love her friendly manner. The skills builder program and support from job coaches has given her the skills and confidence to pursue her dreams!
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Monday 10 June 2024 Lifeskills In our Lifeskills sessions, we looked at road safety with students in form 5.1 highlighting the importance of road awareness and safe crossing practices to enhance their independence. Our students enjoy the practical aspect of life skills, and their confidence is growing with each lesson.
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Thursday 23 May 2024 Ofsted Did you see us in the Echo this week?
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Wednesday 8 May 2024 Bangladesh Week Miss Akthar has kindly taught KeyStage3 about Bengali culture and Bangladesh this week.Students (and staff) dressed up in Saris and asked Miss Akthar lots of questions. Poems, short stories and recounts were written in English lessons too!
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 6th form Trip to Barcelona ???? Our 6th form students are soaking up the vibrant sights and sounds of BarcelonaFrom soaring in aeroplanes to exploring the underground metro, gliding in cable cars, and climbing hills with the funicular, every moment is an adventure.
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Monday 22 April 2024 National supported Internship On Wednesday 27th of March Castledon School organised an event for the National Supported Internship day which was hosted at AspireCafeStudents along with parents and carers from across Essex learnt what a Supported Internship entails and what future career opportunities and pathways could be offered to them. Students from Key Stage3 also came along to sell gifts and sweets for the Easter holidays. The gifts ranged from handmade cards, wrapped sweets and even beautiful bouquets of daffodils. Well done to everyone involved!
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Tuesday 16 April 2024 Year 9 Enterprise day We're incredibly proud of our Year 9 students who attended Aspire Café and SOLD OUT all their enterprise products using their amazing sales tactics!
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Wednesday 20 March 2024 Sixth Form Drama The Sixth Form Drama group enjoyed an in depth tour of the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. This was followed by the chance to ask questions to explore the various career paths within the creative industries which will help them to complete part of their Level 1 qualification.
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Friday 8 March 2024 World Book Day We made the Echo!
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Friday 1 March 2024 Come down to Aspire cafe! 10.30am - 2.30pm Tuesday and Wednesday10.30am - 1.30pm FridayListen to live music with Sue singing your favourite songs every Friday while you enjoy a homemade delicious blueberry muffin or scrumptious scone!On March 5th and 6th, why not treat your Mum with loaded Scones and tea/coffee for just £3.50!
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Tuesday 20 February 2024 Young Voices
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Wednesday 7 February 2024 Ski Trip to Italy Unforgettable memories were made during our first residential with Treetops School!
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Wednesday 24 January 2024 GCSE Art Year two students are working on their exam preparation. They were issued the exam paper last week and are now researching their chosen theme, creating image boards, inspired studies and are starting to look at their chosen artists.Year one students have taken photos of still life compositions and are now starting to create studies from their individual photos to create a design inspired by Angie Lewin.
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Monday 8 January 2024 Food Bank Donations
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Monday 18 December 2023 New Variety Bus Last week we collected a brand new minibus from the Hilton London!! This will help to further enhance community learning!
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Friday 15 December 2023 Swimming success A big congratulations to the KS3 & KS4 swimmers who performed exceptionally at the SESSSA Swimming gala winning each category and the overall event. Students demonstrated brilliant teamwork and support for one another during their races. Well done!
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Monday 4 December 2023 Education Awards We're delighted to announce that Caroline Murphy was the winner of the Special School Teacher of the Year Award and Lucy Lovick was Highly Commended in the Special School Teacher of the Year Award!!
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Monday 27 November 2023 York class decorate Christmas Tree A big, festive well done to #York class who represented Castledon School on Friday and decorated a #Christmas tree at Christchurch Wickford
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Friday 17 November 2023 Year 12 Students partake in "Talk the Talk" workshop by Jack Petchey Our #Year12 students took part in a workshop run by #JackPetchey called 'Talk the Talk'. The day culminated with a mock interview and students blew us away with how brilliantly they did. Well done Year 12's!#Castledon #CastledonSchool #Wickford #UnlockingPotential #Zenith
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Thursday 16 November 2023 Education Provider of the Year
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Monday 13 November 2023 Welcome to our new website! Welcome to our new website