Castle Court School

The CCPaF Quiz Night is this Friday. Which team will take the shield home and which team will get the Wooden Spoon? There are still a few tickets available - it’s not too late to get involved!

Well done to Evie from Year 6 for winning the primary age Make Your Myth competition held by Cambridge University’s Classics Department.

It may be rainy today but the snow memories are not that far away. Thank you to Mr Clark for this montage of snowy memories : https://vimeo.com/314923228/e1ede02da2

The roads are passable, please drive carefully on your way to school.

The weather warning for our area has been increased from yellow to amber. With the likelihood of heavy snowfall, sleet and freezing temperatures overnight, and temperatures not beginning to rise until mid-morning we are concerned about the safety of driving in the lanes around school early tomorrow morning. We are therefore going to move the start of the school day tomorrow, Friday 1 February, to 10.30am. All morning buses will run, but please add 2 hours to your usual pick u...p time. All children should go to their form rooms on arrival at school. There will be no early morning swimming, badminton or breakfast club tomorrow. The E-Safety talks to parents and children have also had to be cancelled. These sessions will be rebooked at a later date. If this means that your childrens’ prep/tea/activity arrangements need to be changed please email activities@castlecourt.com.
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The Eco Club are preparing for their second hand book sale at break time. There are lots of great books to choose from. All profits will be invested in eco projects around the school.

Due to heavy snow forecast for THURSDAY afternoon, school will close at 4.15pm on Thursday 31st January. There will be NO LATE BUSES, TEA, PREP or ACTIVITIES.Due to heavy snow forecast for THURSDAY afternoon, school will close at 4.15pm on Thursday 31st January. There will be NO LATE BUSES, TEA, PREP or ACTIVITIES.

Matches went ahead as usual despite the flurry of snow this morning. A beautiful day made even better by the arrival of our smallest and best dressed mascot! Thank you to all the parents for braving the cold to support your children.

School open as normal and all minibuses running. Please take care driving along Knoll Lane, Waterloo Road and Rushall Lane

Our elephants are keeping an eye on the weather. Stay warm and dry, and drive safely on the lanes tomorrow. There are various weather warnings out and about so please keep an eye on Facebook, texts and emails for any changes to the normal school routine.

Ensuring that our children are safe online is something as parents we want to ensure. We have educational IT specialists joining us on Friday for the day to talk to children and parents about IT safety. If you would like to book a space at the parents talk, 4.45pm to 5.45pm please go to CHQ. As a parent you can never have too much knowledge about this subject. If you would like to know more please go to this link:
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/…/sid- tv-2019-what-safer-i…

Year 8 visited the Houses of Parliament this week, a monumental week in politics to visit. Thank you to our MP Michael Tomlinson for his help

Our Headmaster Luke Gollings and his wife Kate, recently hosted a coffee morning to welcome new parents to the school. This was followed by a special break for all the new children who came to the Headmaster’s study at break time with their mentors for hot chocolate and snacks.

Please be cautious driving along knoll lane. There is sheet ice and there has already been an incident along the road. Drive safely.

Fruit salad for lunch today. Nice to get the taste for summer - even when we are freezing outside!

The weather may be getting colder but the bugs and insects around our 60 acres of grounds will be warm and snug in this hotel - part of a discreet complex of three big hotels built by the children in the middle of the school

Congratulations to the Year 6 Mathematicians who have just won the Maths challenge hosted by Bryanston School.

Year 3 have spent their STEM lessons designing and building Curiosity 1 and 2, based on the NASA exploratory work on Mars.