Children’s Mental Health Week            1^st -7^th February 2021

Our children’s good mental health and well-being is even more important than ever before. Both in school and via remote learning we shall be supporting the children with their mental health and well-being. Each day will have a focus, see below:

Please see our the inclusion page for suggestions and useful web-sites to support you with looking after your own and your child’s well-being and mental health during the pandemic.

We are currently unable to make or receive external calls and do not yet have any indication when this is likely to be rectified. Please email the school office should you need to contact us:

office@castle.hants.sch.uk

Important information regarding coronavirus and the half term break.

To help keep the whole school community safe we still need to report any confirmed cases of corona virus to Public Health England; and will need to advise parents of any children, and any staff members, who would be classed as close contacts of a person who received a positive test result.

To ensure this process happens we have a dedicated email address of info@castle.hants.sch.uk, which is to only be used for reporting any suspected and confirmed cases of coronavirus.

If your child shows any of the signs of coronavirus (a new continuous cough, a high temperature or a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell), we ask that you:

• Contact us on the email address above.
• Follow all the relevant guidance (NHS advice, Government advice).
• Book a test and isolate the whole family.
• Inform us of the result of the test using the email address above.

In the event of a positive case, we will liaise with PHE, and all contact from the school will be via the info@castle.hants.sch.uk email which may show up as “Castle Primary School – Urgent” in your email inbox or the normal school communication email.

Thank you for your continued support.

Look out for the letter going home on Friday regarding this year's appeal. Children will be asked to wear something spotty in return for a £1 donation.

We have set up our own Just Giving fundraising page for donations should you prefer not to send in cash. the link for this is available in the Parents tab / Useful Links - we would love it if you can help us reach our target.

Unfortunately, due to government advice, we will not be able to invite parents to join school tours with the headteacher this year.

However, we are planning to make a virtual tour available and will provide further information as soon as this has been completed.

You will have no doubt have seen the very positive news of the government’s plan for the full opening of schools from September 2020. Please rest assured that we are currently working through the guidance and will update you as soon as we can about our plans for welcoming all our current Years R - 5 back to school in September. We are currently planning to open for pupils from Monday 7th September. 

For all the children starting with us in Year R in September please take a look at our super story book about starting school with Lucy and Ben. Thankyou to Honeycomb books who have produced this for us.

New entrants section

Year R September 2020 Admissions

Thank you for accepting your child’s place at Castle Primary School. We look forward to welcoming you in the near future. Unfortunately we remain closed to visitors but we hope you find our Starting school 2020 welcome letter and school readiness leaflet informative.

We have set up a ‘New Entrants 2020’ page, where we will include information to help you get to know the school and staff better, please click here.

Mr Jackson's Junior Choir video 'Singing all Over the World' is available to watch in the Class Pages / Junior Choir section