Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day at Castle Tower C3 just LOVE to make everyone feel special and requested they bake valentine’s cupcakes for the people who care for them.  They baked cupcakes from scratch, made their own buttercream icing and decorated each cupcake with a love theme. They all took a box home but they made enough to share with the […]

The Momo Challenge

Download link: Advice re Momo Challenge Some pupils have been talking about an internet craze, Momo challenge, which is an alleged form of cyber bullying spread through social media and mobile phones. Please read the advice above and  remind your children about the importance of online safety.

Special Olympics

Christmas at Castle Tower

Our pupils have been enjoying the Christmas celebrations at Castle Tower. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our pupils, parents, staff and friends!

Focus on Positive Mental Health

Post 16 B enjoyed two days of activities based on promoting positive Mental Health. Pupils made some beautiful take home items to remind them of ways to combat feelings of stress and anxiety.  

Live online discussion with the NI Children and Young People’s Commissioner

Recently, Koulla Yiasouma, the NI Commissioner for Children and Young People and CCEA joined together for a first ever live chat for primary and post primary pupils. A group of our pupils from across the age groups in Post Primary had the opportunity to explore and ask questions about issues affecting them.  They found out […]

Dance Taster Session

 This week pupils from Post 16 enjoyed a dance taster session with Lesley. Pupils learned simple dance moves and had a whole lot of fun moving and grooving to Tina Turner and Baby Shark!      

Castle Tower Climbing Wall

    We recently welcomed a news crew from Channel 4 who came into school to film and talk to some of our pupils about their experience’s on the school climbing wall. This was part of a news feature which was investigating how the sport of climbing can benefit people both physically and mentally. Thank […]

Work Experience at Sainsbury’s, Ballymena

  On Wednesday 10th October Mrs McPeak had the pleasure of taking 5 students to Sainsbury’s in Ballymena for a Work Experience taster afternoon organised through Autism NI. The students were Louis, Finn, James, Jordan and Ciaran.The pupils had such a great time! They were warmly greeted by Erin (a Sainsbury’s employee) who had organised the training for them and the […]

Castle Tower Partnership with Titanic, Belfast

Castle Tower is pleased to announce that for a second year we have been selected to work in partnership with Titanic, Belfast. Titanic Belfast offers us a fantastic learning experience.  The announcement was made during a visit to our school assembly.  We welcomed the team from Titanic along with one of their mascots the Seagull.  […]