Ballymena North Partnership present cheque to Castle Tower

The cheque from Ballymena North Partnership is presented to Castle Tower Parents and Friends Association. They were welcomed by a host of pupils on Red Nose day and made to feel very special. Once again a huge thanks to all.

International links with Brazil

Our Year 8 classes have been keeping in touch with our link school in Brazil. They have worked extremely hard on 2 projects:’ Fiesta!, and ‘What makes me happy’. Their scrap books of work will be posted off to Brazil shortly. Well done 8S.

Castle Tower pupils celebrate Ballymena Nursery’s 50th Anniversary

Pupils from Castle Tower helped to make a ceramic mural to celebrate Ballymena Nursery’s 50th anniversary. They worked with pupils from St Colmcilles PS and Camphill PS and the ceramic artist Trevor Woods. The piece will be officially unveiled at the end of May with all those taking part invited along. The pupils had a brilliant […]

Post 16 B work with artist Janet Crymble

Post 16B enjoyed a practical art session with artist Janet Crymble. They enjoyed participating in tree sculpting and their art work will form part of a sensory garden at Garden Show Ireland which is happening at Antrim Castle Gardens in May. group art

12 O Visit Restore Shop in Ballymena

Class 12 O visited Restore,  the Habitat For Humanity shop and hand over the bucket of coppers gathered since the assembly in February. We met Isobel who showed us round and accepted the money on behalf of the charity. We had a total of £127- 57 in the bucket and will continue to collect each day […]

Super Trip to the Titanic

Both class 6 and class 7 have been studying the Titanic as part of their topic this term. As Castle Tower is a partner school of the Titanic Centre in Belfast both classes enjoyed a trip out to the centre. Our trip started with a tour of the last remaining White Star Line vessel – […]

North West Mountain Rescue Visit

A group from North West Mountain Rescue visited Castle Tower on Monday 20 March in order to give pupils an understanding of the type of work they engage in. Three stations were set up and pupils got to visit each in turn to sample some of the way in which search and rescue is facilitated. […]

Extended Schools Events in March and April

The following events have been organised and all are welcome to attend Emotional wellbeing for children Thursday 23rd March, 6.30-7.45 pm                                                                                                                                 St Brigid’s School, Ballymena This course is designed to help parents/carers understand how to boost emotional wellbeing & self-esteem in children, and to help manage difficult feelings like anger and anxiety. Managing children’s […]

Parents and Friends support the ECO committee

Castle Tower Eco-Schools committee would like to say a special Thank You to our Parents and Friends Association for supplying recycling containers for classrooms. Weekly collections are made of paper and plastic by the ECO team and it is all working really well. 

Ballymena North Partnership Fund Raiser for Castle Tower

Ballymena North Partnership held a Shared Future Concert on Wednesday 22nd March in the Ballymena North Business Centre. A collection was made during the evening and all proceeds were donated to Castle Tower. An outstanding total of £1643 was raised on the night. Thank you so much to the Parents and Friends Association who collected […]