Lord Mayor’s Christmas card competition

The Lord Mayor of Ballymena invited all the pupils in Castle Tower  to design a christmas card so she could use it as her card this year. From the entries 14 pupils were cards were selected and the pupils have been invited to attend the Mayor’s parlour on 25th november when the overall winner will be […]

Vis Art Annual Exhibition in The Braid

A group of pupils took part in a watercolour workshop in the Art Department last week. They will be exhibiting their paintings at the Vis Art Annual Exhibition in The Braid. Pupils involved were Lisa Taff, Colin Paul Mc Kernan, Ciaran Mc Mullan, Shaceara Clail, Jade Lambrechts, Katie Donnell and Gemma Boyd. Please go along to […]

Ecos Centre Field Trip Year 12

  Year 12 went to the Ecos Centre for a field trip study as part of their ELQ Ecology Module. We had a lovely walk around the paths and did some pond dipping and plant and animal identification. A great way to spend a Monday morning!    

Planetarium Visit Year 11

  As part of their ELQ Science Course Year 11 went to the Planetarium to learn more about space. We looked at planets, our Solar System, the Space Station and many more things. We made rockets and the highlight was the brilliant theatre show where we were transported to space and became astronauts! A great […]

Autumn Walk for Class 3 in Loughan Campus

Class 3 enjoy a lovely autumn walk and looking at all the wonderful things around them  

Aaron recieves a well deserved award

Aaron in year 10 attended an awards evening for the Belfast Hospital School. He was awarded a trophy and certificate for his time in the Royal Hospital and commended for his bravery and enthusiasm to learn despite being so ill. He was praised for his love of reading and his knowledge of Roald Dahl. He was […]

Kingspan Stadium Visit

On Monday 24th October 18 pupils from Castle Tower went on a tour of the Kingspan Stadium, the home of Ulster Rugby. Our guide told us all about the history of the club, took us round the changing rooms and we even saw some of the players training in their state of the art gym. […]

Harvest Assembly

Pictured is some of the beautiful Art Work that decorated our hall for our Harvest Assembly. Thanks to our staff and pupils for this fantastic treat for the eyes! Pupils from the choir , readers led our Harvest Assembly and Rachel shepherd gave short talk with a “Bake Off” theme. Our songs featured a beautiful […]

Nursery Class Learning Through Play

In Nursery we have had lots of fun meeting our new pupils. We have 8 pupils in the morning and 8 in the afternoon. They are all settling in very well and enjoying Castle Tower. We have been looking at the topic of “All about me” and learning about our different body parts. We were […]

Harp Recital for pupils and staff in Castle Tower

Pupils were treated to a harp recital by a visiting pupil Brooke Rea from Regents House School. Brooke was gaining work experience as part of her A level Health and Social Care but also plays the harp which delighted staff and pupils alike.