Harvest Assembly

The pupils and staff from Key Stage 1 collected food items to be donated to a local foodbank as part of their Harvest Assembly.

Climbing Wall Training

Staff recently took part in climbing wall training to allow them to lead sessions with classes and individual pupils on the school wall. Safety for everyone involved is of the utmost importance to us so we were pleased to be able to welcome back Paul Swail to deliver all the training. Paul is an internationally qualified […]

Macmillan Coffee Morning

On Friday 27th September staff and pupils held a fundraising coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Care. Parents, staff and pupils were able to raise £700. We would like to thank everyone who came in to the coffee morning and especially those people who baked or faked for the charity event. This picture shows some of the pupils […]

Agriculture Students

Castle Tower Agricultural students looking at the cattle and sheep facilities which they will feed the livestock in during the winter months as part of their agricultural course. The students examined the various livestock which they will carry out their ‘animal husbandry’ element of the agricultural course. Our students visited local suppliers and services used […]

Fun in Primary 1

Our new P1s have had a very busy month settling into their new class and getting to know the other children and staff in their classroom. We have welcomed P1 pupils who attended the nursery last year and some children who are new to the school. They have all been having lots of fun exploring the […]

The Prince’s Trust

Post 16B along with the other Post 16 classes took part in The Prince’s Trust Exercise course in June. They had a great week of fun and learning cool sports skills too! Check out the happy faces as they receive their certificates. Well done everyone!

First days at nursery

We want to extend a great big warm welcome to our new nursery children at Castle Tower! They have all got off to a great start and have really loved their first days. It is sure to be a fun filled year!

Post 16 Costa Trip

Post 16A have had a great start to the year. They have been working hard on their life skills modules. Here they are enjoying a trip to Costa Coffee shop on Friday!

Wildlife Trust Grass Roots

Post 16B are enjoying the 5 week Grass Roots Project funded by the Wildlife Trust. Pupils have completed a school garden survey, planted seeds, made fat balls for birds and gone bird watching. We look forward to the visit of a Barn Owl this week. Thanks to Christine for all your hard work.    

Two gold medals!

We are very proud of Neave who recently won two gold medals at the Dwarf Sports Association UK National Games. The Dwarf Sports Association has chapters all over the UK; Neave is part of the Northern Ireland chapter. Neave meets several times a year with her chapter and every first weekend in May the DSA […]