Aquafest

On the 17th December Year 5 & Year 6 will be taking part in the annual Aquafest. This will take place at Bramley baths and will start at 9:30 am and finish at 11:30. Spectators are welcome and will be seated upstairs on the balcony only. Please come along and give your support to your children.

Castleton Nativity

Everyone in F1 and F2 have been busy practising and preparing for the big day. So come along on Tuesday 18th December at 1:15pm and give your support, sit back, relax and enjoy watching your children perform in this traditional story of Christmas.

Children from Castleton will be visiting Armley Mills as part of our Christmas celebrations.

The children will be walking to and from Armley Mills so they will need trainers and a warm coat.

Please note the change in time for collecting your children on these dates will be approximately 3:30 pm.

Year 6 - 5th December

Year 3 - 11th December

Year 5 - 12th December

Year 4 - 19th December

Please remember to send signed slips back to school before these dates

Our annual trip to City Varieties

Well, it's getting towards that time of year again and our annual trip for ks2 to see the pantomime at The City Varieties.    This year we will be going in the afternoon on Friday 14th December and children will be arriving back at school at 4:30pm.

This years panto is Cinderella. "OH YES IT IS!" All children will be given an ice-cream during the interval. I'm sure everyone will have a great time as usual.

Some Dates to Note

Here are some dates for you to put in your diaries for events coming soon to Castleton Primary.

Starting on Monday 26th November will be Friend-sheep Week. This year it is linked with Wallace and Grommit and Shaun the Sheep. Each child will be taking part in their own class activities. There will also be an assembly on Tuesday 27th where Ronnie the Rhino will be making a guest appearance. Also on Friday 30th November as part of friendsheep week we are asking the children to dress up and the theme will be , The Wrong Trousers, so see if you can swap trousers with your mum or dad or perhaps a big brother or sister and have a fun time at school.

Don't forget The Christmas Fair on the 7th December. It starts at 12:30 pm come along and see Santa in his Grotto, have your face painted with a festive theme,there will be tea and toast served in the music room in the morning at the cost of only 20p, there's sure to be a raffle too. Look out for the Christmas cakes and buns or how about a mince pie? The classes are busy collecting for their colour stalls. Thanks for all the lovely things sent in already, keep them flooding in.

There will be a pantomime in school about the importance of road safety on Thursday 13th December this will take place at 2pm and will include the whole school.

More dates for your diary will follow shortly

new school badge

Mrs Tasker is asking children to help design a new school badge for September. I would like people from each class to have a go so look out for the poster around school and ask Mrs Tasker for more information.

Lion King - Don't miss it!

Don't miss this year's spectacular Y5 and 6 production live at Castleton Primary School.

Monday 17th July at 7pm

Tuesday 18th July at 1.30 and 7pm

Tickets cost ONLY £2 including refreshments.

Castleton calendar

Our new online calendar is up and running for key dates that need to go in your diaries.

You can get to the calendar by going to our website and clicking the links from the calendar page.

Training day this Friday

School is closed this Friday because we have a training day.

The forecast sounds like Spring might here so hopefully, we'll get some sunshine and warm weather over the next couple of weeks.

Enjoy the Easter holidays!

Come and watch Y3 & 4 in Robin Hood!

Y3 & 4 are putting on an amazing performance of Robin Hood like you've never seen it before! All parents, carers and families are welcome - not just from Years 3 & 4.



Date: Tuesday 27th March 2007
Time: 2pm
Venue: Castleton Primary School
Cost: FREE!!



We look forward to seeing you.

(Robin Hood shield by Roush in Y4)

What do you NEED to be happy?

Many people aroung the world NEED our help. Do your bit to make the world a happier place.

Remember to come dressed in red
(BIG if you can!)


Bring along 50p which will go to Comic Relief.


Castleton will help people who really NEED our money to help them be happy.

Castleton impressed OFSTED

We had a good day with the OFSTED inspector yesterday. He met lots of children, staff and parents and heard very positive comments about the school from all of them.

He was impressed by everything he saw and said the school was working hard to 'unlock the potential' of all the children.

Thank you for all your support.

You will be able to see the full report within 3 weeks.

Castleton welcomes OFSTED

We are pleased to announce that OFSTED will be visiting our school on Monday 12th March.

As always, we welcome feedback from anyone who has contact with our school.

We have sent home a questionnaire for parents and carers to complete. Please return it as soon as possible so we can forward your opinions to OFSTED.

If you would like to leave a message on our blog site, we welcome your comments.

Healthy Fruit Shop Starts Tuesday!

From Tuesday, children will be able to purchase fruit at breaktimes for just 10p.

Please help your child be part of our healthy scheme.

Now collecting! Sainsburys and Tescos vouchers

We are now registered for both Tesco and Sainsburys tokens for school.

Please help us to collect the vouchers so that we can enhance our sporting & ICT facilities at Castleton. If you can ask your family and friends to collect them too, that would be great!

Simply send them in with your children to their class teacher.

Thank you!

Stressed out? Calling all parents and carers!

Come along and meet our local health trainer, John, who will show us how to reduce stress through healthy living, relaxation and massage.

When: Wednesday 14th March
Where: Castleton's Community Room
Time: 1.30 to 3pm

Book your place now with the letter that is coming home. It promises to be lots of fun as well as useful!

Hustlers Raise Money for Lineham Farm

Mr Jones's Basketball Team, The Horsforth Hustlers, travelled to Lincoln at the weekend to play in a charity basketball match. Mr Darnell made a guest appearance for the Hustlers, but due to his lack of fitness only mangage 3 minutes on court. Unfortunately, the Hustlers lost the match 52-67 but we hope to have raised lots of money for Lineham Farm.

Football News

A new look Castleton football team, with lots of players making their debuts and with a new captain, Liridon, got off to a flying start at the School Sports Partnership Football Tournament on Thursday with an amazing 3-1 victory over Whingate. The next game was against St Barts which finished 1-1.

The last game was the tournament decider between Castleton and 5 Lanes who were both on 5 points. With only 2 minutes to go James crossed the ball into the box for Brandon to tap home the winning goal, which meant Castleton topped the league with 8 points, 5 Lanes and St Barts came joint 2nd with 6 points each and Whingate 3rd with 4 points.

Well done everybody who took part.

Castleton wows Chris

Chris Edwards, Chief Executive of Education Leeds visited our school yesterday. He wrote this blog about us:

"We are lucky here in Leeds to have some outstanding schools... and I am incredibly lucky because I am able to visit so many of them.

My visit today to Castleton Primary School was brilliant... it really lifted my spirits. Castleton Primary School is a fantastic place... the biggest breakfast club I have ever seen and an incredibly talented team of colleagues releasing a very special kind of Castleton magic.

The school certainly has the WOW factor!
Thank you."


Click to see his actual blog and see his full version on Chris's own blog site: http://interesting-times-in-leeds.blogspot.com

Busy Bees

We are pleased to announce our new nurture group called Busy Bees. We are having an open day with free refreshments on Thursday 22nd February between 1 and 3pm. Please join us and find out what it's all about!

Wishing you a happy & safe holiday

We've had a great time this week with our Road Safety visitors. There have been lots of fun activities which have helped the children learn some serious messages. These include:

• how to cross the road safely
• knowing the Green Cross Code
• using a booster seat

So... enjoy the snow during holidays but please stay safe both near the road and in your cars.

Training Day

Please remember that school will be closed on Friday 9th February for a staff training day. This is the day we break up for half term so your children's last day in school will be Thursday 8th. School reopens on Monday 19th February.

Welcome back to Castleton in 2007

Welcome back! We hope you've all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Quick reminders...

• This term it's Year 5's turn to swim - remember your coats as well as your swimming kit!
• Year 4 now have games on Tuesdays and gymnastics on Thursdays - PE kit required for both days
• Club letters have gone out today - return the letters quickly as it's first come first served