“I can make a free standing structure!” Their amazement when balancing a box on top of paper! 👀 👏🏻 We love those WOW moments! 🤩 #DT PCSADesign The Priory Learning Trust Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy MrsTedderCBPSA

Year 5 enjoyed our field work by a local river where we explored natural and human changes that have occurred to the area. A big thank you to the parent volunteers who joined us! We couldn't have picked better weather 🌞Castle Batch School @SallyTaylorCBPSA

Today’s “materials and their properties” enquiry lent itself to exploring magnets 🧲 Trains are always a favourite and good old Brio didn’t disappoint when supporting the language 🚂 Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy Mrs Dawe The Science Faculty MrsTedderCBPSA

Reception had a lovely first school trip to Bristol Museum 😄 We enjoyed looking at all of the animals, “beautiful paintings” and finding the Egyptian Mummies! 🖼️ Mrs Lovejoy Castle Batch SchoolEYFS (@MrsBlakeCastle1) 's Twitter Profile">MrsBlakeCastle Batch SchoolEYFS Castle Batch School

Welcome to Term 5! 😄This afternoon we launched our new learning enquiry ‘How did The Nile help Ancient Egyptians to survive and thrive?’We looked at atlases to help us locate Egypt. Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy Castle Batch Vice Principal MrsBonsey

Big thanks to Ardonagh Community Trust for supporting our story cafe last week and doubling our takings!! Eco club were so grateful and excited!! Nearly £1000 raised towards rejuvenating our pond! THANK YOU!! 🤩 @SallyTaylorCBPSA Mrs Dawe Eco-Schools England Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy The Priory Learning Trust

We celebrated school Maths Day by combining Maths, Art and Easter. What shapes will you find? Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy @SallyTaylorCBPSA Jack Chambers

Red Nose Day ❤️ Bring a joke to share with your friends and we will compile them into a class joke book! 🤗🤣 Lots of giggles today! Happy Weekend 🤗
Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy @SallyTaylorCBPSA Castle Batch Vice Principal MrsTedderCBPSA @comicoming

This week we have been learning how to improve our work.We listened to the story of ‘Austin’s Butterfly’ to inspire us.We gave our partner kind, specific and helpful feedback. Now we’re going use this skill to help improve our writing.Great job Y3!🦋Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy @SallyTaylorCBPSA

The Little Learners used their senses of sight and touch to explore different textures in the garden. There were some fantastic descriptions of what they had found ‘rough, 'spiky, ‘soft’ & ‘bumpy’. Then using crayons for rubbings, they created some fantastic patterns!

Congratulations to our girls’ netball team who represented Castle Batch School at the NSSPEA tournament this morning in very wet conditions! They worked hard and showed great improvement as the morning went on. Well done! Castle Batch Vice Principal Principal CBPSA Lisa Dadds

Year 5 really enjoyed our science activities today to celebrate British Science Week. The children conducted investigations on crater sizes, bottle flipping and water with skittles! Mrs Dawe Castle Batch School Ruby Depledge @SallyTaylorCBPSA

Wow! We have had so much fun being scientists ALL day today🧑🏽‍🔬. We measured the diameter of craters, successfully bottle flipped and mixed skittles and water together! Followed by a lovely afternoon sharing our learning with our friends in year 1. 🥰 Mrs Dawe @SallyTaylorCBPSA

Equal or not equal. Exploring doubles in different ways today. Miss Owens Castle Batch SchoolEYFS (@MrsBlakeCastle1) 's Twitter Profile">MrsBlakeCastle Batch SchoolEYFS Castle Batch School

We’ve had a great day celebrating ‘British Science Week’ by making our own lava lamps. We’ve made careful observations and been amazed by the shapes and colours we’ve made. Mrs Dawe Castle Batch Vice Principal Mrs Harraway

We have had such a fun day celebrating ‘British Science Week’. We did an experiment to find out which biscuit was the best dunker! We made optical illusions and had a paper aeroplane challenge! We have been super scientists and had great fun! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy @SallyTaylorCBPSA

Today we celebrated National Science Week 🧑‍🔬Experiments, binoculars, torches, magnets and stop watches!! Excellent! 🤩 We are scientists Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy Mrs Dawe The Science Faculty The Priory Learning Trust

Calling all scientist’s! Don’t forget to take part in our Science Selfie Competition for British Science Week! I can’t wait to see your entries! 🔭🧪🧑‍🔬Castle Batch School @SallyTaylorCBPSA Castle Batch Vice Principal

Year 3 had a busy morning measuring! 📏We learnt the words circumference, width and length! Well done Year 3 😀 Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy Jack Chambers @SallyTaylorCBPSA

Happening today!! Story cafe straight after school. Buy a pre loved book, buy a cake, get a free cuppa and share a story!! 📚🥰Castle Batch Primary School Acacemy @SallyTaylorCBPSA The Priory Learning Trust Good News Post Eco-Schools England