Castle Hill Community Primary School
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RESPECT HONESTY TOLERANCE PERSEVERANCE TEAMWORK
RESPECT
We teach children to respect others to help them act in a way that shows they care about other's feelings and well-being 
HONESTY
We teach children honesty, to tell the truth and to not do things that they know are wrong
TOLERANCE
We teach children tolerance, to accept those whose race, religion, opinions, or habits are different to their own
PERSEVERANCE
We teach children perseverance, to use their ability and self control to encourage them to work through challenges
TEAMWORK
We teach children teamwork, to work together using each other's skills and strengths to achieve a common aim

Welcome to Castle Hill Community Primary School

Providing your child with the best possible educational journey.

Parents

All the important information you will need to know about our school.

Nursery

FOLKESTONE CLASS Nursery

Starting School

At Castle Hill we aim to provide your child with the best possible educational journey.

“Pupils achieve exceptionally well at Castle Hill. Since the previous inspection, pupils’ attainment and progress have strengthened significantly. Pupils are exceptionally friendly and courteous. They work hard, talk enthusiastically about their learning and listen carefully to each other’s ideas.” OfSTED 2018

News and Events

All children finish at their usual times on Friday 20 October. Term 2 starts Monday 30 October 2023 and finishes on Friday 15 December 2023.

On Friday 22 September, Dungeness class visited our namesake place. We climbed the lighthouse and learnt about why lighthouses are so important for boats. Then, we looked at the geography of Dungeness on a map and had a go at drawing some of the physical features. We visited the lifeboat station and were lucky enough
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On Friday 22 September, Year One had a great day out for our road trip! We loved visiting Hythe, where we walked along the canal and spotted features of the landscape, and in Dymchurch, we drew landscapes of the beach and sea. However, the best part of the day was our trip on the Romney,
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Some of our children attended a Charavari workshop where they designed and made their brilliant costumes. Then, we had a wonderful time joining in the Charivari parade on Saturday 15th July. An amazing time was had by all, dancing and cheering along with the bands. There was a fantastic atmosphere! We would like to thank all the children and
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Year 3 went on a Roman Workshop at Dover Museum. We were lucky enough to look at some artefacts and learn more about everyday Roman life. We also made Roman Soldier heads out of clay and we are looking forward to painting these back in school. We had time to have a quick look around
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Canterbury and Rochester Classes had a great time at Beach School on Thursday 8th June. The children went for a last experience of Beach School before moving on to secondary! They had a great time and enjoyed pebble art, making pebble towers, building bird’s eye view maps of the beach and, above all, rock pooling.
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Year 1 visited Brogdale Collections – The home of the National Fruit Collection. The trip was to support their science learning about plants, animals and the seasons. During their visit they hunted for minibeasts in different habitats and then they made a clay minibeast. The children did some pond dipping and identified different pond life.
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As part of Sport and Wellbeing week, it was great to see all the children (all the way from Nursery to Year 6) enjoying sharing stories and high quality texts to remind them of a simple way to improve their wellbeing: reading! Children across the school were partnered with another and then the children read
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At Castle Hill we aim to provide your child with the best possible educational journey; we believe very passionately that learning should be creative and enjoyable whilst enabling every child to reach their full potential. It is proven that the children in our school make good progress and this is something that we are delighted with. We have an excellent staff team that caters to the individual needs of our children and ensuring that they receive the appropriate guidance and support.

The school has been completely rebuilt, refurbished and redecorated over the last three years. As a result we have fantastic new buildings and resources that you would struggle to find anywhere else. The children learn in a spacious and comfortable environment and have access to a huge range of equipment and technology.

Your child’s education is very much a partnership, we value the input that parents can give. We place a strong emphasis on communication between home and school and we urge parents to be involved as much as possible.

Visits to the school during the day are actively encouraged. We are very proud of our school and would love you to come and see what is going on, particularly when the children are here. If you would like to have a look round, please contact us. Pete Talbot, Head Teacher