Castle Hill Community Primary School

14/09/2026

UPCOMING SCHOOL TRIPS:

Please check your emails for information on the following trips and ensure you have given consent and made payment. School packed lunches may be provided if you are entitled to Free School Meals.

18 September - Year 6 Canterbury
25 September - Year 5 Broadstairs
2 October - Year 2 Chilham & Wingham, Year 6 Rochester
9 October - Year 4 Deal & Sandwich, Year 5 Whitstable

14/09/2026

On Tuesday 22 September 2026 the school photographer will be taking individual photographs of all the children.

Sibling photographs, of children attending Castle Hill, no longer take place in school but you will be able to queue at the hall with your children, after school on this day if you would like a photograph of them all together.

It is expected that it will be busy after school on this day, for sibling photos, so if you would like a photograph of all your children together please queue at the hall from 3.15pm. Photographs will be taken on a first come, first served basis.

If you have more than one child and they are attending the paid for After School Club until 6pm, on this day, a member of staff will take them to have their photograph done. If you are collecting them from After School Club at 4.30pm you will be able to take them to the hall yourself, to have a photograph taken should you wish to do so.

21/07/2026

Please find attached some information on local activities over the Summer break.

20/07/2026

Please note, the Kitchen will serve Jacket Potatoes with various fillings today.

Tomorrow they will serve various options with chips.

09/07/2026

Don't forget it's our Summer Fayre this afternoon!
Children may be collected at 2.30pm. Children can only walk home if you have given us permission for them to leave early.

SUMMER FAYRE - NEW DATE THURSDAY 9 JULY

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

Castle Hill children had another brilliant month of reading in June, Every single month we challenge the whole school to read more and more. The children read impressively throughout June, which is such a busy month in and out of school. They read 815 books and 2,568,361 words, they were just a minute off reaching our school reading target of reading for 15 minutes every single day. It will be interesting to see if they can beat these scores in July!
Spending time reading is the most important thing any child can do to improve their learning, so please listen to your children read as much as possible and encourage them to read at home so they can complete their quizzes in school. If you have any questions or queries about reading, then please speak to your child’s class teacher or Mr Spurgeon.

25/06/2026

PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH OTHER CASTLE HILL PARENTS/CARERS

Mr. Talbot has decided to close the School and Nursery early tomorrow (Friday 26 June) at 1.30pm. The paid-for After School Club will be cancelled.

If you cannot collect your child/children early, they can stay in school until the normal finish time and will be supervised by staff.

24/06/2026

THE NEW DATE FOR THE SUMMER FAYRE WILL BE THURSDAY 9 JULY.

Raffle tickets, tokens to spend at the Fayre etc. will be available to purchase via SCOPAY until Tuesday 7 July. Tokens bought up to 18 June are ready for collection from the office now. Any tokens bought since then will be available soon. If you have paid for an inflatable slide slot on SCOPAY, please remember to come into the office to book a time slot.

Tokens will be available to buy in cash at the entrance to the Fayre. It would be helpful if you could have the right money, as change will be limited. Please be aware that there are likely to be queues on the day.

You may collect your child/children at 2.30pm on this day. If you are unable to collect your child/children early they will stay in school until the usual finish time.

There will be no free clubs after school on this day. The paid-for After School Club will still operate.

22/06/2026

Unfortunately the decision has been made to cancel the Summer Fayre this week as the temperature is predicted to be 29C.

We have provisionally chosen Thursday 9 July as an alternative date at 2.30pm.

Once we have confirmed everything we will send another email to you.

School will now finish at the usual times this Thursday, 25 July, Year R 3.05pm, Years 1 & 2 3.10pm and Years 3-6 3.15pm.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support of Castle Hill School.