Week 34 - Friday 14th June 2019

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School Council Sponsored Event

The sponsored event will take place week beginning 17th June. There are various activities that children may choose and they would welcome sponsorship to encourage them. Sponsorship forms and money need to be returned by Monday 17th June.

Activities include:

• Number of balls kicked in the goal in a minute
• Number of words read in a minute
• Number of words typed on a Chromebook in a minute
• Complete the hopscotch without missing a step
• Number of laps on the sprint track
• Use a mini cycle to go round the track (nursery only)

Please can children bring P.E. kit on the following days to take part in the sponsorship activities:

• Nursery and Reception - Monday
• Years 1 and 2 - Tuesday
• Year 3 - Friday
• Year 4 - Wednesday *
• Year 5 and 6 - Tuesday

* Please note class and team photos will be taken on Wednesday 19th June so children in year 4 will need to wear their uniform to school and change into their P.E. for the sponsorship session. You may download a copy of the sponsorship form here.

Class and Team Photos

Class and team photos will be taken on Wednesday 19th June please can children wear uniform to school.

PTA Summer fete

The PTA Summer fete will take place on Saturday 22nd June from 11am to 3pm. If you are able to help out at any stage during the day for an hour or more please let the office know or email the PTA on oldcastleprimarypta@gmail.com.

The PTA have an exciting day planned and we hope you are able to support the event. They are looking for donations for the toy and book stall, and tombola. They would also welcome donations of wine bottles plus empty wine bottles!

The PTA have made arrangements with Cheeky Baby Tees to enable parents to purchase t-shirts for sports day. Please click on the link for further information. If you place an order please add a note on your order with the class name. All t-shirts will be delivered to school and distributed by the PTA. Please note t-shirts from Cheeky Baby Tees are not compulsory for sports days

Oldcastle Holiday Club

Don't forget we are launching a children's holiday club this summer holiday. The holiday club will operate from Monday 22nd July to Friday 23rd August from 9am to 3.30pm. at a cost of £18 per day. We are pleased to offer add ons to the core time with a breakfast club from 8am to 9am at an additional cost of £4, and a late club pick up option upto 5.30pm for an additional cost of £7.50. Children from the age of 5 years to 12 years will be able to attend the club.

Children will be able to participate in a range of exciting sports, and arts and crafts activity sessions throughout the day provided by our qualified staff. The Club will operate in the main hall of the school and utilise other areas as required. Children will be provided with toast and fruit in the breakfast club and late club options. Children will need to bring a packed lunch and water to drink throughout the day. Please complete a booking form for each child.

Once your booking form has been received we will issue a Parent Pay invoice to you. Bookings and payment must be received by Friday 12th July. Discounts are available for sibling and weekly bookings.

Please contact the admin team on 01656 815790 or by email holidayclub@oldcastleprimary.co.uk if you have any questions.

To book a place please complete a copy of the Booking Form by clicking this link https://forms.gle/xyZoz9NNNj9gjBgK9 or by clicking on the link on our website https://bit.ly/2DKQFHa

School Savings Club

Don’t forget that your child can join anytime by filling in a membership form. The form can be collected from the office, Wednesday’s weekly collection or can be sent home with your child. The form is also available to download on our website. Please see below a message from the Credit Union regarding withdrawing savings.

We would like to thank the staff, children and families of Oldcastle for their continued support of the school savings scheme.

As we enter the summer term, we would like to give children the opportunity to withdraw from their savings. As always, we offer the option of cash (up to £100) and/or Bank Transfer. Your child does not have to withdraw any of their savings as we will continue to run the scheme until the end of term, before starting again in September.

Once the summer holidays begin, your child can pay in/withdraw money at our branch in Sarn or Bridgend but, please note, cash withdrawal requests may require 48 hours’ notice, so it’s always worth contacting the office by phone before visiting. The Sarn office can be contacted Monday to Friday on 01656 729912.

In order to make a withdrawal through school, we kindly ask for 1 weeks’ notice and require a completed withdrawal consent form. Withdrawal Forms are available here

For any queries regarding your child’s account, please contact me by email at damianf@blscu.co.uk or through the main Bridgend Lifesavers office.

Twitter

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Nut free school

Reminder - as a school we strive to be 'nut free'. Please can we ask that food containing nuts is not included in children's lunch boxes. We have a number of children with an intolerance to nuts as well as a few children who have a severe allergy who may experience an anaphylactic shock as a result of coming into contact with nut products. Please can we ask that you consider the products being put into lunch boxes and check whether these items contain any form of nuts. For example Nutella or peanut butter etc.

Catering Services

Catering Services are currently recruiting for General Kitchen Assistants. Successful candidates are required to assist in the preparation, presentation and service of school meals. Working hours will be between Monday to Friday, term time only. Applications may be made through Bridgend Council or by visiting a jobs fayre on Tuesday 18th June from 10am to 2pm at Halo Life Centre.

This week our year 6 children have experienced some amazing activity sessions. Children have been on a residential trip and visited Harry Potter world, been skiing, caving, white water rafting, climbing - wow they will be tired this weekend! Children who did not attend the residential trip have also been busy especially developing some ideas for a new mural in one of our year 6 classrooms. All of year 6 also visited Bridgend College hospitality department and created some amazing picnic food. Here are a selection of photos.

Headteacher Award

The following children were presented with a Headteachers Award during assembly today. This weeks theme is Friendship.

• Reception Miss Walters - Isabelle
• Reception Miss Williams - Sofia
• Year 1 Mrs Morcom-Lewis - Szymon
• Year 1 Miss Mullins - Louis
• Year 2 Mrs Roberts - Eli
• Year 2 Mrs Evans - Ella
• Year 3 Miss Minkowski - George
• Year 3 Miss Davies - Sebi
• Year 4 Miss Jones - Lucy
• Year 4 Miss Craven - George
• Year 5 Mr McNally - Ecrin
• Year 5 Miss James - Milo
• Year 6 Mrs Taylor-Jones - Ashley

Class of the week for the best attendance was awarded to 2C (98.3%) in Foundation Phase and 3ND (99.3%) in Key Stage 2. Our whole school attendance target is 93.2% for the year. This week's attendance was 95.7%.

Diary Dates

• Tuesday 18th June - Year 5 trip to Ogmore by Sea
• Wednesday 19th June - Class and team photos
• Thursday 20th June - Year 1 trip to Mountain View Ranch
• Saturday 22nd June - PTA Summer Fete
• Monday 1st July - Rest Bay Tag Rugby
• Thursday 4th July - Year 6 Brynteg Transition Day
• Thursday 4th July - Move up day - children meet their teacher for next school year
• Friday 5th July - Sports Day years 1 to 6 at the Athletics track, Newbridge Fields
• Tuesday 9th July - Year 6 Robin Hood Production at 1.30pm and 6pm
• Wednesday 10th July - PTA Disco
• Thursday 11th July - PTA Disco
• Friday 12th July - Sports Day Nursery and Reception at Bridgend Show
• Friday 12th July - whole school trip to Bridgend Show incorporating nursery and reception sports day
• Tuesday 16th July - Reception trip to Seaquest, Porthcawl
• Thursday 18th July - Year 6 Leavers Assembly
• Friday 19th July - School Term Ends
• Inset Day - Monday 22nd July 2019

Inset Days 2019/20

• Monday 4th November 2019
• Tuesday 5th November 2019
• Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd June 2020
• Monday 20th July 2020