Monday 8th May is a bank holiday and the school will be closed.

Coronation Event

What a lovely day we have had celebrating the King's Coronation. Children have been treated to a range of activities and we now have some lovely planters that will create fantastic red, white and blue displays in the coming weeks.  Thank you to our amazing PTA and staff for supporting the event.  Thank you also to Pyle Garden Centre for your support of our planting event.

Coronation Cake Competition

Thank you to all the children, parents and grandparents for supporting the Coronation Cake competition today.  Our winners are:

Adult Competition

• 1st place - The Moores

• 2nd place - please get in touch!

• 3rd place - Mrs Ferguson

Child Competition

• 1st place - Seren H year 3

•  2nd place - Imogen, Maggie and Ivy

• 3rd place - Rosie year 5

Child Competition Small Cakes

• 1st place - Zoe and Bozena

• 2nd place - Lewis D

• 3rd place - Archie and Reggie

Lottie from year 4 has practiced really hard this week on her rendition of God Save the King.  Well done Lottie we are so pleased to share this video.

Mayor of Bridgend Visit

To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, our whole school welcomed the Mayor of Bridgend, Cllr Tim Wood, to Oldcastle Primary on Wednesday.  The Mayor presented the school with a packet of wildflower seeds for every child & a plaque to commemorate the event.  We hope the children will enjoy planting the seeds and watching the flowers grow.

Careers Week

In June we will be holding our second Careers Week where we will invite visitors into school to tell us all about their job.  We launched Careers Week in 2022 and were overwhelmed with the support we received and the children absolutely loved learning about different career options.

Our aim is to inspire and educate our children and enthuse them about the array of different jobs that can be done.  We are hoping that we can encourage our parents to get involved in our Careers Week by coming along to school and talking or demonstrating what you do in your job.  If you cannot visit but are able to support us in another way, for instance a pre recorded session or other support, please let us know via the Google Form below. We are looking for a range of different job roles and this is the type of information we think would be useful :

• Explain what your job is and what your day-to-day responsibilities.

• How long have you worked in this job?

• What do you love the most about your job?

• When did you decide you wanted to work in this job role?

• Did you have to do any training for your job role?

• Was there something you learnt/did at school or someone that inspired you to pursue this line of work?

• Practical display - ie show something about your job or do a display for instance flower arranging - florist

We are looking for a wide variety of career / job options that will inspire our children.  If you can help out please let us know by completing and submitting this form.

Careers Week

If you require further information please get in touch with Sara Peters, Grants, Media and Health and Safety Manager on 01656 815790.

Wednesday 7th June - Class and Team Photos

Class and team photos will be taken by Tempest photography on Wednesday 7th June

Cross Country Event - Years 3 to 6

We were delighted and proud to have our children who attended the schools cross country recognised for their achievements during the cross country presentation last Saturday.  Oldcastle Primary was awarded 1st place in the years 3 and 4 boys competition, 1st place in the years 5 and 6 boys and 1st place in the years 5 and 6 girls.  Thank you to all the children who attended the cross country events over the last couple of months, thank you to the parents for their support and Mrs Evans for giving up her Saturday mornings.  We are proud to display the three trophies in our display cabinets in the reception area.

Nut Free School

Please can we remind parents that we strive to be a nut free school as we have a number of pupils who have a severe allergy to nuts.  This includes nut products such as peanut butter and nutella. 

Sports Day

Sports Day for children in years 1 to 6 will take place on Friday 30th June.  Children in years 1 to 3 will complete their events in the morning and years 4 to 6 in the afternoon.  

We are still finalising details for the nursery and reception children.

Year 1 are learning about the book 'The Sea Saw'.  This week they have had to work collaboratively to draw a map of the journey a lost teddy took to be reunited with its owner. Da Iawn. 

Numbers and Play Nursery

Contact details

Please ensure we have up to date contact details for you to ensure you keep up to date with school news and we are able to contact you during the school day if required.  You can either email us with change of details (ask@oldcastleprimary.co.uk) or complete the change of details form.  

Inset Days 2022 / 23

Inset days for the remainder of the school year

• Friday 26th May 2023

• Monday 24th July 2023

Term Dates - all term dates are available to view on our website

• May Half Term - Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June

• School year finishes on Friday 21st July

Wednesday 7th June - Class and Team Photos

In the event that you have a concern regarding a child please follow this procedure:

• During school hours please contact Mrs Ceri Littlewood, safeguarding lead at Oldcastle Primary School.

• Out of school hours please  contact  the  out of hours Emergency Duty Team Tel No 01443743665

More information on Safeguarding at Oldcastle can be found on our website. 

At Oldcastle, we are proud of each other and ourselves. We nurture all of our community so that we grow as confident, responsible and happy people. Oldcastle school is more than just learning.

• We try hard for each other

• We act responsibly

• We treat people how we’d like to be treated

• We work as a team

• We trust and respect each other

• We listen and learn together

• We share knowledge and experience

Together we make the difference

Together we shape innovative experiences 

More information on our values and visions can be found on our website.  Visions and Values