Dear Parent/Guardian

May I first congratulate you on securing a place in our Reception class in September 2022.

I know some of you, with older siblings already with us, are well accustomed to school life and will have a broad idea of what to expect in the run up to your child starting with us next term. For others, this will be a new, perhaps daunting but hopefully exciting first experience. Handing over your first child at the school door in September can be emotional and as a staff team, most of us have been there ourselves.

This page is designed to give you some re-assurance, to begin to set out what you need to know and how you can best prepare both yourselves and your child for a new chapter in their life and education.

This year, we are thrilled to re-establish our typical induction arrangements for new pupils and parents. As such, we are pleased to confirm the following dates:

Welcome evening and information event for new parents:                               5:30pm - 6:30pm Wednesday 22nd June

Pupil visit/taster days                                                                                     4^th, 5^th and 6^th July (arrangements to be confirmed)

The welcome event will be a face to face meeting in June to welcome all our new parents and give you an opportunity to meet the Early Years team. We will also set out the structure of the school day, check you have completed our online registration/information forms and communicate a range of activities you can be doing with your child before they start school.

The pupil taster/visit days are an opportunity for your child to visit the reception class in a small group, meet staff and familiarise themselves with the classroom environment in preparation for their first day in September. These will be held on the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th July. There will be opportunities to book your child’s visit times at the parent’s information meeting.

In the meantime, all the necessary information contained within our usual welcome pack is contained within this web page and should give parents the opportunity to look through the relevant information before any meeting and complete the range of forms we need to process your child’s place before they start in September.