Start of Year Letter
Wednesday 1st September 2021
Dear Parents
This is the first letter of the academic year and as always I hope you and your families are keeping well. I thought it would be helpful to provide you with key information about the start of this new academic year.
START AND END OF DAY ARRANGEMENTS
Please see the arrangements below for the start and end of the day. The guiding principle for these arrangements is to enable the smooth and safe pick-up and drop-off arrangements for you and your children.
At the end of the day we will no longer have a one-way system. Parents will arrive at one entrance and leave through the same entrance. We do ask all of our parents to be mindful of social distancing and leave the site promptly.
- Please remember we have a ‘soft start’ where our children in Y1 – Y6 can arrive over 10 minutes.
| Year Group | Drop off Time | Drop off Location | Pick up Time | Pick up Location |
| YN (2 Year Olds) | 9:00 | Family Centre | 12:00 | Family Centre |
| YN (3 and 4 Year Olds) | AM 8:45PM 12:15 | Smedley StreetMain Gate | AM 11:45PM 3:15 | Smedley Street |
| YR | 8:45 | Smedley StreetMain Gate | 3:15 | Smedley Street |
| Y1 | 8:40 – 8:55 | Gaskell Street | 3:15 | Gaskell Street |
| Y2 – 6 | 8:45 – 8:55 | Gaskell Street | 3:15 | Gaskell Street |
- All Reception and nursery children have different start dates in September, which have been given to parents in their Welcome Packs. They will not be starting on 2nd September. Sade called all EYFS families during the summer holidays to confirm the information they received in their welcome packs.
- Year 1 children will walk to their class through the blue door and through the main school reception area.
- Early in this autumn term the Year 6 children will have the opportunity to walk home on their own with written permission from their parents. There will be more information to follow.
UNIFORM
Please see below information about our new uniform. New uniform will have our new Larkhall Primary Campus logo on it.
Uniform Expectations:
- Children must have at least 1 school logo jumper
- Other school jumpers can be plain but must match the 4 school colours exactly
- Children must have at least 1 pair of navy logo bottoms
- Other jogging bottoms must be navy (not black, or grey)
- Black trainers only (strictly no trainers with a coloured emblem)
- EYFS children must have black trainers with velcro only (no laces)
- Children must have a Larkhall Primary Campus bag
- Book bags Nursery – Y2
- Rucksacks Y3-6
PARENT MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER
We would like to invite all of our parents to a meeting very early in this new academic year. This meeting will be used to inform you of the expectations of your child in their new year group; you will also meet your child’s new teacher and see the learning environments. Our Parent Handbook will be emailed out to all parents, providing you with everything you will need to know.
These meetings will last for approximately 20 minutes and during this time your child can either be with you or play in the Adventure Zone where they will be supervised by our staff.
| Year Group | Date and Time |
Year 1 | These will be happening over the course of a few weeks, with a few parents at each meeting. These are designed this way because these children are moving from one part of the school (Smedley Street) to another part of the school (Gaskell Street) |
| Year 2 | Tuesday 7th September @ 3.15 |
| Year 3 | Wednesday 8th September @ 3.15 |
| Year 4 | Thursday 9th September @ 3.15 |
| Year 5 | Monday 13th September @ 3.15 |
| Year 6 | Tuesday 14th September @ 3.15 |
- Meetings for Reception and Nursery took place at the end of summer term. There will be further EYFS meetings later in term 1 once children have settled in
SUMMER CATCH UP
As part of their end of year reports for 2020 – 2021 we created a Summer Learning Challenge for you to work on with your child. These activities were designed to be fun, quick and easy for you to do over the summer! Key sound, word and number skills will be assessed by their new teachers early this academic year.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
We will be starting our After School Activities this term. Commencing early in the term, there will be a selection of clubs for our children to attend. They normally start straight after school and finish at 4:15pm. I will provide more details over the coming days..
That’s it from me. As always, if there is anything else myself or a member of the team can do to help and support you during this time, please do not hesitate to get in touch in the usual ways.
Best wishes
Gary