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New Starters (EYFS)- September 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

Let me take this opportunity to warmly welcome you and your family to Cookridge Primary School. I am delighted that your child will be joining us in September and I am very confident that they will be happy and successful during their time at Cookridge Primary School.

In order to make life easier and to reduce the anxiety of, ‘Which forms do I need to fill out?’, please follow the step-by-step process located on this page. There are also links that navigate you around our website to important information that New Starters might need to know.

Complete the following Steps:

Step 1:

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https://www.cookridgeprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Reception-new-starters-induction-letter-2025.pdf

Step 2:

Join us on our Induction meeting:

Wednesday 25th June at 5:30pm (In the School Hall – Access by the bottom play ground – Entrance C).

Please find the slides from the information meeting on 25th June:

Step 3 –

Fill out the following form – (This form needs to be completed by 4th July 2025)

Title	Published	Expires
Admissions form	10/06/2020	Never

Step 4:

Sign up to our Teddy Bear’s Picnic and a stay and play session by completing the forms below and submitting it (Blue links).

Colour group allocation for Stay and Play sessions and Teams W/C 7^th July 2025
If your child’s surname begins with (e.g. My name is Ben Kerr, so I would come to a PURPLE stay and play and I would buy a PURPLE PE uniform for my child.):
A, B, C:		RED
D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K:		PURPLE
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R:		BLUE
S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z:		GREEN

July 2024’s transition timetable:

When attending all of the events, your child is more than welcome to come in uniform or their Team PE kit, if you have purchased any by the time of the events. Please don’t feel any pressure to do so, go with what you feel is right for your child. You are more than welcome to bring your child to both of the stay and plays that are allocated to your child’s team.

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Teddy Bears’ Picnic – Monday 7th July 2025 – 9:45-10:45am	08/06/2022	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – RED and PURPLE Group Bookings – Tuesday 8th July at 9:45-10:45am	09/06/2020	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – GREEN and BLUE group bookings – Tuesday 8th July 2025 – 13:15-14:15pm	09/06/2020	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – GREEN and BLUE group bookings – Wednesday 9th July at 9:45-10:45am	09/06/2020	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – RED and PURPLE Group Bookings – Wednesday 9th July at 13:15-14:15pm	09/06/2020	Never

Step 5:

If you require a 1:1 meeting on Thursday 10th July, to discuss in more detail your child’s needs, please book on the form below (OPTIONAL):

(Optional) Reception Parent Consultation Booking

Step 6:

Sign up to Tapestry:

– Reception’s online learning journal for parents/carers to access and view child’s learning.

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Tapestry	10/06/2020	Never

Step 7:

Download our school App and follow the guidance on the video below, making sure you set your categories to ‘EYFS’ and ‘EYFS New Starters 2025’:

Still struggling with the technical apsects of the App? Please follow the link or the QR codes to view our web and App provider’s website:
Smart School Parent App – Parent Guide:
https://vimeo.com/239100247


Contact the App Support Team:
http://smartschoolwebsites.co.uk/smart-school-app-user-guide/

In September you will be given a further user name and password to link with your child’s attendance figures and receive individual notifications

Step 8:

In an effort to support those parents who work, we want to ascertain how many new parents would need before and after school care so we can adjust

Beehive request form (Before and After School provision)

Our booking system for the before and after school childcare will be available to parents of new to EYFS children at the End of June. Please use the link below in JULY.

https://cookridgeprimary.magicbooking.co.uk

Useful links for a new parent/carer:

Prospective Parent Page

Uniform - Children entering Reception September 2025 will only be required to wear PE uniform.

Lunch Menu

Beehive - Before and After School Provision

Calendar and Term Dates

Development Matters and Early Learning Goals - 2020

School App Guidance

July 2025's Transition Timetable

September 2025's Transition Timetable

Up and Coming Events:

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Forms:

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Admissions form	10/06/2020	Never

Title	Published	Expires
Teddy Bears’ Picnic – Monday 7th July 2025 – 9:45-10:45am	08/06/2022	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – RED and PURPLE Group Bookings – Tuesday 8th July at 9:45-10:45am	09/06/2020	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – GREEN and BLUE group bookings – Tuesday 8th July 2025 – 13:15-14:15pm	09/06/2020	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – GREEN and BLUE group bookings – Wednesday 9th July at 9:45-10:45am	09/06/2020	Never
EYFS Stay and Play – RED and PURPLE Group Bookings – Wednesday 9th July at 13:15-14:15pm	09/06/2020	Never

Title	Published	Expires
Tapestry	10/06/2020	Never

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