New Starters 2025
Welcome!
On behalf of everyone at Churchfield Church School and Nursery, we would like to wish a warm welcome to our wonderful new cohort of children who will be transitioning into Reception during the next academic year. It will be a real pleasure to get to know all of our lovely new and existing families that are joining us.
During the upcoming weeks and months ahead, we will use this space to share with you any information or updates about your child’s transition into Reception.
Dates for your diary
Below are some important dates for your diary. In the meantime, if you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us via the school office telephone number or email address.
Wednesday 4th June – 6.00pm – Starting School Information Session
An invitation for parents to meet your child’s class teacher, hear how we organise the school day and how you can best support your child’s transition into school. School uniform information can be found on our website.
This session is just for adults; your child is not required to attend this.
Tuesday 10th June- 9-10am- Teddy Bears Picnic Breakfast
This is an opportunity for the children to meet their teacher and some of the other children they will be starting school with. We will provide a light breakfast (children, grown-ups and bears invited!) We are hoping to hold this in our forest school area, so please come dressed appropriately.
Wednesday 25th June- Stay and Play Sessions- Timings to be confirmed
This is an opportunity for children to experience the Reception classrooms, we will have a sign-up sheet at our Reception Parents Meeting so you can sign up for a convenient time for you.
Thursday 4th and Friday 5th September- Home Visits
The Reception teachers will be arranging home visits during these days. This is an opportunity for the teachers to find out a little bit more about your child (their interests and how to support them with settling in at school). The teachers will be in touch with you to arrange a time and date.
Monday 8th, 9th & 10th September-Part Time
These sessions will be for all children and will run from 8.40 am until 12.
Thursday 11th and Friday 12th September-
These sessions will be for all children and will run from 8.40 until 1.15 and will include lunch.
Monday 15th September Onwards-Children in Full Time
Your child will stay all day from this day onwards, if you feel your child may need a longer settling in period we can discuss this with you.
EYFS Uniform
Key information that will help your child at school
All children need to have spare clothes in a named bag on their pegs.
Each piece of clothing needs to have a NAME in it. Use a marker pen or iron on labels. If things are not named, they will get lost!
All children to have wellies and waterproofs in school- we spend a lot of time outside playing with sand and water.
For practical reasons we advise against summer dresses, dresses or skirts, tights, boys’ trousers with buttons- we are trying to develop the children’s independence. The trainers are for safety reasons as our children spend a lot of time outside climbing, playing in the sand etc.
The children in Reception do not need a separate PE kit.
School Uniform (EYFS)
Purple School jumper/Cardigan
White or purple Polo Shirt
Black tracksuit bottoms with elasticated waist (winter)/PE shorts (summer)
Black trainers with no logo
See Uniform section on the website for further information.
Starting School
Below are some links that may be helpful to support you and your child with the transition into school.
Tools to help with your child's development and wellbeing
Reception Baseline Assessment
When your child starts school they will be participating in the reception baseline assessment (RBA) within the first 6 weeks of starting school. The purpose of the assessment is to provide the starting point for a progress measure that will help parents understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between reception and year 6.
You can find more information on this below.