Dean Barwick Primary School

Welcome to EYFS

Dear Parents and Carers,

We welcome you to Dean Barwick Primary school and to thank you for choosing our lovely school as the setting for your child’s educational journey.

Your child’s first experience of school is a very important one and we recognise that settling into school is a huge step for both you and your child.  Starting a brand new setting, with different adults, children and routines, can be very tiring and overwhelming during those first few days so, if necessary, we can have a gradual start to school for your child, building up over a week to full days. Lunchtime forms part of that transition and a flexible start means that they can experience this gradually with as much support from adults as possible.

 This is what we anticipate doing for transition into school if possible:

• An initial phone call and distribution of welcome packs with information about school. (These will be emailed out and are available below.. 
• Flexible start to school in September, dependent on your child’s and family’s needs. 
• Visits and discussions with pre-school settings where possible in the summer term. 
• All Reception aged children are entitled to a free cooked dinner at school. However, you may choose to send a lunch from home. Again, this can be flexible dependent on your needs.
• Nursery Children can order a prepared cooked meal. Dinners are £2.70 per day and are payable via school money, which will be set up for you. (you will receive an activation code/email to set this up if you require one)
• Uniform consists of burgundy jumpers/cardigans with the school badge. A polo shirt, grey shorts/trousers or skirt/pinafore. We may have a nearly new/used sale at the initial meeting of affordable uniform items. Uniform can be purchased via our online shop.