We are so pleased that your child has been offered a place here at St Mark’s Catholic Primary school. On behalf of the Staff, Governors, children and parents, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you and your family to our school community.  For those parents who missed the Headteacher welcome at the parents induction evening then please refer to the presentation slides below.  

Our Reception Class team 

Mrs Price (Class teacher and EYFS Assessment Lead) has been part of the St Mark’s family for about 20 years and Mrs Lee (Class teacher and Phonics Lead) joined us in April 2019 and between them they have a wealth of experience teaching in Early Years and Key Stage 1.  Mrs Entwistle, our Nursery Nurse has been at St Mark’s for more then 20 years and she is  our Speech and Language Learning Support Champion. Together with our Learning Support Assistant, Ms Costello, they work as a team to support teaching, learning and pastoral care in the Reception class. 

Parent Welcome pack 

In addition, we have produced the following documents to help with transition to Primary School 

• A welcome booklet for parents– contains lots of useful information and photos for you to share with your child. 

• A welcome pack for your child from our current Little Lions  

Starting School in September 

We are so excited for your child to be joining Reception Class in September and hope that you and your children have enjoyed the taster ‘stay and play’ sessions. 

On Wednesday 3rd September Little Lions will begin their journey at St Mark’s. Please refer to the slide 33 of the “New entrants parent induction presentation” document below. 

Every year, we encourage parents to support their children to become more independent during the summer holidays.  Please start practising changing in and out of the school uniform and PE kit using new words such as plimsoles, shirts, ties.  Please encourage your child to use a knife and fork, feed themselves, and undo the wrapping of items in their lunchboxes. This will support them to develop good table manners.  Children should be able to go to the toilet by themselves. If your child has any specific needs then please do notify us so that all care plans can be prepared in advance as we want to ensure a warm welcome. 

God bless. 

 

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