Dear Families,
We are delighted to be welcoming your family to Dunalley in September and look forward to working with you to ensure that your children enjoy school and flourish in all areas of their development. To make the transition to school as smooth and successful as possible, we will be hosting a number of welcome events later this term. We very much hope that you will be able to join us.
OPAL Stay and Play - Saturday 20th April 10am - 12pm
You are invited to come along to our OPAL Stay and Play on Saturday April 20th from 10am through to 12pm, this invitation goes out to to all families in our Dunalley community and gives everyone the opportunity to have some wholesome family fun playing with the children.
Entrance via the school field gate.
Welcome ‘Tea Party’ for Parents & Carers only– Thursday 20th June at 2pm-3pm
This will provide you with an opportunity to meet with our early years team and school leaders, we will also share practical information about starting school and discuss the ways in which we can work together to make the experience as positive as possible for your children.
Please ensure that you bring your child's birth certificate with you to the tea party for our admin team to certify.
This event is not for the children, there are many other events for the children to attend.
AiP, our catering provider will be at hand to offer a taster session of the lunches provided for the children.
Stay and Play Sessions for Children with their Parents/Carers- Wednesday 3rd July and Wednesday 17th July from 2pm to 2.45pm
We would like to invite you and your child into school to enjoy ‘stay and play sessions’ with the EYFS teachers.
These sessions will be held on our front field and further information will be provided for families nearer the time.
Summer Fayre – Friday 5th July from 3pm
Families are welcome to join in us for our Summer Fayre hosted by our wonderful PTFA’ helping us raise money for our school. More details will be avalible via our weekly newsletters in the weeks ahead.
Starting School – Part time/Full time
We realise the importance of knowing school term dates as soon as possible and are pleased to be able to inform you now about the part time/full time schedule for your children in starting in September.
New Reception children will start PART TIME ONLY Wednesday 4th September to Friday 6th September, if the children are ready to attend school on a full time basis they will do so on Monday 9th September. Exact times and more detailed information for morning or afternoon sessions will be provided later this term.
What to do now
You may like to access our website so that you can start to familiarise yourself with our school.
The following links will be of interest as they contain lots of useful information for families on starting school at Dunalley Primary in September 2024.
At the beginning of June you will be sent log in details to Edulink One which is our new communication software and where you will submit admission data for your child’s school record. It is imperative that you complete this in full and accurately when asked as it will provide us with important information required.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] if there is anything that you would like to discuss on an individual basis, we will be very happy to do so this term.
If you wish future correspondence to go to both people with parental responsibility, please email [email protected] with both child and parent/carer name and additional email address.
Yours truly,
Alison Godfrey
Headteacher