April 19th 2022

Dear Families,

We are delighted to be welcoming your family to Dunalley in September.  We 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.

Welcome ‘Tea Party’ – Friday 24^th June at 2pm
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. 

Stay and Play sessions
In addition to the welcome tea party, we would like to invite you and your child into school to enjoy ‘stay and play sessions’ with the EYFS teachers.
Dates for these sessions will be July 1^st and July 15^th from 2pm – 2.45pm on our front field. Further information will be provided to families nearer the time.

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 on Wednesday 7^th September, if the children are ready to attend school on a full time basis they will do so on Monday 26^th September.  Exact times and more detailed information for morning or afternoon sessions will be provided later this term.

What to do now
Please take some time to complete our admission form available here, it is imperative that you complete this document in full and accurately as it will provide us with the important information required.
The sooner we have this information the sooner we can communicate with you as a member of our Dunalley community.

You may like to access our website so that you can start to familiarise yourself with our school.  The ‘new starter’ tab, available here will be of particular interest. 

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.

Yours truly,

Alison Godfrey
Headteacher