A huge welcome to the new EYFS starters 2026-2027
Hello,
We are delighted that your child has been offered a place at Gaddesby Primary School starting in August 2026. You should recently have received notification from the Local Authority, by post or email, about your child’s primary school placement. I can confirm that we have your child is on our admission list and we are looking forward to welcoming them in the new academic year.
As August isn’t too far away in the school calendar, we would like to begin to get to know you and your child before starting school, and to give you information about our transition process. We regard transition into our primary school as extremely important for all involved and aim to make it one of the most comfortable, safe and exciting phases of your child’s life so far.
Included within your posted pack you will find a Welcome Booklet, new starter admission forms and lots of information about Gaddesby Primary School. Please could we ask you to post the admission forms back to us, as promptly as possible. The Welcome Booklet will be for you to share with your child to aid with developing familiarity to the setting. We have also uploaded a PDF version to our school website—if you would like to access it online.
This year’s transition model will consist of:
- On Thursday 11th June, we will be holding an EYFS casual ‘Tour the School’ session. There will be two timeslots for this; 09:30 and 11:00. These tours will give you and your child/children an opportunity to come and look around the school and re-familiarise yourself with the school environment. Please attend the session that is most convenient to you and your family. You will be able to book onto your preferred time via a Microsoft Form using this link https://forms.office.com/r/pNkdWbZyvt
- On Thursday 18th June and Friday 19th June, we will be inviting parents and child/children into school for a face-to-face meeting with their class teacher, Mrs Meredith. Meetings will be ten minutes long and will give parents and children an opportunity to meet the staff and for the children to tell her about themselves. You will be able to book onto your preferred date via a Microsoft Form using this link https://forms.office.com/r/pNkdWbZyvt
For your agreed, scheduled appointment, please can you wait at the side school gate, next to the Village Hall carpark. If you are unsure where this is, please watch Mrs Benney’s first day tour video. Mrs Meredith will meet you there.
- On Thursday 25th June at 17:00 we will be holding an EYFS Parent’s Information Meeting. This will give you information about the EYFS curriculum and key information regarding school uniform and Cool Milk. We will have a child’s table set up, if you would like to bring your child with you.
- On Thursday 2nd July we will be holding our EYFS, half day transition. Please can you book onto your preferred slot using our online MS Teams form.
Session 1: 10:00 – 11:30
Session 2: 13:00 – 14:30
For this day, please can you drop your child off at the school office. We will collect all the children and then walk them through the school to the EYFS classroom, where they will begin their fun start to school. Please note parents will not be able to accompany their child past the school office.
- Children to then start school, full time, on Wednesday 26th August 2026.
Our school website has lots of hello videos, school tours, handy tips for parents, activities to complete at home, etc, for you to share with your child at home. Please access these with your child as it will help to familiarise them with their new teachers and school. They can be found on our school website under the heading of Parents—EYFS New Starters.
If you do have any questions, please feel free to make contact using the email address
office@gaddesby.bepschools.org
Take care and we look forward to meeting you all soon.
Best wishes,
Katie Benney Laura Meredith Sarah Richardson
EYFS Co-ordinator/SENDCo EYFS Teacher Headteacher
(Mat leave until Easter 2027)
EYFS Transition Tools
Welcome Videos
Story Time with Mrs Benney
Story Time with Mrs Meredith
Letters
Cool Milk– Parent Information Leaflet 2021
Useful tools
Virtual Tour of the school– hosted by pupils we have in school.
Where to go? — on your first day at school, this video will show you which route you will take into school.
EYFS Presentation 2026 – a spot of bedtime reading.
EYFS Welcome Booklet 2026 — to share with your child at home. We will also be sending you a hardcopy of this booklet to your home addresses.
ICAN Transition Statements— Please have a look at these ‘I can’ statements. We will be contacting you at the start of July and it would great to discuss the wonderful things your child can do, with you!
Top Tips to help your child get ready for school
The Childrens Toothbrushing Guide
CBeebies Little Learners is a learning app from CBeebies and BBC Bitesize, that puts the fun into learning! This week we’ve launched some new content with CBeebies show Time For School, made to help little ones get ready for school.
School Nurse Team
Please find attached resources from the Healthy Together (School Nurse) team.
Introducing the school nursing team
Supporting Your Child When They Start School Letter Healthy Together Leicestershire And Rutland
Healthy Together Preparing For Primary School Leicestershire & Rutland (1)