It’s hard to believe that the time has come again to make preparations to welcome our new children into Reception this September. We have compiled this checklist to let our new parents know what is happening in the coming weeks.

Here is everything you need to know about your child starting in Reception:

New Parent’s Meeting – 30th June 2025 at 2:45pm

Parents to meet the Reception class staff, find out about life in Reception and book transition appointments.

Parents new to school to sign up for home visits with Mrs Polkinghorn (Reception Class Teacher) 

Mrs Polkinghorn will be contacting nurseries directly to speak to key workers and share information. 

School visits – Tuesday 1st July

These visits will give the children an opportunity to get to know their new teachers. They will have the opportunity to play and explore the Reception class and hopefully meet and make some new friends.

We look forward to meeting you all soon!

This website contains some very useful information about what it means to be ‘School Ready’ but please refer to it as a general guide only. Please remember that at St. Columba’s we value and respect every child as a unique individual and appreciate that children may all have different starting points, strengths and weaknesses. This is after all, what makes children so very special!