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New Starters

Year 3 Welcome Meeting

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Croft Junior School. We are delighted you are considering or have chosen Croft Junior School for your child. For children currently in Year 2, the first day of school new year will be Tuesday, 2 September 2025.

Key Dates for Visits

  • Open Day: Monday 7 October, 2024 (10:00 to 11:30)
  • Open Evening: Tuesday 8 October, 2024 (18:00 to 19:30)
  • Deadline for Applications: 15 January, 2025
  • Allocations Announced: 16 April, 2025
  • Welcome Meeting: Wednesday 30 April (17:30 to 18:30)
  • Moving Up Day: Wednesday 2 July (09:15 to 14:30)

On the evening of Friday, 27 June 2025 an email will be sent informing parents who the classteachers will be next year. This will help when children come into school on Wednesday 2 July 2025 for Moving Up Day.

Arrangements for Moving Up Day - Wednesday 2 July

Reminders:

  • Children should wear their infant school uniform.
  • If children require a school meal they will order this in class, or you can send in a packed lunch.
  • There will be no charge for a school meal due to infant children’s universal free school meal entitlement.
  • We may take photographs of the children during the day to be used internally.
  • If your child needs an inhaler or similar, bring it in labelled and hand it to the new class teacher.

Timings:

  • 09:10: Arrive and join us on the playground. By this time our current children will be in class, freeing up the playground for just your children, currently in Year 2.
  • 09:10: Year 3 staff (for September 2025) will come out and join you.
  • 09:15: Children to join a line with their teacher for September (signs will make this clear – you just need to remember the name of the teacher). Classes will then enter the school with their class teacher.
  • 09:20: Mr Kite to show parents where to collect the children from and drop-off location for September. Parents depart.
  • 14:25 Gates open to allow parents to enter and proceed to collection point.
  • 14:30: End of the day/children go home (current Year 2 and siblings if you wish – make sure you inform older siblings).