You will receive a leaflet in your starting school pack full of tips for making sure your child is school ready.  Please read this for ideas about what to do.

The Early Years Leader will make contact with all pre-schools and nurseries to find out more about your child.  Where possible Mrs McAlindin will visit the children at their settings during the summer term. If it is not possible to visit Mrs McAlindin will speak to your child’s keyworker.

Yes, you will be offered an individual meeting at school for you and your child to meet the class teacher and teaching assistants, this will also provide your child with an opportunity to see their classroom.

Your child will need to bring  a named coat, a named book bag and a named water bottle to school every day. All other resources are provided in school so your child does not need their own pencil case or stationery.

Please do not send your child with additional backpacks.  They do not need them and we don’t have room to store them in school.

Firstly, we understand that we are all humans and it is only natural that on occasion you might forget something.  If this happens, mention it to your class teacher.  A lot of the times we are able to manage for the day without whatever it may be.  However if it is something that is definitely needed, then you can drop it off at our school reception and it will be delivered to your child’s class.

School uniform can be purchased at various supermarkets and/or Edgar Jerome, 7 Wellington Street, Aldershot, GU11 1DX.  Telephone 01252 322020. You can also order on line at www.edgarjerome.co.uk   

Our school colours are red and grey.

Red: for sweatshirts & cardigans

Grey: for trousers, skirts & pinafores. Please consider buying elasticated trousers without zips and buttons.

White or Red: for T-shirt & shirts

Girls can wear a checked red dress in warm weather.  Please try and get the ones with a zip and not buttons.

Shoes should be sensible, flat, and well fitting. Open-toed, open heeled sandals or expensive trainers are not suitable for school.  Velcro fastenings are much easier than laces and buckles for little children.

Tights for girls should be a suitable colour for school– ideally grey or black

We do P.E once a week in Early Years and twice a week in KS1 so yes your child will need a P.E. kit.  They will need:

• Plain black shorts or plain black jogging bottoms/leggings
• Plain white or red T-shirt – The Talavera PE t-shirt is available from Edgar Jerome
• Velcro fastening trainers that can be securely fastened ( No plimsolls as these do not provide appropriate grip)
• A red, white, black or brown hair tie, if necessary (long hair must be tied back for all P.E. activities) 
• If your child wears earrings please remove these at home on PE days, if you are unable to remove your child’s earrings as it is within the first 6 weeks of them being pierced, then they must be securely taped with medical tape at home. 

School PE drawstring bags can be purchased at Edgar Jerome.

Currently all infant aged children (4-7 year olds) are entitled to a universal free school meal every day.  Our school caterers H3cS provide a choice of healthy meals usually including a meat choice, a vegetarian choice and a jacket potato choice. A school menu will be included in your school welcome pack. 

Children are also able to bring in their own packed lunch from home if they wish. Further details about packed lunch expectations can be found in our Information Booklet.

The school is currently supplied with a range of fruit and vegetable snacks every day.  Please talk to your child’s class teacher if you would like any more information on school snacks.

We have several children at Talavera Infant School who have range of allergies so please do not worry.  We have specialist school menus, so your child will still be able to have school dinners.  If this applies to your child you will need to complete a special menu form and have confirmation of the allergy from your child’s doctor or hospital. Once your child has started school we ensure that all staff are aware of them, and in the dinner hall they will be given a special dinner tray.  In the majority of circumstances children with allergies still sit with all their classmates at lunchtime and just take part in daily routines the same as everyone else.  We are also a nut free school, so no nut product are used at lunch time or in class cooking lessons.

If you child has an epi pen or inhaler, we do ask for one to be kept at school in case of emergencies.  During your individual school visit your class teacher will chat to you about any concerns you have regarding your child’s allergies.

If your child needs medication at any point when they are at school, you will be asked to complete a medical form.  Once this is completed and signed, staff at school will then be able to give your child the required medication or support them with cream for things such as bad eczema.

We take a lot of time over setting the classes and like to gather information from as many sources as possible, such as preschools .  We hope to write to you in July to inform you of which class your child is in and who their key worker and class teacher are. There will be videos on the school website for you to watch with your child of the class teacher reading a story.

We are aware that starting school can be a little daunting if you don’t know anyone else but please do not worry.  We have children joining us from lots of different preschool settings, so many children join us not knowing anyone else.  At Talavera Infant School we ensure that all staff are aware of children who have joined us on their own, so that we can give them a little bit of extra support when settling in and making new friends. 

Once the classes have been set, we cannot change them due to the knock on implications this would have to the other children.  When deciding the classes we take many factors into consideration, including advice from the preschool settings.  Sometimes this does result in children not being in the same class as their closest friend but will provide the opportunity for them to make many new friends.

 TS Coaching run breakfast club for us and places can be booked through their website at  https://togetherinsport.com/

Our after school club is run by our staff until 5.45pm each day. Bookings can be made through  Arbor or by contacting the School office on 01252 323137

At 8.40 a.m. when the classroom doors are opened, TS coaching will walk your child to their classroom