New Starters September 2025

St Michael's CofE Primary School - Reception New Starters 2021

Welcome to Westbury Infant School. We are delighted that your child will be joining us and we look forward to meeting you soon.

At Westbury Infants we have a fantastic admin team who will be more than happy to answer any questions or queries you may have.

We have recently sent out letters to our Cohort of 2025-2026. Please find a copy of the letters below:

Key Dates - Mainstream

Key Dates - Resource Base

Please rest assured that we will be working hard to ensure that your child has a settled and happy start to school life at Westbury Infants.

We hope you can make the parents evening on Wednesday 18th June at 5.00pm. At the meeting we will share information about the school and the transition arrangements.

There is a great deal of information about Westbury Infants on our website, so we hope that you enjoy reading about daily life at our friendly and exciting school. Please also take a look at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WestburyInf where you will see photos and information. You will be able to get a feel for what happens in our Reception classes by visiting the blogs for Kangaroo, Koala and Wallaby Class. Each week we share the learning that has happened and will continue to do so when your child starts school.

There has been a recent publication about children starting school in reception which you may find useful.

starting reception.pdf

If your child is joining our Reception Classes, here are a few things that you can do at home to prepare them for starting school:

• Help them to recognise and write their own name
• Show them how to hold a pencil and draw a picture
• Read books with them and encourage them to hold the book and talk about the story
• Sing some nursery rhymes together
• Teach them how to use children’s scissors
• Encourage them to eat independently and clear their own plate
• Make sure that they can go to the toilet independently and wash their hands
• Show them how to put their own coat on and do up the buttons or zip
• Encourage children to begin to dress themselves.

We have some links below to websites that will be useful for you, in preparation for this next chapter at Westbury Infant School:

Starting Primary School:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/starting-primary-school/1

Tiny Happy People Excellent bank of ideas and resources for little ones:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people

What to Expect in the EYFS - This document will help you understand your child's development and what they will learn throughout their time in the foundation stage.

https://foundationyears.org.uk/files/2021/09/What-to-expect-in-the-EYFS-complete-FINAL-16.09-compressed.pdf

Starting Reception

https://startingreception.co.uk/

PH Sports offers a before and afterschool Club for Westbury Infants if you are looking for wraparound care then please follow the link below:

https://www.westbury-inf.wilts.sch.uk/Wraparound-Care/

School Uniform can be purchased from Scholars in Trowbridge

https://scholars-uk.com/product-category/trowbridge/primary-school/westbury-infants/

Preloved uniforms are also available from the school office, please email admin@westbury-inf.wilts.sch.uk if you would like to purchase.

We will continue to update this page with further information during the process of your child starting school.

We look forward to seeing you soon.