Reception F2
Welcome to High Oakham Primary School
You are visiting this page as you are interested in securing or have secured a place at High Oakham Primary School for your child in our Reception classes F2.
Please find below, information you will need in preparation for becoming part of our High Oakham community.
Updated 15th April 2025
The time has come to welcome you to
High Oakham Primary School!
Thank you for accepting your place at High Oakham Primary School for the academic year 2025/2026. We are so excited that you are joining our school community and we are hopeful that after the years of disruption, our transition arrangements can go ahead as planned, but please remember, we need to keep safety at the top of our priority list.
Please find below all the documents which you will need to prepare for a place in Reception/F2.
Do not forget to accept your place if you have been offered one at HOPS
Important dates for starting school Sept - 2025
Please note, these are provisional arrangements and are subject to change
If your child has additional needs, allergies, a medical condition or you wish to discuss any concerns or ask any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch in the Summer Term 2025- email headsoffice@highoakham.notts.sch.uk or phone 01623 461313
| Week beginning 21st April 2025 | You will receive a letter welcoming you to High Oakham Primary and reminding you to accept the place and asking you to come and pick up a welcome pack. We will also be sending you a link to complete a Microsoft forms all about your child and asking you to let us know which setting your child is currently attending if any. All paperwork back and forms completed by 13th May please |
| Week beginning 5th May 2025 | All of our children who have not attended our school nursery will be allocated a home visit. We will release the home visit dates for you this week to choose a morning or an afternoon visit. |
| Week beginning 10th June 2025 | Home visits - 9th and 10th June |
| Tuesday 24th June 2025 | New F2 Starter Information meeting - 5pm-6pm - parents only. This will take place in the school hall. Please come to main Reception where we will sign you in and take any remaining paperwork off you. This is where you will need to have your child's 'birth certificate' if we do not already have it and your child's red book if we have not already seen it. |
| Wednesday 2nd July 2025 | New F2 Starter visits - Children new to High Oakham 12.30-1.30pm Children already in our Nursery 1.45-2.45pm - this is your opportunity to come and have a stay and play session for an hour with your child. |
| Wednesday 3rd or Thursday 4th September 2025 | All F2 Starter children will attend for a 45 minute small group stay and play session to support transition into school - this will be a great opportunity for exploring all areas of the provision with staff, forming relationships and becoming familiar with routines (where to hang your coat etc.) |
| Friday 5th September 2025 | Transition morning visit to school 9.30-1pm - this will include having a school dinner free of charge which we are encouraging all children to access, however, if you feel that your child will NOT eat the school dinner, then please send them with a packed lunch which does not contain nuts.
You will be able to support your child into their visit from the playground outside the EY's building. |
| Monday 8th September 2025 | Normal sessions start doors open from 8.40 - register is at 8.45 and collection time is 3.15pm with doors opening from 3.10pm |
Do not forget to go to our 'Newsletters' page or 'Letters home' page to check on school events and updates.