How to Enroll your child
If we know your child is coming:
We will send you a Tinwald School enrolment pack several weeks before your child’s fifth birthday.
This pack will contain information about the school and forms necessary to complete in order to enroll your child. You are welcome to go ahead and fill out the forms or you may like to wait until the enrolment meeting when we can discuss them.
About three weeks before your child starts school you will be contacted to arrange the enrolment meeting. At this meeting we fill out the forms and you will have the opportunity to ask questions, meet your child’s teacher, and visit your child’s new classroom. You are welcome to bring your child to this meeting.
Please let us know of any special needs that your child may have so that we are able to consider them in the classroom.
At the enrolment meeting we will also arrange some pre-school visits for your child. At Tinwald School there are usually three such visits.
Visit times are:
9:00-10:30am (visit 1),
9:00-11:00am (visit 2)
9:00am-12:00 (visit 3)
If these times are not suitable other times can be arranged.
You can contact us with your child’s details up to one year before he/she is due to start at Tinwald School. As well as helping us to contact you when necessary it also assists us in organising future classes and staffing.
We look forward to meeting you.
We will send you a Tinwald School enrolment pack several weeks before your child’s fifth birthday.
This pack will contain information about the school and forms necessary to complete in order to enroll your child. You are welcome to go ahead and fill out the forms or you may like to wait until the enrolment meeting when we can discuss them.
About three weeks before your child starts school you will be contacted to arrange the enrolment meeting. At this meeting we fill out the forms and you will have the opportunity to ask questions, meet your child’s teacher, and visit your child’s new classroom. You are welcome to bring your child to this meeting.
Please let us know of any special needs that your child may have so that we are able to consider them in the classroom.
At the enrolment meeting we will also arrange some pre-school visits for your child. At Tinwald School there are usually three such visits.
Visit times are:
9:00-10:30am (visit 1),
9:00-11:00am (visit 2)
9:00am-12:00 (visit 3)
If these times are not suitable other times can be arranged.
You can contact us with your child’s details up to one year before he/she is due to start at Tinwald School. As well as helping us to contact you when necessary it also assists us in organising future classes and staffing.
We look forward to meeting you.
How to prepare your child for school
- Encourage independence in toileting, dressing, and eating.
- Teach your child to socialise and play with other children (take turns, use manners, share)
- Visit the school out of hours to play in the playground and walk around the school.
- Talk positively about starting school.
- Talk to a child who has recently started school so that you know what to expect.
- It is helpful if your child knows how to write his/her name, count 10 objects, and recognise some letters of the alphabet.
- If your child is having difficulty holding a pencil, practice using a large crayon or felt pen on a large piece of paper
- Teach your child to write his/ her name with a capital first letter and the rest in lower case letters.
