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Starting Primary School

Forms, uniform, medical plans and wraparound care sorted, calm morning and evening routines, self-care skills practised, and a working partnership with the teacher from the first visit to the end of the first year.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Starting Primary School, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

1

Pillar

1

Area

50

Projects

202

Starter tasks

👨‍👩‍👧 Family & Parenting

Starting Primary School

Preparing a child for starting school: uniform, routines, settling in, friendships and building a relationship with teachers.

  1. Starting school information folder
  2. Registration forms, consents and collection list
  3. Medical needs and allergy plan with the school
  4. All about me profile for the new teacher
  5. School apps, payments and message channels
  6. Uniform, PE kit and shoes, all named
  7. School meals or packed lunch decision
  8. Wraparound care booked for the first term
  9. Self-care skills readiness check
  10. Leave cover for the staggered first weeks
  11. Earlier bedtime shift before term starts
  12. School-night evening routine
  13. Calm school morning routine chart
  14. Weekly school admin half hour
  15. After-school snack and downtime routine
  16. Uniform wash and PE kit rotation
  17. Packed lunch weekly plan
  18. Termly school dates sweep
  19. Settling-in diary for the first half term
  20. Working relationship with the class teacher
  21. Getting changed for PE without help
  22. Toileting independently at school
  23. Lunch hall skills practice
  24. Asking a grown-up for help at school
  25. Questions that get more than fine after school
  26. How the first school year is taught
  27. Learning the school's phonics sounds yourself
  28. Short goodbye ritual at the classroom door
  29. Playdates to grow first school friendships
  30. Full-time or gradual start for a young starter
  31. School bag, water bottle and lunch box choice
  32. First-year school costs budget
  33. Dividing school jobs between parents
  34. Class parent group boundaries
  35. Half-term settling review
  36. Summer before school countdown
  37. Full rehearsal morning before term
  38. Teacher home visit or stay-and-play preparation
  39. First day of school plan
  40. First parents' evening preparation
  41. Supporting a summer-born youngest in the class
  42. Helping a reluctant or anxious starter
  43. Joining a new school partway through the year
  44. Starting school while learning the school's language
  45. School set up across two homes
  46. Your own feelings about the first goodbye
  47. Raising an early worry with the teacher
  48. Volunteering with the parents' association
  49. Being the class parent representative
  50. Preparing for the move into the second school year

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Starting school information folder

Between the offer letter and the first day, schools send a stream of letters, emails and links: start dates, staggered timetables, uniform lists, forms and the teacher's name. Gathering it all into one folder, paper and digital, in the first week means nothing is missed in the late-summer rush and both parents can answer 'what time on Thursday?' without phoning the office.

First tasks

  • Search both parents' email for messages from the school and save them to one folder
  • Put every paper letter from the school into a single wallet file
  • Write a one-page summary of dates, times and the teacher's name
  • Save the school office number and email in both phones

Registration forms, consents and collection list

Schools need a data collection sheet, emergency contacts, photo and trip consents and the names of every adult allowed to collect your child before term starts. Returning them complete and early means the office is not chasing you in week one, and your child is never left behind from a walk to the park because a consent is missing.

First tasks

  • List every form the school has asked for with its return date
  • Ask two people whether they agree to be emergency contacts
  • Decide which adults may collect your child and agree a collection password
  • Return the forms and file a photo of each one

Medical needs and allergy plan with the school

A child with asthma, a severe allergy, epilepsy, diabetes or a daily medicine needs a written plan in school before the first day, not after the first incident. Meeting the school's lead for medical needs with the right forms and in-date medicines means every adult who supervises your child, including at lunch and on trips, knows what to watch for and what to do.

First tasks

  • Ask the office who leads on medical needs and request a meeting
  • Ask your child's clinician for an up-to-date action plan or letter
  • Hand in labelled medicines with the signed medicine consent form
  • Tell the wraparound and lunch staff about the plan in writing
  • Check the expiry dates of medicines held at school @recurring(quarterly)

Make it yours.

Install Starting Primary School, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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