Thaxted Promotional Video

Have a watch of our promotional video, to help parents who may choose to send their children here.

• Thaxted Primary School Promotional Video
  Have a watch of our promotional video, to help parents who may choose to send their children here next year.

Video tour of Thaxted Primary School

When talking to your child about starting school, you can use this short video tour of the school to help familiarise them with what Thaxted Primary School looks like...

• Video Tour of Thaxted Primary School
  Take a look around our school

Getting Ready for School Checklist

Whilst thinking about how you can best prepare your child for starting Primary School, we have created a checklist of skills that we believe will aid them settling into school life.

This list is not an expectation of what they should be able to do before starting school, but just a guide to help you.

• Getting prepared for school checklist

Letter Formation

If your child is showing an interest in learning to writing at home, take a look at our letter formation sheet below to help support them forming their letters correctly.

• Letter Formation Alphabet Handwriting Sheet Lowercase

Articulation of Phonemes

A useful video clip showing the correct 'pure' pronounciation of phonemes (units of sound).

A Guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework

• EYFS Parents Guide