School Ready Skills 

Together, parents and teachers can provide the support and encouragement needed to make your child’s introduction to school a positive and enjoyable experience.

Encourage your child to do as many of the following as possible:

• To take off and put on outer clothing and where possible to manage their own shoes. This includes being able to tie their own shoelaces

   

• To practise packing and unpacking their school bag.

• Show your child where their emergency underwear is located in their bag.

• To recognise their own name on possessions, such as clothing or lunch boxes.

• To be able to use a lunch box and know the order in which to eat their food.

• To encourage your child to play with other children.

• To know how to use a school crossing and use the crossings to safely enter the school each day.
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• To put away toys and materials after using them.