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School Events and Dates for your Diary

Academic Calendar 2024-25

Academic Calendar 2025-26

Key Dates 2024-25

August 2025

Wed 23 Jul - Sun 31 Aug

Summer holidays

September 2025

Mon 1 Sep

Non-pupil day

Tue 2 Sep

Reception Transition: Doorstep Visits/Phone Calls

Tue 2 Sep

Non-pupil day

Wed 3 Sep, 8:40 am

Children return to school

Wed 3 Sep, 9:15 am - 11:15 am

Reception Induction: Visit 1

Wed 3 Sep, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Reception Induction: Visit 1

Thu 4 Sep, 9:15 am - 11:15 am

Reception Induction: Visit 2

Thu 4 Sep, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Reception Induction: Visit 2

Fri 5 Sep, 8:40 am - 12:30 pm

Reception Induction: Visit 3

Fri 5 Sep, 1:00 pm - 3:10 pm

Reception Induction: Visit 3

Mon 8 Sep, 8:40 am - 12:30 pm

Reception Induction: Visit 4

Mon 8 Sep, 1:00 pm - 3:10 pm

Reception Induction: Visit 4

Tue 9 Sep

Reception Induction: All children start full time

Tue 9 Sep

Forest School lessons begin: Dolphins

Tue 9 Sep, 8:40 am - 9:30 am

Reception: Parents Coffee Morning*

Thu 11 Sep

Forest School lessons begin: Sharks

Mon 15 Sep, 8:50 am - 9:20 am

Y1 Parents Meeting*

Wed 17 Sep

Piano lessons begin

Wed 17 Sep, 8:50 am - 9:20 am

Y2 Parents Meeting*

Mon 22 Sep

2 Johns E-Safety Workshops

Mon 22 Sep, 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Flu Immunisations

Thu 25 Sep, 8:40 am - 9:30 am

Macmillan Coffee Morning, at Writtle Infant School

October 2025

Thu 2 Oct

Census Day: Children – please try a school dinner today!

Wed 8 Oct, 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Y1 & Y2: Harvest Festival, All Saints’ Church*

Fri 10 Oct, 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Prospective Parents’ Meeting*

Fri 10 Oct, 2:45 pm - 3:10 pm

Y1 & Y2: Autumn Storytime*

Mon 20 Oct

No clubs Tue/Thu this week

Tue 21 Oct, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Parents’ Evening*

Thu 23 Oct, 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Parents’ Evening*

Fri 24 Oct, 3:10 pm

School closes for Half Term holiday

Mon 27 Oct - Fri 31 Oct

Half Term holiday

November 2025

Mon 3 Nov, 8:40 am

Children return to school

Tue 4 Nov

Forest School lessons begin: Turtles

Wed 5 Nov, 8:40 am - 9:20 am

Y1 & Y2: Family Learning Time*

Wed 5 Nov, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Prospective Parents’ Meeting*

Thu 6 Nov

Forest School lessons begin: Parrots

Wed 12 Nov, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

WJS: Parents’ Meeting for Y2 to Y3*

Fri 14 Nov

Children in Need Day 2025

Fri 14 Nov, 9:00 am - 10:00 am

WJS: Parents’ Meeting for Y2 to Y3*

Thu 20 Nov

No staff clubs this week

Thu 20 Nov

Individual School Photographs (siblings from 8.15am)

Mon 24 Nov, 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Y1 & Y2: Advent Service, All Saints’ Church*

Thu 27 Nov, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Prospective Parents’ Meeting*

Fri 28 Nov, 2:45 pm - 3:10 pm

Christmas Storytime*

December 2025

Thu 4 Dec, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Reception: Christmas Event*

Sat 6 Dec - Sun 7 Dec

Writtle Christmas Tree Festival, All Saints’ Church

Thu 11 Dec, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Y1 & Y2: Christmas Performance 1*

Fri 12 Dec, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Y1 & Y2: Christmas Performance 2*

Mon 15 Dec

No clubs this week