Moving to secondary school is a big change. There are new routines to get used to, new people to get to know and new subjects to study. Children can use this weekly journal to help them feel more settled at their new school over the first month.
As it’s helpful to gather as much information as you can about prospective students, we’ve put together this activity for you to give to pupils before they start Year 7 in September. It will let them know that you are excited to welcome them and enable you to help them settle more effectively when they arrive.
If you want some simple tips for handling transition, take a quick look at this list of dos and don’ts.
In this podcast, Dr Weston talks with Professor Robin Banerjee about the connections between peer relationships, kindness and wellbeing, especially at points of transition or change in our children’s lives. They discuss initiatives to help prioritise wellbeing at the point of entry to secondary school and university, consider systemic social changes that might be needed to really promote wellbeing and chew the fat on how to ensure that young people feel empowered to form positive social connections.
Transitioning to a new school is a big step. Use our conversation prompts to inspire family chats about your children’s time at primary school and what they can look forward to as they move on to secondary.
Transition can be an anxiety-inducing time for children and parents, but it really doesn’t have to be. Listen to Dr Weston’s top five tips for parents, designed to ensure a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
When children move from primary to secondary, a process of transition occurs which needs to be carefully managed. This resource will help you to understand transition better and provides tips to try and apply at home.
When little children take big steps, it can be a time of anxiety for the whole family. In this video, we make sure that parents understand the key things to focus on when helping your child become “school-ready”. Hopefully, after watching, you will feel empowered, more confident and better able to support your little one.
When children move from primary to secondary school, a process of transition occurs which needs to be carefully managed. This video will help you understand transition better and provides tips to try and apply at home.
