Children often ask:<\/span><\/p>\n All schools will have a Transition Day – whereby children visit their new schools en masse and learn a bit more about their new school and its expectations and routines. For most, this day will be enough. However, for many children, those questions will rattle around in their heads and anxiety will kick in. How do we help these children?<\/span><\/p>\n With this question in mind, we have created a transition programme <\/span>with Animate 2 Educate<\/a>. Our aim is to blend technology and physical activity in order to help children make friends and share their concerns. Each child needs to know that they are not alone – that others are also experiencing similar thoughts and feelings. In fact, in September 2019, 752,528 children will move up to secondary school across the UK. <\/span>Using i-pads, the children are able to mind map their thoughts and feelings and build up a word cloud of key phrases. These same words and phrases are then created by the children using letter tags grabbed during the \u2018move & learn\u2019 session.<\/span><\/p>\n Another part of our Tagtiv8 transition programme includes 2 immersive experiences led by the wonderful award-winning <\/span>Now Press Play<\/span><\/a> – one dealing with transition and empathy, while the other looks at anti-bullying strategies. These immersion experiences allow children to delve into their own thoughts and share them with others once back in the real world.<\/span><\/p>\n The initial <\/span>pilot project<\/span><\/a> was deemed a success by school leaders and children alike. <\/span>Denise Thompson, Head Teacher of Ravensworth Terrace Primary School<\/a> said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe children were buzzing yesterday. It was lovely to see more quiet children grow in confidence. This was a great opportunity for the children to experience transition in a non-threatening way and realise that although change can make us feel uncomfortable and a little scared it can also be exciting.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n As to the children\u2019s views on the sessions:<\/span><\/p>\n Martin Bailey, Director of Animate 2 Educate said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTransition can be difficult for many pupils and hopefully this programme helps to allay some of their fears. Children realise that anxiety around change is a natural emotion and although we might not always want change to take place it is something that can bring about exciting new experiences and opportunities.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Transition programmes such as ours are invaluable in helping certain children in pioneering schools, but what else can be done?<\/span><\/p>\n We definitely recommend talking – or more to the point, listening. Reassure your children that what they are feeling is only natural. Remind yourself what it felt like when you made own move to secondary school, but please don\u2019t tell them tales of heads being flushed down the toilets or other urban myths.<\/span><\/p>\n Think of practical advice:<\/span><\/p>\n The GO TO site for secondary transition has to be <\/span>BBC Bitesize\u2019s <\/i><\/b>Starting Secondary School<\/i><\/b><\/a>. <\/i><\/b>The website provides resources for 10 to 12 year olds, teachers and parents to help support transition. <\/b>Bitesize has a host of video content. Their #StartingSecondarySchool<\/strong> campaign provides first-hand experience from children who have made the move and, not only survived, but thrived. There are also practical tips for you on how to best support your child and support for children in their final term of primary school through to their first few months in secondary school. To find out more, click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever your thoughts on transition may be, we are here to help. Contact us to check availability and discuss options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Moving On Up – A New Chapter Much to the relief of children and teachers in Year 6, this year\u2019s SATs are now done and dusted! So what happens next? An enterprise project? Or more likely, rehearsals for the end of year leavers assembly, whereby children look back on their time at primary school – remembering the good times and … <\/p>\n\n
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