Nadine Prescott Carolyn Gelenter

Speech and Language Therapist Advisory Teacher SLCN

To support children with additional needs into their first year of secondary school to feel safe and confident about being in secondary

To support primary and secondary schools to develop resources, activities and programmes in relation to achieving the above outcome for children.

Lots of things happening at once!

Puberty and physical changes

Increase in social awareness – changes toSocial networks

Systematic changes in the way school is organised

Girls

Students with existing behaviour difficulties

Low achievers

Students with poor parental support.

Students with SLCN who experience the most difficulty are those with: Low vocabularies Poor receptive language

(understanding of language)These areas have BIG impact

on accessing curriculum and getting by socially.

To become familiar with the layout of their new school

To become familiar with routines of their new school

To feel confident and safe about attending secondary school

To meet with other students who will be attending their new secondary school, and meet school staff

To gain coping strategies to support their transition to secondary school.

To be able to deliver small group work around transition

To gain strategies to support children with additional needs

To understand the purpose of a transition program

To get to know some of their students.

Increase in the number of children feeling happy about attending secondary school

100% of students reported confidence in finding way around school after groups

Greater awareness of routinesGreater awareness of wider aspects of school life

Less anxiety type questions being asked92% of staff reported increased knowledge about running transition groups

90% of staff found the transition programme useful in supporting students to transition to year 7.

Biggest thing that helps is Positive people who:‘Are easy to talk toListen to meGet to know meMake an effort to talk to meAnswer my questionsHelp me picture where I am going.’

Not having enough information about secondary school

Getting unclear or mixed messages

Bullies

People not listening

Not being able to visit secondary school.

Year 6 identified meeting criteria of:Statement for SLISA or SA+ for SLCNStatement with secondary SLCNVulnerable children

Only for students attending Westminster Secondary Schools

Secondary schools free to organiseout-of-borough children to join

The areas we chose to focus on are based on

what students in Westminster have told us matters to them the most:

Getting lunch

Not getting lost

Knowing where I should be

Finding nice people who can help

Not getting bullied

Homework and getting organised.

Most secondary schools have got dates for programme for the 2014 -2015 Academic year

St. Augustine’s

QK

oWill run 6 sessions

oDates to be decided

oWill run 4 sessions

oFrom 6th of June to 27th of June inclusive

o9:30 -11:00

oCapacity for 2 groups

Paddington Academy

St. Marylebone

oFor nurture group

oBe-spoke 10 sessions

o3 hours each sesssion

oBetween May and July

oWill discuss dates with primary school

o6 sessions

oDates to be decided

oMaximum of 2 groups

Greycoats

Pimlico

oDates to be decided

oFrom Wednesday 4th of June until Wednesday 9th of July inclusive

o9:00-11:00 am

oMaximum numbers 20 children

Westminster City

Westminster Academy

St George’s

oWaiting to hear

oWaiting to hear

oWaiting to hear

Identify children according to criteria

Send list to me to co-ordinate with secondary schools

Check secondary dates

Send out letters of permission

Ensure there is someone to bring children to nominated secondary school

Run the group again at school if possible.