Transition from

Primary to Secondary

New Friends

New Teachers

New Subjects

Worried It Will Go Wrong

Being The Smallest

Longer Day

How scary it must be ……

Brainstorm

Can you think of any other things

that make you nervous about

your new school?

Some common worries

New Reality

12 New Teachers

New Subjects

What Is Good

Advice

New Building

30 New Students

Write down what is worrying you.

Write A Letter To A Friend

About Your New School

Are Your Coping Well?

About New Friends

Are You Happy?

Was It A Good Choice?

Class Work?

Write your letter

This Transition

Primary to Secondary

Your Transition Experience Can

Influence:-

Academic Progress

Social Confidence

Personal Development

Good Transition Achieving Potential

Happier Student

Write two advantages of a good transition

Difficult Transition

Can Lead Later To Educational Difficulties

Falling Levels Of

Achieve-ment

Write two disadvantages of a bad transition

Common Settling In Problems

Getting lost!! Draw A Map Of Your

New School And Mark

The Classrooms You

Are In.

Draw a Map of your school

New Language Of Secondary School

Write Down Some New Words You Don’t

Understand And Ask Your Teacher To Explain

Them.

Write down any new words that you don’t understand

Lockers

What Should You

Keep In Your

Locker.

What Times Are

You Allowed To

Go To Your

Lockers.

Mixed School

Just Be Your Self

Don’t Show Off

No Need To Be Shy

Boys And Girls Have

The Same Fears Of

This New Situation.

More Homework

It May Take A While To

Adjust To New Levels

Try To Be Organised

If You Are Struggling Tell

Your Teacher Or Tutor

Misinformation

Don’t Believe All You

Hear

Especially From Older

Students

They Could Be Leading

You On.

Fear

This Is A Natural Reaction To A New Situation

Usually Your Fears Are Unnecessary

Most Students And Teachers Are Kind.

Write Down Your Fears And How Likely They Are Of Coming True

Making Friends

Don’t Panic

Be Yourself

Making New Friends Is One Of The Best Part

Of Secondary School

Teachers Names Sir Or Miss

Will Do!

Subject Options

Choose What You Find:

Interesting & Enjoyable

Don’t Choose Because Of What Your Friends Are Doing

This Is Your Decision

Your Supports

When Life Is Difficult Use Supports In

School And Outside School

Internal School Supports

Home school Liason

Tutors

Teachers

Friends

Mentor

Counselling

Write down What Supports do you have in school.

External Supports

Parents

Social Clubs

FamilyFriends

Sports Clubs

Write down What Supports do you have outside school.

You Are The Schools

Customers

We Want You To Be A

Happy Customer

We Want You To Buy

Into Learning

Schools Are Selling

Education

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Schools try toEnsure that every day

in every classroomevery student

is learning and achieving

to the best of their ability

School should be:-

So busy

So demanding

So activeSo

adventurous

So spectacular

That You Should Barely Have

Time For Being Moody

Enjoy!