Primary and Secondary School Transition Monday 9 th December

 To discuss way in which we can strategically strengthen and organise the transition between primary and secondary school’s in the collaborative Aims

Complete the transition audit to be handed in to Unity.  Who are your primary/secondary partners  What sort of relationship do you currently have and what collaborative work do you currently do Be prepared to feedback in 5 minutes to your partner then in pairs to the group in 10 minutes Where are you now?

 Secondary school head of maths  Started to build a relationship with primary partners  Put together a proposal to head for whole school transition work  Developed a strong relationship between all schools and formed our own ‘collaborative’ My History

 Observations  Maths Days in year 6 at my secondary school  Secondary school teacher going to teach during spring and summer term  Project work with year 6 of all primary partners  Junior Maths Challenge  Lead Transition person named in each school  Whole school approach introduced – ICT/English and Maths  Twilight Sessions for leads  Primary Liaison lesson involving Maths, English and ICT  Summer School for last 2 weeks of school term and during holidays for vulnerable school students  Transition booklet for all year 6 students entering NOA My timeline/Process

 Consistency of routes through calculation in Maths  Appropriate texts chosen in English  Consistency of AFL used  Consistency of behaviour expectations and students being introduced to behaviour policy in year 6  Consistency of presentation in books (there was a huge decline in presentation standards from primary to secondary)  Smoother transition of students, less of a dip in results  Increased confidence in students entering the school and clearer understanding of what to expect  Up-skilling of teachers  Sharing good practise  Students experiencing curriculum continuity Outcomes

 Have a LEAD of transition for the collaborative project?  Develop lead transition partners in each of the collaborative schools?  Create network sessions and twilight sessions for key members of staff? Weekly? Monthly? Termly?  Different focus each meeting?  Summer Holiday work/booklets  One off lessons?  G & T primary workshops? Ideas

 Bridging Materials  Holding Assemblies  Year 6 teachers supported by secondary school teachers to promote more independent learning  Ensuring all information received from year 6 teachers is passed on  Summer term enrichment programmes Ideas

Your proposals for the collaborative In pairs of three discuss how you think we could take this forward? What should our next steps be as a collaborative? Brainstorm on post it notes and feedback in 15 minutes