1. Nadine PrescottCarolyn Gelenter Speech and Language TherapistAdvisory Teacher SLCN

2.  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.

3. Lots of things happening at once ! Puberty and physical changes Increase in social awareness – changes to Social networks Systematic changes in the way school is organised

4.  Girls  Students with existing behaviour difficulties  Low achievers  Students with poor parental support.

5.  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.

6.  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.

7.  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.

8.  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 routines  Greater awareness of wider aspects of school life  Less anxiety type questions being asked  92% 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.

9. Biggest thing that helps is Positive people who:  ‘Are easy to talk to  Listen to me  Get to know me  Make an effort to talk to me  Answer my questions  Help me picture where I am going.’

10.  Not having enough information about secondary school  Getting unclear or mixed messages  Bullies  People not listening  Not being able to visit secondary school.

11. Year 6 identified meeting criteria of:  Statement for SLI  SA or SA+ for SLCN  Statement with secondary SLCN  Vulnerable children Only for students attending Westminster Secondary Schools Secondary schools free to organise out-of-borough children to join

12. 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.

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

14.  St. Augustine’s  QK o Will run 6 sessions o Dates to be decided o Will run 4 sessions o From 6 th of June to 27 th of June inclusive o 9:30 -11:00 o Capacity for 2 groups

15.  Paddington Academy  St. Marylebone o For nurture group o Be-spoke 10 sessions o 3 hours each sesssion o Between May and July o Will discuss dates with primary school o 6 sessions o Dates to be decided o Maximum of 2 groups

16.  Greycoats  Pimlico o Dates to be decided o From Wednesday 4 th of June until Wednesday 9 th of July inclusive o 9:00-11:00 am o Maximum numbers 20 children

17.  Westminster City  Westminster Academy  St George’s o Waiting to hear

18.  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.