Preparing for primary transition

This book is given to children who are joining our Reception class. It provides the children and their families with an idea of what it will be like in school. It should appear in Sassoon Font. Apologies if it has defaulted to another font when you open it. Hopefully it will give you some ideas/base to work from and develop your own.

Jellybean is a little girl longing to learn about the world and make friends. But is she ready to leave Mum behind and start school? At first Jellybean is nervous, but her new teacher brings magic into the classroom. And Jellybean's imagination brings her new surroundings to life in many wild and wonderful ways.

An inspiring must-read for all children about to start school or nursery.

These resources are ideal for sharing with young readers in Early Years, Reception or Key Stage 1.

An introduction sheet for parents to complete with their child in the run up to starting school. This will then provide helpful information during the settling in period and the transition to full time education in reception.

This resource can also be helpful for children to complete towards the end of the summer term as part of the transition to year one or two.

A planning grid to support teachers in creating a Starting School themed Talking Tub. A Talking Tub is a collection of materials that are designed to stimulate talking and thinking to support responsive child led planning. This consultation can then be recorded in a Talking and Thinking Floorbook™. This approach can be used in early years and primary settings and can be easily differentiated. Talking Tubs should be tailored to suit your individual setting and individual interests of the children so we have intentionally left these as editable documents
The planning grid identifies the lines of enquiry that lie behind the experiences, ideas for 3D and 2D objects and photos and the big questions or possible lines of development that may come out of the discussion.

Collated from various threads on the TES forums, this booklet gives 50 suggestions for activities to do when meeting your new class either on a transition day, or for the first day of term.

I used this as an activity for the Year 2 children when they came over to the Junior school for the first time. The instructions are clear for Year 2/Year 3 to follow.

Use this original poem to get to know your new class!

Children can write their own version of the poem to tell their new teacher lots of important things about themselves.

Here are 3 templates that can be used on a transition day to find information out about your new class. One is in the form of a Wanted poster, one is a passport, one is a Classified Information file. Topics also included: classroom display.