Primary transition resources

To help you support your pupils as they transition into their next year, we've drawn together a selection of resources, with everything from all about me activities, transition assemblies and memory booklets to fun team games.

EYFS and primary transition resources, school pupils using an all about me activity for primary school transition

All about me resources

All About Me - KS1
Stanley900

All About Me - KS1

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All About Me Get to know your new class with this short unit of work. Designed to encourage discussion as children orally rehearse sentences prior to writing. Includes templates for children to design their own Coat of Arms which can be used as bunting for classroom display. Also includes - * dif...
All About Me Tee
glueandink

All About Me Tee

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**All About Me Tee Beginning of the Year T-Shirt Activity** What makes your students unique? Let your students share who they are in this fun beginning of the year activity! Use these tees in a fun "Our Class is Tee-rific!" clothespin display simply have your students cut out ...
All About Me Book
njdc61

All About Me Book

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Simple activity book for children to fill out information all about themselves. **Why do you need this?** A teacher might need a very simple activity book for children to help them become familiar with basic personal information, such as their name, address, school, and teacher's name. This activit...
Transition Activity - All About Me (dice game)
emmarich97

Transition Activity - All About Me (dice game)

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I created this resource to use within the transition weeks when we return in September. All that is required is dice or a random number generator. Children roll the dice and pick a colour. They then get asked this question/ ask this question to their partner. If you use this resource, please tag...
Transition - All About Me
EC Resources

Transition - All About Me

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A fun back to school activity for new classes. The students fill in the different sections of the cup of tea to tell the rest of the class all about themselves - their likes, their favourite things, a self-portrait, what they d like everyone to know about them and what they d like to get better ...

Transition booklets, activities and lessons

Getting to know me activities
rebeccapugh2

Getting to know me activities

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3 getting to know me activities. Great for move up mornings or the first day with a new class. Includes: +bingo for the children to get to know those in their class. Has a range of 'find someone who...' questions that encourages conversation between the children e.g. 'find someone who has been on ...
Icebreakers: 10 Games and Activities for KS2
Helen-Teach

Icebreakers: 10 Games and Activities for KS2

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A set of fun icebreaker games and activities to get to know the members of a new class or group. Perfect for the beginning of a school year! All ten icebreakers come with everything that is needed to play the game or carry out the activity, such as instructions, worksheets and other printable resou...
50 ideas for meeting your new class
tafkam

50 ideas for meeting your new class

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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.
Transition Booklet  ( SEN, Autism)
hoppytimes

Transition Booklet ( SEN, Autism)

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Transition Booklet for KS1/ KS2 - end of year, new class, social story. Pages 1 - 6 Booklet Cover page (Year 1 - 6) Page 7 About Me page (name, age, space for a photo, likes/dislikes) Page 8 Introduction to transition Page 9 New teacher's name and space for a photo/ drawing Page 10 A note fr...
Transition Lapbook Template pack ELSA intervention
Elsasupport

Transition Lapbook Template pack ELSA intervention

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Transition to another school or class My idea for this is that this can be built with a child, combining lessons and creativity and craft. Each component can be a lesson or part of a lesson. It is something for the child to take away at the end of your sessions. You could easily fill 4 to 6 less...
Transition assembly
MentallyHealthySchools

Transition assembly

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Help your pupils prepare for a new class or school with this assembly, which uses the concept of going on a trip to get them thinking about what they might need for their new adventure. This resource is designed for: - Children aged 5 to 11 - Whole classes or year groups To run this assembly, we ...
Transition passport
MentallyHealthySchools

Transition passport

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This passport activity encourages children to select and present their most relevant characteristics and features to share with their new teacher to support their transition. Transition activities are a great way to support children in the progression through their academic life. This passport act...
Primary to Secondary Transition Workbook
eloise_marner

Primary to Secondary Transition Workbook

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A workbook of activities suited for the transition between primary and secondary school. Can be sent home to new students or used as an activity during introduction days. Variety of activities including "All about Me!", careers, skills and aspirations, timetables and lessons, uniform and e...

Transition resources

Resources to support you in preparing your pupils for all aspects of transition.

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Secondary transition resources

Resources to support your students with the move up from primary school to secondary school.

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