Projects - Transitions

The Transitions Project

The aim of the transitions project is make transition more comfortable for children,
parents & teachers, ensuring continuity of approach and experience across Frome
Schools.

In Frome students experience two transitions as they move from year four to year five and again as they move from year eight to nine. This first transition comes at an early age and involves drawing together the approaches of 14 primary and first schools with the two Middle schools Selwood and Oakfield. At this stage pupils are in the middle of key stage two and the aim is to ensure a smooth progression which develops their education to benefit from the broader curriculum and opportunities available in middle schools.

The transition project has focused its work on this first transition, particularly concentrating on the sharing of information and giving pupils direct participation and visual opportunities to prepare for the changes. In addition the project has sort to facilitate the experience of those pupils with additional needs to ensure that they continue to get the best support at each stage of their education. To do this the project is working on:

• Completing an audit of current transfer arrangements for all pupils and specifically SEN pupils
  
  
• Recommending improvements for SEN transfer in Summer 2008 with Frome policy developed across all schools.
  
  
• Creating a DVD to share with pupils exploring what transition is all about
  
  
• Developing regular moderation opportunities
  
  
• Developing shared pupil tracking approaches
  
  
• Reviewing the impact of this work with parents, pupils and teachers
  
  
• Drawing down good practice from examples nationally
  

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"Transition Project"

 

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Selwood working with Rode, Hayesdown, Norton St Philip First Schools.

Winner of 2008
BEST TRANSITION PROJECT
Media Oscar

Each First School elects a "fact finding" Film Crew to represent all Yr4 children who are about to make transition to the Middle school. First Schools are receive instruction on use of digital video equipment and interviewing techniques. The First School Film Crew and FCC Outreach visit the Middle Schools on agreed dates and are guided around the school by a group of ex- first school students, and a representative Middle School teacher or school head.

The First School children arrive prepared with a series of questions, or missions, agreed with their Yr4 classmates. Video footage is later edited into completed DVDs and shown in school. The projects were initially arranged in assoc. with Marcia Wanklyn (Community Support Co-ordinator, based Critchill School) and Rode headteacher, Carolyn Tommey.

Curriculum: incl. S.E.A.L., ICT, Literacy