Coping with transition to GS
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Re: Coping with transition to GS
Shifting to a varied timetable is one of the great things about going to secondary school and one of the things that can pose a big organisational challenge for children - depending on their primary school experience.
Our primary school provided a very narrow experience in year 5/6 in many ways - they pretty much dropped everything apart from literacy, numeracy and PE. They were taught by one (lovely) teacher, in one tiny classroom. And there was no fixed timetable other than breaktime and lunchtime were at the same time each day.
The variety of subjects and teachers in secondary school is a welcome contrast. Following the timetable, packing the bag witht he right books the night before all pose a challenge; detentions for the wrong books are not welcomed by most new year 7 pupils. And yes, when you've just done literacy and numeracy it's good to know what all those different 16 or so subjects on the curriculum are and the good stuff there is to look forward to.
Someone higher up mentioned a "shy" (don't like the word) pupil --- I have not found much understanding of how to approach this among many teachers; it can lead to a lot of missed beneficial experiences. It's a bit like the Matthew effect with reading.
Our primary school provided a very narrow experience in year 5/6 in many ways - they pretty much dropped everything apart from literacy, numeracy and PE. They were taught by one (lovely) teacher, in one tiny classroom. And there was no fixed timetable other than breaktime and lunchtime were at the same time each day.
The variety of subjects and teachers in secondary school is a welcome contrast. Following the timetable, packing the bag witht he right books the night before all pose a challenge; detentions for the wrong books are not welcomed by most new year 7 pupils. And yes, when you've just done literacy and numeracy it's good to know what all those different 16 or so subjects on the curriculum are and the good stuff there is to look forward to.
Someone higher up mentioned a "shy" (don't like the word) pupil --- I have not found much understanding of how to approach this among many teachers; it can lead to a lot of missed beneficial experiences. It's a bit like the Matthew effect with reading.