Hello / Goodbye...Moving on
(Teachers call it Transition)
You might be having a great time here at Trellech Primary School but eventually it will be time to move on. Most children head to Year 7 at Monmouth Comprehensive School (CLICK HERE to visit their website) though some children move on to other schools.
At Trellech we do a lot of work with teachers and staff at Monmouth Comp' to make sure that Year 6 pupils are prepared and ready for the move and the changes that they will undergo. Year 7 teachers visit us here in school and teach a number of lessons to the Year 6 class and after this the children will go to The Comp' for lessons in real science labs, maths and English classrooms! In addition we work together to plan transition days. This year all Year 6 children in Monmouth cluster primary schools will be attending a swimming gala and athletics day in May as well as a taster day where they will get to know other children in their form as well as their new form teachers.
This year, Monmouth Comp' are changing their Year 7 curriculum and making it a lot more 'primary' style, working on project based learning rather than subject based teaching which has alweays happened before and which, is the biggest difference children notice when they start there in Year 7. This means that children in Year 7 will work in a different way, with less teachers over the course of a week and in less rooms....so a lot of the worry and confusion over getting to know where to go and what lots of different teachers are like is taken out of the equation - you can concentrate on learning ready for subject based approach in Year 8.
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Here are some of the photographs from when Miss Clark, Head of Year 7 English visited us in Year 6
Here are some of the photographs from when Mr Hampshire, Head of Year 7 Science visited us in Year 6
So what did last year's Year 6 think about their move to Year 7 at The Comp'?
We asked them...
When you think of Trellech Primary School what are the first things that come into your head?
- Great memories
- Peace and quiet
- My old teacher and young friends
- The fantastic school grounds
- Small classrooms
- Good teachers
- The field
- A good primary school
- Fun learning
- Fab teachers
How is life in Year 7 at ‘The Comp’ different to life in Year 6 at Trellech?
- More freedom
- More adventure
- More responsibility
- Longer time until lunchtime
- Shorter lessons
- Carrying round a big heavy bag all day
- A much bigger school- more room to get lost
- Lots more homework
- Bigger range of teachers
- More lessons
- Less breaks
- A lot larger
If you could give the Year 6 pupils 3 bits of advice about starting at ‘The Comp’, what would they be?
- Don’t get on the wrong side of the teachers!
- Have fun!
- Take every opportunity
- Arrive at lessons on time
- Only take what you need for the day
- Make new friends
- Try to make new friends and get on with everybody
- Don’t push your luck with the teachers!
- Try hard to get homework in on time
- Keep organised, remember books for each lesson
- Remember to do your homework
- Trust the teachers – if you have a problem, tell them
Think about how we helped prepare and get you ready for moving to your new school. What was useful? Why?
- Friends who I had at Trellech are now in my form at Comp.
- The Gilwern trip was very useful because I made new friends within the class and it’s important to be able to do this.
- Having the Comp. teacher come in to Trellech before we left because this showed us what the teachers expect of us.
- Going on the taster day was a great way of getting used to the school
What else could we do this year for the Year 6 pupils to prepare them for moving to their new school?
- More lessons where people talk about themselves (circle time)
- More homework in Year 6 – we had an almighty shock in Year 7 with homework in September!
- Let them know the timetable before they leave Trellech
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