Transition from Primary to

Secondary School

2020

Name

My Primary School

My New Secondary School

This is your booklet about moving to a new school. It will help to prepare you for your move from Primary School to Waseley Hills High School in September 2020. The move to High School will be exciting. But at times you might also feel a bit nervous, as the move will involve some changes and new experiences. Most people worry about changes, especially big ones. Knowing what to expect, talking about your worries and having a plan to manage anything that seems difficult can make changes a lot easier to cope with. There will be lots of things that are different at your new school but you will be surprised at how much will be very similar or the same. This booklet is for you to use at school and for you to talk about at home with your family. It will hopefully explain a lot about High School, answer some of your questions and help to prepare you for the move to leave your primary school and move on to a new secondary school. Take a look!

The Timetable

One of the first pieces of information you will be given is your timetable. Just like your current school timetable, it’s very important because it tells you:

Which lessons you have each day

What time each lesson starts and finishes

Which room each lesson is in

The timetable will also let you know which teacher you will have for each subject. You are already used to having some different teachers at Primary School. At High School you will have more teachers. Your timetable will have the name of the lesson, the initials of the teachers and the room number. Waseley uses a two-week timetable which will probably be new to you. There are signs in every classroom telling you if it is Week 1 or Week 2. You will have 5 different lessons every day and some will be in special rooms. For example, Biology, Chemistry and Physics will usually take place in a science laboratory. ICT will take place in an ICT suite. Teaching assistants will be there in lessons to give you help you when you need it.

Timetable Practice

Study the example timetable from Waseley Hills High School and see if you can spot the differences from your current school timetable:

Look carefully to see which way you read your new timetable: Is it from top to bottom or from left to right?

Is that the same or different from your current school?

What happens first thing in the morning?

What time do lessons start?

What time is break?

What time is lunchtime?

What times do you go to your Mentor Group?

Finding Your Way Around School

Most new High School students feel a little scared about going to a school, which is so much bigger than their old school. They feel worried about getting lost, or being late for a lesson because they’re not sure of where the room is.

You have no need to feel worried because the staff will help you find the right rooms. A map can also help because it shows where all the different rooms are and you can easily see the quickest way to get there.

Big Changes Or Stay the Same?

Finding Out About My New School

What is the

Headteacher’s

name?

What time do I

have to arrive to

school?

What time do I

leave school?

What time is

lunch?

When will I get

my timetable?

What house

am I in?

Who is my

Form Teacher?

Where do I

get changed

for PE?

What is the Student

Support Centre?

Will I have

support in every

lesson?

How Will You Travel To School?

Which methods are available? Which one do you think you will usually use?

On foot Route: Walking with: Journey time: Leave house by:

By car / taxi Driver: Drop off point: Journey time:

Leave house by:

By bike Route: Bike stored in: Journey time: Leave house by:

By bus

Bus number:

Get on at:

Get off at:

Journey time:

` Leave house by:

Where Can I Get More Information?

School website (http://www.waseleyhills.worcs.sch.uk)

Pupils at the school who I already know

Friends

Support Staff

SENCO

Form Tutor

Head of Year

Learning Mentor

School Nurse

Reception or Administration Staff

My Personal Profile Sheet My favourite book is

My favourite TV programme is

My favourite activity is

One thing I don’t like is

One thing I am good at is

One annoying habit I have is

A person (past or present) I really admire is

The nicest thing that happened to me was

One thing I’m afraid of is

My best quality is

One thing I’m not good at is

My friends like me because

One thing I know a lot about is

One thing I hope for the future is

One thing I’d like to learn about is

Sometimes we can change how we feel just by changing how we think about things. Changing our thoughts can help us feel better so our bodies stay relaxed and we can do more things.

Secondary school will be

terrible. It will be too

hard and I won’t be able

to do the homework. I

won’t make any friends.

I don’t want to go.

I can’t wait to go to my

new school - new

interesting subjects,

more friends to choose

from, more staff to help

me, the next step to

achieving my dreams.

Feelings About My New School How do I feel when I think about these things?

worried unsure OK pleased excited

uniform getting to school different kinds of lessons different opportunities more clubs moving to different rooms finding my way around busy corridors busy stairs having different teachers harder work homework organising equipment responsible for my things break times using toilets more people more noise missing old friends making new friends being bullied who to ask for help getting in trouble detentions

Put a 1, 2 and 3 next to your biggest worries.

Final Thoughts!

Everyone feels nervous and maybe excited when they are starting something new.

It is OK to ask questions.

It is OK to not know what to do all the time.

Your teacher and teaching assistants will help you. You can ask them for help or ask them a question if you are unsure about something.

Headteacher: Mr. A. Roll

School Road, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9EL

Tel: 0121 453 5211 Email:office@waseleyhills.worcs.sch.uk

www.waseleyhills.worcs.sch.uk