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Transition

Year 6 Transition Day on Thursday 3rd July 2025.  It is expected that children will attend the session wearing their current school uniform.

Children will need to bring:

•             A reading book

•             A pen

•             A pencil and rubber

•             A packed lunch, or £2.50 for a school grab bag (sandwich, fruit, biscuit and drink)

 

We request that your child arrives no later than 8.50 am to allow a prompt start to the day, which begins at 9.00am. Your child will be welcomed into the school building by our staff, and will then be escorted to the Drama Room. You are welcome to walk your child onto the school site, but you will not be allowed to enter the building with your child. We would encourage you to say goodbye outside the school gates so that staff can then facilitate the building of friendships during this Transition Phase.

Activities will finish at 2.45 pm; your child will be dismissed by the Student Community Entrance. We ask that you ensure arrangements are in place for their safe return home. Please do not enter the school site prior to 2.45 pm to allow year 7 to 11 to leave safely.  During the Transition Day you are welcome to wait for your child on the paved area within school grounds, however, from September you will need to wait outside the school gates.

Your child will be informed which House they have been allocated on this day, to allow you to purchase the House associated items from the Schoolwear Centre (56 Addington St, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 1QS)

 

Your child will be given a Transition Passport on the Transition Day.

What we do

We take particular care to help new pupils to settle quickly into the larger community of a secondary school and there is a close liaison with primary schools. In the Summer Term, we begin the process of Primary Transfer with a series of visits to our major feeder schools to talk to class teachers about each pupil coming in September, in order to build up a full picture of their needs and strengths in the immediate months of arrival.

We offer subject specific transition events over the Summer Term. Parents and pupils are invited to the school and while the children take part in fun activities in the subject area the parents are given the opportunity to find out about the subject area and ask any questions to the teachers .

In the Summer Term, members of our year team visit the local feeder schools and talk to the year 6 pupils who are joining St George’s in September. Pupils are given information booklets and the opportunity to ask any questions they have about life at St George’s Church of England Foundation School.

We offer a Transition Day for the pupils who are coming to St George’s. On this day, pupils take part in a series of activities and challenges which give them the perfect opportunity to develop friendships with others, and also to get used to the school layout.  

Our Transition Journey

Learning Journey TP

Transition Taster Sessions

The National Transition Day is on Thursday, 3rd July 2025, when year 6 pupils will join us for the day.  Additionally, please find below the timetable of workshops to introduce parents and year 6 pupils to the various curriculum areas in our school.  Directors of Learning are scheduled to give a talk each week, while the children take part in a workshop. Mr Morgan will present whole school information each week to provide an understanding of how things work at St George’s. Parents will not join their child in the workshop as it is a time for them to meet new peers and begin to feel independent as they prepare for secondary school. 

 

DATE

SUBJECT TALK

WORKSHOP

2nd  June

Introduction to St George’s – Mr Morgan

English presentation for parents. Mrs Davies

English - Descriptive writing.

9th June

Mathematics presentation for parents - Mrs Ballen

ParentPay presentation

Mathematical investigations.

16th June

Science presentation for parents. Mrs Miller

EWT Talk

Science - Selection of experiments

23rd June

RE presentation for parents - Mrs Brooks

RE - Christian Values workshop.

Downloads

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NI Booklet September 2024 24th May 2024 Download