Supported transitions from reception class to year 1
Detailed guidance in addition to the school’s usual internal transition processes.
In addition to the school’s usual internal transition processes:
- Meet with parent/carers during the reception year to plan transition and then afterwards to review how their child is settling in.
- School to provide ‘All about my new classroom’ information with lots of pictures and/or videos and discuss this regularly with the child.
- Arrange for frequent visits to the new classroom and opportunities to meet with Year 1 staff.
- Arrange for all relevant information to be transferred between teachers. Check that this has been shared and disseminated with key staff.
- Evaluate provision provided in Reception class and start planning how successful strategies of support can be translated into the Year 1 classroom.
- Ensure that staff understand the needs of their pupils. For example, through one- page profiles.
- Identify any further staff training needs prior to the child entering Year 1.