Transition for Year 2 to Year 3
Already in place
Ensuring that the children have a successful transition from Year 2 to Year 3 is really important to us. Below is what we already do to support their transition...
- Handover meetings are booked in during the Summer term with the class teachers, SENCO, Designated Safeguarding Leads and SLT
- Year 1 and Year 2 have swimming sessions weekly in the Summer 2, making them aware of the school grounds
- Sports Day takes place on the Westende field
- Year 2 are invited to watch the Year 4 Christmas production and the Year 6 summer production (Tuesday 2nd July). This gives the children the opportunity to visit the hall and spend time in there, just as they will be doing from September.
- Year 2 transition day with their new teachers on Wednesday 26th June 2024- the children will be going to Westende to visit their new class, spend time with their teachers, have lunch and get to know their new school
- Year 3 are invited to the Year 2 production
- Westende reading ambassadors visit Wescott throughout the year, enabling the children to build bonds with children already in Westende
- New Year 3 parent presentation (Wednesday 26th June 2024) - this will give you a good understanding of what will happen as your child transitions into Year 3 and give you the opportunity to ask a range of questions
We also have a lot of similiar approaches to teaching and enrichment activities.
- We both follow the mastery approach in Maths; this ensures the children have a smooth transition in their learning jounrey as similar language will be used across both schools
- We both use the Charange music scheme and Access Art scheme so children will be aware of the strucutre of these lessons
- Both schools have a Growth Mindset approach to learning
- We have joint awareness days and charity fundraisers. For example, World Book Day, Children in Need etc.
- We have a joint Parents Association (PA) and the Christmas and Summer fairs are both held on the Westende site. We also do joint PA events in school, like 'Break the Rules' day
- Both schools have the same lunchtime provider, Aspens
- We both use Arbor so paying for trips and clubs will be similar for parents
- We have aligned our school calendars to make sure the dates of events are the same at both schools next year, which will help if you have children in both schools
New for 2024
We have added additional transition experiences for the children, to ensure their move into Year 3 is as positive as possible...
- We are doing an art bridging project. This means at the end of the Summer term we will be starting an art project and the children will be completeing it when they move into Year 3. So when they start in Year 3, they will be able to bring something from Wescott to Westende which they will continue to work on.
- We have an additional transition afternoon on Monday 17th June. The children will go to Year 3 for the afternoon and their current Year 2 teachers will teach them a lesson, they will then have a break time and a story with the Year 3 teachers. They will not know their teacher at this point.
- On their transition day on Wedneday 26th June, the children are going to be buddied up with a Year 3 child. This means they will have another familiar face when they join in September.
- We will be sending the writing books up with the Year 2 children, to Year 3, this will give the teachers a really good indication of where the children are academically and therefore enable them to teach to the children's needs straight away.
- The children will write a letter to their new teacher, telling them a little bit about themselves and then ask them some questions.
- On Sports Day we will have Year 5 sports leaders supporting us.
- From October we will be having joint open mornings with Westende.
- There will be additional transition times at Westende for nurture groups, this will give the opportunity to just walk around the school to get to know the building and outdoor area.
- Wave Rangers project for a group of Year 2 pupils.
- Social stories can be made if they are needed to support children.
- We will continue to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team at Westende to continue developing our transition package.