Head Over

Moving up to secondary school is a big period in a child’s life. Whilst it is an exciting new stage, it can also feel rather scary. Lots of things change as you move to a bigger school; you’re no longer the oldest students, instead you’re the youngest again. Us, as a school team, know this can be a challenging time which is why we’re running ‘Head Over’. ‘Head Over’ is a course of lessons designed for Year 6 students to help them with their questions and worries about moving school. We do this through a mixture of games, activities and group discussions. As we are already working in their future secondary school we are able to easily answer their questions and take photos or videos of different parts of the school to show them.

The best part of ‘Head Over’ is that we don’t just leave them at the end of their primary school journey. We then ‘move up’ with them to their new secondary school! And at their new school we run our ‘Head Start’ course with them in their first half-term. During these lessons they are then able to tell us how they’re finding settling into their new school and feel supported in their transition.