Supporting school transitions | Resources

Topic:: Practical tools for support, Mental health in schools

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Practical tips and tools to help pupils, schools, parents and carers to manage changes and transitions throughout their time at school.

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Transition resources for school staff

Find Your Feet: Staff webinar

Transitioning from primary to secondary school is a particularly significant change for children. Learning about change and how to cope with it will help them with this particular transition and prepare them for many other changes and challenges they will face in life.

To support school staff, we've created a webinar that focuses on how you can help your pupils through the change from primary to secondary school.

Find Your Feet - staff webinar

Transition activities for pupils

Our pupils' resources will help young people learn how to cope with the changes associated with moving from primary to secondary school.

Find Your Feet pupil resource pack

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Transitions activities for year 6 pupils

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Transitions activity for year 7 pupils

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Find Your Feet: Transitioning to secondary school

Find Your Feet Schools Resource

We created a film that reassures children that they’re not alone when it comes to their worries about secondary school, that there are ways to cope with change and there are people to talk to when things get difficult.

Transition tips for parents

If your child is transitioning from year 6 to year 7 or going through a significant change in their life, take a look at our ten tips for parents to help their children cope with change. Going through change can be scary or challenging, but sometimes it's just the small things, like showing interest in your child's hobbies, that can make a difference.

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Top ten tips for parents

Find Your Feet: Parent webinar

Find Your Feet Schools Resource

Watch our webinar about how you can support your child through the change from primary to secondary school.

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