Year 6 to 7 Transition
We enjoy excellent links with our Primary Schools. Our feeder schools include:
1. Carlton – link is here
2. Ravensthorpe – link is here
3. Westmoor – link is here
4. Boothroyd – link is here
5. Headfield – link is here
Students in our feeder schools enjoy an exciting transition programme. This year we had video conferencing, led by our peer mediators. Primary students were able to ask mediators various questions about school life. This has been an activity we have done for a few years now and it is very successful as it gives the year 6 students a chance to find out about their new school in an environment that they are still comfortable in.
Our annual buddy in the park day is held in Dewsbury Park, and is a chance for the year 6 pupils to meet together in their new forms, meet staff and experience a variety of activities that they can access when they come to Westborough. You can view photos from our day here
We also have a summer challenge that runs at either the beginning or the end of the summer holiday. We have about 30 pupils attend and they have the chance to take part in a range of activities that we run as part of our extended schools programme. They get to familiarise themselves with the school, make new friends and get to know some staff.
“All pupils should attend this because now we’ve lost our fears we can just enjoy the experience” Umar – Y7 student.
Here is the first day programme for Year 7s
| 8.50hrs | Arrive in reception, collected by peer mediators and moved to the sports hall to sit in form lines. (A DVD will be playing). |
| 9.10hrs | Walked down to the main hall. |
| 9.20hrs | Head teacher welcomes students. |
| 9.30hrs | Head of Student Progress for Y7 welcomes and talks regarding uniform, expectations and school activities. |
| 9.50hrs | Form Tutors Take students to the sports hall and give out badges. Staff lead inter-form relay races. (In the sports hall if wet/ on the rounders pitch if dry). |
| 10.25hrs | Break Time (sports hall if wet/ rounders pitch if dry). |
| 10.40hrs | Students line up in forms |
| 10.45hrs | Students go to class rooms for ice breaker games. |
| 11.30hrs | Person poster – form vote on the winning poster to enter year competition. |
| 12.15hrs | Tutors walk students to the sports hall |
| 12.20hrs | Lunch (sports hall if wet/ rounders pitch if dry). |
| 13.00hrs | Inter-form rounders (sports hall if wet/ rounders pitch if dry). PE staff organise this. |
| 14.20hrs | Y7 students sit in lines in the sports hall. Tutors collect in badges. Parents are brought in from the main hall, HOSP for Y7 presents the winner of the poster competition. Children dismissed with parents |
