Year 6 Virtual Open Evening - Wednesday 7th October at 6.30 pm
Please click the following links to view each presentation:
Transition Arrangements - Assistant Principal
Year 7 Students - Transition Experience
Subject Presentations:
SEND Transition Arrangements - will go live on Wednesday 14th October at 6.30 pm
Transition 2020
We are extremely proud to welcome you and your family to Granville Academy. We appreciate this time must be very confusing and stressful for all concerned, especially the young people in Year 6. Some being able to return to their Primary, while others have not. This type of ending of your Primary education must seem unfair and confusing. The fear of moving on to the next phase of a child's education is a challenging one for most students in any given year, but this year we acknowledge that this will be more challenging and stressful, with more anxious students that are traditionally seen. Please be assured that we are working as hard as we can to reduce fears and anxieties.
All parents were sent transfer applications forms after the traditional Easter break. The forms can be found here: Student Data Form and Eligibility Checking Form.
Parental voice is an important part of our Transition work, and although this is not the same format as previous years, we would like to invite all parents/carers to complete our Year 6 Questionnaire
If your child has identified SEND, email contact will be made from our SEND team.
As we are keenly aware that students will be concerned about the changes and challenges of moving on. We have shared the following links to support students with those fears and worries. Feedback from a number of the Year 6 students suggests that these have been really useful.
BBC Bitesize videos https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zh4wy9q/starting-secondary-school/1
Young minds https://youngminds.org.uk/resources/school-resources/find-your-feet-transitioning-to-secondary-school/ General tips and support on how to find our feet. The videos are from Year 6's and Year 7's across the country talking about their fears and suggestions on how to make friends.
BBC series “our school which is all around following students new to Y7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b06vrs3y/our-school
We have set up a Showbie group for Year 6 with various activities and exercises.
Each week a bulletin is shared to summarise questions asked and the new activities and competitions available. Each bulletin is below:
Please be assured that we have been liaising with all our feeder primary schools and have the information that we need about your child. We are currently working with all the feeder schools to arrange Zoom meetings with children from their school. Information about these will be shared by the primary school.
We hope all Year 6 students and their parents/carers find Showbie and this page useful. Please keep checking this section of the website as we will be updating it frequently. Please be rest assured, we are planning carefully for the start of the autumn term.