Primary

TRANSITIONS

Pre-school

Where do we want to be ?• Joint Responsive Planning / seamless learning across early level - Nursery - P1

• Active Learning throughout the curriculum

• Annual Planning ensuring choice to explore areas of interest.

• Commitment to collegiality- plan inset to promote further collaboration & CPD opportunities.

• Utilise Transition funding throughout the

session - enhance greater peer opportunities P1-Nursery.

• Transition of learning/Pre schoolers learning alongside P1-team teaching

• Interdisciplinary Learning

• IAF / Partnership Working

• Home visits for children not currently in our nursery

• School events - open invite

• Extending Relationships - 3-18 coherent curriculum.

• Correspondence - Increased Pupil Voice

• Focus Group

• Personal Learning Plans 3-5yrs

Where are we now ?• New Nursery Class (off site) established Aug 2009.

•0.1 management time/build cross sectoral work.

•Regular visits to partnership nurseries

•Beginnings of Nursery - P1 staff working together.(Developing collaborative teams)

• Continue annual calendar events invitations-all partnership nurseries

• Nursery Nurse input during induction week

• Pupil Voice -DVD created by P6 entitled Our School

• Floor Books / Talking & Thinking books

• Transition Reports-Consistent across NAC -under review

• Early Years Forum - joint sharing of good practice.

• Early Years staff network / website

• Transition funding promote cross sectoral involvement -P1 staff/nurseries

• Numerous strategy groups / L & T Policy

• P T in Early years -Transition advisory group Early Years LTS - disseminate

• Focus Group inclusion

• Sharing of good practice

• Full transition for all pupils throughout the session.

• Rotation of pre school /school staff

• Regular Transition meetings of personnel

• Continual Evaluation of needs during transition/consult parents and children -what information do they want from school?

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Wellbeing

SeaglenPrimary

HighburghPre-School

Winterburgh

Seaglen Nursery Class

Pre-schoolEstablishments

Black ParkKerton

Primary Nursery

St.Olaf’sPrimary Nursery

How do we get there?

(Main considerations)

Entitlements Partnerships

Leadership Pupil Voice

ICT TP21 CPD Strategy

Structures for Collaboration

Accommodation

Time as a Resource

Parents as Partners

Recognition of Achievement

How do we get there?•Plan more cross sectoral working-timetabling• Continue to attend Early Years Forum• Continue current Transition documentation • Change Transition documentation - Focus group to review• Use Budget / Funding to support P1 teachers to work alongside nursery staff & continue to visit other partnership nurseries.• Encourage joint community projects• Increase Management Time for PT & P1 teacher• Offer Collegiate opportunities / CPD opportunities • Send School Improvement Plan copies to all pre school sectors• Arrange Home visit timetable-once placing requests granted.• Send Questionnaire to parents & staff - what do they want as part of the transition process.Evaluate and change practice accordingly.• Ask pre - schoolers - key questions?• Invite Cluster Health Group representation from pre- school development• Extension of IAF / Partnership Forum.• Advertise events inviting prospective pupils & parents• Continue sharing of good practice events at authority level. Extend this into good practice events within the early level across all pre - school establishments

Possible challenges to overcome

• Continued funding / commitment for Early Years Forum• Offsite Nursery Class(community centre) - manageability of access,availability of resources(limited storage)• AM nursery session only - less flexibility in collaborative planning time with staff.• Staff confidence and expertise.• Sustainablity of staff. (Nursery and school staff)• Revised content of Transition documentation• Diplomacy v Entitlement re placing requests• Relationships • Management time for PT - realistic - other remits& have many pre-school establishments to visit to ensure entitlement• Geographic location of all pre school establishments. Ratios/Transport costs for children visiting• CPD - Working hours differ - Allocation of remaining time for teachers agreed annually• Home visits - possibly not undertaken till all placing requests granted to ensure entitlement• Joint assessment methods through AifL to promote consistency & familiarity• Parental expectations- changing curriculum.• ICT availability & internet accessibility - communication.• Collaboration Structures - staff changes-continuity,consistency and impact of changes in practice.

Pre-school

Primary