Secondary School Readiness Pack for Year 6 – Transition Activities and Worksheets

Our popular secondary school transition pack helps Year 6 pupils prepare for moving to secondary school through practical activities and discussions. The Secondary School Readiness pack provides a set of printable materials that will help students both before and during their move to secondary school. Using the resources will provide many discussion points, and opportunities for supporting the students’ varied concerns regarding their transition to secondary school.

Secondary School Readiness contains eight topics that can be covered during the final year of primary school. It includes practical activities around situations that a child may encounter during their first weeks in secondary school  – to help support transition to Secondary School.

Supporting Students with Anxiety About Secondary School

This pack can be used for all Year 6 children but will be particularly useful for those who need additional support with transition, either due to additional educational need and/or anxiety about secondary school. Suitable for use as a 1:1, small group or large classroom resource. Also appropriate for parents who wish to support their children through the transition from primary to secondary school.

What Is Included in the Secondary School Transition Pack?

Topics include:

Getting Organised for a School Day

• What do I need for a good day at school?
• How can I remember what to bring to school? What do I need to be ready for school?
• How do I get to school?

Understanding a Secondary School timetable

• What words do I need to know to understand my timetable?
• What might my timetable look like?
• How do I help myself to understand my timetable?
• How do I pack my bag, ready for the next day?

What to do if you get lost at Secondary School

• What should I do if I get lost?
• What does my school look like?
• Time to visit my new school and take some pictures!
• Time to start my Transition Book!
• Who will help me when I get lost?

Managing worries about moving to Secondary School –  what if my work gets tricky?

• What could I do if I don’t understand the work in class?
• What will I do if I don’t understand my homework?
• What do I do if I forget to take my homework to school?

Making friends at Secondary School

• How do I chat to someone new? Conversation is like a game of tennis!
• How can I meet people who are interested in the same things as me?
• What happens if I find break time difficult?

I am Ready!

• Time to see my new school again!
• Now I’m ready!

Talking to teachers About your needs 

• What do I want teachers to know about me?

Age: 9-11

Format: PDF file, 4 pages of introduction. Eight chapters each with instructions and colour activities (57 Pages), 36 pages of repeat black and white illustrations included for economy of printing,