Thursday 4 March 2010

Cross phase work

Lovely to see pictures of Upper Shirley High students painting the praise pod backdrop for one of their feeder schools.  USH's vertical tutor groups make this kind of activity so natural. . . why wouldn't you take care of younger pupils and help them look forward to what's going on at secondary school once you think of them as part of your family?

Here's to a time when 'transition work' is a concept from the olden days when schools were separate and did stuff to try to soften the edges.  We have the tools now (and have always had the will) to move from transition to true togetherness.

I'm yet to meet a family that has separate sittings at tea-time based on their children's age. . .

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