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What do we mean by transitions?
What do we mean by transitions?
Learners experience transitions throughout primary - whether this be from moving from Nursery into P1, from one class to another, Early to First to Second Level, lower to upper primary and P7 into S1. Staff can support learners using a variety of resources to make these transitions as smooth as possible.
Learners experience transitions throughout primary - whether this be from moving from Nursery into P1, from one class to another, Early to First to Second Level, lower to upper primary and P7 into S1. Staff can support learners using a variety of resources to make these transitions as smooth as possible.
Transitions Framework
Transitions Framework
Transition & Languages.pdfOverview
Overview
Here are some useful questions to consider for transitions at any point & some ideas to get you thinking. You might want to use this to help plan for effective transitions and for professional dialogue in your school, department, with feeder primaries or at ASG meetings. Click here to read a case study of how this resource was created.
Here are some useful questions to consider for transitions at any point & some ideas to get you thinking. You might want to use this to help plan for effective transitions and for professional dialogue in your school, department, with feeder primaries or at ASG meetings. Click here to read a case study of how this resource was created.
Workshop
Workshop
This PPT uses ideas from a previous training session given by SCILT. It goes over the 5 key 'bridges' to support transition & looks and gives practical advice with strategies & resources (for P7-S1). Plus there is a folder with associated material to look at this a bit further. Great for whole-school or departmental CLPL.
This PPT uses ideas from a previous training session given by SCILT. It goes over the 5 key 'bridges' to support transition & looks and gives practical advice with strategies & resources (for P7-S1). Plus there is a folder with associated material to look at this a bit further. Great for whole-school or departmental CLPL.
Remember....
Remember....
- Work together with staff to decide on an appropriate programme of work / key topics and language to be covered.
- Share information about what language and topics you have covered with your learners.
- Track the progress of your learners and pass this on.
- Involve learners in self assessing their own language learning journey by traffic lighting.
- Professional dialogue around moderation.
Supporting Resources
Supporting Resources
What is available to help you? Have a look at the example I can documents in Module 2 - Progression for course overviews, language, grammar and skills & Module 7 - Assessing Progress to plan for assessment, ideas and examples of pupil work.
What is available to help you? Have a look at the example I can documents in Module 2 - Progression for course overviews, language, grammar and skills & Module 7 - Assessing Progress to plan for assessment, ideas and examples of pupil work.
For all resources go to the Highland Languages Sharepoint site for each language and level, as appropriate, you will find: (for Highland staff only, logins required)
For all resources go to the Highland Languages Sharepoint site for each language and level, as appropriate, you will find: (for Highland staff only, logins required)
- Topic overviews for each class
- I can bubble statements for Course Overviews, Core Language & Skills
- Tracker in Excel
- Language overviews/vocabulary lists
Highland Transition Projects and Resources
Highland Transition Projects and Resources
Why not focus on a particular topic or activity in the months/weeks leading up to a key transition. This could be a topic in language lessons or part of a bigger ASG transition project. This can help create a smooth transition by spanning the bridge between nursery and primary or primary & secondary? It can also give a focus to the P7 visits to secondary schools in June Here's some examples & resources.
Why not focus on a particular topic or activity in the months/weeks leading up to a key transition. This could be a topic in language lessons or part of a bigger ASG transition project. This can help create a smooth transition by spanning the bridge between nursery and primary or primary & secondary? It can also give a focus to the P7 visits to secondary schools in June Here's some examples & resources.
This PPT shows an example of a cross curricular transition project themed around mini-beasts. Click here for a video recording of this presentation. Click here for an accompanying planner.
Gaelic/Spanish Resources
Gaelic/Spanish Resources
Staff & pupil resources for primary & transition - presentations, worksheets & websites. Will also be available in French soon.
NA Transition Resources
NA Transition Resources
1) P7 Sways for French from Angus - for independent learning at home & school to consolidate & revise language. These are also available for learners via the NA Family Learning site.
1) P7 Sways for French from Angus - for independent learning at home & school to consolidate & revise language. These are also available for learners via the NA Family Learning site.
2) Off the Shelf resources for Gaelic & French from Argyll & Bute for Nursery & P7
2) Off the Shelf resources for Gaelic & French from Argyll & Bute for Nursery & P7
Other Tips & Ideas From Schools P7-S1
Other Tips & Ideas From Schools P7-S1
- Annual meetings - to share resources & agree agree a programme of work to help with consistency.
- Visits to the primary school by secondary staff to meet learners & deliver some language lessons.
- S6 Language Ambassadors - Could your senior pupils deliver/support language lessons in your local primary schools throughout the year? Perhaps introduce some key language and play some games. If you want to purchase specific resources Powerlanguage Schools Courses have a transition resource to support this for French.
- An event for P7 - celebrating the language of the country or including some language eg. a ceilidh or Gaelic field trip.
- P7 Transition visit - Languages as part of the programme through a transition project.
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