TransitionEd Conference

From TransitionEd

Resource type: Conference or Trade Show

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, Adult, EYFS

Region(s): All of UK

TransitionEd is an online conference that explores the experience and impact of educational transition in all its many forms, as well as providing advice and guidance from educational experts on how best to support young people as they move from one phase of learning to the next. TransitionEd 2024 will take place on 15th June. Further details to be announced.

Watch recordings of the 2023 key note presentations here:

  • Amy Gaunt  (Voice 21) – Oracy eduction is crucial at transition.
  • Dr Elizabeth Gregory  – The impact of academic transition on learner identity in a Further Education setting.
  • Shelly Cozens – Service children and transitions.
  • Kathy Roe (HFL Education) – Supporting struggling readers in Years 5-7.
  • Sam Holman and Jo Spencer (Stem Learning) – Science from Year 6-7
  • Andrea William-Jones – It’s all about the parents!
  • Ben Brown (Ed Roundtables) – Using nurture sequences to build belonging.
  • Alison Hopper (Maths Hub) – Supporting transition in maths through cross-phase collaboration.
  • Dr Charlotte Bagnall and Professor Divya Jindal-Snape – Understanding children’s emotional wellbeing during primary-secondary transitions: An international systematic review of child self-report scales.
  • Sarah Hepworth – Reading your way into the next stage.

Cost: Free

About TransitionEd: TransitionEd was set up by experienced teachers Liz Stevenson and Ellie Grout. Liz and Ellie met at the New Voices Conference 2019 and realised they shared a commitment to raising awareness of the complex issues surrounding educational transitions and to ensuring that pupils (and their families) have the support they need to navigate these periods of change successfully.

Further resources:

  • Follow Liz Stevenson’s blog Transition Matters?.
  • Download a set of My Transition Journals from Scottish Book Trust to support your pupils during the transition from primary to secondary school. The journal includes a mood tracker, space for recording new experiences and favourite books, as well as blank pages for some creative doodling.
  • The Summer Book Club is a transition project for new Year 7s that aims to promote reading for pleasure and help build a sense of community through a shared reading experience.
  • Find reading recommendations to support transition from the primary experts at Books for Topics. There are recommended reads for Year 6 pupils preparing for the transition to secondary school and picture books to share with children as they prepare for the transition to a new class.
  • BookTrust has a list of recommended reads to prepare young people for the transition to secondary schools.
  • Explore the National Literacy Trust’s reading for pleasure transition activities for Key Stages 1-3. Available to download with their free membership.
  • Former SLA Librarian of the Year Lucas Maxwell provides a list of 50 titles that he recommends to new Year 7 pupils.
  • Moving Up! provides a short animation and free teacher toolkit that explores common fears and potential solutions for pupils about to move or newly arrived at secondary school.
  • The BBC, in partnership with mental health charity Young Minds, has created a series of films and ‘Find your Feet’ activity packs to help schools support pupils as they transition from primary to secondary school.

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transition-ed.co.uk

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TransitionEd Conference