Know how to support children and young people experiencing transitions.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Different types of transition in child development’ on the Twinkl website
- ‘Transitions’ on the Birth to 5 Matters website
- ‘Transitions’ on the Mentally Healthy Schools website
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Download and read the NFER research document, ‘A Study of the Transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1’.
- Look at your setting’s policies on settling a new child into the group and moving to a new room. Do you know them well? Do you follow them yourself?
- Think about the feelings a child might have when coming into a new setting or room. At what parts of the day do you think they might need the most support?
- Read these articles about transitions from Early Years Update magazine. The articles are reproduced online at TeachingExpertise.com. Click on the icons below to access these articles.
- This article on the School’s Local Offer website looks at ‘Transitions throughout the day’ and how to support children and young people to deal with those transitions.
- This article is on ‘Transitions in early years – Ideas for supporting children and families’ from the Teach Early Years website.
- This report by Tony Newman and Sarah Blackburn is on ‘Transitions in the Lives of Children and Young People: Resilience Factors’.
- Think And Challenge
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