Y5/6 (A): Transition

In this end-of-year transition lesson, pupils consider the opportunities that their new year group brings and Year 6 pupils also express their worries about the move to secondary school.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Understand the roles available for them at school and the skills needed for these.
  • Understand that changes can bring opportunities as well as worries and ways of dealing with change.

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Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Roles and responsibilities

To understand the skills needed to take on responsibilities in school   (Y5) To understand that a big change can bring both opportunities and worries  (Y6)
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Year 5

  • Recognising
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Year 5

  • To
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