Transition to High School
2022 Transition Day "From big fish to little fish"
Last week SJPC hosted its Year 7 2022 students cohort for Transition Day. Beginning high school is a daunting proposition and the aim of transition is to relieve those fears and welcome the students into the College community.
Held over two days, the visiting year 6s were able to get better acquainted with the school and some of its people and processes. It was a day designed to make the kids feel at home and have some fun, while learning about the College.
The days started with a liturgy hosted by our YMOs in which they reflected on their own journey from where the students sat all the way to finishing school and beyond. We were then visited by Mr Carniato and our two Assistant Principals for a greeting before taking a look at where the College has come from and its history. The students were told about how they will be responsible for creating more memories and events like we saw in the presentation when they start here next year.
After a break the Year 6s completed an activity to familiarise themselves better with the College map before entering a question and answer session and tour of the school.
Lunchtime break was a perfect opportunity to mingle with other students from the group and many took on Mr Stubbs advice of ‘taking risks’ by introducing themselves to people they didn't know and also chatting and playing with students from other schools.
After lunch we took a look at the timetable structure via a game of ‘timetable battleships’ and then played a review Kahoot without devices, using their feet to submit their answers by walking to a corner of the room. I also issued a challenge to put a stamp on their visit (literally) by singing, clapping and stomping as loud as they could to the tune of Queen, but changing the words to ‘We will, we will, be here, next year!’ Letting the rest of the school know that they were here and they were excited about next year.
Later in the evening we were also able to host a Zoom meeting for the parents and families joining us next year and we had over 140 families ‘zooming in’. With Mr Carniato, Mrs Brennan, Mr Furey, Mr Stubbs and myself able to briefly speak about our roles and answer any questions the families may have had.
I’m really excited to welcome our next group of year 7s to the College in 2022 and look forward to their contribution to making our great school better than it already is, if that's possible!
