{"id":25093,"date":"2022-05-25T10:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avenor.ro\/?p=25093"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:36:20","slug":"the-secrets-of-the-transition-between-key-stages-from-primary-to-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avenor.ro\/en\/blog\/the-secrets-of-the-transition-between-key-stages-from-primary-to-middle-school\/","title":{"rendered":"The secrets of the transition between key stages – from Primary to Middle-School"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Next year will mark my 10th anniversary in the Avenor College community, an international bilingual school located near B\u0103neasa Forest, where we interact with students from three key stages: Primary, Middle School and High School. What at the beginning was a big challenge for me, has turned into an efficient transitional educational programme from Primary to Middle School that is improving every year\u201d.<\/span><\/i> Georgiana Socoliu – Middle School Coordinator at Avenor College.<\/span><\/p>\n

HOW IT STARTED<\/b><\/p>\n

I am a history teacher and Middle School Coordinator, and in my first year at Avenor College I accepted the challenge to teach in the 4th grade. My teaching experience until that moment was exclusively in Middle School and High School and that is why I thought it would be difficult to teach for the students in the Primary. <\/span><\/p>\n

With the help of my fellow teachers, I was able to get to know the students, interact with them, and have a great time. Thus, we started, practically, to work on a transition programme from Primary to Middle School, which we continue to try to improve from year to year.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE PREMISES<\/b><\/p>\n

The first step was to have a transition team with representatives from both key stages and as topics of analysis we focused on: similarities, routine, changes, schedule, differences, homeworks, concerns parents-students, the well-being of students.<\/span><\/p>\n

We were really helped by our colleagues who were able to share their experience as parents, having children enrolled in Avenor, and then we were able to approach the transition with their feedback in mind but also taking into consideration the opinion of other parents in the community who were consulted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another element that is the basis of the transition programme every year is the feedback questionnaires that students fill in in the 5th grade, as well as the feedback they give to the teachers after the first semester. These represent great tools that help us evaluate and improve the whole process.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSITION PROCESS<\/b><\/p>\n

The transition team has been setting a timeline since August, when we are preparing for the new school year, a calendar that specifies the activities and events that take place throughout the year, so that the transition between the two cycles is as organic as possible. Here are some examples: <\/span><\/p>\n