Denefield School SUCCESS FOR LIFE

Year 6

Transition Activity Booklet

Name:

Welcome to Denefield!

We are very excited that you will be joining us in September.

It is really sad that we are not going to see you as much as we would like before then, but we still want to

make sure you are as prepared as you possibly can be.

We have put this booklet together to help you get to know us and help you get ready for your big adventure

at secondary school. This activity booklet is packed full of fun materials, information to help you

understand what is expected of you, and some acitivites we would love you to complete and bring with you

on your first day to help us get to know you better too.

Good luck!

Everyone at Denefield

Getting to know us

Mr Towill

Headteacher

Mr Simpson

Acting Deputy Head

Mrs Holley

Assistant Head

Mrs Davis

Assistant Head

Mrs Williams

Acting Assistant Head

Mr Binnington

Assistant Head

Ms McKay

Head of Norcot

Mr Beard

Head of Langley

Miss Leigh

Acting Head of Kentwood

TBC

Head of Sulham

Mrs Hallows

Acting Deputy Head of Norcot

Mr Adango

Deputy Head of Langley

TBC

Deputy Head of Kentwood

Mr Clare

Acting Deputy Head of Sulham

Mrs Wilcox

Student Manager - Norcot

Mrs Hill

Student Manager - Langley

Mrs Cook

Student Manager - Kentwood

Miss Batson

Student Manager - Sulham

Mrs Jackson

Transition and Engagement Leader

Miss Molyneux

SEND Leader

Miss Proudley

SLP Coordinator

Mrs Sawyer

Literacy Specialist Teacher

Mr Bales - ALP Tutor

Below, write an acrostic poem about how you feel about coming to Denefield, what you’re most excited

about or what you think you would be able to do. Use as many CHARACTER values as you can. Each

line can be a single word or a sentence, but the first word must start with the coloured letter.

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R

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Website scavenger hunt

Go onto the Denefield School website, www.denefield.org.uk:

1. Find and watch the virtual tour of the school (video). In the box below either draw or describe three

places you are most excited to see when you start.

2. Find the ‘Year 7 reading list and support information’. Choose your favourite subject and select five

words you haven’t seen before to write below and add their definitions.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

3. Find the ‘British Values’ and write them below.

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2.

3.

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5.

4. What can you do in our library?

5. In our ‘Success’ section (under the ‘Celebrate’ tab), find Year 7s first day from last September. Do you

recognise anyone? What do these pictures tell you about how you will feel on your first day?

Our expectations

This is how we do it here

Our students will

1. Follow staff instructions

2. Not interrupt learning

Our staff will 1. Meet and greet our students 2. Use the stages to ensure learning and

safety 3. Give their first attention to good conduct 4. Not argue, but give a reminder, “This is

how we do it here”

CHARACTER values

Confidence

Happiness Articulacy Resilience Ambition Courage

Tolerance Empathy Respect

Stages for good conduct

Stage 1 Verbal reminder

Stage 2 Final reminder

Stage 3 Removal from the lesson

Students are collected from their classroom and complete their work in a different venue.

Students who are removed must attend their

repair meeting with their teacher.

Respect at social times

Staff on duty will recognise and

reward good conduct during social

times and in corridors.

This is not how we do it here:

Lazy or direct swearing

Play fighting

Being in unsupervised areas

Unfair or dangerous play

Disrespectful language

At Denefield we care

1. We care about our students 2. We care about our staff 3. We care about learning

We are a mobile-free school

Phones are switched off and in bags from the moment students enter the school gates to the moment they leave the site. Headphones cannot be visible at any time. Phones will be confiscated and collected by parents if they are seen by staff.

Uniform

Go to http://www.denefield.org.uk/Parents/Uniform. Find out what school uniform you will need to wear and

draw a picture in the box below.

Me in my school uniform:

Extended learning

At Denefield School we call homework ‘extended learning’. We set all our extended learning online using a

web-based platform called ‘Show My Homework’, SMHW for short.

Why don’t you have a look to see what it looks like?

https://denefield.satchelone.com/school/homeworks/calendar

If you select Year 7, and put the calendar date back to September and October 2019, you can pick a

subject and see the types of homework you will be set.

When you join us in September you will be given your own personal login, and you will see all your own

assignments.

Equipment

In order to make sure you are ready for your learning each day:

You must bring to school At home it would be helpful to have

blue/black pens

a red pen

a pencil

a 30cm ruler

an eraser

colouring pencils

specialist equipment, eg protractor, compass and scientific calculator

a reading book of your choice

your Denefield planner (which you will be given on your first day)

round-tip scissors

a dictionary/thesaurus

a glue stick

a dictionary for the modern foreign language(s) that you are going to study

an atlas

What you want us to know

My name is:

My primary school is called:

The thing that is worrying me most about coming to Denefield is…

I am most excited about coming to Denefield because…

My friends coming to Denefield are…

My favourite food is…

My favourite colour is…

My hobbies are…

My dream is to…

If I am worried or upset, the best thing to do to help is…

I will be getting to school by…

For lunch I am…

Where do I need to be and when?

We will be sending you a map of the school separately. Either print and stick, copy and paste, or draw the

map of the school in this space. When you get your timetable, see if you can find all of your classrooms

and shade them in. Use a different colour or pattern for each subject.

The times of the school day

8.27am You should be inside the school gates and the first warning bell will go.

8.30am The late bell will ring and you should now be in your tutor room for registration.

8.40am A bell will ring and you need to get to your period 1 lesson.

8.40am - 9.40am Period 1 lesson.

9.40am No bell will ring: you will need to leave your period 1 lesson and move to period 2.

9.40am - 10.40am Period 2 lesson.

10.40am A bell will ring and this is the start of break time.

10.40am - 11.00am Break time. You can go to the canteen or the courts and the supervised area.

11.00am A bell will ring: you should already be waiting outside your period 3 lesson.

11.00am - 12.00 noon Period 3 lesson.

12.00 noon No bell will ring: you will need to leave your period 3 lesson and move to period 4.

12.00 noon - 1.00pm Period 4 lesson.

12.50pm This is the start of lunch time for Year 7 students. Your teacher will take you to the

canteen.

1.00pm A bell will ring and this is the start of lunchtime for the rest of the school.

1.00pm - 1.30pm Lunchtime. You can go to the canteen or the courts and the supervised area.

1.30pm A bell will ring to indicate the end of lunchtime, you should go to registration.

1.35pm The late bell will ring and you should now be in your tutor room.

1.35pm - 2.00pm Tutor time.

2.00pm A bell will ring and you need to go to your period 5 lesson.

2.00pm - 3.00pm Period 5 lesson.

3.00pm A bell will ring. This is the end of the day: you can go to your after school activities

or make your way home.

What will my timetable look like?

The letter tells you if it

is week A or B.

The number tells you

what period it is.

The three letter code is

the teacher.

For example, MRN is

Mr Robinson.

The letter tells you which building

your lesson is in and number tells

you what room it is in. If it starts

with a 1 it is on the ground floor, if

it starts with a 2 it is upstairs.

For example, P205 is in the Piaget

building, upstairs.

You can fill this in once you have found out which house you are in and you have your

timetable.

My tutor is called…

The house I am in is…

The subjects I will be learning are…

I think my favourite subject will be…

My Head of House is…

My Deputy Head of House is…

My Student Manager is……

I can find the house team at…

I need to bring my PE kit to school on these days:

Keeping safe

As you move up to secondary school, you may be lucky enough to have your own mobile phone and you will

probably start using the internet and apps more, if you haven’t already.

It is really important that you know how to keep yourself safe online. At Denefield, our priority is to keep you

safe and for you to be happy and, whilst we do not allow mobile phones to be used on site during the school

day, we know that they are brilliant at helping you with work, research and keeping in touch with friends and

family.

Here is a great website with activities to support you in knowing how to keep safe, and knowing what to do if

you are worried or concerned:

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_13/

or

https://www.safe4me.co.uk/resources/ and click on the Primary School tab

We also have a student email that you can send messages to at any time for help. If you are worried or

concerned about yourself or someone else, if you want to tell us how to improve something or make it

better, or if something wonderful has happened that you would like to share, please send us a message to:

listening@denefield.org.uk

When you are at school, you can always see your tutor or go to student reception if you have any

problems, concerns or worries.

If you want to learn more, please have a look at the resources on our website:

http://www.denefield.org.uk/Parents/Keeping-Children-Safe-Online

and

http://www.denefield.org.uk/Support/Student-Wellbeing

Making new friends

Top tips for starting secondary school

What do the current Year 7 students say?