This year we visited a whopping 15 prmary schools to run workshops with 900 Year 6 students all about the transition to secondary school. There were a lot of fun games, of course, but also a chance for students to ask any questions they had, think through scenarios and share what they were worried or excited about.

Then, we took part in Year 7 Induction Week at the three big Wokingham secondary schools. It was great to see many of the same children again.

Beforehand, we had trained up a team of friendly Year 10 students to lead our sessions all about team building and how to be kind to each other in September.

We love having these young leaders involved! They will be familiar faces at the school next term whom the Year 7s can ask for help instead of being intimidating!

Research shows that a positive (or negative) start to secondary school has a big impact on a young person’s wellbeing and school experience – so we believe it’s worth investing the time and effort in doing everything possible to bridge the gap between primary and secondary school.

We’ll see these lovely young people again in September as we welcome and support them on site during their first few days of Year 7. We hope to see them fly. More about Mind the Gap here.