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August 25th, 2009

Transition at Northfield Academy Aberdeen

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It was first week back at school for Northfield Academy and its associated Primary schools in Aberdeen last week. First year pupils started at the big school by taking part in four days of activities based on critical skills.  

Eight Primary schools were involved in this project:

Holy Family RC School, Westpark School, Bramble Brae School, Heatheryburn School, Middlefield School, Muirfield School, Quarryhill School, Smithfield School.

It was my pleasure to help the school in the final stage of this transition project. Lorna Murray and I teamed up with the Aberdeen City Council Glow team to support a Glow meet with seven local primary schools. This  Glow meet took place in their own Local Authority Transition Glow group .

Lorna Murray, Richard Elliot and I worked closely with the school transition team and the technicians at Northfield to support pupil presentations in the school hall.  Four groups of pupils prepared powerpoint presentations describing their transition experience and then shared these live in a Glow meet room: both with parents and teachers and their respective primary schools, who watched from their classrooms across the city. Pupils from seven primary schools were able to ask S1 pupils they recognised, a wide variety of questions about moving up to Northfield Academy from Primary seven:

What was your first day like?

Is the work harder in the big school?

Did you get lost on your first day?

Was it a scary experience ?

It was wonderful to see parents and pupils sharing  this experience in the school hall. S1 pupils at Northfield Academy described their their first week at the big school in front of a large real, and larger virtual audience.

If you would like to know more about this transition project and how Glow can be used to connect up primary schools and secondary schools, contact  Richard Elliot at the ACC Glow team or Andrea Strachan at Northfield Academy. Many thanks to Sue Muncer,  Head Teacher at Northfield, for welcoming us into her school. It was  a useful insight for us into transition and great fun working with her team.

relliott@aberdeencity.gov.uk

astrachan@northfield.aberdeen.sch.uk

Categories Aberdeen City, Curriculum for Excellence, Glow Groups, Glow Meet