How To Help Your Child Adjust To Secondary School

How can I help my child to adjust to secondary school?

There are lots of things you can do to help make this transition easier, but the core principle is to be as informed as possible to help your child be as informed as possible. In terms of the school arrangement, the size of the building, the layout, the location, all of those things you can talk about. You can have practice runs to school. In terms of the school day, the schools generally do quite a lot of work to try and prepare their new entrants. There are open days and visits and whilst that's obviously the work of the primary and secondary school staff, you can help and support it by showing an interest, and an active curiosity in what your child will have learned on these visits and give them the opportunity to express any concerns or questions.