A Positive Start to School at Mount View Primary School

Starting school marks an important milestone in the lives of young children. Children’s adjustment to their first year at school is strongly influenced by their familiarity with the school setting.  At Mount View Primary school, we believe it is of vital importance to make the transition from home or a preschool setting to the school situation, as smooth as possible.

Our Prep Transition program will:

• assist pre-schoolers in making a successful transition to the school environment
• provide opportunities for the children to participate in classroom activities
• provide opportunities for children to practise skills necessary for school
• encourage new friendships
• provide information and support for parents.

At Mount View Primary School we value creating a positive start to school for all of our students and their families.  In order to build the relationships that are crucial to a successful start to school, we organize the following events to occur throughout Semester Two.

• Visits by children between early childhood settings and schools
• Parent information sessions at our school
• Visits by educators between early childhood settings and schools.

Our Transition program commences in Term 4 with our Prep Transition Coordinator and Prep Teachers visiting our local kindergartens and early learning centers to observe and participate in the 4 Year old session groups.  This a great opportunity to meet the students and to familiarise themselves with our educators.

In Term 4, the Prep team run a 4 week Transition program.  These sessions are held within the Prep classrooms and students are invited to participate in a variety of activities designed to help them feel comfortable in a classroom situation. A variety of oral language, literacy and numeracy activities along with fine and gross motor activities are implemented throughout these sessions.  Students are also given the opportunity to participate in our Specialist program activities – Art, PE and Music.