1. ‘MY PASSPORT’
A resource to support Service Children’s
adaptation to a new school
Charlotte Bradshaw Emily France
Senior Transfer Support Assistant Psychology Assistant
Transfer Support Team Educational Psychology Service
TST@buckscc.gov.uk
2012

2. Structure
• What is ‘My Passport’
• Why we developed this resource
• Looking at the resource
• Evaluations
• Questions

3. Transfer Support Team
• The Transfer Support Team (TST)
service started in 2003
• The service aims to target pupils in Year
6 who are described as being vulnerable
and/or anxious to change in Year 6
through to Year 7
• To ensure that children feel fully
included in their new secondary school

5. Development of the Passport
• Charlotte Bradshaw: Senior Transfer
Support Advisor
• Robert Beadel: Senior Educational
Psychologist
• Sophie Adams: Psychology Assistant
• Support from Sue Scrimshaw, Joy O’Neil
Pauline Cross and Caroline Allen from
Halton School

6. Learning Objectives of the
Passport
• For the new pupil to quickly feel settled and
valued
• For the school to learn about the child
• It is a resource for staff to help primary pupils
to settle quickly into their new school
environment

7. Common fears
Homework Fitting in
Starting new lessons Making new friends
Bullying Losing old friends
Getting lost New Teachers
Different rules Being the new person
Different expectations Break times
Knowing where equipment is kept Lunch
Harder work Assembly
What to do if ill Getting to school
Not having enough help with work Tests and exams
Different ways of learning

8. Structure of Passport
• 6 ‘Units’ which each address a different
aspect of adaptation
• The first is designed to be completed by
the child at home before they arrive, the
following four units during the first week
of school and the sixth unit is a review
to be completed with the child at the
end of week two.

9. Please remember…
‘My Passport’ should be used as a
discussion tool not a workbook.

25. Evaluation
• Initial success of project
• Evaluation of levels of worry
• Decrease is faster and steeper
• Most improved variables
• Progress of individual in new environment

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27. Comments from children
“When I moved school before and I have
done lots of times – everyone was so
busy that I felt very lost and didn’t enjoy it
much. It wasn’t like that here. I was
given time every day to talk about all
sorts of things. I feel much more
confident this time”.
Year 6 pupil

28. Comments from children
“When I arrived at school I was really
worried about how different things would
be. Mrs A spent time with me and I felt
confident enough to ask about things I
was worried about. Mrs A also told me
about some things other children had
worried about in the past. It was good to
know it wasn’t just me”
Year 5 pupil

29. Message from Halton School
• The Passport is a wonderful tool for
sharing both personal and general
information about the children and the
school……
• The Passport should be used as a tool to
encourage and support conversation
about each child’s educational journey
and not just a means of ‘ticking a
transistion tool box’.

30. My Passport
• The resource is available to
purchase and take away
today for £25.

31. Questions

32. Thank you
Charlotte Bradshaw and Emily France