1. Nursery to P1 Transition
Dunbar Primary School 2019

2. Aims: Nursery/P1 transition programme General Information
Read Write Inc
Getting ready for P1 – What Can I do?
Any Questions?

3. Weekly playtimes
Nursery rooms play in big playground, building up to whole Nursery together and have a playtime with P1.

4. Nursery rooms will visit the Healthy Snack Trolley.
Snacks costs 20p.

5. Friday 24th May 11am- collect your child from nursery room
School Lunches
Every child has the opportunity to bring a packed lunch before starting school.
Friday 24th May 11am- collect your child from nursery room

6. SchoolPay is a secure online payments system that allows parents/carers the ability to pay for school related items for their child(ren) online, and will offer a host of easy to use features, including the following:
Provide you with your own personal account, to pay and track all school payments, including school meals and larger items such as school trips.
Pre-order meals for your child in advance, giving you options and choice for their lunch.
Manage costs for all of your children – across nursery, primary and secondary schools - from the same account, making things easier and faster for you.
Enable you to see, at any time, what your balance information is regarding these payments.
School Pay

7. One of the major advantages is that you can discuss school lunch options with your child at home and pre-order with them at the time.
Information to support you in setting up your School Pay account can be found at
Please take the time to set up your School Pay account

8. Visiting Classrooms
Pupils spend time in P1 classrooms when it is empty and then work on joint learning activities with a P1 ‘buddy class’.

9. Academic Transition
The information that is in our Nursery Learning Journey folders will transfer into P1.

10. to assembly on a Friday morning.
We will start
to go
to assembly on a Friday morning.

11. Library
Weekly PE/Hall time
Music

12. School Staff
Playground supervisors, Office staff and janitor come and visit the children in their Nursery rooms.

13. Meet your New teacher and visit your new P1 classroom.
Children and parents on
21st June 2019 at 12:45pm

14. Term Dates First day is Wednesday 14th August 2019
8.45am – 2.50 Monday –Thursday
Friday
September break: Friday 13th / Monday 16th

15. General Info
Names on everything!
Waterproof coat
PE bags – PE kit indoor / outdoor
Reading bags
Snack money 20p or one snack
Allergies – NO NUTS
Sports top water bottle / only water in the bottles
Medication + Forms (office)
No toys please (keyring on bag)

16. Read, Write Inc

17. Getting Ready for School
How can I help?

18. Remember… If you are anxious they will be too. Be positive Keep calm
Children pick up on your feelings and attitudes to school and staff
If you are anxious they will be too.
Be positive
Keep calm
Don’t over play it!
Expect tiredness!
Expect tears at first or later as children realise its everyday… ALL day!

19. Independence Fastening coats, changing shoes and clothes.
Packing/organising bags.
Toileting independently/asking to go

20. Cursive loops/mark making
Focus on making continual loops from one side to the next
Not in CAPITAL LETTERS
Children with strong fine motor but not writing letters have had most success.

21. “The greatest early marker of a child’s future academic achievement is the number of words in their vocabulary when they start school.” Dr Sarah McGeown
Read, Read and Read More

22. E.g. how many steps to the gate?
Exploring numbers
Play games that involve recognising numbers, ordering numbers and counting / matching items.
Use dice and dominoes and look at the patterns.
Use numbers/counting in daily life
E.g. how many steps to the gate?

23. Maths All Around Shapes in the environment
Comparing things which are heavy and light or long and short.
Cooking
Can we sort by size or colour our toys/socks/shopping?
Playing shops
Making musical patterns – clapping, counting, keep the beat.

24. Speech and Language Therapy
NHS Lothian Children’s Speech and Language Therapy department provides a range of services working with families and staff to support children’s communication skills and/or eating, drinking and swallowing needs.
This might include:
Children who are taking longer than expected to learn to talk
Children with limited vocabulary, who struggle to form sentences, or who get their words and sentences muddled up.
Children who find it difficult to understand what others are saying.
Children who struggle to communicate socially with others.
Children who struggle to say certain sounds or make themselves understood.
Children who stammer.

25. How to contact us and further information
Telephone helpline every Tuesday between 13.30pm and 16.00pm for parents and professionals to ring discuss any concerns they may have about a child’s communication skills. Number is
Website contains lots of information
How to contact us and further information

26. What Next? This power point will be posted on the school blog
You will be kept up to date about further transition information via the newsletter, letters and s
We look forward to seeing you all on the 21st June for your child meeting their new teacher
What Next?