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Transition:

settling in and getting set up for life

We place great emphasis on ensuring that the Year 7: our Literacy for Life programme (L4L)
transition from primary to secondary school is
as smooth as possible and an exciting and happy Literacy for Life is a special feature of our academy. It acts
experience for your child. as a bridge between primary and secondary school, helping
your child to make a great start to their secondary education
During May and June, we will contact your child’s primary experience.
school to learn all about their academic progress so far. Our
staff then go out to all of our main feeder schools to say ‘hello’ What makes L4L special?
to the learners, talk to their teachers and learn all about them • It’s run by a small team of teachers who really get to know
and their abilities and needs. Any extra support that is needed the learners and how to help them progress
will be noted so that it can be in place when your child comes • It teaches skills that learners can use across all of the different
to us. SEND staff will also make contact where appropriate. subjects – skills that they will use for many years to come
• It tracks the progress of each individual learner, so that
Then, in July, all new learners will come to a block of taster teachers can give you an exact picture of how your child is
days, when they will attend lessons, make new friends, get to getting on
know their teachers, get used to the behaviour and rewards • It gives learners an enthusiasm for learning by teaching a
system, and begin to feel at home in the academy. There will series of interesting ‘themes’ or topics that learners can
also be a meeting for all new parents and carers which you relate to
are strongly encouraged to attend. • It uses an artificial intelligence programme to help
learners achieve their best in all aspects of literacy.
Pastoral support is one of our strengths. Every learner who
joins us will clearly know who to talk to if they have things on So, how does L4L work? It is a thematic programme, central
their mind. That support is with them throughout their school to your child’s success in Years 7 and 8.Themes include such
career. topics as Planets, Journeys, Robots, and Water. While studying
each of these themes, your child will be getting to grips with
skills such as reading, writing, understanding, mathematics,
oracy (speaking confidently and expressively) and the use
of technology. Literacy, the most important skill of all, is
reinforced at every stage of the programme, with Year 10
learners helping to run Book Clubs.

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