Supporting practitioners, children and their families with the transition process, from pre-school into nursery and reception settings.
About Supporting Smooth Transitions
Some children may need particular help, including from other agencies, to ensure that their transition is as smooth as possible.
Research suggests that transitions are central to young children’s development and emotional wellbeing. How the first transitions are handled can have a significant impact on a child’s capacity to cope with change in the short and long term and impact on the progress they make from their starting points.
The Supporting Smooth Transitions toolkit is a suite of resources created by professionals working within the health and education that can be used to supplement current transition procedures within schools and settings.
- Guidance around transition for leaders and governors
- Example policies
- Audit tools
- Proformas for gathering information and planning
- Editable resources
- Activities for children and families
The Transition Level of Need tool (TLoNt) has been developed for schools and settings in Hertfordshire to share information about any potential needs to enable effective transition to be implemented for every child.
For further information please email: eytransition@hfleducation.org
Guidance on completing the transition level of need tool
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