Talk About Transition engages students starting into their secondary school journey in year 7. Talk about Transition uses oracy-based activities and strategies to develop greater self-confidence and resilience to support a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
This workshop can support the Gatsby Benchmarks by helping you to address the needs of each pupil (3) and linking curriculum learning to careers (4). This workshop can also form part of a stable careers programme (1).
England – supports the National Curriculum Spoken English for Key Stage 3
This is a half-day confident communication workshop aimed at students who are starting as year 7 in secondary school. Within this workshop each student will speak in front of his or her peers on several occasions.
‘‘Delivery was positive, upbeat, personal, inclusive, friendly and welcoming. The pupils were quickly put at ease and I saw their confidence grow during the session. All formed new connections and I feel this will bring them closer, benefiting group work.”
‘’”Very positive atmosphere. Inclusive, with good opportunities for students to listen, share and speak in front of a group.” ; “Very interactive and engaging. Got students out of their comfort zones, they were interested and eager.”
‘””It was an engaging workshop with the Year 7 class. The pupils were eager to participate and freely voiced their opinions on the issues and topics discussed. Their enthusiasm and thoughtful responses made the workshop lively and productive.”
‘‘‘The workshop was very organised and had been designed well for year 7 students just starting secondary. The trainer was very energetic and was able to get everyone in the class to get about and talk at some point in the workshop. I enjoyed the different tasks that the trainer set out for our students. Thank you!”
Talk The Talk has partnered with the Jack Petchey Foundation to support the cost of workshop delivery. For details of this funding and the net cost to your school please let us know how many students you have in Year 7. You can use the form below to do this.
