Principal's News

Transition

The Transition Program at Malvern Primary School takes many forms.  We have the traditional Pre School to Prep Program, whole school transition for the current Year Prep to 5 students, the selection of 2021 school leaders and the program that supports our exiting Year 6 students as they prepare for the new chapter of their lives at Secondary School. The purpose of the program is to reduce the anxiety felt by students as to what the new school year may bring.

Our role in preparing our students for the next year will include classroom experiences, becoming familiar with other staff (who may or may not be the teachers in that level next year) and becoming familiar with other buildings or rooms in the school.  The program will continue in to the beginning of the new year as our students settle in to their new learning environments and are provided with induction programs to support their orientation to the new year level.

On the last day of the 2020 school year our students will be introduced to their new teacher and class mates (for the 2021Preps, this will happen on the last Transition session).

Parents have been invited to share their thoughts on the social needs of their child/ren (which closed on Monday), in order to assist staff to create the best possible classes for 2021.  As parents will appreciate this is not an easy task as we balance the needs of all the students across each year level. 

Parents can assist their child/ren with the transition process by talking to their child about the new school year and being positive about the changes they will experience, listen to the concerns they may have and help them to develop strategies, talk to them about making friends, set your child up for a successful beginning of the year by maintaining routines over the summer break (especially the last week or so) and share any information with the new teacher that will be helpful to them in supporting your child.

We understand that this year students and their parents may be feeling a little more anxious about the transition process and want to assure you that we will support the students both towards the end of the year but also next year as they re-establish existing relationships and develop new relationships at school.

 Whole School Transition

With the COVID restrictions currently in place we are unable to run our transition program in the same way as we have in previous years. 

The transition program for our current Year Prep to Year 5 students will take place every day in the last week of the school year, culminating in their Meet My Teacher session on the last day of the school year.  

Prep  2021 Transition

The transition sessions for our new Preps will look at little different this year as well.  To begin with the sessions will be held online, and we are hoping that we can invite the students on-site before the end of the year.  

Prep Parent Information Sessions

We are running a number of  online Information Sessions for our new Year Prep parents.  The Prep parents will receive an email with the link to these sessions, which will begin at 7pm and be held via WebEx.

The sessions are being held on Thursday 12th November, Wednesday 25th November, Thursday 3rd December and Monday 7th December.

We encourage parents to attend all these meetings, however the meeting on the 3rd of December will provide valuable information, including dates and processes for the beginning of the 2021 school year.

Robyn James