Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Transitions

Making the move from nursery to primary school can throw up challenges for everyone involved, but settings can take steps to make the process easier. Rebecca Fisk suggests some methods.

Starting school is an exciting, yet anxious, time for children and their families. Parents often view going to 'big school' as a marker of just how 'grown up' their children are becoming. In reality, though, many children move from being the oldest at nursery to the 'little ones' again at school.

Understandably, the pre-school setting can feel much 'safer' than the vast school grounds, which include buildings, fields, car parks, bike sheds and playgrounds. To ease the transition, teachers often try to visit children in pre-schools or carry out home visits. Sadly, however, it is increasingly difficult in the current financial climate to pay for supply cover, especially if there is a large intake of children and many pre-schools to visit.

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