{"id":1905,"date":"2015-12-30T03:25:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T03:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=1905"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:42:17","slug":"transitiontoschool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/enrolment\/transitiontoschool","title":{"rendered":"New Entrant Transition to School"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is &#8216;Transition to School&#8217;?<\/h2>\n<p>The aim of this programme is to give your child a \u2018Head Start\u2019 with his\/her progress, when beginning school and to make the transition a positive one\u00a0for both you, and your child.<\/p>\n<h2>Our &#8216;Head Start&#8217; Transition to School Programme<\/h2>\n<div>Our programme:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Will consist of 2-3 visits depending on your child\u2019s needs.<\/li>\n<li>Will ideally take place during the two to three weeks\u00a0before they start school.<\/li>\n<li>Involves your child in some structured learning activities.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrates teaching and learning strategies that you as parents\/caregivers can use.<\/li>\n<li>Clarifies expectations and requirements for success at school.<\/li>\n<li>Helps promote the positive behaviours that will lead to success at school.<\/li>\n<li>Involves a meeting for parents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Sessions include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspects of literacy and numeracy programmes.<\/li>\n<li>Discovery based activities, which allows teachers to notice children&#8217;s interests and will be used to support programme planning and support friendships.<\/li>\n<li>Handouts about: how children learn and make progress; how you can help at home and concepts\/skills the children will learn in their first year at school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>New Entrant Resource Pack<\/h2>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/0B_Zp-Xr2egR1MkNReWdGVXJobkE?resourcekey=0-rxXTq30ZF_pvrP2D8FXGug&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to access our new entrant resource pack<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;Transition to School&#8217;? The aim of this programme is to give your child a \u2018Head Start\u2019 with his\/her progress, when beginning school and to make the transition a positive one\u00a0for both you, and your child. Our &#8216;Head Start&#8217; Transition to School Programme Our programme: Will consist of 2-3 visits depending on your child\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1905","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14594,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1905\/revisions\/14594"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}