Page 6 - Annual Report AGM June 2020

The Murray Mallee LLEN contracted Local Logic The Term 4 2019 program was modified to meet the
Place to develop the Enhanced Transition Program. specific needs identified by students in their surveys.
Taking learnings from the DET Student Transition Sixty-one vulnerable Year 6 students participated in the
and Resilience Training (START), the Program was program made up of four sessions. The first of these
developed in collaboration with Swan Hill College staff involved key Junior Sub School staff visiting all local
to support the transition of vulnerable students from primary schools to answer questions and talk about
primary to secondary schooling. The DET START the process of transition. The next 3 sessions were
Program written by Andrew Fuller emphasised how held at Swan Hill College with a focus on having fun,
successful transition should be built on: building relationships with other students and key staff,
► Establishing strong adult connections and calm familiarising themselves with the school, learning how
and positive cultures. to read the timetable and master the locks, identifying
► Positive goal setting, boundaries and expectations. safe places and gaining an understanding of the
► Adopting approaches that enhance Wellbeing and Clontarf programs. Parents joined the
student empowerment. students during the last session to learn about College
► Promoting friendships and social skills. expectations and to build relationships with key staff.
► Having highly visible teacher supports for students
offering positive feedback and coaching to students.
► Involving families positively in transitioning.

Importantly students completed a pre and post START
survey (which was again modified to meet our local
needs). In this students were asked to rate their
readiness to transition to secondary school out of 10,
with 1 being not ready at all and 10 being very ready to
transition. Findings showed an increase in the numbers
of students rating their readiness to transition as a 6 out
of 10 or higher from 47.4% on the Pre-survey to 85.74%
on the Post. Other positive gains were improvements
around feeling safe at their new school, feeling confident
6 about making friendships, greater confidence about the
locks and knowing what to do at their new school.