Year 6 to 7 Transition

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, my name is Miss Worlock and I will be the Head of Year 7 at Jo Richardson Community School in September.  I have worked at JRCS since 2016 as a Science Teacher, with the responsibility of managing Year 7 within the Science Department.  As your Head of Year it is my role to support, encourage and monitor you to ensure that you make good progress. I will expect you to maintain high standards of behaviour and enthusiasm for your learning as you move forward with new and exciting challenges. I will work hard to foster a positive atmosphere within my year group where all students feel valued, and understand our joint responsibility for developing our academic, emotional and social skills; so you can fulfil your potential and go on to be successful.

Ambition is such an important tool in achieving success, and so to promote this I have created a motto for the year group:

‘Dream Big, Work Hard, Be Kind’

I will work in close collaboration with Form Tutors, with teaching staff and your parents and, as a team, we cannot wait to get started working with you. We understand that the transition from Year 6 to 7 can involve big changes, but we aim to support you to prepare for secondary school and make the transition  as smooth as possible, so that when you start JRCS, you feel confident and ready to begin your journey here.  To help ease the worries of the transition we have sent you key pieces of information which you can also access on our website:

• Parental Booklet that includes pages from the student planner with information on uniform, times of day, equipment and attendance and punctuality.
• ‘All About Me’ Booklet. This booklet is an opportunity for you to answer a series of questions about yourself that will provide us with more information so that we can get to know you better when you first arrive at JRCS.
• English Parental Booklet. This booklet contains important tips on how to prepare for your English lessons at secondary school.

We would be grateful if you could complete the ‘all about me’ booklet and bring it with you on your first day of school.

Please watch our welcome video and virtual tour so you can meet your new tutor and get to know our school building!

You are now part of the JRCS community and we will support you every way we can to make your transition to secondary school as fun, exciting and as meaningful as possible and I’m really looking forward to meeting you all.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Worlock

Head of Year 7

Staff from Year 7