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Features > Working with Primaries
We took a new approach to the Year 6 transition programme
in the summer, by extending it from one day to three: no
mean feat! The aim behind this was to enable our new
students to get a genuine taste of what being in Year 7 at
KEVICC in September would be like. We wanted to take the
sense of rush out of the experience so as to instill confidence
and, by immersing them in the normal daily life of KEVICC
over a period of time, also take the fear out of that dreaded
‘First Day at School’ and thus reassure both the students and
their sometimes anxious parents.
We gave students tutorial sessions, proper timetabled
lessons, assemblies, they met Alan Salt and had the all-
important lunchtime dinner queue experience! They spent
time on all the College sites; got involved with our innovative
Year 6 Transition Days ~
A Taste of What Is to Come!
Challenge Pathway Programme and in teambuilding
activities with their new form groups doing treasure hunts,
‘The Egg Challenge’ and a very competitive rounders match!
Our new Year 7 students were supported by Year 8 ‘buddies’
who were able to work alongside them and answer their
questions froma student perspective as well as giving a point
of contact which could be picked up if needed in September.
The Transition Days were fantastic!!
Kathy Rablah
It was a bit scary at first but by the end I felt a part of the school.
I loved being at KEVICC for three days. I got to experience my
timetable and to meet loads of new people.
Starting in September didn't feel like such a scary thing anymore.
The three day induction really helped me to feel a part of KEVICC.
It stopped me from worrying about things over the holidays.
I’ve never made anything before
and I didn’t know I could.
KEVICC art teacher Anna Uhr Delia and KEVICC Foundation Artists worked with Class 5 in Blackawton Primary School
bringing
Mortal Engines
, a book by local author Philip Reeve, to life.
Building a Stalker
It was Amazing!
It was soooooo fun.
It really made the words
from the book come to li
fe
This has really made me
want to go to KEVICC
Children from The Grove have been
working with Leonie Luff, one of our
Music teachers in our music rooms.
One of the formidable characters in the book is Shrike, (a Stalker), made from remnants of a dying soldier, from the
infamous forty-second war, and pieced together with bits of scrap technology. They wanted to build Shrike in all his
7ft scariness. So we talked about the description in the novel and the features he might need. After collaging from
magazines, the children set about working on the highly ambitious project.
Whilst taking turns to sculpt a Stalker, the rest used their engineering, tinkering brains to devise little 'Bots' made
from junk. The children were totally brilliant. They were inventive, creative and incredibly resourceful. They were also
a complete joy to work with, focussed, confident, happy and polite. I didn’t think it was going to be possible to build
such a large sculpture in just 6 hours, but the children were persistent and unflappable! - I think there may be one or
two engineers and inventors of the future amongst them.
Anna Uhr Delia, Art teacher
The art workshops were magnificent. The
children were inspired, engaged and produced
not only excellent art-work, but also some
fabulous writing.
Anna is a fantastic teacher and knows just
the level of trust to give the children so that
they are free to experiment and express, but
still stay safe and on task. I am a very happy,
exceptionally grateful primary teacher.
Tina Rodwell-Lynn, Class 5 Teacher, Blackawton
