Transition Programs

The school is proud of both its Preschool to Prep and Senior School to Secondary Transition Programs.  

Preschool to Prep Transition

Throughout the year we welcome potential Foundation (prep) families to come and visit us during our Open Classroom sessions. These sessions provide parents and children with an insight to the learning that takes place in the Foundation year. Our teachers regularly visit the local Kingergartens to meet the children and build a relationship with the kinder teacher so that we can support your child before they commence the Foundation year. We provide a transition program for all of our potential

Foundation students called 'Ready, Set, Prep…!'. The program begins in Term 3 and provides children with 10 transition sessions that focus on building oral language and developing phonemic awareness skills. These are all pre-primary skills.

The first few weeks of school are busy with class teachers completing essential assessments to plan for the terms learning. Foundation students are not required to attend school for the first six Wednesday's of Term 1 to enable some of these assessments to be completed and provide a much needed break as the children learn to adjust to the longer school days.

Grade 6 to Year 7 Transition

During Term 2, grade 5 & 6 students attend a Traralgon College Day in May/June. The session allows students to experience different aspects of a high school.

During Term 4, secondary schools host an Orientation Day for grade 6 students on the second Tuesday in December. 

Additional visits are planned for integration and other students identified as ‘at risk’ in learning to build confidence and to familiarise students with their new surroundings.