Rang 6 – Transition Website and Webinar

Stepping Up To Secondary School – A webinar for 6^th class parents

A Thuistí ,

Thíos gheobhaidh tú eolas faoi ‘Step Up To School ‘ a tháinig ó íonad Oideachais na Gaillimhe:

Please see below information on the ‘Step Up’ website and webinar that we received from Galway Education Centre:

Just letting you know that the StepUp school transition website is now available to use as a simple resource for 6^th class pupils and their parents. Your 6^th class teachers may find useful also if they’re doing school transition work with the pupils in the coming weeks.

The website was developed last June, as part of the Planet Youth project, largely because COVID19 had curtailed a lot of the school transition work that would typically happen before the summer. The site proved very popular with students and parents alike and there were 23,000 unique visitors to the site during last summer. Mostly young people.

There will also be a short webinar for parents on the 15^th of June from 7.45 – 8.45pm and this is for any 6^th class parents that would like to support their children with the move. There is a panel of speakers as follows:

Gina Dowd	Adolescent Psychotherapist
Helen Butler	Youth Coach
Niamh O’Flanagan	School Chaplain

The main elements of the webinar will be:

Life in secondary school	– A discussion with the panel.
Step Up Website	– A guide to the website and how best for parents to use it.
Q&A	– Parents will have the opportunity to put their questions to the panel.