From Primary to Post Primary
The move from primary to post primary can be daunting for both parents and students. The intimate setting of our campus in Rathgar helps many students to adapt to their new surroundings quickly. Other initiatives include:
- A buddy system to ensure 1st years have an older student to guide and support them during those first few weeks of term.
- A new parent’s enrolment meeting in March every year, to give parents a chance to meet teaching staff and other families. This ensures they get more familiar with the school before 1st Year begins.
- In April students attend an Orientation Day to meet their classmates, see around the school and hear from our current 1st Years about their subjects, books, timetables and books. This makes them more comfortable with the transition from their primary schools to Stratford.
- Finally, in August 1st Years begin the day before the rest of the school ensuring they have their lockers, timetables and have met their Class Tutor and some of their subject teachers before everyone else.
To help you get ready for the transition to secondary school, we have prepared a short guide.
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