School Transition Toolkit

Help your child feel calmer, more confident and more prepared for a new school, class or year group.

The School Transition Toolkit is a gentle, illustrated activity booklet for children to work through with a parent, carer or member of school staff. Each page breaks the change into small, manageable steps: understanding what’s happening, exploring feelings, getting to know new people and places, and making a clear plan for the first day and first week.

WHAT’S INCLUDED (10 A4 pages)
✿ Cover page with space for your child’s name and transition date
✿ How to Use This Toolkit: a guide for adults
✿ My Transition Journey: a visual timeline from now to the first day
✿ How I’m Feeling Now: a feelings check-in with faces to tick or colour
✿ My Worries and Questions: space to name worries and what might help
✿ What I’m Looking Forward To: a big thought bubble to write or draw in
✿ Getting to Know My New School: the building, classroom, lunchtime and play areas
✿ Meet the People: teacher, teaching assistant, office staff and new classmates
✿ A Day at My New School: a simple visual timetable
✿ My Transition Plan: goals, helpful supports, key people and a first-week support plan

PERFECT FOR
✿ Starting school, moving up a year or changing schools
✿ Primary to secondary transition
✿ Children with autism, ADHD, anxiety or other SEN who find change hard
✿ SENCOs, teachers, TAs and family support workers
✿ Sharing with the new school so everyone is on the same page

HOW IT WORKS
This is an instant digital download. You’ll receive a PDF to print at home or at a print shop. Print in colour on A4 paper (it also prints well on US Letter by choosing “fit to page”). Use the pages in any order, and pick the ones that suit your child best.

PLEASE NOTE
✿ No physical item will be sent.
✿ For personal or single-classroom use only. Please don’t resell or redistribute.
✿ Colours may vary slightly depending on your screen and printer.

Pair it with My Child’s Sensory Profile and our Parent Co-Regulation Script Cards for a complete transition support pack 💛

Created with care by The SEN Advocate.