Transition journey begins for Foundation Prep School pupils

As Year 6 pupils in both the King’s Foundation’s Prep Schools look ahead to the next step in their King’s educational journey, their transition to ‘Big King’s’, pupils from King’s St Alban’s and King’s Hawford spent an afternoon developing friendships and familiarising themselves with their new surroundings.

Travelling across the city, children from King’s Hawford arrived at King’s St Alban’s (just across the road from King’s Worcester) for a joint assembly in the beautiful King’s St Alban’s chapel at the centre of the school. Mr Chapman, Headmaster of King’s St Alban’s spoke to the pupils about risk-taking, making new friends and the importance of making a good first impression, not just with one another, but with the teachers and staff at the Senior School, advice that will doubt set them in good stead going forward. The assembly concluded with a rousing hymn sung beautifully by both Year 6 groups.

Following the assembly, King’s St Alban’s pupils took their King’s Hawford counterparts across to the Senior School dining hall, where they tucked into a delicious, home cooked meal. It was encouraging to witness pupils from the two prep schools intermingling as they ate their lunches and afterwards outside in the playground.

With tummies full and plenty of fresh air in their lungs, pupils enjoyed a carousel of activities hosted by subject specific teachers. Split into four groups, comprising of a mix of boys and girls from both Prep Schools, pupils pulled faces in the drama studios and created masterpieces using print techniques in the art department. They made their very own pocket torches in the design technology workshop, learned to navigate ‘Big King’s’ campus using ordnance survey maps in geography and developed robots in the computer technology laboratories. After all of that it was time to refuel with squash and cookies in the School Gardens before heading home to their respective schools.

The Headmaster of the King’s Foundation, Mr Gareth Doodes later welcomed parents to the school for an initial transition information meeting.

We look forward to sharing further details of our extensive transition programme over the coming weeks and months: watch this space!