Year 6 to Year 7 English Transition Unit - teaching resource

Year 6 to Year 7 English Transition Unit and Handover Pack 

Help pupils make a confident move from primary to secondary school with this complete Year 6 to Year 7 English Transition Unit and Handover Pack. Designed for use at the end of Year 6, this engaging English transition resource helps pupils reflect on their current skills, complete meaningful reading, writing and SPaG tasks, and produce useful work that can be shared with their Year 7 English teacher.

The unit provides a structured sequence of lessons that supports pupils as they think about the move to secondary English. Activities encourage them to consider what may stay the same, what may change, what they already do well, and what they would like to improve. The pack also includes a transition-themed reading extract, comprehension questions, vocabulary work, inference tasks, independent writing activities, proofreading tasks, a SPaG assessment, organisation checklist and final reflection activities.

This resource is ideal for Year 6 teachers preparing pupils for secondary school, as well as secondary English departments looking for a clear insight into pupils’ reading, writing, SPaG confidence, independence and learning habits before they begin Year 7. Pupils complete a student booklet that can be passed on as part of the transition process, giving Year 7 teachers a helpful snapshot of each child’s English ability, confidence and targets.

The resource includes editable PowerPoint lessons and a printable student booklet, making it easy to adapt for different classes, transition days, summer term projects or end-of-Year 6 English work.

Contents include:

• Year 6 to Year 7 English transition lessons
• Reflection tasks about English skills and confidence
• Transition-themed reading extract: 'The Bridge'
• Retrieval, vocabulary and inference questions
• Evidence-based reading response tasks
• Independent descriptive and narrative writing activities
• Planning and proofreading support
• SPaG assessment covering commas, apostrophes, sentence boundaries and direct speech
• Organisation and independence checklist
• Letter to a Year 7 English teacher
• Final reflection and target-setting activities
• Editable PowerPoint and printable student booklet

A practical and purposeful KS2 to KS3 English transition resource that helps Year 6 pupils prepare for secondary school while giving Year 7 English teachers valuable information about each pupil’s strengths, needs and next steps. Click the images to preview every slide.

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