Brunswick North has two highly successful transition programs
- Preschool to Prep
- Year 6 to Secondary School
Students and their parents are well supported in these exciting steps in education.
Preschool to Prep Transition
The Prep Transition program has a number of components:
- Open invitation for prospective parents to visit the school
- Advertised school tours and open days
- Handbooks and general information
- Information sessions
- The Prep Orientation Program conducted over four weeks in November each year. Students have a taste of school life in preparation for the following year
- Buddy Program with senior students
- Twilight events to introduce new parents to the community
Year 6 to Secondary School
Support is offered to students and parents in the following ways:
- Northern Metropolitan Region’s secondary school placement program
- Publication of secondary school information and open days through the weekly newsletter
- Direct experience of secondary school through organized visits each year
- Classroom programs that develop an understanding for students of the different organizational and learning environment of the secondary school setting
- Working with parents to ensure the most appropriate placement each child
- Year 6 Graduation and dinner