About the Transition Initiative

The Transition: A Positive Start to School initiative aims to improve experiences of starting school by strengthening the development and delivery of transition programs.

To support a positive start to school for all children, a common Victorian approach has been developed to guide families, early childhood services and schools. This will provide a shared understanding between families, early childhood services and schools about what is important for children and their families during this exciting time.

The initiative also introduces a tool for families and educators to share information about a child’s learning and development in the form of a Transition Learning and Development Statement. The Statement supports the consistent transfer of information, irrespective of the school a child is going to and provides an opportunity for children, their families and the professionals working with them to contribute and have their views reflected in it.

About the Transition Learning and Development Statement

The Transition Learning and Development Statement (‘the Statement’) supports the consistent transfer of information, irrespective of the school to which a child is going. It provides an opportunity for children, their families and the professionals working with them, to contribute and have their views reflected.

The information in the Statement:

• summarises the strengths of a child’s learning and development as they enter school
• identifies their individual approaches to learning and interests
• indicates how the child can be supported to continue learning.

The Statement provides information to families about children’s learning and development in early childhood; it helps Prep teachers to get to know the children entering their classes before they start and to plan for each child’s learning and development when they start school.

The Statement is available in two formats:

• Electronic Statement completed on your computer (MS Word)
• Hard Copy/Paper Statement printed out and filled out by hand (PDF)

To order hard copies of the Statement or Resource Kit, email your name, address and number of copies required or any questions you may have to: psts@edumail.vic.gov.au