Transition Resource Kit

The Transition: A Positive Start to School Resource Kit (the ‘Resource Kit’) has been created to help early childhood services, outside school hours care (OSHC) services and schools improve transition-to-school planning for children, their families and educators. It will provide early childhood professionals with information and advice to improve the development and planning of local transition-to-school processes and programs.

The Resource Kit is for anyone working in early childhood services, OSHC services, schools and those with an interest in the issue of transition. This includes those involved with children and families in long day care, family day care, occasional care, playgroups, OSHC, early childhood intervention services, kindergartens and schools in the government, catholic and independent education systems.

The Resource Kit has three parts:

Part 1: Transition for Everyone provides general information about promising practices and factors contributing to high-quality transition programs for all children. It gives guidance on the new Victorian approach to transition and use of the Transition Learning and Development Statement.

Part 2: Providing Additional Support provides more specific information regarding groups of children and families that may require additional transition support, and explains ways that this support can be incorporated into transition programs.

Part 3: Useful Resources brings together a range of other resources that can be used to further understand transition and program planning at a local community level.

Download the Transition: A Positive Start to School Resource Kit (PDF - 1.0Mb)

Further information

For more useful websites, see: Website Links

See also: Resources for Families from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Backgrounds