By Catherine Koini Last week we welcomed a Ukrainian refugee family into our home in Belgium. A young mother, father and 3 month old baby daughter. Upon hearing the first missile at 4am on 24th February, they immediately woke…
By Ben Broadhurst with Jonathan Glazzard I am currently in my third year of a degree in Primary Education. Prior to coming to university, I did not see myself as intellectually talented. Now in my third year and having completed numerous…
By Divya Jindal-Snape Our research suggests that certain dispositions and environmental dimensions can lead to successful educational and life transitions (Glazzard et al., 2020; Gordon et al., 2019; Jindal-Snape et al. 2020, 2021; Jindal-Snape & Cantali, 2019; Jindal-Snape &…
By Aileen Mackey Abstract In response to safety measures to protect the public during the Covid-19 pandemic, children and families were required to adapt to several transitions within the education sector. These include transitioning to and from remote learning…
Transition, well-being and the return to school By Jo FittzGerald Any transition is a time of change and can be extremely challenging for anyone. For those children moving from primary to secondary school, or indeed experiencing any educational transition, the…
By Divya Jindal-Snape In this video you can hear about my conceptualisation of transitions, our latest primary-secondary transitions research and an explanation of my Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory. Some references https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203859124https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/a-z-of-transitions-divya-jindal-snape/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137528261 Thanks to Liz…
By Marion Burns As children start school are COVID-19 restrictions undoing years of progress with transition to school practices? All across Scotland children starting school have been waiting with family members for the school gates to open. Gates that only…
By Marion Burns As children start school are COVID-19 restrictions undoing years of progress with transition to school practices? All across Scotland children starting school have been waiting with family members for the school gates to open. Gates that only…
By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can be both positive and…
By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can be both positive and…
By Divya Jindal-Snape and Jonathan Glazzard Students across the world have been experiencing multiple transitions related to their studies, family life and employment, to name a few. Students go to university not only to achieve an academic qualification but also…
By Samuel Stones It is at this time of the academic year when we often see secondary school staff visiting primary schools in their local area. These visits are typically part of a broader programme aimed at supporting Year 6…
By Samuel Stones It is at this time of the academic year when we often see secondary school staff visiting primary schools in their local area. These visits are typically part of a broader programme aimed at supporting Year 6…
By Moira Leslie Living in an Armed Forces family very often entails high levels of mobility with frequent moves of home, school and sometimes even different countries. One parent’ s work related transitions trigger multiple transitions for the entire family…
By Moira Leslie Living in an Armed Forces family very often entails high levels of mobility with frequent moves of home, school and sometimes even different countries. One parent’ s work related transitions trigger multiple transitions for the entire family…
This blog presents the voice of children from around the world about COVID-19 and its impact on them through poetry and drawings. They created these powerful and moving pieces in a locked-down world. This is a testimony to the power…
This blog presents the voice of children from around the world about COVID-19 and its impact on them through poetry and drawings. They created these powerful and moving pieces in a locked-down world. This is a testimony to the power…
By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary school or primary to…
By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary school or primary to…