Transition Programs
Flying into Foundation – Kindergarten to Prep
The transition program commences in the year prior to the children starting at the school and is a four day orientation program called ‘Flying into Foundation’. While prospective students are in the classrooms at the final transition session, parents are invited to attend an information session about starting school and to socialise with each other and meet the school principal.
- See below for all the Flying into Foundation Info for this year!
In addition there are personalised school tours with the school principal available from May onwards each year and it incorporates detailed information about the school and its programs.
On the first day of school all non-classroom based staff are available to assist students attending school for the first time.
A buddy program exists to assist students’ social development and the transition into the school yard during recess and lunch times. Each foundation student is paired up with at least one Yr. 5/6 student so that there is always a friendly and helpful student face available to them in the school yard.
See below for all the Flying into Foundation Info for this year!
The home school relationship is further enhanced by Foundation newsletters which are produced during the first term of school. These provide parents with detailed information about the curriculum programs, tips on how to support their child at home with literacy and numeracy and practical resources such as games, alphabet cards, etc.
Year 6 to Year 7 transition
This starts from the beginning of each school year, with the local secondary college liaising with our school transition coordinator  to  arrange visits and information packs for the students.
Each year 6 student attends the state wide transition day as well as attending others that are held by the schools they will be attending in the following year.
The students take a leading role in the development and production of graduation, which is a culmination and highlight of their years at St Joseph’s.
Transition Programs
Flying into Foundation – Kindergarten to Prep
The transition program commences in the year prior to the children starting at the school and is a four day orientation program called ‘Flying into Foundation’. While prospective students are in the classrooms at the final transition session, parents are invited to attend an information session about starting school and to socialise with each other and meet the school principal.
- See below for all the Flying into Foundation Info for this year!
In addition there are personalised school tours with the school principal available from May onwards each year and it incorporates detailed information about the school and its programs.
On the first day of school all non-classroom based staff are available to assist students attending school for the first time.
A buddy program exists to assist students’ social development and the transition into the school yard during recess and lunch times. Each foundation student is paired up with at least one Yr. 5/6 student so that there is always a friendly and helpful student face available to them in the school yard.
See below for all the Flying into Foundation Info for this year!
The home school relationship is further enhanced by Foundation newsletters which are produced during the first term of school. These provide parents with detailed information about the curriculum programs, tips on how to support their child at home with literacy and numeracy and practical resources such as games, alphabet cards, etc.
Year 6 to Year 7 transition
This starts from the beginning of each school year, with the local secondary college liaising with our school transition coordinator  to  arrange visits and information packs for the students.
Each year 6 student attends the state wide transition day as well as attending others that are held by the schools they will be attending in the following year.
The students take a leading role in the development and production of graduation, which is a culmination and highlight of their years at St Joseph’s.
Transition Programs
Flying into Foundation – Kindergarten to Prep
The transition program commences in the year prior to the children starting at the school and is a four day orientation program called ‘Flying into Foundation’. While prospective students are in the classrooms at the final transition session, parents are invited to attend an information session about starting school and to socialise with each other and meet the school principal.
- See below for all the Flying into Foundation Info for this year!
In addition there are personalised school tours with the school principal available from May onwards each year and it incorporates detailed information about the school and its programs.
On the first day of school all non-classroom based staff are available to assist students attending school for the first time.
A buddy program exists to assist students’ social development and the transition into the school yard during recess and lunch times. Each foundation student is paired up with at least one Yr. 5/6 student so that there is always a friendly and helpful student face available to them in the school yard.
See below for all the Flying into Foundation Info for this year!
The home school relationship is further enhanced by Foundation newsletters which are produced during the first term of school. These provide parents with detailed information about the curriculum programs, tips on how to support their child at home with literacy and numeracy and practical resources such as games, alphabet cards, etc.
Year 6 to Year 7 transition
This starts from the beginning of each school year, with the local secondary college liaising with our school transition coordinator  to  arrange visits and information packs for the students.
Each year 6 student attends the state wide transition day as well as attending others that are held by the schools they will be attending in the following year.
The students take a leading role in the development and production of graduation, which is a culmination and highlight of their years at St Joseph’s.