Primary to secondary transition

We will be delighted to welcome our new Year 7 cohort and their families into our very special Dixons McMillan family. We will get to know students and their families so we discover what will help each and every student be successful during their time at Dixons McMillan.

We are a truly values driven school and we expect all our staff, students and parents to know and follow our core values.

Resilience - having a can-do attitude and tackling every challenge we face as an opportunity.

Integrity - being a good person and doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do.

Courtesy - ensuring all members of the community feel valued and welcome into our academy.

Academic Transition

• Staff from the academy will visit each student in their current primary school to discuss with their current teachers the students successes and key next steps in order to help staff at Dixons McMillan plan out at appropriate curriculum for each child.
• Heads of department have looked at the new Key Stage 2 curriculum and put plans in place to ensure that students in current year 6 will have opportunities to cover those new aspects of the primary curriculum during year 7 at Dixons McMillan.
• English will use the new wordlists for our weekly spelling tests, give students opportunity to recite poetry and have lessons which will allow them to develop their transcriptions skills.
• We use a mastery approach to delivering our maths curriculum, and have strategies in place to ensure students are fluent in their tables (up to and including 12x12), allow students to understand the binary method as well as developing students use of roman numerals through our collective learning session.

Key Dates & Events

We have a series our events to allow students and families to get to know the values of the school as well as meet key staff. We do expect 100% attendance at all the events listed below:

• Wednesday 3rd July 2024 - 08.30 - 15.00: Transition Day
• Thursday 4th July 2024 - 16.00 - 18.00: Welcome Evening for Parents (students also welcome)
• Tuesday 3rd September 2024: First day at secondary school for Year 7. Students should arrive by 07.45. The day will finish at 15.10.