The Year seven Transition Day
“When you’re trying to organise something, it’s incredibly important to have a company you can rely on.”
Alex Curtis, The Cottesloe School
Looking to help a year group get to know each other whilst developing crucial thinking skills?
Our Year 7 Transition Day gives all students:
chances to make new friends and build bonds that last
a greater awareness of others’ perspectives
experiences that develop confidence and resilience
We have packages and programmes to suit all budgets.
How does it all work?
First of all, we hear from you. Tom will arrange a phone call where we listen to your goals - it might be to help a new year group bond, or you might be looking for something exciting to take place within your summer activity week. We’ll ask lots of questions to give us a really good idea of what matters most for you and what success would look like. We don’t want to offer you stuff you don’t want!
Tom will then put together a brief menu of options based on what you’ve told us, all at different price points so you can choose something that fits your budget. It’ll be ready to forward to any fellow decision-makers/budget holders so they can learn about us for themselves.
You get back to us - hopefully with a green light! - and we’ll send you a booking form out to secure the day.
Tom and Alex then work with you on the simple logistical matters, e.g. set-up, groupings and arrival times. We may organise a site visit if there’s lots of outdoor stuff planned. There’s very little for you to do besides organise pupil groups and supervision.
We set up, bring our team of experts to deliver a memorable day, and create a real impact on skills and bonds (and also plenty of resources for you and your colleagues). Learn more.
Collaborate!
Get to know new people by working together on Command Task Challenges
Pool ideas to puzzle it out and unlock the Russian chest
Learn new teamwork techniques from your expert facilitator
Think on your feet
Make it up on the spot in an Improv Masterclass
Beat the clock in your One-Minute Missions
Defend a point of view in Argumentag Wrestling
“Thank you! Our pupils had a fantastic experience thanks to you and your team. You are all very thoughtful and we really appreciate the way your staff engages with our pupils and colleagues. It would be great to have you all next year!”
Tifany Perez, Head of Year 7, Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School
…and try new things
New friendships through problem-solving together
Challenging activities that bring out a different side
New ways to integrate students with the school’s values and ethos
Many thanks for your excellent sessions today with our children, we are very grateful. They were a big hit, expertly delivered and very engaging!
Damien Walshe, TPE Subject Leader, St. Thomas’s Clapham
Just a quick note to say thanks very much for the session today. I have already had some very positive feedback from the students, and I thought it was high quality and really fun and engaging. Great to have them moving around, on their feet, and listening to each other a little more!
Thomas Tennant, Head of Year 7, St. Thomas’s Clapham
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“Tom and his colleagues delivering the event were completely professional, accommodating and entirely engaging of the young people when facilitating their session during my assessment. Their approach was open and friendly yet challenging of the young people in such a way that they were encouraged and enticed to develop the ideas, tasks and themes set for them, that all goals were achieved, and in some cases exceeded. Tom’s ability to cross reference and pollinate aspects of his philosophy background to inform his delivery, also shone through.” LOtC in-person assessor.
"The Hidden Leaders day was a really fun experience. I really enjoyed the atmosphere and it was a pleasure to be a part of day. The best part was the riddle activity competing against other teams even though we didn't win."
"The day was very interactive. Tom the instructor taught us strategies on how to debate effecitvley and that listening is such an integral part of communication that we all undervalue at times."
"I enjoyed the day because it taught me some additional communication and teamwork skills. It was such an amazing day that all the boys in Ruds had a fabulous time."
Students at Loyola Preparatory School
What we do
Listen to your aims and goals for your day(s)
Put together a proposal for you to review
Make changes based on your feedback
Select staff from our trusted team to run your activities
Do a “site visit” to your school in advance, at a time convenient to you
Liaise with your site staff about setting up
Arrive the day before to set up our equipment
Give all SEN/medical information to our staff (and destroy it afterwards)
Deliver all activities on the day
Provide prizes and rewards
Leave your school site looking exactly as it did
Give you a set of activities and resources for your own CPD
All you need to do
Tell us about your aims for your day
Review and tell us what you think of our proposal
Send us the student team lists, with any medical/SEN info
Arrange the timetable for teaching staff (they just need to be on hand for pastoral issues)
Sit back and drink tea under our Teachers’ Tent.
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Usually, yes. We understand that one of the largest costs for an offsite school experience is the transport needed to get there.
Therefore, we transform your school and its facilities into your very own outdoor learning environment.
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Summer bookings: where possible everything will happen outdoors if the space at your school allows. We may ask to reserve an indoor space for inclement weather .
Autumn and Spring: whilst we will aim to facilitate as many activities as possible outside it is likely that we will look to use a school hall/ gym or classroom for some of our thinking and problem-solving sessions.
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We would love to welcome as many school staff as possible to the day to support the students and get involved in some of the activities. However, we understand that releasing staff from their busy teaching timetables is difficult. Our facilitators will run all sessions, so we will just need some school staff on hand to support on more pastoral matters and supervise during any breaks.
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These days are predominantly delivered in the south and east of England. If your school is further afield then please do continue to get in touch and we look into it further
Interested in this day?
Send us a message and we’ll get back to you within a day.
Alternatively, call us:
01245 830123
Or schedule a 15-minute call with Tom, our Co-Founder and Co-Director!