Year Six pupils from the Driffield cluster of primary schools recently took part in history events at Driffield School.
The events were run to introduce Year Six children to Driffield School and the secondary school environment.
Children from 13 local primary schools and from outside the catchment who have chosen to come to Driffield School in September 2013, took part in the events.
All the activities were devised by the History Department working in partnership with a local company, Lorenz Imaging and Design, which specialises in designing educational activities and events for children.
The days included fun history quizzes, IT activities, a history trail to help familiarise children with the school site and a school dinner in one of the school’s canteens. Many children also travelled to Driffield School on the school buses to give them a taste of what it will be like when they start in September.
Children from different schools were mixed together and worked in teams to complete all the activities. Each team was supported by a Year Nine student, who volunteered to be a team leader for the day.
The history staff threw themselves in to the event with some of them dressing up for the days as historical characters. Mrs Guest was Queen Elizabeth I, complete with tiara and jewels, and Mr Bemrose, head of Mortimer House, dressed up as the famous local archaeologist John Mortimer to give the Y6s a quick guide to archaeology.
Community Engagement Manager, Elaine Collinson, commented, “This is the fifth year we have run these Year Six transition events at Driffield School.
“They have always proved very successful and are a great way to introduce Year Six children to life at Driffield School and hopefully help to make them feel more confident about starting their new school in September.
“Being mixed together in teams gives them an opportunity to make new friends and having a Year Nine student as a team leader helps them to see they will be well supported by older students when they come to Driffield School.”
