The countdown is on to your first day at Ryburn! Are you as excited as we are?
It’s almost time for you to join the Ryburn family. You’ll find lots to help as you prepare for a smooth start at high school. You will meet your new form tutor, take a tour of the school, learn more about your summer iGen reading book and lots more during our Transition Day on 5 July 2024. Our website has a wealth of information all year round, so you can take your time exploring and refer back to it if you need to.
We’re really looking forward to meeting you. See you soon!
Starting AT RYBURN WILL BE A VERY EXCITING aND IMPORTANT TIME FOR YOU and WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO START YOUR JOURNEY.
Hi I'm Mrs Robinson, Associate Assistant Headteacher and I am responsible for making your transition to Year 7 a smooth and happy one. On behalf of the staff and students at Ryburn, I would like to wish you a warm welcome and say how delighted we are that you have been awarded a place at our fantastic school.
In the upcoming months I will be visiting your school, and will have the pleasure of meeting you all in person. I'm sure you will have lots of questions, and there will be plenty of opportunities to ask them when we visit.
We will keep adding useful information to this page to ensure this whole experience is a truly positive one. So keep on checking back.
Once again a massive congratulations at making such a wonderful decision to join us here at Ryburn!
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Key Dates
| Transition Evening | Monday 1 July 2024 |
| Transition Day | Friday 5 July 2024 |
| First Day at Ryburn | Tuesday 3 September 2024 |
Welcome to our SEND students
As part of our extended transition programme for those students who need a little extra help, we’ve produced a welcome video and a guide to Ryburn.
How much do you know about your new school?
Test your Ryburn knowledge in our quick quiz by members of our Student Council.
Your iGen Summer Reading
In your welcome pack, you’ll have found a copy of ‘The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh’ by Helen Rutter. This is your very first ‘iGen’ book; these are the novels you read with your form and get thinking and talking about the issues the characters face.
We’d like you to read this book over the summer holidays. When you start in September, it will be an experience you can share and talk about with your new form. Please return the book in September.
We hope the book makes you laugh out loud, and think a bit, and we hope you enjoy reading it.
Check out the links below to explore it a bit more.
Your welcome Booklet
Read this guide carefully to find out what to expect at Ryburn, and what we expect from you.
A DAY AT RYBURN
This video was produced by our previous Year 7 Student Council to show new students what a typical ‘day in the life’ of a Ryburn student is like.
More resources and support
BBC Bitesize STarting secondary school
Packed with videos, interactive games, and tips and advice, this is a great resource for new students and your parents to explore.
Resources for Parents & Carers
Are you feeling excited and confident about starting school, but your parents are nervous wrecks? That’s pretty normal, it’s a big change for them too! Don’t miss our top tips for parents on page 7 of our welcome booklet. These links might help too.
Online resources
This pre-teens online safety advice for parents of 11-13s from Internet Matters has lots of tips, information and guidance on all aspects of online safety including gaming, cyberbullying and social media.
Family Lives guide to supporting your child starting secondary school has lots of information and related links.
Books
Sarah Ockwell-Smith’s ‘Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds’ is a guide for parents of tweens, including sections on your child’s brain development, starting secondary school, puberty, screen time, friendships and relationships, mental health and body image.
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk is a really practical book full of tips to help parents of teenagers with communication and relationships.
Are you following us on social media?
Its a great way to keep in touch with news and notices about everything happening in school
Any questions?
If you’ve any questions or worries about starting at Ryburn, enter them here and we will send them to your new Head of Year.