Year 6 to Year 7 Transition
"Congratulations on being offered a place at Plymouth High School for Girls.
As a former pupil of and long-standing teacher at Plymouth High School for Girls, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our school. I consider myself very lucky to have the honour and responsibility of supporting you through this very important transition year. Moving to secondary school can be an overwhelming experience, but equally it can be exciting as with change also comes lots of new opportunities. I hope this section of our website will help you get prepared for joining our community.
Below, you will find transition resources for English, Maths and Modern Foreign Languages. These are not compulsory but have been designed to bridge between Year 6 and 7 and hopefully give you a taste of the challenges to come. In the resources section, you will find a map of the school site which, when viewed alongside the virtual school tour posted below, should help you get a feeling of our site. There have been lots of renovations in recent years, so although it will feel similar to the tour, there will be some changes to decoration.
As Plymouth High School for Girls alumni, I know first hand the very unique and special feeling of community that our school has and how our students are inspired to be collaborative, challenged and aspirational. I hope you are looking forward to experiencing your secondary school years here.
Miss Shellie Joynes
Head of Year 7, Transition Lead
Virtual School Tour
The video linked below is our Virtual School Tour, showing you around our school:
Meet Our Students
The video linked below introduces you to some of our students, and their thoughts and feelings about school life at Plymouth High:
A 'Thinking School'
Everyone at Plymouth High School for Girls is encouraged to think about their thinking! This activity is known as 'metacognition'.
Metacognition helps everyone organise their thoughts, improve their work, ask better questions and to think more creatively.
At Plymouth High School for Girls, we have created a Thinking Toolkit to help our students and staff do this regularly. Click below to learn about some of our favourite thinking tools.
Subject Resources
Please see below some resources that have been prepared by some of our subject teachers, which you will find useful when preparing for transition to Plymouth High School for Girls.
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
Year 6 transition reading list
Please click here for our recommended reading list for Primary to Secondary Transition students. These are some books that you may like to read to help prepare you for Year 7.
Once the students start in September, they will be given a login for our Library Management System, AccessIT, which makes browsing and borrowing books from home much easier. The library page on the website provides students with lots of useful information about the borrowing system.
Map of the school grounds
Please click on the button below to upload a map of the school grounds. This map will also be provided to students on their first day to help them find their way around the school site.
The first day
Students will be given a full induction of the school on their first day. To find out more about what to expect, click the button below.
Further Information
Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our website. There is a vast array of useful information which we update regularly to inform and update our school community.
We also have a school Facebook page which we use to promote and celebrate our student achievements, you are very welcome to join our online community to see what our students are up to: Plymouth High School for Girls | Facebook
Please see below our frequently asked questions for further information.