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Ìý Children and new schools 12ÌýJuly 2004 Ìý
Can the move to secondary school be made easier?

Every summer the nation's 11-yr-olds and their parents prepare for a rite of passage - the move from primary to secondary school. For some, it's a challenge they're looking forward to; for others it's a terrifying prospect. Certainly there's often an academic tailing off during the first year of secondary school. So how can the transition to 'big school' be made easier?
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Judy Merry speaks to pupils at St Paul's Primary School, Blackburn, about their expectations of moving to secondary school.Ìý
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Sheila discusses the issuesÌýwithÌýPam Bowmaker, Headmistress of The Charter School, Dr Val Milman, Senior Education and Kate Figes: author of The Terrible Teens.

The Terrible Teens by Kate Figes is published byÌý Penguin Books


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