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Year 6-7 Summer Transition Programme | Supporting Children with a More Confident Start to Secondary School | 7000+ Children Attended & Free to Secondary Schools
England, United Kingdom
Joined September 2018
Exciting News! Our latest activities video for our Summer Transition Programme is here! 🎉 Secondary schools are reaching out to find out more about our incredible programme. Get ready for a summer of fun! 📚#SummerTransition #Education #SecondarySchools #halfterm 🧡💙
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Do your students love playing The Pirate Game but you’re looking for a fresh twist? Send us a message to receive 16 free pre-filled Traitors Game sheets (designed for pairs) — a brilliant way to combine strategy, deduction, and maths as a reward activity
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Trust no one. Question everything. As #CelebrityTraitors returns tonight, here’s how we bring that same energy into schools. Teamwork. Deception. Strategy. Could your students uncover the traitor? 🎭 #TheBigStep #Traitors #Education #RewardDays
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The brand-new Celebrity Traitors series starts on BBC1 this October. We know lots of students tuned in last time (they told me) and no doubt they’ll be watching again. If you’re looking for a reward day idea with a twist, this could be the one. 🧡💙
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Tayla absolutely blew us away with how confidently and articulately she spoke throughout this podcast—especially at just 11 years old! In this snippet, she shares some of her favourite activities from The Big Step summer transition programme🎙️✨ Thank you to Matt Hyde (MBACP)
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✨ Did you know? ✨ We’ve now delivered The Big Step to over 7,000 children! 🧡 But it doesn’t stop there – with parents included, that’s closer to 21,000 lives impacted. It’s not just the children who benefit. By helping young people build confidence, tackle anxiety, and
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🎉 FREE Escape Room Day for ONE Secondary School in Bristol (or surrounding areas)- next week! I’m offering ONE lucky secondary school in Bristol or the surrounding areas a FREE Escape Room Day next week – and there’s no catch! 🚪🔑 This is your chance to: ✅ Engage up to 150
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🎓 "The Big Step is changing lives—and here’s what people are saying!" Starting secondary school can be daunting, but feedback like this shows just how impactful The Big Step is in making that transition smooth, exciting, and meaningful for students: 💬 "There are hundreds of
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🚨 Top Tip Cash Competition Alert! 🚨 Our Top Tip Competition is running until 15th December 2025, and we want to hear from YOU!🌟 📱 Got a smartphone? Got a great tip for transition?Whether you're a parent or a child, send us your best advice for children or parents about
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What do you want to talk about? The Big Step is taking, well, a big step! We’re launching a podcast! 🎙️ We’re excited to share our podcast space (check out the video) and start conversations about transition and all things education. Are you in education or have personal
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🌟 3 Things You Should Know About The Big Step" – Straight from the Students! 🌟 We recently caught up with three incredible students who attended The Big Step over the summer. Now settled into their secondary school, they’ve shared their top three takeaways from the programme
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🎉 FREE Escape Room or CSI Investigation Day for Secondary Schools in Bristol! 🎉 We’re so confident you’ll love what we do, we’re offering a FREE Escape Room or CSI Investigation experience day to ANY secondary school in Bristol or surrounding areas (Bristol postcodes).
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Congratulations to our Under 15 girls teams who won all their games at a six aside competition to become joint champions! Well done girls.
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I had a phone call with a headteacher last night who shared that she often wishes she could give parents some honest “home truths” and advice. If you work in education, what do you wish you could say to parents but often can’t? I’m putting together a resource to support year
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The Fox is Out of the Bag- Welcome, @BishopFoxs! 🦊 Bishop Fox’s School is joining The Big Step family, helping even more year 6 students transition smoothly into secondary school. With activities like escape rooms, CSI investigations, giant Cluedo, glow-in-the-dark-dodgeball,
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As a headteacher or member of the senior leadership team, you know that a smooth transition from primary to secondary school is crucial for both academic success and student well-being. The jump to Year 7 comes with excitement, but also anxiety and uncertainty for many students
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See a glimpse of what The Big Step can offer with two screenshots from our latest brochure! Our Year 6-7 Summer Transition Programme is designed to make the move from primary to secondary school as smooth and enjoyable as possible. Glow-in-the-dark dodgeball, martial arts,
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ”This is genius. I felt like I was in Mission Impossible!" – Student ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Absolutely incredible." – Year 7 Head of Year 🌟 Yesterday, we brought our "Poisoned School Dinner" escape room to @BishopFoxs in Taunton, Somerset. Over 120 students took part,
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