The Transition to School Digital Statement captures a child’s developmental progress, strengths and learning dispositions aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) outcomes. It helps schools to prepare for new Kindergarteners and support continuity of learning.

The statement aligns with the EYLF outcomes and may be used to complement other important activities such as information and orientation sessions and the Best Start Kindergarten Assessment.

Together, they can help provide schools with information to:

• get to know the children entering their classrooms
• help students settle into their new school environment
• begin to plan appropriate teaching and learning programs.

Sharing information using the transition to school statement

Continuity of learning is enabled when educators and teachers (in both the early childhood and school settings) communicate about what children know, understand and can do, and how different teaching, wellbeing and inclusion practices have supported each child’s learning (Ward p.6).

Opportunities the statement provides

The statement provides an opportunity for early childhood education educators to:

• share their knowledge of a child
• document a summative assessment of a child’s learning and development.

The statement provides an opportunity for school staff to:

• engage with local early childhood education services
• identify children who may require additional support or need to be followed up on
• plan tailored or additional transition visits, if required
• find out where a child is up to in their learning
• find out which strategies have been effective for a child
• identify areas of interest and preferred approaches to learning that can be tapped into
• summarise generalisations about the cohort to determine areas of strength and those requiring improvement.

Access Transition to School Digital Statements

NSW public school principals who receive these statements can:

• access the statements through the school’s dashboard or Staff portal application
• delegate staff access through the Access Management Utility (AMU) and Manage Staff Access (MSA).

Resources to support transition to school

• Transition to school digital statement user guide for schools (PDF 390 KB)
• Measuring effective transitions to school (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Ready.Set.School! Guide (for schools) by Reimagine Australia
• Ready.Set.School! Guide (for learning support coordinators and Early Stage 1 coordinators) by Reimagine Australia

Writing the statements – public preschools

Public preschools can use the following resources to support the writing of the Transition to School Digital Statements.

• Guide to completing the statements (PDF 297 KB)
• Transition to school digital statements video