Passport is a template for successful bridging projects between primary and secondary schools.

By collecting visas for skills and investigations to carry forward into KS3, pupils build a reassuring link for themselves between their schools.

As a record of pupil achievements at KS2 Passport provides tangible information to KS3 teachers to build upon that success. A choice of investigations and structured follow-up helps you plan the elusive smoother transition.

(Approx PDF file size 600k)

You may then print copies for your pupils to complete.

Please Note: You will need to have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer, which you can download free of charge by clicking this link.

The pdf file contains an A5 twelve page pupil booklet.

To print it out and make a booklet, follow these instructions:

It might be an idea to test this with a few pages or may be only one to begin with to get it right, all printers print differently.

First download the PDF. The PDF pages have been put in a funny order but it will make sense in the end!

Print the odd pages first and then collate them making sure you do not lose the order of the pages. Some printers may require the page order to be reversed, do a test first.

Flip them over & place them back into your printers feed tray so the next lot of prints will be on the back of the pages you just printed with both sides orientated upright.

Then print the even pages.

You'll end up with the pages printed like a book and now you simply need to fold them down the centre and staple the pages.
(Tip: folding them as a pile rather than individually will give a neater finish, though it is harder to do.)
(Another tip: if don't have a stapler big enough to reach across to the fold, use 2 staplers un-folded: one for the base & the other lined up on top to push the staple in. The trick is to get the metal bending plate lined up with the staple. Test it out on some scrap paper to get the hang of it & mind your fingers when you!)

Page 1
Passport design front cover.

Page 2
Personal details for name, school, class.

Page 3
Personal data. This section is a record of personal features e.g. height and eye colour in Year 6 and Year 7. As some features change whilst others remain the same, this gives an opportunity to introduce variation in QCA Unit 7D.
Good health. Pupils collect vaccination records as they would in a normal passport, which could be linked to work on micro-organisms.

Page 4
About yourself. Encourage pupils to think about the relevance of science to their everyday lives. When first asked to name a scientist in their family many pupils will find it difficult to give an answer. By discussing different jobs that friends and family do they can begin to appreciate where the science fits in.

Page 5
My scientific skills. A sheet of ‘Visas’ that can be printed onto sticky labels or cut out and stuck on as pupils complete sections of the Passport. Choose your own criteria for awarding ‘Visas’, allowing pupils of all abilities to be rewarded for progress.
Practical visas. Pupils can see their own progression in basic skills through KS2 and 3 as they learn to use different equipment with a higher degree of accuracy.

Download the sheet of ‘Visas’
(Approx PDF file size 1.1meg)

Page 6
Apparatus visa. Pupils tick off pieces of apparatus as they become competent with them. There are a few pieces that can to be completed in Year 7 to show pupils their progression.

Page 7
Vocabulary visa. Pupils keep a record of scientific terms during Year 6 to take into Year 7.

Pages 8-11
Investigations visa. A choice of three investigations to begin at KS2 and complete at KS3. These pages have been left blank for pupils to record their investigations. Many primary schools are trialling Passport this term with their own investigations. Please do this yourselves. We are eager for feedback as to whether you would find a generic writing frame useful for the investigations. If so, what sort of sections should be included? Let us know by email to: jenifer.burden@scienceyear.com

Page 12
Where you have been. Pupils record science visits with an official stamp from the centre if they can and web sites they use for research during Year 6..

The three investigation topics have been chosen for their clear continuity in content between the two key stages. The Year 6 activities dovetail easily with Year 7 units that can be covered in September, and alternative activities have been produced for children who have not completed Passport in Year 6.

Full teacher notes and pupil resource are available from the ASE CD Roms online, you'll find them at the bottom of the page. Choose from:

Environment
Looking at habitats and adaptations. This activity is fun for the summer term. The amount of fieldwork required is flexible and options for different habitats mean that school geography is not a barrier. Communication, group work and literacy are highlighted at different points through the activity.

Solutions
Uses easily resourced and much-loved jelly dissolving to build investigative practical skills, predictions, analysis and evaluation.

The golden ratio
Focusing on their faces, pupils collect variation data that draws them into the world of the Ancient Greek's ‘Golden Mean’. Numeracy is highlighted through calculation of simple ratios.