Nursery World - Pupils' book eases path to big school

Where will I eat my lunch? What will I have to eat? What do I do when the bell rings? These are just some of the questions young children often ask when they are about to start school. But the pupils starting Primary 1 at Letham Primary in Angus next term have had many of their questions answered already in a handbook designed especially for them by children in Primary 6.

But the pupils starting Primary 1 at Letham Primary in Angus next term have had many of their questions answered already in a handbook designed especially for them by children in Primary 6.

As part of an enterprise project, the P6 pupils set up their own company, called P6 Trademark, and created the handbook to make the step from nursery to primary a little less daunting.

'Parents get a handbook when their child comes to school, but the children need to know things too,' said one of the pupils, who is a director of the company.

Headteacher Linda McDonald said, 'The handbook is more child-friendly than the one the parents receive. It is full of drawings the children have done to tell the little ones about the everyday things they are going to come up against.'

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