In the Transitus year, learners will spend a significant portion of their timetabled week with subject specialists from the Senior School, helping learners to prepare for the move into S1. This provision also widens access to a broader range of curricular subjects, again enhancing the transition of our learners and developing subject specific skills early in their journey.
| Term 1 | Making Connections and Research Project |
| Term 2 | Fairy Tales and Non-Fiction Texts |
| Term 3 | Reading Skills |
| Term 1 | Name Plate Design, Graphics and Logo Design |
| Term 2 | Impressionist Watercolour Landscapes |
| Term 3 | Continuous Line Pop Art inspired Portraits |
| Term 1 | Musicals, Music and Dance & Festive Music |
| Term 2 | Scottish Orchestral Music, The Music Industry and Music Technology Project |
| Term 3 | Audio Music Technology Project and World Music |
| Term 1 | Creation Unit, Christianity, Christmas |
| Term 2 | Disciples, Easter |
| Term 3 | Rites of Passage, Corrie ten Boom |
| Term 1 | Marketing and Coding with Scratch |
| Term 2 | Break-Even Analysis and Engineering: Making a Catapult |
| Term 3 | Spreadsheets |
| Term 1 | Number and number processes. Place Value. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. Fractions. Converting Units |
| Term 2 | Ratio. Algebra. Decimals. Fractions, Decimals, Percentages. Area, Perimeter and Volume. Statistics |
| Term 3 | Shape. Position and Direction. Themed Project |
| Term 1 | My Town and Where I Live, Festivals and Traditions |
| Term 2 | Favourite Food and Dishes, Recipes and Grammar Rules |
| Term 3 | Shopping and Money |
| Term 1 | Be Scientific - Introduction to Science |
| Term 2 | Sound, Sight and Touch |
| Term 3 | Could we live in Space? |
| Term 1 | Australia |
| Term 2 | Antarctica |
| Term 3 | The USA |
Transitus learners will receive 4 periods of Physical Education per week.
Within the Department we aim to support and challenge each pupil to develop a lifelong love of physical activity through a strategic curriculum, varied co-curricular programme and excellent teaching and learning.
During Physical Education lessons pupils will experience breadth, challenge, and progression in a range of activities including; invasion games, net & wall games, cross-country, social dance, gymnastics, swimming, field games and tennis. Through participation in these activities, pupils should develop their performance skills and knowledge and understanding of how physical, mental, social, and emotional factors have an impact upon their physical activity. These lessons will also provide an insight into National Qualifications.
In addition to the timetabled Physical Education and Sport, learners can participate in a range of co-curricular activities which include basketball, boys' and girls' football, netball, cross country, athletics, cricket and swimming. The co-curricular session provide a context for pupils to transfer their learning from Physical Education and an opportunity to further refine their technical skills and tactical understanding of their chosen activity. As well as a further opportunity to be physically active, these after or before school sessions will prepare learners to represent Hamilton College in sporting fixtures against other schools.
LifeSkills is an important part of a child’s education, it is vital that we ensure that our learners are equipped with the knowledge that they will need to be successful in their everyday lives.
Lifeskills (Personal, Social, & Health Education) is an important element of every child’s education. It is vital that we ensure that our learners are equipped with the knowledge and wisdom that they will need to be successful in their everyday lives and as they grow up. Topics covered in Transitus are broadly in line with those currently raised within wider society and all lessons and resources are age appropriate and reviewed annually with learner feedback. Through Lifeskills, learners develop confidence and resilience to make wise life choices that will enable them to contribute positively to society.
In Transitus, some of the topics covered are -