Secondary Transition — Summer Holiday Bridging Pack
Activities for the long summer break between primary and secondary. Designed to keep the child connected to learning without piling on the work. Includes reading recommendations, the 'visit your new school' suggestions, journey practice, and the things they should NOT spend the summer doing.
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Learning objective
Provide families and Y6 teachers with a balanced summer-holiday plan that maintains learning connection without inducing pre-September anxiety.
About this resource
- Subject: Year Transitions
- Type: Activity Pack
- Grade levels: Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 9
- Date added: 2026-11-07
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books mentioned in this resource
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above — they're a small selection of the authors mentioned, available on Amazon UK.
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Football Academy: Boys United — Tom Palmer
Realistic fiction — Y3-Y6, reluctant readers -
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Murder Most Unladylike — Robin Stevens
Mystery series — Y4-Y6 -
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Matilda — Roald Dahl
Classic, suits Y3-Y6 -
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How to Train Your Dragon — Cressida Cowell
Fantasy series, Y3-Y6 -
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Cosmic — Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Realistic fiction with humour -
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney
Funny, accessible -
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Gangsta Granny — David Walliams
Funny, well-known -
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Tom Gates: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates — Liz Pichon
Funny, illustrated, accessible -
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Holes — Louis Sachar
UKS2 fiction, often used in Y6 -
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Wonder — R.J. Palacio
UKS2 fiction, themes of kindness -
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Smile — Raina Telgemeier
Graphic novel, widely loved -
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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief — Rick Riordan
Fantasy series, UKS2 -
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — Charlie Mackesy
Picture book, all ages, gentle
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