{"id":8,"date":"2026-01-12T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:57:09","slug":"elc-to-primary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"ELC to Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Primary<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What these should look like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In an ELC setting there are several transitions we expect a child to manage: from home to the setting; person to person; setting to setting; outdoors to indoors and ultimately from ELC to Primary school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is essential that all of these are handled sensitively, inclusively, and positively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Managers co-create with schools and ELC providers an overview of a transition programme for the session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For children with additional support needs (ASN), following a Resource Provision Allocation, consider enhanced transition support tailored to the individual needs of the child and family. This may include a longer transition period, visits to the setting outside normal hours, shorter familiarisation visits, or additional time with key adults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop a liaison calendar to support staff collaboration for example, encourage school early level staff to visit ELC centre to become familiar with children and their experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For parents and families prior to the start of the new session hold information evening for parent\/carers of children within Early Level (CfE).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>See roles and responsibilities of ELC and Primary School Practitioners for transition practice <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(reference Transition Policy for Home to Early Learning Children to Primary 1 (August 2023) \u2013 insert link to glow) &nbsp;as above webpage<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Primary What these should look like In an ELC setting there are several transitions we expect a child to manage: from home to the setting; person to person; setting to setting; outdoors to indoors and ultimately from ELC to Primary school. It is essential that all of these are handled sensitively, inclusively, and positively. See roles and responsibilities of ELC and Primary School Practitioners for<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/?page_id=8\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19366,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/transitionpathways\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}