I am well aware that we are in the last term of primary school for our sixth class students and they will be shortly taking that next big step into secondary school. From talking to parents with teenagers, secondary school is a whole different ball game! So I have started looking for information about making that transition to help get all us parents into the secondary school mode of thinking.
I came across some documentation about moving from Primary to Secondary School. The first is from the National Parents Council website.
Transition from Primary to Post Primary Transition from Primary to Post Primary
The link below is from schooldays.ie website
http://www.schooldays.ie/articles/Transition-from-Primary-School-to-Secondary-School