About the Cluster
The Ready Set Connect cluster consists of primary schools and some of their feeder high schools; Hilltop Road Public School, Greystanes Public School, Beresford Road Public School, Greystanes High School, Merrylands High School, and Arthur Philip High School. We have also connected and collaborated with Moree East Public School. Although some of these schools are close geographically, the context and complexities within each school are significantly different.
The Ready Set Connect cluster has worked together to develop and grow transition practices within our schools that strengthen the relationships with parents and community. Through working as a cluster, we have had the opportunity to trial and implement evidence-based practices that have been co-created by schools, around transition and parent and community engagement. These strategies aim to support students to have reduced anxiety when transitioning to and from different school settings and ensure families do not become isolated, promoting a sense of belonging and social connectedness within the schools and the community as a whole.
Ready Set Connect Clarity Story
In the past schools discussed transition and parent engagement strategies and programs on a case-by-case basis within their context.
Then something happened, we applied for and were successful in receiving the Fair Education cluster grant as all schools shared a common goal to strengthen transition and parent engagement.
So now we use the power of the collective in order to develop and try new strategies that are contextualised for individual schools and communities.
In the future, we will have a diverse range of strategies that are easily adaptable to suit the context of schools outside the cluster. These strategies are constantly evolving and changing in response to different/ newly identified ideas.