A change from pre-school institution to elementary school- european perspective

Prelazak iz predškolske ustanove u osnovnu školu može za djecu, ali i za roditelje, predstaviti stresno razdoblje. Dijete se za polazak u osnovnu školu priprema tijekom predškolskih godina. Svaki prijelaz traži adaptaciju. Dijete treba pripremiti na polazak u školu te na obveze koje ga čekaju. Svako dijete ima pravo na jednake uvjete tranzicije iz predškolske ustanove u osnovnu školu. Kako bi se osigurala djetetova dobrobit potrebno je da se usklade pristupi tranzicije s osobitostima svakog djeteta. Tada mislimo na kompetencije koje se očekuju od djece godinu dana prije polazak u školu poput komunikacijskih, kreativnih, umjetničkih, osobnih, socijalnih i drugih kompetencija. Suradnja svih sudionika procesa je potrebna kako bi se djeci olakšao proces tranzicije te kako bi se prilagodba na školu olakšala. Većina zemalja je uvela različite mjere pomoći djeci i roditeljima u procesima tranzicije. U svim kurikulima postoje smjernice kako olakšati djeci, a i roditeljima, procese tranzicije iz predškolske u školsku ustanovu.A change from pre-school institution to primary school can be stressful both for children and parents. A child is getting ready for the elementary school through the pre-school period. Every change requires a certain kind of adaptation. It is important to prepaire a child for a new start at school and for his new obligations. In order to provide quality and consistency in education it is important to think about the successful change of a child in different contexts. This process of change needs to comply withh every child and his own personality in order for him to benefit from this process. It is every child's need to have the same starting point when changing from the pre-school institution to a primary school. By this I refer to some basic competence knowledge every child is supposed to have in a year before starting his primary school education. Some of those competences include comunicative skills, creative skills, artistic, personal, social and other competences. In order to enable every child an equal process of change that is same educational possibilities, it is crucial to have a cooperation of all members in the process. Most countries have introduced different measures of help for children and parents in processes of change. In every curriculum there are some guides how to make this process easier for children and parents