The need it meets
Purpose
A high-energy team day for new year groups — especially Year 6 transition and summer starters. Students play, laugh and collaborate so names stick, nerves settle and the year group feels like a team — because the research is clear: positive transitions in the first weeks have a direct impact on attendance, wellbeing and engagement across the whole year.
What students experience
In the room
The day moves from ice-breakers and team games into short improv and drama activities, a lively interactive quiz, and a guided "build your own AI" creative block. The AI segment uses presenter-written prompts only: ethical, age-appropriate and linked to wellbeing and curiosity — never a free-for-all.
Learning intentions
What we aim for
- Help every student feel seen and included in a new year group.
- Build trust, communication and teamwork through play and improv.
- Create shared positive memories before the academic year ramps up.
- Introduce ethical, guided AI creativity in a safe, curriculum-aligned way — delivering against the Digital Competence Framework from day one of a student's secondary journey.
Concrete gains
Lasting takeaways
- Smoother transitions: fewer "I don't know anyone" moments.
- Stronger year-group identity and confidence to speak up.
- A purposeful, memorable day that gives SLT a transition event they can point to — evidenced, curriculum-aligned and ready to reference in self-evaluation and wellbeing reporting.
The arc of the session
How the time is spent
Team Games
Energetic challenges that mix classes and break the ice fast.
Improv & Drama
Short, safe improv games that build confidence and listening.
Interactive Quiz
Whole-group quiz with buzz, teamwork and light competition.
Build Your Own AI
Guided, ethical AI creativity using presenter prompts — wellbeing aligned.
Wrap-up Together
Celebrate the day and reinforce belonging before students head home.
The shift you can expect
After the session
Students leave knowing more names, feeling more relaxed in the group, and having shared a purposeful day that mixes fun with a first, ethical taste of AI — ready for the year ahead. Schools receive a session summary and feedback report — ready to use as evidence of transition provision, wellbeing intervention and curriculum-aligned activity for governors and leadership teams.
Assurance for leaders
Curriculum & inspection fit
Estyn 2024 Framework — Wellbeing, Care, Support & Guidance
Positive transitions are explicitly referenced in Estyn's inspection framework as a key indicator of a school's commitment to learner wellbeing. The Fun Day gives inspectors something concrete to point to — a structured, evidence-backed transition event that builds belonging before the academic pressure begins.
Estyn — Attendance & Belonging
From September 2024, Estyn inspectors are required to report on attendance — and the research link between transition quality, belonging and attendance is well established. A year group that starts together, connected and settled, shows up differently. This session is part of that foundation.
Curriculum for Wales — Four Purposes & Health and Well-being AoLE
Develops Healthy, Confident Individuals through communication, collaboration and play — and introduces Ethical, Informed Citizens to guided AI creativity from their very first weeks. Direct delivery into the statutory Health and Well-being Area of Learning and Experience.
Digital Competence Framework — First Contact Done Right
Digital competence is mandatory across the Curriculum for Wales from the earliest stages. The guided AI creativity block — using presenter-written, ethically framed prompts — gives students their first structured, safe encounter with AI as a tool for curiosity rather than a shortcut. That framing matters, and it starts here.
What to arrange
Planning the visit
- Format: One day, 4-hour facilitated programme (timings agreed with school).
- Cohorts: 1 or 2 cohorts per booking (e.g. transition groups or year-group blocks).
- Investment: £495 for the 4-hour day (travel and materials quoted at cost where applicable).
- Space & Setup: Hall or large room; screen + projector; presenter brings session resources and guided AI activity materials.
Evidence-based. Experience-built. Delivered in both languages.
Building a programme
Where to go next
Often paired with
Typical investment
Fun day £495 (4 hrs, 1-2 cohorts). Gateway & specialist workshops: see their factsheets — ask Gareth for a programme bundle.
To book this fun day or discuss summer / transition dates and cohorts, email: bookings@fflam.wales