International Day Each year at South Hill School, we celebrate 'International Day'. Each year group represents a country from around the world which is also representative of our South Hill communities. For that day, year groups represent and learn more about their chosen country and can wear traditional clothing from their celebrated country or colours of the flag. All pupils learn about the geography of their chosen country and where to locate the country on a map, what continent the country is part of and what countries are nearby, we might learn about famous buildings and landmarks.   For PE, we are lucky to have Don Rae Academy join us to teach traditional dances from each country. Make sure you come in and watch our fantastic performances in the afternoon!   For MFL (Modern Foreign Language), all year groups learn a few key phrases and words. We also focus on learning a traditional song!   All year groups have the opportunity to taste food originating from that country. Some year groups complete a food tasting activity while other year groups make the traditional food themselves. Some year groups look at the religion and the history of their chosen country, focusing on some significant people from that country and how the country has possibly changed over time. The countries remain the same each year, ensuring that our children gain a rich understanding of different cultures and traditions from all over the world. The countries represented are: Reception- Bangladesh Year 1- Poland Year 2- India Year 3- Romania Year 4- Portugal Year 5- Turkey Year 6- Ghana "I wanted to pass on my thanks to the staff who made today (international day) at school so special. My son came home very happy and inspired by the country (and food!) of Bangladesh. The dance performance at the end of the day was wonderful and you could see how hard children and staff worked to make this happen." Parent of a pupil in EYFS

Εισαγωγές Για πληροφορίες σχετικά με την είσοδο στο Δημοτικό Σχολείο South Hill, θα πρέπει να επικοινωνήσετε με το Hertfordshire County Council για να μάθετε τις ρυθμίσεις εισδοχής του σχολείου. Δείτε τον παρακάτω σύνδεσμο: Πληροφορίες εισαγωγής Our Pupil Admission Number is 60. We endeavour under the terms of Hertfordshire’s Local Education Authority’s admission policy to accommodate children from within our local area wherever possible. Hertfordshire Local Authority is responsible for the allocation of places in schools for children of primary school age. Children join our Reception class in the September before their fifith birthday. If you would like to apply for a place outside the normal admission times then click HERE which will take you to Hertfordshire County Council In Year Admission applications. Arrangements for the admission of pupils with disabilities In order that children who have a disability may be catered for, the school seeks advice from the Local Authority regarding the admission of such pupils. The school will endeavour to make any necessary arrangements in full consultation with the parents and any other agencies involved. It may be necessary in some cases for specialised equipment to be purchased, support staff to be employed, and minor adaptations to be made to buildings and furniture. These will need to be done in consultation with the Local Authority, and may take some time to implement. Steps to prevent disabled pupils being treated less favourably than other pupils The school’s Accessibility Plan (found HERE ) sets out the Governors’ response to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 which requires that a pupil should not be treated less favourably because of a disability. Existing facilities to assist access to the school by pupils with disabilities Accessible toilets are available on the ground and lower ground floors. Wheelchair access is available to the building on the ground and lower ground floors Elevator in the KS2 building from lower ground to 1st floor. Elevator from lower ground floor to the playground. Playgrounds are accessible by slopes

Φυσική αγωγή Είμαστε πολύ τυχεροί που έχουμε έναν τόσο υπέροχο καταπράσινο ιστότοπο. Έχουμε ένα εκτεταμένο γήπεδο που επισημαίνεται ως επίσημο γήπεδο ποδοσφαίρου κατώτερου μεγέθους και γήπεδο στρογγυλεμένων καθώς και αθλητικό κομμάτι στην κατάλληλη αθλητική σεζόν. Η σκληρή επιφάνεια χρησιμοποιείται ως γήπεδο netball για προπόνηση όλο το χρόνο και αγώνες κατά τους Όρους του Φθινοπώρου και της Άνοιξης. Όλοι οι μαθητές έχουν την ευκαιρία να λάβουν μέρος σε μια ποικιλία δραστηριοτήτων κατά τη διάρκεια των μαθημάτων τους στο Εθνικό Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών και προσφέρουμε επιπλέον λέσχες εκτός σχολικών ωρών και στους τρεις όρους. Το South Hill Primary School είναι ενεργό μέρος του Dacorum School Sports Network και επωφελείται τεράστια από τους πόρους και την εκπαίδευση που προσφέρεται μέσω της συνεργασίας. Αυτό ενισχύει το άθλημα που προσφέρεται σε όλους τους μαθητές μας. Τα μαθήματα κολύμβησης για μαθητές KS2 διοργανώνονται κατά τη διάρκεια του σχολικού έτους. Αυτά πραγματοποιούνται στο Hemel Sports Center χρησιμοποιώντας τους εξειδικευμένους εκπαιδευτές του κέντρου. Το Δημοτικό Σχολείο South Hill ενθαρρύνει τους μαθητές του να συμμετάσχουν στον αθλητισμό. Πιστεύουμε ότι χτίζει ομαδικό πνεύμα σε μια κουλτούρα υγιούς ανταγωνισμού. Ημερολόγιο DSSN Φθινόπωρο 2020 School Games Long Term Plan Subject Overview Active Lives Survey Community clubs We are extremely lucky to be close to so many great sporting clubs, who are willing and able to support our pupils and teachers. We have benefited from the coaching skills of Berkhamsted Hockey club, Leverstock Green tennis club, Bytomic Taekwondo, Christina Marks School of Performing Arts and Hertfordshire Cricket. The children have also been inspired by a visit from Victoria Ohuruogu - an English track athlete who won silver at the Commonwealth Games last year! We also book workshops for the children that support their physical and mental wellbeing. Challenge Sport Education have provided us with these a number of times and have been greatly enjoyed by the children. Running track Our extensive school grounds, includes a running track which is used by every year group each day. The children are encouraged to run or walk around the 300-metre long track in their break times, but also as healthy active breaks during lesson time. Once a half term, our sports coach sets an extra challenge, where children compete against other classes to run or walk as many laps as possible in a week. We understand that active children are often happy children so Friday is Daily Mile Friday for family to join in too! The side gate opens at 8:20am each Friday for families to run with their children before school. Orienteering course Our grounds has an orienteering course, which enables us to make some of our other lessons in the curriculum more active. Children can regularly be seen running happily from zone to zone to solve historical, geographical, mathematical and English facts. Clubs We offer a range of clubs at our school. Please use the links to find out more information. Morning Games Club – years 1 to 6 Game On football – years 1 and 2 After school football – years 3 to 6 Netball – years 4 to 6 Basketball – years 3 to 6 Street dance – years 1 to 6 Rounders – Summer term Sports day Our sports day is a day designed to inspire and engage pupils, as well as to compete. We have a whole day of sporting events, starting with a carousel, which is supported by our Sports Ambassadors, and finishing with a range of races. Bookable Clubs Sport Enrichment Sports Day Pupil Voice I like playing games with my friends. I love it when we play football. It is my favourite sport. Harry Y2 PE is very fun and it keeps me healthy. I play football, basketball, cricket and rugby. Aiden Y5 I like when we do running games. It makes me feel happy. We always have fun. Arlo Y1 My favourite sport is football. It is fun to do PE because it gives us a break from learning. I like doing tag rugby. Sam Y6

Outdoor Classroom Day Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child's day. Here at Southhill, we are so lucky to have our fantastic grounds and woodland area. We are committed to providing outdoor learning opportunities wherever possible. On two days of action each year, the Outdoor Classroom campaign encourages teachers to take children outdoors to learn and play. All year round, the movement campaigns for more outdoor learning. This years Summer term date was in May. Every class enjoyed an outdoor learning session with a variety of activities including orienteering, bug hunting, den building, potion making and natural art. There was positive feedback from both children and staff . We look forward to participating in the Autumn term day in November.

Ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες και αναπηρίες Το Δημοτικό Σχολείο South Hill είναι ένα πλήρως ενσωματωμένο σχολείο και στόχος μας είναι: • αύξηση της επίτευξης όλων των παιδιών, συμπεριλαμβανομένων εκείνων με μαθησιακή δυσκολία, αναπηρία, μειονέκτημα ή ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες · • Εξατομίκευση της παροχής, ώστε όλα τα παιδιά να αξιοποιήσουν πλήρως τις δυνατότητές τους • αναγνώριση και αξιολόγηση πρόσθετων αναγκών, θέτοντας κατάλληλη και έγκαιρη παρέμβαση για να διασφαλιστεί ότι όλα γίνονται για την άρση των εμποδίων στη μάθηση με την πρώτη ευκαιρία. • εμπλέκουν ενεργά τους γονείς και τους φροντιστές στις αποφάσεις που επηρεάζουν την εκπαίδευση του παιδιού τους. • αναζητούν τις απόψεις των παιδιών σε όλα τα στάδια της εκπαίδευσης τους. Για την επίτευξη αυτών των στόχων θα διασφαλίσουμε ότι: • όλοι οι ενήλικες έχουν τις υψηλότερες προσδοκίες για κάθε παιδί. • η παροχή ανταποκρίνεται και ταιριάζει στις ανάγκες των παιδιών. • η εκτεταμένη παροχή υπηρεσιών κάνει τη διαφορά στα αποτελέσματα για τα παιδιά και τις οικογένειές τους. • Οι απόψεις του μαθητή χρησιμοποιούνται για την ενημέρωση του σχεδιασμού βελτίωσης του σχολείου. • κάθε παιδί έχει πρόσβαση σε όλους τους τομείς της σχολικής ζωής. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με την ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ στο South Hill, δείτε τους παρακάτω συνδέσμους: Για την τοπική προσφορά Herts, μεταβείτε στη διεύθυνση: www.hertdirect.org/localoffer Εάν έχετε οποιεσδήποτε ανησυχίες σχετικά με το παιδί σας, επικοινωνήστε με το SENCO / INCO μας Κα Jacqui Donley jdonley@southhill.herts.sch.uk 01442 402127 For further information click on the links below Έκθεση πληροφοριών SEN SEND Information Report ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ και πολιτική συμπερίληψης Neurodiversity Support Herts Autism Προσφορά Ποιότητα Herts SEND Προσφορά

Picture News At South Hill School, we utilise the Picture News of our PSHE lessons in Spring 1 and 2. In our first assembly of the week on a Monday morning, the pupils are introduced to the topic they will be following in 'Picture News' for their PSHE lessons. This week, we discovered that in 2025, pupils will be allowed to study British sign language as a GCSE. We thought about this key question; 'Should we learn sign language at school?' Sign Language in School Picture News for Parents So how can Picture News support our pupil’s understanding of PSHE? Picture News is a fantastic resource to help our school teach pupils about current affairs and what’s happening in the world by using real life learning. This facilitates them to develop respect for others whilst incorporating the technique of reflection. Furthermore, it allows pupils to learn about themselves and what interests them. This can then sparks their own imaginations, passions and what they want to change or act upon by voicing opinions and feelings about the topic. There are a number of related resources to facilitate this process such as; useful vocabulary, British Values, Protective Characteristics and on some occasions (if topic specific) the UN Convention of the Rights of the Pupils (UNCRC, 1989). Picture News Spring 2025 Picture News Pupil Voice

Sports Day at South Hill School At South Hill School, our sports day is a fun day for all our pupils. The day begins with EYFS and KS1 meeting on the school field for a carousel of activities. Mr Brathwaite DJs the event and really energises the children as they compete in their houses to get as many points as they can on each activity. Some of these activities are hurdles, javelin, obstacles and dribbling. Our Year six children always help and some activities are run by our year six sports ambassadors! When the carousel is finished, the children then take part in races - again aiming to win points for their houses. Our KS2 children then do the same in the afternoon, with some slightly different activities on the carousel and then ending with their races. Parents are invited to watch and support their children on sports day. They watch from the hillside overlooking the field or from the shade of the daily mile track. It truly is a memorable day!

The South Hill Way At South Hill, we follow 'The South Hill Way', which forms part of our behaviour policy (following the Steps therapeutic behaviour approach). The 'SHW' is an important part of this and promotes our school values, 'The 4 R's'. These are linked to 'British Values' and underpin what it means to be both a pupil and an adult at South Hill. Theo in Year 3 says, “The South Hill Way are our 4 main school rules. They keep everyone safe and mean everyone is the same.” Ada in Year 1 says, “The South Hill Way helps us know what to do and means everyone is happy.” We want every pupil and every adult to embrace and display these values so that everyone can learn and achieve at our school because 'it's the South Hill Way.'

Σχολικό συμβούλιο Γειά σου! Είμαστε η μαθητική φωνή του Δημοτικού Σχολείου South Hill. Το Σχολικό Συμβούλιο αποτελείται από δύο παιδιά από κάθε τάξη που έχουν εκλεγεί από τους συνομηλίκους τους. Κάθε υποψήφιος που επιθυμεί να εκπροσωπήσει την τάξη του πρέπει να κάνει μια σύντομη συζήτηση σχετικά με τις απόψεις και τους στόχους του για το Σχολικό Συμβούλιο και τα παιδιά και στη συνέχεια να ψηφίσουν τους προτιμώμενους υποψηφίους της τάξης. Μέλη του σχολικού συμβουλίου 2020-2021 Έτος 6 - Costy & Rory / Joely & Jack Έτος 5 - Fraser & Gloria / Ava & Alfie S Έτος 4 - Taylor & Oscar / Beau S & Riley Έτος 3 - Izzy & Sam / Lillie & Zubin Έτος 2 - Eva & Oliver / Saraya & Frankie Έτος 1 - Emilia & Thomas / Bertie & Amelia Pupil Voice Tillie – Year 2. “I like coming to the meetings and talking about what we can improve”. Aya – Year 3. “I like being on the School Council because we make decisions for our school”. Daisy – Year 3. “I think the School Council is fun!” Grace – Year 4. “I enjoy helping other people”. Mason – Year 5. “I liked it when I met Brenda at Mountbatten Lodge and we did an activity together”. Izzy – Year 6. “The School Council helps me to make our school a better place for others”.

Religious Education Religious Education Vision To develop knowledge of religion and worldview by asking ‘big questions’. To respect similarities and differences between people and their cultures. To have the confidence to develop their own sense of identity, belonging and worldview. At South Hill we teach a broad and balanced RE curriculum, which aims to develop skills and knowledge that: promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, social and mental development of pupils prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life promotes British values promotes community cohesion (Education Act, 2006) protects children from the risk of radicalisation, from whatever source (The Prevent duty – departmental advice for schools and childcare providers”, June 2015) Our Curriculum At South Hill, we follow ‘Discovery RE’. This is a comprehensive enquiry-based, teaching programme for Religious Education, which aims to give pupils the knowledge, critical thinking skills, open minded and respectful attitudes with which to investigate the world of religion and beliefs. It encompasses the Worldview approach to RE enabling pupils to form their own decisions about what RE means to them and develop their own personal worldview whilst empathising with what it means to other religious and non religious belief holders. It also aims to enable children to grow spiritually by developing their awareness and skills of reflection, their experience of awe and wonder and their appreciation of stillness and silence. Lessons are carefully mapped out in our ‘Long term plan’ and progress through our six golden threads (the 6 principal religions as well as touching on Humanism in appropriate units): CHRISTIANITY (EYFS, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6) JUDAISM (Y1, Y2) HINDUISM (Y5) SIKHISM (Y3) BUDDHISM (Y4) ISLAM (EYFS, Y6) The Big Question Lessons are based around a half-termly ‘Big question’ and follow this sequence of progression: Step 1: Engagement: the children’s own experience and world view is explored to act as bridge from their world (which may or may not include religion) into the world of the religion being studied. Step 2: Investigation: over approximately 3 lessons the teacher will guide the children to explore and investigate appropriate subject knowledge relevant to that question of enquiry. Step 3: Evaluation: An assessment activity enables each child to show their thinking and the depth of critical evaluation Step 4: Expression: This refers the children back to the starting point of their own experience and allows them to reflect on whether their findings have influenced their own thinking. Each year group has a special owl from the Owl Crew. They represent wisdom and promote questioning and exploration. The owl will provide answers and challenge with further questions. By the end of Year 6, we want our pupils to: Develop knowledge of world religions by asking ‘big questions.’ Respect the similarities and differences between people and their cultures. Have the confidence to develop their own sense of identity and belonging. Trips, hooks and theme days Our RE curriculum is enriched by a number of school trips, theme days and assemblies and these provide excellent opportunities to bring our learning to life. Examples are: EYFS: Christmas visit to the local church to hang decorations. Year 1: Celebration of Hannukah with parent visitors to explain their living and believing life. Year 3: Theme day exploring Sikhism concluding with a shared Langar Year 5: Visit to Gadebridge Park with the vicar linking the church to local history. Whole school assemblies with Father Mike exploring Easter and Christmas International Day (please see the ‘International Day’ section of our website) Each year at South Hill School, we celebrate 'International Day'. Each class chooses a country from around the world, which is also representative of our South Hill communities. For that day, year groups investigate and learn about their chosen country. They can wear clothes from their celebrated country or colours of the flag. They experience the food, music, dance and interests of the people in that country. Pupils also explore the culture, traditions and beliefs of their chosen country. Long Term Plan Subject Overview Information for Parents ‘I am Muslim and it means I go to London on Saturdays and Sundays to learn Arabic’ Adiyan. ‘I am Hindu and this means we celebrate Diwali which is coming soon. When you are Hindu you meet up with other Hindus and go to temple and wear special clothes’. Aru I do wonder how we were created so I like RE cos it tells us about that’ Aiden ‘Jesus plays a very important role in Christianity cos he taught people about God and I know about God and I’m a Christian’. Mason ‘My religion is Islam. We celebrate Eid and Ramadan.’ Rahul

World Book Day World Book Day is held each year on the first Thursday in March. As a school we celebrated by sharing Poetry from Jospeh Coelho throughout the week, Learning MC Grammar's World Book Day song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpTkjssrL4k&ab_channel=MCGrammar%E2%80%93RapSongs%26MusicVideos and dressing up as our favourite book characters. Promoting Reading for Pleasure is a large part of our school's reading provision and children have created wish lists for books for us to purchase.

Κυβερνήτες στο South Hill Είμαστε πολύ τυχεροί στο South Hill School, που έχουμε ένα υποστηρικτικό και φροντίδα Διοικητικό Σώμα. Ο ρόλος τους στο σχολείο είναι να διασφαλίσουν ότι τα παιδιά θα έχουν την καλύτερη δυνατή εκπαίδευση και ότι τα πρότυπα είναι όσο το δυνατόν υψηλότερα, από: διασφάλιση της σαφήνειας του οράματος, του ήθους και της στρατηγικής κατεύθυνσης κρατώντας τον Διευθυντή για να λογοδοτήσει για την εκπαιδευτική απόδοση του σχολείου και των μαθητών του εποπτεύοντας τις οικονομικές επιδόσεις του σχολείου και διασφαλίζοντας ότι τα χρήματά του δαπανώνται σωστά Το Διοικητικό Σώμα αποτελείται από εκπροσώπους από γονείς, προσωπικό, το County County Hertfordshire και μέλη που επιλέγονται από το Διοικητικό Όργανο που έχουν τις δεξιότητες που απαιτούνται για να συμβάλουν στην αποτελεσματική διακυβέρνηση και την επιτυχία του σχολείου. Το διοικητικό όργανο συνεδριάζει επί του παρόντος τέσσερις φορές το χρόνο (συμπεριλαμβανομένου τουλάχιστον ενός ανά θητεία). Οι κυβερνήτες μας (την 1η Δεκεμβρίου 2020) Κ. Hans Peters Πρόεδρος των Διοικητών Συνεργαζόμενος κυβερνήτης Λήξη της θητείας: 07 Δεκεμβρίου 2021 Μις Joanne Wellbelove Συν-Διευθυντής - Ex-officio μέλος του Διοικητικού Σώματος Δεσποινίς Leah Wren Συν-Διευθυντής; Συμφωνημένος κυβερνήτης Λήξη της θητείας: 06 Φεβρουαρίου 2024 Κα Gail May Συμφωνημένος κυβερνήτης Λήξη της θητείας: 02 Οκτωβρίου 2021 Κυρία Bonnie O'Dell Γονικός κυβερνήτης Εκλέγεται από γονείς Λήξη της θητείας: 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 Κυρία Claire Peters Γονικός κυβερνήτης Διορίζεται από το Διοικητικό Σώμα Λήξη της θητείας: 05 Οκτωβρίου 2024 Κα Katie Stewart Γονικός κυβερνήτης Διορίζεται από το διοικητικό όργανο Λήξη της θητείας: 02 Οκτωβρίου 2021 Κ. Simon Crawshaw Διοικητής Τοπικής Αρχής Διορίζεται από το διοικητικό όργανο και το HCC Λήξη της θητείας: 24 Μαρτίου 2023 Κυρία Αλμπέρυ Διοικητής προσωπικού Λήξη της θητείας: 08 Ιουλίου 2023 Κυρία Kate Chafer Συμφωνημένος κυβερνήτης Λήξη της θητείας: 09 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 Κυρία Hayley Yendel Συμφωνημένος κυβερνήτης Λήξη της θητείας: 30 Νοεμβρίου 2024 Το South Hill είναι ένα ζωντανό σχολείο που προσφέρει ένα δημιουργικό πρόγραμμα σπουδών σε ένα εξαιρετικό περιβάλλον. Είμαστε τυχεροί που έχουμε μια ομάδα λαμπρού, αφοσιωμένου προσωπικού που όλοι εξυπηρετούν το σχολείο μας με αφοσίωση, υπομονή και θετικότητα. Χάρη σε αυτά που τα παιδιά μας είναι χαρούμενα, φροντίζονται και μαθαίνουν. " Κ. Hans Peters - Πρόεδρος των Διοικητών Γνωρίστε τους Διοικητές Κυβερνήτης