The Angel That Nearly Missed It All Despite their best efforts, one forgetful angel is always late! They oversleep, their maps blows away, they go to the wrong hillside, they gets cramp in their wings, and they terrify the donkeys. Will this Late Angel eventually make it to meet Mary and Joseph, and help the rest of the Angel Chorus celebrate the most important event of all? ​ A wonderful production by our key stage 1 pupils with lovely singing, dancing and acting. Thank you to all the KS1 team for the amazing job they have done on preparing Yrs 1&2 for this year’s Nativity. The children did an absolutely brilliant job. We feel fortunate to have a school which celebrates non-academic performances as highly as it feels like South Hill does and puts in huge amounts of effort to these endeavours, it is lovely they have the opportunity to work towards events such as these too. Key Stage 1 Parent voice

Term Dates 2023-2024 2024-2025

International Day 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 represent and learn more about their chosen country and can wear traditional clothing from their celebrated country or colours of the flag. ​ 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. For MFL (Modern Foreign Language), some year groups learn a few key phrases and words. Some children even learn a song! Some year groups have a food tasting activity so children can get a sense of the traditional food and culture from their country of the day while other year groups make the traditional food themselves. ​ Throughout the day, some year groups listen to music of their country and think about whether it is similar or different to the music we might listen to at home. ​ 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. ​ Countries from 2023 were: Reception- Bangladesh Year 1- Poland Year 2- India Year 3- Romania Year 4- Italy Year 5- Turkey Year 6- Brazil

Early Years Foundation Stage Early Years Vision ​ Children in Early Years are valued as unique individuals. The stimulating environment is enhanced to reflect their interests. Our Early Years provision develops the building blocks in learning in preparation for Year 1. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is how the Government and Early Years professionals describe the educational stage in your child’s life between birth and the age of five. Reception is the final year of this stage. This is a very important stage as it helps your child get ready for the next stage of school as well as preparing them for future learning and successes. ​ There are four guiding principles which shape practice in the Early Years at South Hill. These are: • Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured • Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships • Children learn and develop well in enabling environments with teaching and support from adults, who respond to their individual interests and needs and help them to build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers. • Children develop and learn at different rates. The framework covers the education and care of all children in early years provision, including children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). ​ The three prime areas are most essential for building your child’s capacity for learning and ensuring that they are able to thrive. These are: Communication and language Physical development Personal, social and emotional development Succeeding within the prime areas will help children to develop skills in four specific areas. These are: Literacy Mathematics Understanding the world Expressive arts and design Communication and Language: involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations. Physical Development: involves providing opportunities for children to be active and interactive and develop their co-ordination, control and movement. Children are supported to understand the importance of being active and making healthy choices in relation to food. Personal, Social and Emotional Development: involves helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others. Children learn social skills and how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviour in groups and to have confidence in their own abilities. Literacy: involves encouraging children to link sound and letters and to begin to learn to read and write. Children are given opportunities to explore a wide range of reading materials to ignite their interests. Mathematics: involves providing children opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems and using mathematical language involving shape, space and measures. Understanding the World: involves supporting children to make sense of the world in which they live and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment. Expressive Arts and Design: involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role play and design and technology. EYFS Overview EYFS Curriculum Ambitions Long Term Plan ​ At South Hill, children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active, and through creative and critical thinking, which takes place both indoors and in our outdoor environment. Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through the seven areas of learning. The areas of learning are all important and are interconnected. ​ Pupil Voice Aria, age 4, Robins 'My favourite bit is learning maths cos I love counting'. Izzy, age 4, Robins 'I like doing independent learning cos it's so fun. Especially I like the calm corner'. Brad age 4 Robins 'I like playing with the cars in my class'. Harry age 5 Robins 'My favourite part of school is playing with Sonny. We play with lego and draw pictures and we especially love using the story shelves to make up our own stories'. Baani age 5 Robins ' since I started school I learnt to do a 'w' and read tricky books'.

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International Language Day At South Hill School we celebrate International Language Day during assembly. Pupils and staff take the microphone and share words from their languages. We then sing songs in different languages too. It's lovely to hear all the different languages in our school!

Seguridad en linea South Hill Primary school recognises that internet, mobile and digital technologies provide positive opportunities for children and young people to learn, socialise and play but they also need to understand the challenges and risks. The digital world is an amazing place, but with few rules. It is vast and fast moving and young people’s future economic success may be partly dependent on their online skills and reputation. We are, therefore, committed to ensuring that pupils, staff and governors will be supported to use internet, mobile and digital technologies safely. This is part of our safeguarding responsibility. Staff are aware that some pupils may require additional support or teaching, including reminders, prompts and further explanation to reinforce their knowledge and understanding of online safety issues. We are also committed to ensuring that all those who work with children and young people, including their parents/carers, are informed about the ever-changing risks so that they can take an active part in helping children and young people navigate the online world safely and confidently. Staff have an annual online safety review, with parents and carers receiving monthly online safety tips in the school newsletter. We currently use the document ‘Education for a Connected World’ and resources from Project Evolve to plan and implement our half termly online safety sessions across the school (EYFS to Year 6). Each term, delivers a different aspect of online safety with bespoke sessions adopted when required, see the long term plan for details of our curriculum. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ We are also lucky to have a team of Digital Leaders at South Hill, whose role it to promote online safety and share their love of all things digital! All digital leaders have to apply for their role and are shortlisted and interviewed by the previous year’s Digital Leader team. ​ Digital leader’s responsibilities include: · Learning how to use key software, so that they can be a help to others. · Have a good understanding on how to stay safe with technology and share with others. · Trialling potential new software and websites, then demonstrating them to other children and teachers. · Writing blog posts and commenting on other blogs · Set up equipment in classrooms for teachers. · Helping to lead the school forwards within the subject of Computing. ​ ​ Long Term Plan Manténgase seguro en línea Smart Rules Spring 2024 Newsletter (HfL) Recursos y guías de seguridad YouTube Inappropriate Content Tik Tok Alexa Diseño persuasivo Trastorno del juego Entre nosotros Xbox Sea amable en línea 14 formas de ser amable en línea PlayStation5 Upsetting Content Childnet International es una organización sin fines de lucro que trabaja con otros para ayudar a hacer de Internet un lugar excelente y seguro para los niños. Haga clic en el logo de abajo Summer 2024 Newsletter (HfL) Childnet International es una organización sin fines de lucro que trabaja con otros para ayudar a hacer de Internet un lugar excelente y seguro para los niños. Haga clic en el logo de abajo

Design and Technology Design and Technology Vision ​ To develop pupils' skills and technical knowledge in designing, making and evaluating through cooking and nutrition, textiles, materials and construction. We teach a broad and varied Design and Technology curriculum, at South Hill, which aims to develop skills and knowledge through the following key areas: Design: We want our pupils to generate ideas and to model and communicate these through talking and drawing. We want them to create templates and design products that are appealing, functional and purposeful. Make: We want pupils to select from a range of materials, tools and equipment and use these to perform practical tasks such as cutting, shaping, joining, sewing, kneading and finishing. Evaluate: We want pupils to be able to talk about existing products, as well as their finished product, to compare these against the design criteria and to consider the views of others to improve their work. Technical Knowledge: We want pupils to know and use subject specific vocabulary (such as levers, sliders, wheels, axels) and to deepen their knowledge of technical processes such as how structures can be made stronger/more stable. Golden Threads As part of our Design and Technology curriculum, we have carefully mapped out Golden Threads that weave in and out of our learning. These allow us to build on previous knowledge and skills and to ensure a progression of these year after year. Our Golden Threads for DT are: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Our Curriculum In EYFS, through the Early Learning Goal ‘Expressive Arts and Design’, pupils are introduced to the building blocks of our Design and Technology curriculum. Through construction, pupils explore and build with a variety of materials such as Lego or wooden bricks, alongside developing their fine motor skills with scissors, paper and other media. In Key Stage 1, pupils develop an understanding of the design, making and evaluating process when creating their own products. Examples of topics covered in KS1 include: Designing a building for a town, making a pop up toy and making a fruit/vegetable monster. In Key Stage 2, pupils further embed the design, make and evaluate cycle when creating their own products. Examples of topics covered in KS1 include: building Anderson Shelters, making Torches, making a hydraulic bridge and cooking Viking bread. By the end of Year 6, we want pupils to be able to have developed the ability to design and make a range of products (in cooking and nutrition, textiles, materials and construction) and to be confident in their technical knowledge of these areas and to be able to evaluate their own work, as well of as that of others. KEY STAGE 1 GOLDEN THREADS ​ COOKING AND NUTRITION TEXTILES MECHANISMS USE OF MATERIALS CONSTRUCTION KEY STAGE 2 GOLDEN THREADS ​ COOKING AND NUTRITION TEXTILES ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS STIFF AND FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIALS MOULDABLE MATERIALS Examples of knowledge organisers EYFS Year 3 Year 1 Year 5 Long Term Plan Subject Overview Pupil Voice 'I really enjoy the creativity it brings your work. When creating our Anderson shelters I particularly enjoyed collecting the dirt need to disguise it. Harshith Y6 DT develops your creativity and the understanding of how to use tools accurately and safely such as a hacksaw. Coby Y6

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Ciencias En South Hill School entendemos que los niños son naturalmente curiosos y disfrutan explorando, investigando y haciendo preguntas. Esto es fundamental para el aprendizaje de las ciencias y permite a los niños obtener una comprensión más profunda del mundo en el que vivimos. Nuestro objetivo es proporcionar una educación científica de calidad que proporcione las bases para comprender el mundo y cree estudiantes curiosos y entusiastas. Alentamos a que la ciencia se enseñe a través de tareas prácticas y, cuando corresponda, el uso de nuestros extensos terrenos escolares, la localidad de nuestra ciudad o The Box Moor Trust. A través de la ciencia en nuestra escuela, nuestro objetivo es garantizar que todos los niños: Desarrollar el conocimiento y la comprensión científicos, así como divertidas habilidades prácticas de aprendizaje. Desarrollar la comprensión de diferentes tipos de investigación científica que les ayudará a responder preguntas científicas sobre el mundo que los rodea. Vincular el aprendizaje con la vida real y explorar a través del aprendizaje al aire libre Accede a un viaje relacionado con la ciencia en todos los grupos del año. Vincular el aprendizaje de las ciencias con todas las demás materias para profundizar la comprensión El plan de estudios de ciencia primaria se imparte en toda la escuela. Trabajar científicamente y el conocimiento científico Trabajar científicamente (o habilidades de investigación) se centra en la comprensión de la investigación práctica y las habilidades necesarias para hacerlo. Estas habilidades incluyen observar, investigar, clasificar, hacer y responder preguntas, explorar datos y trabajar en equipo a través del aprendizaje práctico. El conocimiento científico es la comprensión de hechos y fenómenos científicos y la respuesta a preguntas sobre su aprendizaje científico. EYFS Los alumnos exploran la ciencia a través del área de aprendizaje llamada "Comprensión del mundo". También experimentan una sesión al aire libre llamada 'Welly Wednesday'. Ciencia de la etapa clave 1 El enfoque de la enseñanza de las ciencias en Key Stage 1 es permitir que los niños experimenten y observen fenómenos; mirando más de cerca el mundo que los rodea. Ciencia de Key Stage 2 El enfoque de la enseñanza de las ciencias en la etapa clave inferior 2 es permitir que los niños amplíen su visión científica del mundo que los rodea. El enfoque de la enseñanza de las ciencias en la etapa clave superior 2 es permitir que los niños desarrollen una comprensión más profunda de una amplia gama de ideas científicas. Enlaces locales de ciencia Promovemos y celebramos fuertemente el aprendizaje de las ciencias en nuestra escuela. Trabajamos en colaboración con The Box Moor Trust, un sitio de adjudicación local, el cementerio de Heath Lane, la escuela Lockers Park, la escuela Hemel Hempstead y nuestros propios terrenos para garantizar que el aprendizaje de las ciencias sea proactivo y significativo. Examples of Knowledge Organisers EYFS Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Long Term Plan Subject Overview Semana de la ciencia británica Celebramos la Semana de la Ciencia Británica cada año con un Día de la Ciencia donde los alumnos tienen un día de aprendizaje científico divertido mediante la realización de experimentos e investigaciones prácticas. 1/4 Parque de casilleros Year 6 disfruta de una tarde de ciencia y tecnología en Lockers Park. Esto apoya su transición a la escuela secundaria mientras aprenden en un laboratorio de ciencias. BBC Bitesize Key Stage 1 : actividades divertidas para ayudar a los niños en KS1 a aprender más sobre ciencia BBC Bitesize Key Stage 2 : actividades divertidas para ayudar a los niños en KS2 a aprender más sobre ciencia

1/61 Enlaces rápidos del grupo anual: EY Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Boletín 16.4.21 Home/School Agreement 23-24 Parents Grammar Morning Guided Reading Morning Trabajo para alumnos que se aíslan por sí mismos Your Childs Learning Journey ​ Poetry First Prize ​ We are absolutely thrilled to share the news that Aiden in Year 5, has won The Marlowes Olympic poetry competition! We are delighted that Aiden felt inspired to write an Olympic poem and as a result the school received the £1000 prize. Well done Aiden for writing a winning poem. Aiden was invited to receive the cheque for the school at the Marlowes from the Mayor. Click here for the coverage in Hemel Today. enlaces rápidos Bienvenidos Boletines ENVIAR Letras Familia / Bienestar Haga clic aquí para ver el menú del almuerzo Para solicitar comidas escolares gratuitas, use el enlace a continuación: Comidas escolares gratis 12,750 11,650 House Point Totals (28. 06 .24 ) 13,275 12,850

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