Музика South Hill се радва на процъфтяваща музикална сцена. На децата се предоставят много възможности за по-нататъшно развитие на музикалните им умения. През годината децата се представят в цели училищни събития. South Hill може да се похвали с популярен хор, който редовно изпълнява в общността. Ако се интересувате да научите повече за музиката, моля, свържете се с училищния офис. Обучение за музика Herts Music Service Rock Steady Информация Ние можем да предложим на нашите ученици KS2 музикално обучение чрез Herts Music Service (срещу заплащане). В момента имаме деца, които учат класическа китара, флейта, саксофон, кларинет, тромпет, тромбон и цигулка. За повече информация вижте по-долу. U Моля, проверете уебсайта на Hertfordshire Music Service за повече информация или прочетете брошурата им тук Искате ли да се научите да свирите на тромпет? Кликнете върху тръбата, за да научите повече! Do you want to learn how to play the flute, clarinet or saxophone? See video to learn more! Хор В момента в KS мехурчета. Вижте бюлетин за дати. Музикално обучение - как да кандидатствате Разрешение за хор Хорът е отворен за всички ученици в ключов етап 2 (години 3 до 6). Той се провежда в сряда в Залата в 8:00 сутринта! Завършва в 8.30 ч., Когато членовете на хора имат възможност да хапнат здравословна закуска в атриума, преди да започнат училище в 8.40 ч. Членовете на хора идват, защото обичат да пеят и започването на деня с пеене е чудесен начин да започнете! Обичаме да пеем екшън песни, да пеем игри и да учим нови песни. Изпълняваме се на летния панаир, Коледния панаир, училищната служба Carol Service и други събития в общността през годината. Моля, вижте г-жа Томс за повече информация. Вижте писмото за разрешение на хор. Here are some lovely comments we have received about the school choir: ​ ‘Congratulations on the wonderful performance.’ ‘They were so engaged, in full voice and we were all very impressed that we could hear every word.’ ‘It was my privilege to be at South Hill Centre when your choir came to sing to us.' ‘The choir were brilliant! A huge thank you to the teachers involved and of course the choir, all so very well behaved and a credit to your school.’

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

Young Voices Young Voices offers children the amazing opportunity of singing with the worlds’ largest children’s choir. The whole experience is a journey and discovery, culminating in the most extraordinary performance opportunity there could possibly be. South Hill Choir have attended Young Voices in 2017,2019,2022,2023 and most recently 16th January 2024. This year the music included a Matilda Medley, a gospel medley, A Moana[Disney] medley as well as anthems and pop songs from a huge variety of genres. These offer the children opportunities to learn about other times and cultures, as well as musical styles. We even sang a beautiful Korean song called Arirang. The choir members worked extremely hard to learn all the lyrics and attended many extra rehearsals. All the hard work paid off with such an exceptional day on Tuesday 16th January. The day was long and exhausting but the children were utterly amazing. Their enthusiasm and energy bubbled over all day. Most of the songs had actions and dance moves so we were kept moving in the rehearsal as well as being introduced to the various artists who would be performing with us in the evening. As the lights went down for the concert to begin at 7pm the atmosphere was electric. Parents had arrived in the O2 and we could wave to them from a distance! The Urban Striders, Nandi Bushell, Natalie Williams and MCGrammar were sensational. The children found Nandi so inspiring as she is only 13 years old and a fantastic drummer-she blew us away with her talent! The pupils have been inspired to follow MCGrammar and especially enjoy watching him perform his World Book Day rap on Youtube! ​ Such an incredible evening to inspire and remember! Here are some of the choir members’ comments: ‘It was just the best time’ ‘I loved the Urban Strides Dancers- they all waved to us!’ My favourite song was ‘Rockstar’ ‘I loved the violinist performing with the Beatboxers’ ‘I loved the lights- I felt like a star!’

Wellbeing for Children ​ Putting wellbeing in the heart of overall school culture. At South Hill School, we take a whole school approach to promoting positive Mental Health and Wellbeing. Our aim is to help the whole school community to become competent and resilient learners, who can build and sustain relationships with t heir peers and use the knowledge gained in school to develop their skills and understand of how to promote and maintain positive mental health and wellbeing now and in later life. School culture. ​ Engaging in mentally healthy movement breaks through the Daily Mile or dancing to Go Noodle. · Engaging in mindfulness breaks such as “Stop and Sit”. · Helping children to develop safety through our Road Safety workshops and E-Safety learning. · Using the Zones of Regulation for the children to recognise, name and manage their emotions. · Friendship benches. ​ Pastoral Support. ​ · Identifying and tailoring individual support to meet children Mental Health challenges. Our multifaceted support network includes; school counsellor, play therapist, support worker, drawing and talking therapy, school nurse, dog therapy and SENCO. · A Nurture club is available to children who need extra social and emotional support at lunchtime. · Assemblies on Anti-bullying, Feeling Good Week, Mental Health Week and promotion of Friendships. · Every class has a worr y box or monster in their classroom. ​ Wow Days/Activities/Experiences. ​ · Annual activities – International Day, Mental Health Week. · Specialist: Music and Forest School. · Extra-curricular activities; Rock Steady, Magical Maths, Homework Club, Street Dance, Year 1 girls football club, boys/girls football club, Netball club and Choir. ​ Social Relationships. · Helping children to develop social relationships through our Reception/Year 6 buddies and our bespoke weekly PSHE lesson. ​ Wellbeing at South Hill Mental Health Assembly Feb 2023 Mental Health Week 2024 Summary of the Zones Zones of Regulation Just Talk Assembly Anti Bullying Week Wellbeing Overview Feeling Good Week 2023 Electric Umbrella 2023 Acts Of Kindness Worry Monster Assembly Friendship Bench Over the summer break, Mrs Albery organised volunteers from our local community and some teaching staff to come into our School and help renovate the garden area. As you can see there was lots of hard work to do, from moving old tyres and some old railway sleepers. But it was so worth it because the new raised growing beds for vegetables will enable the garden area to be re-used by the children and will really improve their Science knowledge and of course support their wellbeing and mental health. This project would not have been possible without the incredible help of our volunteers and Mrs Albery would personally like to thank the Harman Group for coming in and working so valiabtly and contributing to purchasing soil and some plants. Additionally, our fabulous PTA who also supported our school with funding and enabled our school to purchase the new bench and plant/ vegetable boxes. Garden Project Mental Health Awareness Week 13.5.24. This week is organised by the Mental Health Foundation. This year’s theme is ‘Movement: moving more for our mental health’. We all know movement is important for our mental wellbeing it boosts our mood and helps us look after our health. However, many of us may find it difficult to prioritise for a number of reasons. Lots of resources were shared with the staff at South Hill on how they can assist children with talking about their mental health and understanding their emotions. If you would like to find out more about supporting your mental wellbeing or tips to help support your child, please visit the Mental Health UK web page here. Our School Counsellor - Shahin Our Play Therapist - Claire

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 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

Our Curriculum At South Hill School, our curriculum allows our pupils to flourish through a nurturing environment, which aims to build confident and resilient learners and provide the building blocks of learning in all subjects, in preparation for their next steps across our school and to secondary school. Our Curriculum Intent The intent of our school curriculum is clearly planned and developed using a progressive approach with a build-up of learning, knowledge and skills. This is m apped out from year group to year group, and across key stages, via our ‘subject long term planning documents’ and ‘year group curriculum overviews’, which follow the National Curriculum. These can be found on each of our subject web pages (‘Curriculum’ tab) and on our year group class pages. We have aimed to design an ambitious curriculum which is designed for the pupils at our school and a curriculum that is relevant and meaningful. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ The core of our curriculum is based on developing pupils' Reading, Writing and Maths skills and providing a rich, diverse learning experience. We focus on a strong 'daily diet' of learning for all pupils. Our Reading curriculum follows the Read Write Inc scheme to teach phonics and reading skills in a consistent manner. Matching phonetical books further support the acquirement of phonics (also known as the ‘3Ps’ at South Hill School). ​ ​ We use the ‘Herts for Learning’ (HFL) documents for our Core Subjects and we have adapted the 'Learning Challenge Curriculum' ('Weave') for our Foundation Subjects. This ensures that all our pupils are taught a broad and balanced curriculum, with the key skills and knowledge to support their future learning to ensure all pupils have the opportunity to reach their potential. Our SEN pupils access learning at an adapted level dependent on individual needs. Some children have a personalised curriculum which is tailored but based around whole class learning wherever possible and also follows their individualised 'Passport to Success'. Accessibility across our school can be seen via our whole school provision maps based on the four broad areas of need and our EAL provision map. ​ Cognition and Learning Needs Physical and Sensory Needs Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs Speech, Language and Communication Needs English as an Additional Language (EAL) ​ Underpinning our intended curriculum and deeply rooted in our ethos is the wellbeing of our pupils. For our pupils to access the curriculum, they must be in a nurturing and supporting environment with a rich cultural capital. Our curriculum celebrates a broad and enriched learning approach. Events such as 'International Day', led by the Geography lead, is a celebration of language, foods, music, different cultures and dances from across the world. Our Science Day, our Wellbeing days and our annual Art Gallery are other examples in which leaders join together to ensure our pupils' learning is extended beyond the classroom and their experiences are widened. Our curriculum design incorporates a therapeutic behaviour approach and this is echoed through our whole school ethos, The South Hill Way which links to British citizenship. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Teaching and Learning Wellbeing and Mental Health

Присъствие Училището South Hill има задължение и отговорност да гарантира, че нашите ученици имат високо ниво на посещаемост. В училище South Hill ние изпълняваме тази роля, като редовно наблюдаваме посещаемостта на всички наши ученици. В училище South Hill бихме искали нашите ученици да се стремят към 98% посещаемост и да се стремят към 100% посещаемост. U Родителска отговорност Отговорността на родителя е да гарантира, че детето им посещава ежедневно училище. Родителят носи отговорност да гарантира, че детето им пристига навреме всеки ден. Отговорността на родителя е да гарантира, че детето им се взима навреме всеки ден. U Нашият учебен ден започва в 8,40 ч. Сутринта. Вратите се затварят в 8,50 сутринта Записват се и се следят минути със закъснение Нашият учебен ден приключва в 15.15 ч. За EYFS и KS1 Нашият учебен ден приключва в 15.20 ч. За KS2 U Присъствието и точността се наблюдават от г-жа H Edwards и съдиректорите. Училището има назначен служител от окръжния надзор, който работи заедно с училището за наблюдение на посещаемостта. U Почивни дни Неприемливо е да резервирате почивка навреме. Ако премахнете детето си от училище за почивка, това ще бъде записано като неоторизирано отсъствие . Нашата политика дава възможност за почивка при наистина изключителни обстоятелства, но те са относително редки. Формулярът е достъпен отдолу и от училищния офис и трябва да бъде попълнен, преди да уредите свободно време. U Болест Разбираме, че ако детето ви е зле, то не трябва да ходи на училище. Но ако детето е подушило или е малко уморено, ние сме в състояние да се грижим за него, като същевременно го включваме в учебни дейности. Моля, имайте това предвид, когато решавате дали да ги въведете. Ние винаги ще ви се обадим, ако не се справят. U Мониторинг Ние следим редовно посещаемостта и пишем на семейства, за които смятаме, че не знаят колко е важно да присъстват изцяло или където сме загрижени за здравето и благосъстоянието на децата, които често отсъстват. Предлагайки подкрепа или съвет, където е подходящо, нашата цел е да помогнем на родителите да работят за по-добра посещаемост. Често родителите не са наясно как многократните отсъствия могат да повлияят на образованието и социалното развитие на детето им. U Ако имате някакви въпроси, моля попитайте. U В училище South Hill очакваме нашите ученици да се стремят към 98% посещаемост. За допълнителни съвети и насоки относно посещаемостта на училище и отсъствията, моля, използвайте връзките по-долу: Политика за присъствие Посещаемост на училище DFE Известие за наказание HCC Формуляр за отсъствие

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Година 4 1/7 Yearly Overview Knowledge Organisers - Autumn Knowledge Organisers - Spring Year 4 Multiplication Check Добре дошли в година 4! Фантастично е да се види, че децата са добре уредени след толкова дълго отсъствие. Предстои цяла година вълнуващо обучение. U Ще научим за римляните и ще посетим музея на Verulamium в Сейнт Олбанс. Нашата творческа учебна програма ще включва изработването на собствени римски саксии и мозайки през есенния период. Децата ще изследват електричеството и ще се научат как да изграждат прости електрически вериги и как да правят научни наблюдения. U Кленът се преподава от г-жа Farmery и г-жа Sisulu, а децата се издържат от г-жа Nash. Холи се обучава от г-жа Томса, а децата се издържат от г-жа Конрой. U Връзките на тази страница ще ви дадат информация за това, което ще правим този термин. Г-жа Farmery, г-жа Sisulu и г-жа Tomsa U Запознайте се с Учителите Препоръчани текстове Година 4 английски Година 4 Математика Supporting Reading Word Mat

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South Hill се гордее с предоставянето на широк спектър от обогатяващи извънкласни дейности. За повече информация относно клубовете, които продължават с този срок, моля, вижте информацията на следващите няколко страници. Ако смятате, че можете да добавите към това, което предлагаме, моля, свържете се с училищния офис. Clubs Timetable - Summer 23