Music Music Vision To develop pupils’ skills and knowledge as musicians, through Performing, Composing and Appraising At South Hill, we believe that music is a powerful, unique form of communication that can change the way children feel, think and act. It is a key feature of our school and we aim to provide many opportunities for our children to thrive in this area. The teaching of music develops children's ability to listen and it encourages active involvement in different forms of music making both individual and ensemble, developing a sense of group identity and togetherness. It also increases self-discipline, creativity, aesthetic sensitivity and fulfilment. Our aims are: To encourage awareness, enjoyment and appreciation of music in all its forms To develop imagination and creativity To help children of all abilities develop positive attitudes and to experience success and satisfaction in music To offer opportunities to perform, compose and appraise Golden Threads As part of our Music curriculum, we have carefully mapped out 3 key concepts that weave in and out of our learning. These are: Performing Composing Appraising Our Curriculum In EYFS, pupils explore sound making in the key area of ‘Expressive arts and Design’ and have opportunities to respond to music through dance, role play and drama both inside and outside the classroom setting. In Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, pupil’s skills and knowledge are developed through our golden threads, which progress throughout the school. Expected outcomes are taken from the National Curriculum and the skills to be taught are drawn from the Model Music Curriculum along with the WEAVE knowledge and skills document. Sing Up and Charanga resources are used as well as our Music specialist teacher. For example: In KS1: Pupils enjoy singing songs together and learn about beat, rhythm and pitch. They also have opportunities to create music together in response to a given stimulus ie. story, picture or theme. In KS2, pupils learn the ukulele and extend their understanding of beat, rhythm and pitch. Pupils learn to read standard notation through learning the glockenspiel and have opportunities to compose music in response to topics and work to incorporate their music knowledge within these projects. Pupils also take part in weekly singing assemblies and have opportunities to join in various musical activities and performances throughout the school year. Please also visit the Young Voices ,Choir and Arts Mark pages Arts Mark Gold South Hill have been awarded a Artsmark Gold Award, which highlighted ’our opportunities for children in Key Stage 2 to participate in instrumental tuition, including ukulele and Djembe drumming. Pupils also participate in Choir extra-curricular club and have opportunities to showcase and celebrate their musical achievements locally and at national events, such as at Young Voices. Our feedback from the the Arts Mark assessors: 'You clearly value the Arts and recognise their contribution to your mission statement of 'Building Character, Learning Together' at South Hill Primary School. Although some of your plans were inevitably stymied by the pandemic, you have used your Artsmark journey to develop children's understanding of arts and artists from a wider variety of different cultural heritages, so that cultural diversity is being promoted through your arts curriculum and your annual International Day. Music is a growing strength within your overall arts offer with lessons provided by a specialist music teacher. Your partnership with Hertfordshire Music Service is providing opportunities for children in Key Stage 2 to participate in instrumental tuition, including ukulele and Djembe drumming. Pupils can also participate in Choir extra-curricular club, and have opportunities to showcase and celebrate their musical achievements locally and at national events, such as at Young Voices. Astutely, you have capitalised on the skills and expertise of various school stakeholders, including a parent who is an animator. This opportunity, along with the chance for children to see a range of artists and makers at work at the Dacorum Arts Centre, has enabled pupils to develop an understanding of carer pathways and job opportunities in the Arts. Teachers' confidence has increased as a result of their training from local secondary colleagues in drawing, watercolour and collagraph printing. We suggest for the future that you strengthen your partnerships with arts and culture venues, and seek out new collaborations and opportunities with arts professionals which could help you to increase your range of offer and provide external, specialist training opportunities for your staff. It is great to hear that you are beginning to develop pupil voice through your Arts Ambassadors, and that they have relished the opportunity to work with your Forest Schools Leader to develop and implement plans to enhance the outdoor area. Congratulations on your Artsmark Gold Award! After a visit from Hertfordshire Music Service we have achieved a Music Mark to celebrate the value that we place on music here at South Hill. Music Mark schools are recognised for their commitment to music education. By being invited to be a Music mark school we can access resources for our staff and pupils and be kept up to date with the latest national and regional sector news and events. This is part of our recognition letter: 'Music Mark works to support and enable the music education sector to deliver high-quality musical and social outcomes for all children and young people. On behalf of Music Mark and from us at Hertfordshire Music Service, we would like to thank you for all the hard work your school does to support this collective vision. Music Mark Schools is supported through a partnership with ABRSM.' Music Development Plan Subject Overview Long term Plan Our Arts Ambassadors with the some pieces of Art completed as part of the Arts Mark Award. Pupil Voice I like music because it is so fun- Cece Y3 I like music lessons because they are really relaxing and calm and each day I feel like I'm getting better and better- Mario Y4 I love music lessons because I get to learn loads of chords on the ukulele and have fun- Kaila Y4 I like music because it inspires me - Carter Y3 Music is a lot of fun and I like learning the ukulele- Julian Y3

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

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Educación Física Somos muy afortunados de tener un sitio verde tan maravilloso. Contamos con un extenso campo de juego que está delimitado como un campo de fútbol oficial de tamaño junior y un campo de rondas, así como una pista de atletismo en la temporada deportiva apropiada. La superficie dura se utiliza como cancha de netball para los entrenamientos durante todo el año y los partidos durante las temporadas de otoño y primavera. Todos los alumnos tienen la oportunidad de participar en una variedad de actividades durante sus lecciones del plan de estudios nacional y ofrecemos clubes adicionales fuera del horario escolar durante los tres períodos. La Escuela Primaria South Hill es una parte activa de la Red de Deportes Escolares de Dacorum y se beneficia enormemente de los recursos y la capacitación que se ofrecen a través de la asociación. Esto realza el deporte que se ofrece a todos nuestros alumnos. Las clases de natación para los alumnos de KS2 se organizan durante el año escolar. Estos se llevan a cabo en el Polideportivo Hemel con los monitores titulados del centro. La escuela primaria South Hill anima a sus alumnos a participar en el deporte. Creemos que fomenta el espíritu de equipo en una cultura de competencia sana. Calendario DSSN Otoño 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.

Año 6 1/27 Knowledge Organisers - Spring Knowledge Organisers - Autumn ¡Bienvenido a nuestra página de Year 6! Tenemos muchas ganas de trabajar con sus hijos cuando ingresen a su último año con nosotros aquí en South Hill. Year 6 es un grupo anual especial y tenemos muchas ganas de ver a los niños alcanzar su enorme potencial mientras trabajamos hacia los exámenes SAT y comienzan su papel como los niños mayores de la escuela y como prefectos. Ellos asumirán el papel de prefectos donde serán modelos a seguir en la escuela y darán un buen ejemplo para los niños más pequeños, además de ser un "compañero" para los nuevos niños de la recepción. La Sra. Howard enseñará Sycamore los lunes, martes y miércoles y la Sra. Clare dará la clase los jueves y viernes. La Sra. Twomey brindará apoyo de asistencia técnica durante toda la semana. El Sr. Shane enseñará Yew toda la semana con la excepción de los jueves y viernes, cuando la clase será impartida por el Sr. Burr. El Sr. Nicholl brindará asistencia técnica durante toda la semana. Nuestro enfoque curricular creativo para este trimestre será la 'Segunda Guerra Mundial' y estamos ansiosos por sumergir a los niños en el aprendizaje de este importante momento histórico. Utilice los enlaces de esta página para obtener información sobre lo que estamos haciendo durante este período y no dude en ponerse en contacto con nosotros si tiene alguna inquietud o pregunta. Sr. Shane, Sra. Clare, Sra. Howard y Sr. Burr Yearly Overview Recommended Reading List Year 6 Inglés Matemáticas del año 6 KS2 Reading VIPERS Y5/Y6 Tricky Word List SATS Information Evening Transferencia secundaria 2021 Folleto SATS - Information for Parents Transistion Booklet 2025 - Sycamore Transistion Booklet 2025 - Hazel

Discapacidades y necesidades educativas especiales South Hill Primary School es una escuela convencional totalmente inclusiva y nuestro objetivo es: • aumentar el rendimiento de todos los niños, incluidos los que tienen dificultades de aprendizaje, discapacidades, desventajas o necesidades educativas especiales; • personalizar la provisión para permitir que todos los niños alcancen su máximo potencial; • reconocer y evaluar necesidades adicionales, poniendo en práctica una intervención adecuada y oportuna para garantizar que se haga todo lo posible para eliminar las barreras al aprendizaje lo antes posible; • involucrar activamente a los padres y cuidadores en las decisiones que afectan la educación de sus hijos; • buscar las opiniones de los niños en todas las etapas de su educación. Para lograr estos objetivos nos aseguraremos de que: • todos los adultos tienen las mayores aspiraciones para cada niño; • la provisión responde y se adapta bien a las necesidades de los niños; • la prestación de servicios extendidos marca la diferencia en los resultados de los niños y sus familias; • las opiniones de los alumnos se utilizan para informar la planificación de mejoras escolares; • todos los niños pueden acceder a todas las áreas de la vida escolar. Para obtener más información sobre SEND en South Hill, consulte los siguientes enlaces: Para conocer la oferta local de Herts, visite: www.hertdirect.org/localoffer Si tiene alguna inquietud con respecto a su hijo, comuníquese con nuestro SENCO / INCO Sra. Jacqui Donley jdonley@southhill.herts.sch.uk 01442 402127 For further information click on the links below Informe de información SEN SEND Information Report ENVIAR y Política de inclusión Neurodiversity Support Oferta de autismo de Herts Oferta de Herts Quality SEND

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.'

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

Consejo Escolar ¡Hola! Somos la voz estudiantil de la escuela primaria South Hill. El Consejo Escolar está formado por dos niños de cada clase que han sido elegidos por sus compañeros. Cada candidato que desee representar a su clase debe dar una breve charla sobre sus puntos de vista y objetivos para el Consejo Escolar y los niños luego votarán por sus candidatos de clase preferidos. Miembros del consejo escolar 2020-2021 Año 6 - Costy & Rory / Joely & Jack Año 5 - Fraser & Gloria / Ava & Alfie S Año 4 - Taylor & Oscar / Beau S & Riley Año 3 - Izzy & Sam / Lillie & Zubin Año 2 - Eva y Oliver / Saraya y Frankie Año 1 - Emilia y Thomas / Bertie y 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”.

Uniforme Creemos que el uniforme escolar fomenta la autodisciplina y la cohesión social. Se solicita a los padres, cuidadores y alumnos que se aseguren de que todos los alumnos sigan el código de vestimenta de la escuela. Haga clic en el enlace a continuación para ver la Política de uniformes. Política de uniformes Todas las prendas de vestir deben estar marcadas con el nombre del propietario. El uniforme escolar se puede comprar en línea en Mapac; utilice el enlace a continuación. Mapac Information