Prospective Parent Tours Thursday 5th November 2026 at 9.30am Thursday 10th December 2026 at 9.30am Thursday 7th January 2027 at 9.30am To book your place please contact the school office admin@southhill.herts.sch.uk or 01442 402127 Please note there is no parking on site. Liens rapides du groupe d'année: EY Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Newsletter 23.10.26 Reading Competition 2026 1/167 Learning by Questions - Parents presentation Home/School Agreement 26-27 Travailler pour les élèves auto-isolants Your Child's Learning Journey Prospective Parents Information Ofsted Report July 2024 Early Reading Parent Meeting Liens rapides Bienvenue Bulletins ENVOYER Des lettres Famille / Bien-être School Gateway Parent Guide Cliquez ici pour le menu du déjeuner Pour demander des repas scolaires gratuits, utilisez le lien ci-dessous: Repas scolaires gratuits 1525 1125 House Point Totals (23/10/26) 1225 1425

15 March Veuillez consulter la newsletter chaque semaine pour savoir ce qui se passe à l'école. Bulletins 02.10.26 16.10.26 09.10.26 23.10.26 11.09.26 18.09.26 25.09.26 Autumn Term - Important Dates Flyers et pièces jointes PPS - Coffee Morning Game On - October half term PPS - Pastoral Poster PPS - Main Poster Practical Parenting Support Rock Steady Spooky stuffed peppers Ghoulish gingerbread Pupil Premium Flyer Balance Bike Course Watford Football Camp The 3 Peas of Reading Bucks Museum Half Term PB Soccer School Camelot Rugby Club Fireworks Tech Camp October Half Term Impact Sports - Football AutumnTerm Workshops

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 KS2 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 EYFS and KS1 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! "A huge thank you to you and your team for once again making sports day such a wonderful, inclusive, and competitive experience. Such a fun atmosphere for everyone." Parent of a year 4 and year 6 pupil We would just like to say a huge thank you for another wonderful South Hill Sports Day. We really think no other school do a Sports Day quite as well as South Hill. The day is so inclusive and supportive to all of the students. The atmosphere that is created is great and it makes us feel so proud to be part of the South Hill community. Thanks to all the staff for their efforts (especially in the unexpected heat!). Parent of a Year 1 and Year 5

Éducation physique Nous sommes très chanceux d'avoir un site vert aussi merveilleux. Nous avons un vaste terrain de jeu qui est défini comme un terrain de football officiel de taille junior et un terrain de ronde ainsi qu'une piste d'athlétisme pendant la saison sportive appropriée. La surface dure est utilisée comme terrain de netball pour l'entraînement toute l'année et les matchs pendant les trimestres d'automne et de printemps. Tous les élèves ont la possibilité de participer à une variété d'activités pendant leurs cours du programme national et nous proposons des clubs supplémentaires en dehors des heures de classe pendant les trois trimestres. L'école primaire de South Hill fait partie intégrante du réseau sportif de l'école Dacorum et bénéficie énormément des ressources et de la formation offertes par le partenariat. Cela valorise le sport proposé à tous nos élèves. Des cours de natation pour les élèves de KS2 sont organisés pendant l'année scolaire. Celles-ci se déroulent au Centre sportif Hemel avec l'aide des moniteurs qualifiés du centre. L'école primaire de South Hill encourage ses élèves à faire du sport. Nous croyons que cela renforce l'esprit d'équipe dans une culture de concurrence saine. Calendrier DSSN Automne 2020 School Games Long Term Plan Subject Overview 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 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! We also book workshops for the children that support their physical and mental wellbeing and are grateful to the local community who supply these for us. 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. The side gate opens every morning for family daily mile everyday from 8:20-8:35 for all to enjoy. 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 Tennis - years 1 and 2 Basketball – years 3 to 6 Street dance – years 1 to 6 Gymnastics - years 3 to 6 Rounders – Summer term Cricket - 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

Trouble du jeu Sécurité en ligne 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 Restez en sécurité en ligne Smart Rules Autumn 2025 Newsletter (HfL) Ressources et guides de sécurité YouTube Inappropriate Content TIC Tac Alexa Alexa Trouble du jeu Parmi nous Parmi nous Soyez gentil en ligne Upsetting Content Childnet International est une organisation à but non lucratif qui travaille avec d'autres pour aider à faire d'Internet un endroit formidable et sûr pour les enfants. Cliquez sur le logo ci-dessous Childnet International est une organisation à but non lucratif qui travaille avec d'autres pour aider à faire d'Internet un endroit formidable et sûr pour les enfants. Cliquez sur le logo ci-dessous

The Big Little Nativity Our Early Years production was called 'The Big Little Nativity'. The children took on speaking, acting and singing roles. The traditional nativity story was told through the performance. All the early years children learnt eight songs, complete with actions. The children were fantastic at performing and they were all very excited to have the opportunity to perform on stage to their families and the wider school. We are very proud of them all.

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 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 Florence - I like school and playing with my friends Ezra P - I like playing cars with Jack Jack - I like numbers learning and Maisie mountain writing Adriti - I like to do drawing with Elsie, I draw all my family. Razzan - I like to play in the shop outside. I sell bricks and hats and tools.

A Parent Guide to the Wellbeing Support at South Hill School The Wellbeing Team Mrs Donley Mrs Stewart Mrs Khan Mrs Albery Mrs Fox Mrs Evans Mr Braithwaite Miss Iroegbu Mr Kilty Mrs Black At South Hill School, we place great importance on the wellbeing of our pupils and their families. We know that children thrive when they feel happy, safe, supported, and understood, which is why pastoral care is at the heart of everything we do. Our dedicated Wellbeing Team works closely with pupils and families, offering support and guidance and helping to connect families with additional services when needed. Through a range of supportive approaches, we help children develop confidence, resilience, independence, and positive relationships. The team above work together to ensure that children and families have a positive experience both at school and at home. Wellbeing for ALL Across the school, we use the Jigsaw PSHE curriculum alongside a therapeutic approach to behaviour, supported by the Zones of Regulation framework. Together, these approaches help children to recognise, understand, and talk about their emotions. They learn practical strategies to manage their feelings, develop self-regulation skills, and make positive choices. Over time, this supports children in taking increasing responsibility for their behaviour in a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment. By fostering these skills and relationships, we aim for every child to feel valued, cared for, and ready to learn. We firmly believe that strong emotional wellbeing provides the foundation for positive behaviour, successful learning, and personal growth. For this reason, wellbeing sits at the core of the South Hill ethos. Our PSHE curriculum follows the scheme ‘Jigsaw: The mindful approach to PSHE.’ Every week, each class has a time for a PSHE lesson relevant to age and development. The content within this scheme includes; Being me in my world: Helping children to understand their place in the class, school and wider community. Opportunities to explore rights and responsibilities, personal goals and contributing to a safe and respectful environment. Celebrating differences: A chance for children to explore identity, friendships and family, celebrating differences and challenging stereotypes. Dreams and goals: Consider their aspirations, reflect on their strengths and learn strategies to overcome obstacles. Healthy me: Learning about nutrition, exercise, personal safety and making healthy choices. Consider the importance of hygiene, sleep and managing emotions. Relationships: Builds understanding of healthy relationships, communication and managing emotions. Learning strategies for resolving conflict, staying safe online and offline and building respective, supportive connections with others. Changing me: Children explore self-awareness, body-confidence, relationships and moving on to different classes or schools building on resilience and a positive sense of self. The Wellbeing Team Mrs Donley is the Senior Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion and has overall responsibility for wellbeing and mental health support in the school. Mrs Donley ensures that individuals, groups and classes have access to the support they need, as well as being the SENCO and Safeguarding Lead in the school. Mrs Stewart is the Inclusion Assistant and supports Mrs Donley in her role. She is a trained children’s counsellor, so works alongside children who require additional support as well as supporting the administration of SEND and safeguarding in the school. Mrs Fox is the Personal, Social and Heath Education Lead (PSHE) in the school. She ensures that children learn from the Jigsaw PSHE curriculum and develop emotionally, socially and physically, while also meeting the statutory requirements for Relationships Education and Health Education Mr Brathwaite , more commonly known as Mr B is our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA). Each week, he works with children to help them understand and manage their emotions, build confidence, develop positive relationships, and cope with challenges that may affect their learning and wellbeing. Mr Kilty is our Emotional Based School Avoidance Support Assistant. He helps children who experience anxiety or emotional difficulties around attending school to build confidence, develop coping strategies, and successfully engage with education. Mrs Khan is our school counsellor and is a certified Play and Arts Therapist . She works two days in school and supports individuals or groups with child-led therapy. Mrs Khan also provides drawing and talking therapy for children and provides protective behaviours support. Mrs Albery supports the wellbeing curriculum and led us into achieving a ‘Wellbeing Mark’ for the school. She has created a sensory garden, set up the Power of Us project, and ensures we keep our curriculum alive with wellbeing activities. Mrs Evans is our children’s mental health first aider. She advises staff to help children with their mental health and signposts them to support available. Mrs Evans has also created the outdoor learning opportunities and outdoor learning space. Miss Iroegbu is our Family Support Worker ; she assists parents to find support when needed and gives advice and practical help. Miss Iroegbu runs coffee mornings for parents / carers throughout the year – so do look out for these. Mrs Black is our Practical Parenting Support Worker . She supports families alongside Amanda, offering advice, guidance and Family First Assessments to help identify needs and develop plans for overcoming challenges. Families can refer themselves by contacting Practical Parenting Support on 01442 278793. If you would like to know and see more of what we provide at South Hill School please take a look at our website: Wellbeing page for parents: https://www.southhill.herts.sch.uk/wellbeing Wellbeing page for pupils: https://www.southhill.herts.sch.uk/wellbeing-for-children

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Stade de la petite enfance 1/9 Knowledge Organisers EYFS Overview EYFS Curriculum Ambitions Long Term Plan Recommended Reading List Reception Baseline Assessment EYFS Reading Introduction to Early Years Bienvenue sur la page Classe de réception. La petite enfance à South Hill School se compose de deux classes de réception, Wrens et Robins. Les professeurs de classe Wrens sont Mlle Sacco et Mlle Kemplen avec la pratiquante de la petite enfance Mlle Copeland; L'enseignante de la classe Robins est Miss Senior avec la praticienne de la petite enfance, Mme Khan. Mme Smith soutiendra les deux classes tout au long de la semaine et sera l'assistante d'enseignement à Robins à la place de Mme Khan un vendredi. Mlle Hamer travaillera également à Wrens en tant qu'assistante de soutien à l'apprentissage tout au long de la semaine. Un mardi, les enfants participeront à des séances de musique avec Mme Toms. Nous allons apprendre beaucoup de choses passionnantes au cours des prochains trimestres, en utilisant à la fois les espaces intérieurs et extérieurs. Pour plus d'informations sur la petite enfance et ce que nous ferons ce trimestre, veuillez consulter les liens sur cette page. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous avez des préoccupations ou des questions. Mlle Sacco, Mlle Kemplen et Mlle Senior Summer 1 Curriculum Map Summer 2 Curriculum Map Spring 1 Curriculum Map Spring 2 Curriculum Map Pour plus d'informations sur la façon d'aider votre enfant à être prêt pour l'école, veuillez cliquer ici . Autumn 1 Curriculum Map Autumn 2 Curriculum Map

Sciences humaines et apprentissage extérieur Geography Vision To develop pupils’ geographical skills, knowledge and enquiry and for pupils' to understand the similarities and differences between localities, both locally and in the wider world, and the affect this has on the humans that live there. Ici, à l'école primaire de South Hill, nous aimons faire un voyage dans le passé ou explorer le monde qui nous entoure. Voici quelques-unes des choses passionnantes auxquelles nous avons participé: 1/7 Our Curriculum We have tailored our Geography curriculum, in some areas, to reflect our locality and local community so that our pupils have a real sense of the geography of our town, Hemel Hempstead. For example: In EYFS, we focus on the building blocks to our Geography by beginning to study the natural world around us, including our local area In Year 1, we compare our town to a local village and study the similarities and differences In Year 2, we compare our town to a coastal town and study the similarities and differences In Year 3, we compare our town (which was traditionally a waterway) to Venice In Year 4, we study Hemel Hempstead through local environmental issues and think about the impact we can have In Year 5, we focus on fieldwork to collect information and map the land use of our town In Year 6, we continue our fieldwork and local area study by looking at Ordnance survey maps Long Term Plan Subject Overview Examples of knowledge organisers EYFS Year 4 Year 2 Year 6 Trips, hooks and theme days Our Geography curriculum is enriched by a number of school trips, theme days and assemblies and these provide excellent opportunities to bring our geographical learning to life. Examples are: EYFS: Local walk, including an introduction to maps Year 2: Local walk to think about what we like and dislike about our town and how we could improve it Year 3: Visit from ‘One Day Creative’ to study Volcanoes Year 4: Local walk to think about local environmental issues and how we can impact these Year 5: Local walk to study our local river, ‘The River Gade’ Year 6: Local walk to use Ordnance survey maps and to collect data and information about our town 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 represent and learn more about their chosen country and can wear clothes from their celebrated country or colours of the flag. Puplis 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. Pupil Voice I like geography because we look at maps and we have used the globe to find where we live. It was fun - Ciel Year 1 I liked the walk around our local area to look at where we live - Helena Year 1 I like geography because we learn about the different countries around the world, we learnt about Barbados - Enal Year 2 I like learning about where I live and how I can keep looking after my local area. I enjoyed comparing Hemel Hempstead to a village near to where I live - Freddie Year 5

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