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

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.'

Modern Foreign Language - French “Languages are an essential part of a broad, balanced curriculum. Not only do they provide an opportunity to communicate more effectively with others, they also help children to understand what it is to be a global citizen. This includes the importance of tolerance and understanding, which is crucial knowledge in today’s world.” At South Hill, French is taught as a Modern Foreign Language (MFL) in Key stage two. Pupils in Early Years and Key Stage One learn and develop skills, which will support and benefit their future language learning. These include: Communication and language Phonics Reading Grammar Vocabulary Knowledge of different cultures and societies Our Curriculum In KS2, French is taught using the ‘Language Angels’ scheme of work. Teaching units have been selected in order to build a wide range of vocabulary and enable progression in our ‘Golden Threads’, which are: LISTENING SPEAKING READING WRITING In the Autumn term, each year group starts with phonetics and pronunciation lessons which teach some of the key sounds in French. Pupils also spend time learning and using some ‘essential vocabulary’ including greetings, numbers and days of the week etc. Pupils then continue developing their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through a variety of topics throughout the year. To ensure learning is enjoyable and memorable, lessons often use stories, songs, role play and a variety of other activities to support pupils to learn, remember and apply French vocabulary. Celebrating languages Within our school, we have pupils that speak many different languages. We aim to celebrate this through whole school events such as ‘International Day’ and ‘International Languages Day’ where each year group selects a country to learn about and to take part in a dance as well as many other activities. We also celebrate languages that are in school by dressing in colours of a chosen nationality and sharing languages, customs and traditions with our friends. 1/5 Long Term Plan Subject Overview Essential Vocab

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Matematik South Hill İlköğretim Okulu'nda, öğrenmeyi oluşturmak ve yerleştirmek için somut, resimli ve soyut (CPA) yaklaşımların kullanımıyla desteklenen geniş ve ilgi çekici bir matematik müfredatı sunmayı hedefliyoruz. Öğrencilerimiz, matematikle ilgili kavramsal anlayışlarını geliştiren ve derinleştiren, ayrıca ele aldığımız konularda akıcılığı ve ustalığı teşvik eden görevlerle zorlanır. Sınıfların tamamında, çocukların öğrenmelerinin merkezinde yer alan temel anlayış noktaları ile küçük, yönetilebilir adımlarla öğrenmelerini desteklemek ve teşvik etmek için çok sayıda kaynak mevcuttur. Her sınıfın, mevcut öğrenmenin rehberlik ve destek için bir araç olarak gösterildiği kendi 'Çalışma Duvarı' vardır. Çocukların çalışmaları, başardıkları şeyin bir hatırlatıcısı olarak burada sergileniyor. İyi bir tartışmayı teşvik etmek ve yeni fikirleri yerleştirmek için ön öğrenme de gösterilebilir. Subject Overview Calculation Policy Long Term Plans EYFS Year 1 Year 4 Year 2 Year 5 Year 3 Year 6 Zaman Tabloları Rockstars Maths Open Morning 1 Maths Open Morning 2 Maths at Home Use the buttons below to see what each year learns in Maths lessons. Yıl 1 2. Yıl 3. Yıl 4. yıl 5. Yıl 6. yıl Pupil Voice 'If you're stuck there's always something to help you work it out' - Niamh Year 6 'I love it when division goes into decimals' - Rahul Year 6 'It's exciting learning new methods in maths' - Merryn Year 5

South Hill İlköğretim Okulunda, açık kapı politikasını destekliyoruz; Lütfen çocuğunuzun sınıf öğretmeni veya Kıdemli Liderlik Ekibinin bir üyesiyle konuşmaktan çekinmeyin. Personel listesi Subject Leaders Communication Protocol

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4. yıl 1/9 Knowledge Organisers - Summer Knowledge Organisers - Spring Knowledge Organisers - Autumn Year 4 Multiplication Check Yearly Overview Önerilen Metinler 4. sınıfa hoş geldiniz! Çocukların bu kadar uzun bir aradan sonra iyi bir şekilde yerleştiklerini görmek harika. Önümüzde bütün bir yıl heyecan verici öğrenim var. Romalılar hakkında bilgi edinecek ve St Albans'taki Verulamium Müzesi'ni ziyaret edeceğiz. Yaratıcı Müfredatımız, Sonbahar Döneminde kendi Roma çömlek ve mozaiklerimizi yapmayı kapsayacaktır. Çocuklar elektriği keşfedecek ve basit elektrik devrelerinin nasıl kurulacağını ve bilimsel gözlemlerin nasıl yapılacağını öğrenecekler. Maple, Bayan Farmery ve Bayan Sisulu tarafından öğretiliyor ve çocuklar Bayan Nash tarafından destekleniyor. Holly, Bayan Tomsa tarafından öğretiliyor ve çocuklar Bayan Conroy tarafından destekleniyor. Bu sayfadaki bağlantılar size bu terimle ne yapacağımız hakkında bilgi verecektir. Bayan Farmery, Bayan Sisulu ve Bayan Tomsa Transistion Booklet 2025 - Maple Transistion Booklet 2025 - Holly 4. Yıl İngilizce 4. sınıf matematik KS2 Reading VIPERS Y3/Y4 Tricky Word List

School Travel Plan Our School Travel Plan at South Hill Primary School aims to encourage a healthy lifestyle and positive well-being for all. We work closely with Herts Travel Team and we currently hold a “Good” Award for our Travel Plan. Some of the aims of the School Travel Plan include: Improved safety of pupils due to less traffic. Less congestion around the school and in the local community. Healthier, happier, more alert pupils, thanks to active travel such as, cycling and walking. Avoiding parking issues around the school ground Less pollution around the school and local area. Improved road awareness of pupils. Greater staff health and well-being. Improved journey reliability for staff, pupils and parents. As a school, we actively promote walking, using a scooter, park and ride or cycling as a way of getting to school each day. Additionally, during our Walk to School Week we again encourage and record how children get to school each day that week. This is a great opportunity to help children reach their minimum 60 minutes of exercise per day. At South Hill, we ask that no cars enter the school car park during drop off and collection. Parking is very restricted around the immediate school site. Please be considerate to our local residents if parking nearby to the school or consider parking and walking. Within the school grounds, we also have a scooter station to keep bikes and scooter dry from the weather! Tom, our school crossing officer regularly visits school Tom sends the following message to keep your children safe. 1) A reminder to stay on the footpath until Tom call you to cross, do not cross before. 2) Any children who bring bikes and scooters must get off and push them across the road. 3) Parents, for the safety of all PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON YELLOW LINES or close to the crossing patrol area. We thank Tom very much for helping to keep our pupils safe

No Mobile Phone Zone Okul Aile Birliği Merhaba! South Hill İlköğretim Okulu'nun öğrenci sesiyiz. Okul Konseyi, akranları tarafından seçilen her sınıftan iki çocuktan oluşur. Sınıfını temsil etmek isteyen her aday, Okul Konseyi için görüşleri ve hedefleri hakkında kısa bir konuşma yapmalı ve çocuklar daha sonra tercih ettikleri sınıf adaylarına oy vermelidir. Okul Konseyi Üyeleri 2020-2021 6. Yıl - Costy & Rory / Joely & Jack 5. Yıl - Fraser & Gloria / Ava & Alfie S 4. Yıl - Taylor & Oscar / Beau S & Riley 3. Yıl - Izzy & Sam / Lillie & Zubin 2. Yıl - Eva & Oliver / Saraya & Frankie 1. Yıl - Emilia & Thomas / Bertie & Amelia Okul Aile Birliği Merhaba! South Hill İlköğretim Okulu'nun öğrenci sesiyiz. Okul Konseyi, akranları tarafından seçilen her sınıftan iki çocuktan oluşur. Sınıfını temsil etmek isteyen her aday, Okul Konseyi için görüşleri ve hedefleri hakkında kısa bir konuşma yapmalı ve çocuklar daha sonra tercih ettikleri sınıf adaylarına oy vermelidir. Okul Konseyi Üyeleri 2020-2021 6. Yıl - Costy & Rory / Joely & Jack 5. Yıl - Fraser & Gloria / Ava & Alfie S 4. Yıl - Taylor & Oscar / Beau S & Riley 3. Yıl - Izzy & Sam / Lillie & Zubin 2. Yıl - Eva & Oliver / Saraya & Frankie 1. Yıl - Emilia & Thomas / Bertie & Amelia Pupil Voice Child 1 – I like being the School Council because I care about my school. Child 2 – Year 5: I enjoy being in the School Council because it allows me to share my ideas. Child 3 – Year 5: This year our School Council has helped us all to explore the value of respect, and it has improved our school. Child 6 – Year 5: This year I got to experience meeting our local MP and share all our hard work, I really enjoyed that. Child 4 – Year 6: This weekend the School Council will be doing a litter pick with the ECO Warriors. This shows we are showing respect to our local community. Child 5 – Year 6: Our School Council makes sure that everybody has an opportunity to speak up and have a voice.

History We teach a broad and varied History curriculum, at South Hill, which aims to develop skills and knowledge to ensure pupils have a coherent narrative, knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and the wider world from the earliest times to the present day, how people’s lives have shaped Britain and how Britain have influenced and been influenced by the wider world. By the end of Year 6, we want our pupils to have a solid chronological understanding of the historical events studied, to have a knowledge of how History has shaped Britain (and the wider world), to be able to think critically and to understand that what has happened in the past is critical to shaping our future. How is History taught at South Hill? Our History curriculum is mapped out on our ‘Long term plan’ and this details our substantive knowledge, disciplinary knowledge and substantive concepts (Golden Threads): Substantive knowledge - Knowledge about the past (historical information and facts) Disciplinary knowledge - Knowledge about how historians investigate the past, and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts Golden Threads (Substantive concepts): we have carefully mapped out 7 key concepts that weave in and out of our learning. These allow us to build on previous knowledge and to make links between historical periods and events that we have already learnt to those that we are learning now and in the future: Long Term Plan Subject Overview Examples of knowledge organisers EYFS Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 We have tailored our History curriculum, in some areas, to reflect our locality and local community so that our pupils have a real sense of how history has shaped who we are today in Hemel Hempstead. For example: In EYFS, we focus on the building blocks to our History curriculum by studying our family In Year 1, we take a walk around our local streets, focusing on how houses have changed in the last century. In Year 2, we study our School, how it has changed over time, as well as the local ‘Water Gardens’ In Year 3, we study the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who visited our town to open ‘The Queen’s Square’ in Adeyfield in 1952 In Year 4, we study the Romans and look specifically at how they took over St. Albans (Verulamium) and visit the museum, Hypercaust and Roman Walls In Year 5, we study Hemel Hempstead and look at how it has changed over the past 100 years In Year 6, we study WW2 and how this impacted our local area Trips and theme days: Our History curriculum is enriched by a number of school trips, theme days and assemblies and these provide excellent opportunities to bring our historical learning to life. Examples are: EYFS - Trip to St. John's Church, Boxmoor and 'Fairy tale castle day' Year 1 - Local homes trip and 'Victorian' theme day Year 2 - Visit by the Fire Brigade (linking to the 'Great Fire of London' topic) Year 3 - 'Stone Age' theme day and visit to Windsor Castle Year 4 - Trip to the Verulamium museum and 'Roman' and 'Greek' theme days Year 5 - Local history walk and 'Viking'' and 'Egyptian' theme days Year 6 - Trip to the RAF museum and WW2 theme day Black History month forms an important part of our History curriculum and every year we complete a whole school project which aims to promote and celebrate Black contributions to British society, and to foster an understanding of Black history in general. This year, we focused on each class reading one of the following books: Fruits - by Valerie Bloom Sulwe - Lupita Nyong'o Wagari's Tree of Peace - A true story from Africa - Jeanette Winter Pupil Voice “History is really interesting and can tell you things about the past and how we can learn from it for the future.” Miles – Y5 “I remember doing a Victorian day and learning about school back then. The teachers were really strict!” Iannis – Y3 “I loved our trip to St. Albans to learn more about the Romans! Did you know that Boudicca led a revolt right where we stood in the park!” Rishika – Y4 “I absolutely love learning about History. Our WW2 topic has been so engaging. I’ve loved every minute of it and now I want to learn even more.” Scott – Y6

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 regularly attended Young Voices and most recently on 23rd January 2026. This year the music included a Disco Medley, a Wicked Medley, A Medley of Sea Shanties 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 became backing singers to soloists Ruti and Olly and loved singing ‘Shackles’ with Aneesa Folds. The song ‘Power in Me’ has become a school favourite as it links so well to our Resilience theme in the South Hill Way. 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 Friday 23rd 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, Olly, Ruti and Aneesa were sensational. Such an incredible evening to inspire and remember! Here are some of the choir members’ comments: ‘Breathtaking’ ‘Extraordinary’ ‘Unforgettable’ ‘It was just the best day’ ‘I loved the Urban Strides Dancers!’ My favourite Medley was Wicked’ ‘I loved the lights- I felt like a star!’ ‘It was soo amazing’ Urban Strides are awesome! ‘Awesome’