The school follows the National Curriculum which was introduced in September 2014. Children are taught the three core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science. Year 6 Spellings Summer 2 Spelling Patterns and WWNTK Summer 1 Spelling Patterns and WWNTK Spring 2 Spelling Patterns and WWNTK Spring 1 Spelling Patterns and WWNTK Autumn 2 Spelling Patterns and WWNTK Autumn 1 Spelling Patterns and WWNTK 1/1

Year 6 Home Learning Daily Timetable English Lesson Maths Lesson Science Lesson

Year 3 Letters Home Summer Term Activity Clubs - 26.3.2025 Barleylands Volunteer Request - 19.3.25 Ancient Egyptian Day - 7.3.25 Comic Relief 2025 - 7.3.25 Spring Learning Conversations - 27.2.25 Safer Internet Day Spring 2025 - 7.2.25 Football Year 3 and Year 4 Girls - 31.1.25 World Book Day 2025 - 29.1.25 Christmas Jumpers for the year 3 concerts - 13.12.24 Spring Term Activity Clubs 2025 - 29.11.24 Christmas Jumper Day - 28.11.24 Christmas Discos - 28.11.24 Christmas Concert - 27.11.24 Scholastic Christmas Book Club - 22.11.24 Trip to Barleylands - 21.11.24 Individual School Photos Autumn - 12.11.24 Children In Need 2024 - 7.11.24 Year 4 and Year 3 Girls Football - 15.10.24 Free School Meals - 15.10.24 Harvest Celebration 2024 - 10.10.24 Annual Flu Vaccinations - 3.10.24 Learning Conversations Autumn term - 18.9.24 Stone age day letter - 16.9.24 Stone age day costume ideas September 2023 - 13.9.24 Portico Academy Trust letter from the CEO regarding Attendance - 13.9.24 Autumn Term Activity Clubs 20247 - 11.9.24 Star Author Visit Whole School - 11.9.24 Football at Hamstel - 6.9.24

Over the year, the children will be taught a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a range of opportunities to support and extend their learning. ​ Year 5 Over the year, the children will be taught a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a range of opportunities to support and extend their learning. More information about the curriculum at Hamstel Junior School can be found under ‘Curriculum’. Meet the team 5W- Year group leader Mrs Woolf 5BK Mrs Bentley and Mrs King 5L Mr Lynch 5Mu Miss Murphy 5Wa Mr Wallis Library Children should have their library books in school every day. Monday - 5BK, 5Mu and 5W Tuesday - 5Wa Wednesday - 5L 1/1 Year 5 Letters Newsletters Parent Pay Calendar Lunch Menu PE Please note these days are subject to change and children should always have their PE kit in school. Tuesday - 5L, 5Mu and 5W Wednesday - 5BK, 5Mu, 5W, and 5Wa Thursday - 5BK Friday - 5L and 5Wa 11+ Skreens Park Spellings KIRFs Key Dates 2024-2025 * Dates may be liable to change, please use as a guide. Homework Homework expectations for each week Year 5 Reading - daily reading for approx. 25 minutes - 10 Books to Read in year 5 Spelling - weekly spelling task - searching the books read at home for words matching the weekly spelling pattern/ learning the list of 'Words We Need to Know' Maths - daily practice of the key skills (KIRFs) as outlined for each half term. Additional homework will also be set for those children attending 11+ clubs or receiving additional support TT Rock Stars - Practising your tables regularly will really help you learn them and speed up your recall. Using TT Rock Stars will help you. Aim to practise your tables every day. Year 5 Latest News Ainda não há posts publicados nesse idioma Assim que novos posts forem publicados, você poderá vê-los aqui.

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Children with SEND may have a difficulty that makes it harder for them to learn at the same rate as their peers. These children often need extra or different support than that of other children. Hamstel Junior School caters for children with a variety of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Children with SEND Children with SEND may have a difficulty that makes it harder for them to learn at the same rate as their peers. These children often need extra or different support than that of other children. Hamstel Junior School caters for children with a variety of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). At present we cater for children in each of the categories of need: Communication and interaction; Cognition and learning; Social, mental and emotional health; Sensory and / or physical. Hamstel Junior School is a fully inclusive mainstream school which strives to ensure that all pupils achieve their potential personally, socially, emotionally and academically in all areas of the curriculum, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, social background, religion, physical ability and educational needs. This document is intended to give you information regarding the ways in which we strive to support all of our pupils, particularly those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in order that they can realise their full potential. The policies for working with children with SEND are available through the school office. If you would like further information about what we offer at Hamstel Junior School, then please do not hesitate to contact our SENCo, Miss Gale, via the school office. We hope that you find the information, taken from our 'SEND Information Report 2024 ', helpful. Click on the icons below to read information about the following: 1/1 Click on the documents below to view our SEN Policy and Local Offer. SEND Policy - February 2024 - 2025 Livewell Southend Peer Education Programme Partner - 2023-2024

Our office hours are Monday - Friday 8.00am until 4.00pm where Ms Martin or one of our office team will be happy to help with any queries you may have. Contact Us Phone number: 01702 468048 Address: Hamstel Junior School, Hamstel Road, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 4PQ E-mail: office@hjs.porticoacademytrust.co.uk Our office hours are Monday - Friday 8.00am until 4.00pm where Ms Martin or one of our office team will be happy to help with any queries you may have. Contact Us Thanks for submitting! Submit

Educational visits are arranged for children in connection with work being undertaken. Such visits form an important and integral part of our curriculum in terms of stimulating and broadening children’s learning and in giving ‘first hand’ experiences. Educational Visits Educational visits are arranged for children in connection with work being undertaken. Such visits form an important and integral part of our curriculum in terms of stimulating and broadening children’s learning and in giving ‘first hand’ experiences. More information trips can be found on the Year Group pages. Residential Trips Our trips offer a wonderful opportunity for the children to develop their independence and confidence as well as their ability to socialise and work collaboratively. Our year 5 children go to Skreens Park in Chelmsford for a night in May. The children work on their team building and survival skills! Our year 6 children visit Kingswood for three nights in June. They participate in a number of exciting and challenging adventurous activities. More information regarding the trips can be found below. Year 5 Skreens Park Year 6 PGL 1/1

Year 5 Expected Standard of work This is an example of the standard if fiction text that a Year 5 pupil should be able to read and understand. We would expect that a Year 5 pupil would be able to read this text fluently and with expression. We would also expect that they would be able to answer the following type of questions; Questions about word meaning Which word - in lines 3-7, how’s that Sylvia was unhappy about Bonnie’s actions? Questions that ask you to extract information from the passage Find and copy the words which are used to describe what the temple looks like Questions that ask you to summarise the text Describe where the girls go on their journey Questions that ask you to use the clues in the text to produce a reasoned answer Who or what do you think the ‘two small black dots’ (Line 15) belong to? Questions that ask you to use the text to make predictions Where do you think the boy is taking them too? Questions relating to the meaning of the whole text What reasons can you find to show that the girls needed to hurry? Questions about the author’s choice of language What is the author suggesting when she says that Bonnie knew her way by instinct? (Line 21) Questions that ask you to compare different parts of the text Compare the girls’ feelings about their journey through the trees. 1/1 1/2

School meals must be booked and paid for online in advance, using ParentPay. Free School Meals Click here to read key information about Free School Meals on Southend Council's website. School Dinners School meals must be booked and paid for online in advance, using ParentPay. Dinners cost £2.45. Free School Meals Click here to read key information about Free School Meals on Southend Council's website. Packed Lunches If you wish, your child can eat their own packed lunch at lunch time. Your child should have a drink as part of their packed lunch; however, for safety reasons, we do not allow hot drinks and ask that you do not send glass or other breakable containers in to school. Packed lunches should not contain bars of chocolate or sweets and we do not allow canned or fizzy drinks. We aim to be a 'nut free' school so please make sure that your child's snack or lunch does not include any food containing nuts. Packed lunch boxes should be labelled with your child's name and class. Home Dinner Arrangements If you wish your child to come home for lunch, a form must be completed and signed in advance where possible, stating which days they wish to have a home lunch. The form can be obtained from the school office and a new form must be completed each week. School Dinner Menu School Dinner Allergen Awareness Menu The menu below has been created for those children with food allergies. Please contact the school office if your child has any food allergies that the school should be aware of.

There may be occasions when your child has to learn at home for a short period of time. You can find resources to support your child’s learning when they are not able to come into school in the folder for their year group. Hamstel at Home There may be occasions when your child has to learn at home for a short period of time. You can find resources to support your child’s learning when they are not able to come into school in the folder for their year group. If you require support accessing the internet at home, please contact the school office. Children in junior school are expected to spend 4 hours learning each day (as recommended by the DfE). This will depend, however, on why your child is at home and the nature of the work they will be undertaking. Cartas para casa Jantar Cardápio Jantar Cardápio Jantar Cardápio

Physical Eduction (PE) PE at Hamstel Junior School: At Hamstel Junior School we believe that Physical Education (PE) plays a vital role in the holistic development of our students. Our primary school PE curriculum is designed to promote physical activity, develop essential movement skills, foster teamwork, and instil a lifelong appreciation for a healthy and active lifestyle. Through a balanced and inclusive approach, we aim to nurture the physical, social and emotional well-being of our students. Year 3 In Year 3 children will learn: to balance on one foot to climb onto apparatus to travel in a variety of directions to sprint 70m to run 400m to build stamina over long distance to throw and catch with a partner or group to apply game skills to apply appropriate tactics and strategies to evaluate self and peers to develop enthusiasm for physical activity to achieve their Swimming Award Level 4 at 10m distance Year 4 In Year 4 children will learn: to complete a forward roll and land on the feet to travel with a fluid motion to travel and balance on apparatus to pass and shoot accurately to develop a range of throwing passes to apply games skills and tactics with a partner/group/team to develop interest in participating in sports activities to evaluate self and peers and use to improve performance to achieve their Swimming Award Level 5 and aquatic skills Year 5 In Year 5 children will learn: to perform a sequence of movements to travel in varying ways with a fluid motion to dribble/travel with a ball between cones to strike a ball with a range of bats to throw and catch while moving to play games with skill and precision to apply appropriate tactics and strategies to use previous knowledge and experience of tactics, strategies and composition to develop interest in participating in sport activities and events at a competitive level to identify different levels of performance and use subject specific vocabulary to achieve their Swimming Award Level 6 and Self Rescue Award and 25m distance Year 6 In Year 6 children will learn: to sequence movements on floor and apparatus to perform balances with a partner to control and strike a moving ball/object to pass and move accurately at game pace to strike a ball with a range of bats for accuracy and distance to consider a range of strategies, tactics and routes to success, positioning self and peers according to abilities to analyse, modify and refine skills and techniques and how these are applied to suggest best strategies for best results to apply skills and tactics to competitive events to lead others in sporting activity to participate in outdoor adventurous activity 1/1 1/1