Click on the links for additional resources which can be used at home. Educational Resources Literacy Zone Maths Zone Science Zone Online Safety Zone Play Like Share Follow the adventures of Sam, Ellie and Alfie as they form a band and enter their school's Battle of the Bands contest, taking on the mean but 'cool' Popcorn Wizards as they go. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Band Runner Help the characters from Play Like Share by playing the game Band Runner. Put your online safety knowledge to the test and help the characters to make safe choices! Click here to play. Stay Safe Online Do not talk to strangers online. Only share things with people that you know in real life. Think carefully about what you put online or send to friends. This includes photos, videos, comments and personal information. If something happens online which worries or upsets you, tell a trusted adult. Websites

Across the year, we have a range of free activities that are offered by Hamstel Staff as well as those run by carefully chosen coaches that have a charge. Paid activities have varying prices that allow us to cover the cost of external coaches and extra resources. Clubs & Activities Across the year, we have a range of free activities that are offered by Hamstel Staff as well as those run by carefully chosen coaches that have a charge. Paid activities have varying prices that allow us to cover the cost of external coaches and extra resources. Autumn Term Clubs Letter 2025 - 4.9.25 Football at Hamstel Junior School Autumn 2025 After School Clubs - Important Information Children should be collected promptly from the main entrance after their activity unless they have permission to return home unaccompanied. Children are expected to attend each week for the full session unless the office is informed by a parent/carer through a note, phone call or in person. Regular failure to inform the school of non-attendance could result in your child losing their place. Regular non-attendance or late collection from after school activities could also mean your child losing their place. Please note, if your child is not collected on time, a late pick up fee of £5 will be incurred for every 15 minutes until they are collected. Late collections from DASH If you know you will be late picking your child up at 4:30pm, please use the emergency contact number on Arbor for this club and inform the staff on duty. Your child should then be picked up at 5:00pm. The additional cost will be added to your Arbor account. Please inform the office if your child will be going home unaccompanied after DASH. Early Collection from DASH If you have booked your child in for the later session (5:00pm-5:45pm) but need to collect them early at 4:30pm, please call the emergency phone number for DASH to let the staff know. Please note, you will still be charged for the later session. Cancellation Please call the school office by 1pm if you need to cancel your child's place at DASH. Places cancelled after 1pm will still be charged.

Design & Technology DT at Hamstel Junior School: At Hamstel Junior School, our design and technology lessons prepare our children to take part in the development of our rapidly changing world. Creative thinking encourages children to make positive changes to their quality of life. The subject encourages children to become autonomous and creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas and eventually making products and systems. Through the study of design and technology, the children combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as different functions and industrial practices. This allows the children to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and impact. Design and technology helps all children to become discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators. Our children are the designers of our future and so it is important that they are given the creative opportunities to express themselves. Year 3 In Year 3 children will learn: to name food groups to understand that food can be seasonal and has to be grown, farmed or caught to safety follow recipes to prepare and combine a variety of ingredients to use knowledge of existing products to design a functional product to create annotated designs to safely measure, mark out, cut, assemble and join with some accuracy to choose suitable tools and materials and plan stage of use to investigate and analyse products to strengthen frames using diagonal struts to understand how mechanical systems create movements Year 4 In Year 4 children will learn: to use prior knowledge to design a functional and appealing product to create designs using exploded diagrams to use techniques which require more accuracy to cut, shape, join and finish work to use knowledge of material's functional and aesthetic qualities to select and plan to consider how products might be improved and how well they meet the needs of the user to apply learnt techniques to strengthen structures and explore ideas Year 5 In Year 5 children will learn: to understand to main food groups and nutrients to understand how ingredients are safely grown, reared, caught to select and combine appropriate ingredients and techniques to research existing products to inform and design of an innovative product to create prototypes to show ideas to make careful and precise measurements to produce plans including materials, tools and techniques to guide making to make detailed evaluations about products considering the views of others to improve work Year 6 In Year 6 children will learn: to generate, develop, model and communicate ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design to apply knowledge of materials and techniques to refine and rework product to use technical knowledge and accurate skills to problem solve during the making process to use knowledge of well established designs to further explain the effectiveness of products to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce complex structures accurately and appropriately to apply understanding of computing to program, monitor and control the product 1/1 1/2

Reading at Hamstel Our aim is for every child to leave Hamstel Junior School able to read fluently and with confidence. We want every child to develop a love of reading in order that they continue to read widely in secondary school and beyond. School Library We are proud of our fantastically stocked school library. Children can choose two books, one of which is a ‘free choice’. Classes visit the library each week and children may also visit at lunchtime to change their books. Individual Reading Books and Reading Colours Children in the infant school follow the Read, Write, Inc scheme to develop their understanding of synthetic phonics. Book colours in the infant school correspond with the children’s phonics knowledge as they reinforce the sounds that the children have learnt. Reading books in the Junior School are colour coded according to the children’s reading age. Each colour contains a broad range of books in order to stimulate interest without overly restricting choice. Children chose a book from their coloured band which they read both at home and at school. They can also choose a fiction or non-fi ction book to read with an adult or on their own from any of the books in the library. Please click the links below for the suggested reading lists for each year group: 10 Boo ks to Re ad in Year 3 10 Books to Re ad in Year 4 10 Boo ks to Read in Year 5 10 Boo ks to Read in Year 6 Reading Lessons Children are taught whole class reading lessons as part of English. To support both our reading and writing lessons, a different core text is shared with the children each term – see below. Our reading lessons focus on helping children develop their reading skills so that they become fluent and confident readers. Story Time Our teachers read regularly to their class to encourage a passion for reading. Our childre n really enjoy being read to by an adult. Class and School Library Time To help the children select great books, classes spend time each week discussing the books that they have read and making recommendations to others. We also have a termly book review competition where children have the chance to win a book voucher. We have 10 recommended reading books for each year group which are chosen each year by our teachers to challenge, encourage and inspire our children. Reading Champions Our Reading Champions are chosen from year 5 and 6 to support a love of reading across the school. The Champions support other children at lunchtime by helping them choose a great book from our outdoor library. Not sure what to encourage your child to read? We have a suggested reading list for each year group which covers a range of genres to inspire every child to develop a love of reading. Star Author Days At Hamstel we welcome children’s authors (our Star Authors) to the school to speak to the children about what inspires them and how they became a writer. Children have the opportunity to enter a special competition as part of the star author day and join our author for a special lunch. Children can also buy copies of their books and have them signed by the star author! World Book Day We celebrate World Book Day each year by dressing as our favourite book character and completing some great literary inspired activities.

Sports Captains At Hamstel Junior School we have sports captains who help to keep all of our fantastic sports equipment tidy and accessible. The children also help at sporting events including the Infant sports day.

Year 4 Home Learning Daily Timetable English Lesson Maths Lesson Science Lesson

Year 3 Expected Standard of work This is an example of the standard if fiction text that a Year 3 pupil should be able to read and understand. We would expect that a Year 3 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 1-5 - means the same as well-known? Questions that ask you to extract information from the passage Where was the house that Tom lived in? Questions that ask you to summarise the text Describe what you know about Tom’s family. Questions that ask you to use the clues in the text to produce a reasoned answer Why did Tom’s secret worry him? Questions that ask you to use the text to make predictions Do you think Tom will stay with his mother all through the story? Explain your answer. Questions relating to the meaning of the whole text In what way does Jack differ in appearance from his brothers? Questions about the author’s choice of language Why did the author describe the wolves’ jaws as dripping? (Line 18) Questions that ask you to compare different parts of the text How you you think the brothers feel about their adventures? How do you think Tome feels about their adventures? 1/1 1/2

The Pupil Premium is grant funding and is in addition to the School’s Delegated Budget. It was established by the government to address the inequalities between pupils. Pupil Premium The Pupil Premium is grant funding and is in addition to the School’s Delegated Budget. It was established by the government to address the inequalities between pupils. It is allocated according to the number of children on roll who are eligible for free school meals at any time in the last six years, who have been Looked After for more than six months, who are adopted or who have a parent in one of the armed forces. It is up to the school to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent. Pupil Premium funding is used to raise attainment as well as promoting social skills, independent learning and positive behaviour. Pupil Premium Strategy Report 2025-2026 1/1

Please view our Sports Premium documents here. Sports Premium Please read the information in the documents below which gives details of our P.E Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding. PE and Sport Premium Grant Expenditure: categories of grant spending 2025 PE and Sport Premium Grant Expenditure: opportunities, impacts and sustainability details 2025 1/1

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

Year 5 Home Learning Daily Timetable English Lesson Maths Lesson Geography Lesson