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Every day at school matters to your child's education, academic success and future life chances. The law says that parents are legally responsible for making sure their children attend school regularly. Research has shown that poor attendance is linked to lower exam grades. Attendance Every day at school matters to your child's education, academic success and future life chances. The law says that parents are legally responsible for making sure their children attend school regularly. Research has shown that poor attendance is linked to lower exam grades. Children who attend school regularly also have better social skills and stronger friendship groups. Key Information We hope that you find the information below useful. If you have any queries or worries about your child's attendance then please contact Miss Williams, our Child and Family Support Officer, who will be happy to advise you. When should I keep my child off school? Sickness and Diarrhoea Your child should not come to school if they have sickness or diarrhea. Once they have been clear for 48 hours, they should return to school. COVID-19 As we enter the colder months when coughs and colds usually emerge, we wanted to clarify the school's approach to COVID-19. In line with NHS guidance, we recommend that children stay home from school if they have a high temperature or feel too unwell to carry out their normal routine. Once they are better, they should return to school. If your child has mild symptoms such as a runny nose, sore throat or mild cough, and they feel well enough, they can come to school. Children are no longer required to do a COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test if they have symptoms. However, if a child has a positive COVID-19 test result, NHS guidance suggests they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test, if they can. After 3 days, if they feel well and do not have a high temperature, the risk of passing the infection on to others is much lower and they can return to school. Reporting Absence to School Contact the school on the first day of absence either by telephone or by email by 9:15am. Keep the school informed if your child is absent for more than one day. Provide medical evidence for absences in the form of appointment cards, texts or pharmacy receipts dated for the absence period for medicine relating to the absence. Contact 01702 468048 office@hjs.porticoacademytrust.co.uk Late Arrivals Being punctual is very important and gives your child a good start to the day. If your child arrives later than 8:50am they will need to enter the school via the main entrance and will be given a late mark in the register. Click here to view more details about our school day and identify your child's nearest entrance to school in the morning. Leave of Absence Please submit a leave of absence form for any absence requests (such a holiday, weddings) during term time. Forms can be collected from the school office or printed from the link below. Forms must be completed and handed in to the office at least one month prior to the leave for consideration by the Head Teacher. Please attach supporting evidence to the form, identifying the exceptional nature of the leave. If your child is absent without permission granted by the Head Teacher the leave will be recorded as unauthorised. The current law does not give any entitlement to parents to take their child out of school during term time. The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 prohibits Head Teachers granting leave of absence to a pupil except where an application has been made in advance and the Head Teacher considers there are exceptional circumstances relating to the application. If the leave is granted, the Head Teacher can also determine the number of days the child may reasonably be away from school. All applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Taking your child out of school during term time could be detrimental to your child’s education progress. A pupil who takes 10 days absence will only attain 94.7% attendance for the school year. 10 days absence also means the pupil will miss 50 hours of education. If the absence is not authorised and the leave is taken, schools are now required to inform the Local Authority Access and Inclusion School Attendance Team. In August 2024, the government document 'Working Together to Improve School Attendance' was published in which guidelines were set out for the issuing of Penalty Notices in relation to unauthorised absence from school. The link to this document can be found below. For further information, please refer to the documents below. Common sense is your best guide when deciding whether your child needs to stay at home. As a general rule, if your child complains of minor ailments (slight sore throat, slight cold or cough, minor aches and pains, slight headache) they should come to school. If their condition worsens during the day, the school will contact you. If your child has a slight ear or tooth ache they should come to school. If pain persists they should see a doctor or dentist. Do not send a child to school with an unexplained rash until you have consulted a doctor. For further guidance, please refer to the NHS website . 1/1 Related Documents Attendance Information booklet for Parents & Guardians Leave of Absence form Attendance policy DfE Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance - August 2024 Portico Academy Trust letter from the CEO regarding 'Attendance' - 26.9.25

Year 3 Maths Autumn Term In the autumn term Year 3 children will: Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100 Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number Recognise the place value of each digit in a three-digit number (hundreds, tens ones) Compare and order numbers up to 1000 Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations Read and write numbers o to 1000 in numerals and in words Solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas Add an subtract numbers mentally, including a three-digit number and ones, and tens, and hundreds Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers Recall and reuse multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication using known tables, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods Write and calculate mathematical statements for division using know multiplication tables, using mental and progressing to formal written methods Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which 'n' objects are connected to 'm' objects measure, compare, add and subtract lengths (m/ cm/ mm) Spring Term In the spring term Year 3 children will: Measure mass (kg/g) Compare mass (kg/g) Add and subtract (kg/g) Measure volume/ capacity (l/ml) Compare volume/capacity (l/ml) Add and subtract volume/ capacity (l/lml) Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables Solve one-step and two-step questions e.g. 'how many more?' and 'How many fewer?" using information presented in scaled bar charts, pictograms and tables Count up and down in tenths Recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object in 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10 Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators Compare and order unit fractions with the same denominators Summer Term In the summer term Year 3 children will: Recognise, find and write fractions of discrete set of objects - unit fractions/ non-unit fractions with small denominators Add and subtract fractions with the same denominators Add and subtract fractions with the same denominators within one whole e.g. 5/7 +1/7 +6/7 Solve fraction problems Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XIII Tell and write the 12-hour and 24-hour clock Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours Use vocabulary such o'clock, a.m/p.m, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Compare durations of events, e.g to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks Draw 2D shapes Make 3D shapes using modelling materials Recognise and describe 3D shapes in different orientations Recognise angles as a property of a shape or a description of a turn Identify right angles and recognise that two right angles make a half-term, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn Identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines Measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes 1/1 Year 3 KIRFs Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2

Music At Hamstel Junior School, we want our children to love music. We want them to have no limits to their ambitions and grow up to be songwriters, composers or rock stars! We want children to know that anything is possible. Our vision, at Hamstel, is to give children access to an engaging and fun music curriculum reflecting the world they live in now, but at the same time giving them access to a wide variety of musical styles. We give children opportunities to build up their love of music,self-confidence and sense of achievement. Our teaching focuses on developing the children’s ability to; sing in tune and with other people, play the glockenspiel and ukulele with increasing control, fluency and expression and appreciate a wide range of music from different genres and styles. In June 2025, Hamstel Junior School was appointed as Lead School for the Greater Essex Music Hub. Year 3 In Year 3 children will learn: to listen to range of high quality music to confidently recognise a range of musical instruments to find the pulse of different songs/music to understand what composition and improvisation are to sing songs and perform with increasing confidence to develop an understanding of formal, written notation which includes crotchets and rests to begin to listen to and recall sounds with increasing aural memory Year 4 In Year 4 children will learn: to confidently recognise a range of musical instruments and the different sounds to recognise a range of musical styles and traditions to use musical language to appraise a piece to copy increasingly challenging rhythms using body percussion and untuned instruments to sing and play as part of an ensemble with confidence and precision to develop an understanding of formal, written notation which included minims and quavers to listen to and recall sounds with increasing aural memory Year 5 In Year 5 children will learn: to compose complex rhythms from an increasing aural memory to understand how pulse rhythm and pitch work together to improvise with increasing confidence using own voice, rhythms and varied pitch to sing, and perform with increasing confidence and precision to use and develop an understanding of formal, written notation which included staff, semibreves and dotted crotchets to develop an increasing understanding of the history and context of music to listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory Year 6 In Year 6 children will learn: to sing, play and perform with confidence and precision to improvise and create a simple composition ad record using formal notation to develop a deeper understanding of the history of music drawn from traditions and composers to appropriately discuss the features of music and recognise them in music heard to listen and record sounds with increasing aural memory and accuracy to deepen an understanding and use of formal, written notation which includes staff, semibreves and dotted crotchets. 1/1 Music Development Plan

If you have any further questions about the curriculum please feel free to contact the school office and somebody will be more than happy to help. Policies If you have any further questions about the curriculum please feel free to contact the school office and somebody will be more than happy to help. Accessibility Plan Anti-Bullying Policy Attendance Policy Behaviour Policy Charing & Remissions Policy Complaints Policy Curriculum Policy Equality Policy First Aid Policy HJS Child Protection Policy Portico Attendance Policy Portico Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy RSE Policy SEND Policy Supporting pupils with Medical Conditions Uniform Policy Whistleblowing Policy & Procedure 1/1

History History Curriculum Intent Statement: At Hamstel, we aim to create inquisitive historians and foster a love of history across all year groups. We believe that, by teaching history, we empower our pupils to foster a curiosity about the past; develop their own opinions based on a variety of historical sources, and build a deeper understanding of the present by engaging with and questioning the past. Year 3 In Year 3 children will learn: to describe the changes, key events and achievements in a particular period of time to use appropriate language relating to that time period to use an increasing range of common words and phrases relating to the passing of time to describe memories of key events in his/her life using historical vocabulary Year 4 In Year 4 children will learn: to describe a particular time period and the impact it has to place events in chronological order to use appropriate language relating to that time period to use a variety of source to discover about the past, and understand that they can contradict each other to use sources of information to answer questions that go beyond simple observation to communication learning in an organised way with correct terminology Year 5 In Year 5 children will learn: to describe the events, achievements and impact in a particular period of time giving reasons for them to order events on a timeline to present findings and accounts in a variety of ways to compare sources of information available to make comparisons with the present day to understand that the type of information available depends on the time period to evaluate the usefulness of a variety of sources to present findings in different ways to use more than one source to create a historical recount Year 6 In Year 6 children will learn: to describe the events in a particular period of time using evidence to support this to devise valid questions about the time and construct informed responses to use sources to support knowledge of the past to undertake independent research using sources to describe narratives chronologically across a time period to use historical terms to make connections and contrasts 1/2

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

Start of the Day School opening time: 8:40am - 8:50am End of the Day The school day ends at the following times: Lower school (years 3 and 4) - 3:20pm Upper school (years 5 and 6) - 3:25pm Our School Day Timetable Start of the Day School opening time: 8:40am - 8:50am Registration: from 8:50am Morning playtime - times vary Lunchtime - 5 5 minutes between 11:30am and 1:30pm Afternoon playtime - times vary End of the Day The school day ends at the following times: Lower school (years 3 and 4) - 3:20pm Upper school (years 5 and 6) - 3:25pm Playtime The children have a morning and afternoon break. Children may bring a small snack to eat during the morning break time. A piece of fruit or healthy snack bar is ideal. We do not allow bars of chocolate, sweets or any items containing nuts. Lunchtime The children have a 55 minute break in the middle of the day. Year groups have an allocated slot to eat their lunch in the Jubilee Dining Hall during the lunchbreak. Children may bring a packed lunch or pre-order a School Dinner via Parentpay. Assemblies We have two whole school assemblies each week, on a Monday and a Friday. During the week we also have year group assemblies. Parents are invited to their child's class assembly. Drop Off Children should arrive at school between 8:40am and 8:50am as registration is taken by the class teacher at 8:55am. Please note, that children who arrive after 8:50am will need to enter the school via the main entrance and will receive a late mark. Parents of children in year 3 can wait on the lower school playground from 8:30am (no unaccompanied children please). Children in years 4, 5 and 6 should enter the school via the green gate. We ask that children do not arrive at school unaccompanied before 8:40am. Children with siblings may enter school together via either of the entrances. Collection Year 3 children should be collected from the lower school playground (the same playground they are dropped at in the morning). Children in years 4, 5 and 6 should be collected from the main playground. Teachers will bring their class out at the end of the day. We ask that parents wait behind the barriers and check with the class teacher before taking their child. Parents with children in both year 3 and 4 should pick both children up from the year 3 playground. The school day finishes at the following times: Years 3 and 4 - 3:20pm Years 5 and 6 - 3:25pm Children should be collected at 3:20pm from the playground (3:25pm for children in years 5 and 6). In exceptional circumstances, when a child is not collected on time, they are taken to the school office and parents are contacted. If your child is not picked up by 3:35pm or they are regularly late being collected, a late pick up fee of £5 will be incurred for every 15 minutes they are late. Children not collected by 3:45pm will be taken to DASH. Parents will be charged a late fee of £5 and an additional £5 for the session. Parent will then need to collect their child from the main office at 4:30pm. Thank you for your support. Please let the class teacher or school office staff know if your child will be going home on their own or if they will be collected by another parent or adult other than you . Our Daily After School Hub (DASH) is available every day school is open; places should be booked 24 hours in advance via ParentPay . On the day bookings are not possible. Classrooms 2025/2026

HAF (The Holiday and Food Programme) is a free and exciting holiday programme for young people aged 5 to 16 who are eligible for free school meals. The programme runs over the Easter (1 week), summer (4 weeks) and Christmas (1 week) school holidays and is funded by the Department of Education. HAF Programme HAF (The Holiday and Food Programme) is a free and exciting holiday programme for young people aged 5 to 16 who are eligible for free school meals. The programme runs over the Easter (1 week), summer (4 weeks) and Christmas (1 week) school holidays and is funded by the Department of Education . Livewell Southend HAF Providers Directory

Opportunities for Support Staff Hamstel is a large and friendly Junior School, which employs a number of support and teaching staff to ensure we give our children the very best. If you'd like to join our fantastic team of support staff, please take a look at the Vacancies area of the Portico website to find out if there are any vacancies currently available at the school. 1/1

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Each year children in each class vote for one of their peers to represent them on our school council. Congratulations to the elected children for 2022-2023 Eco Warriors Our Eco Warriors have a number of responsibilities. The Eco Warriors: ensure everyone in the school turns off the lights and any unused electrical items when everyone leaves the classroom. use our special litter pickers to collect any rubbish left at the end of the morning break to help keep the playgrounds litter free. ensure the green bins in the classrooms are only used for paper and card The Eco Warriors also design signs to use around the school to remind others about how to save energy and help save the planet. We are also working in partnership with Southend City Council as part of the PlastiCity initiative to minimise the impact of plastics on the environment. Hamstel Junior School Eco Warriors 2025-2026