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Belmont School 11th March 2022 Newsletter

Global Goal 4 – Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are well and truly into Spring! With weather changing, I would like to remind you all that coats are still required. Please make sure that you label all of your children's clothing so that in the event of a coat being left behind, we are then able to hand to the right child. 

I have seen some fantastic home learning coming into school and online. Parents, do remember that home learning is set to enable children to practice and remember key knowledge and facts that they will be able to recall in class, so please make sure that they complete it. Well done to 2 Sky and 5 Asteroid who completing the most activities on Times Tables Rockstars and Numbots!

As the country is now learning to live with COVID-19, we are reviewing our school systems. We are continuing with our midday cleaning of high touch areas and surfaces, as well as our hand hygiene practices. We would like to ask you to make a personal choice on whether you would like to wear a face covering whilst you are on school site.

I would to like to remind that your child's safety is our highest priority and for that very reason will be continuing with the drop-off and collection routine (please see below for more details). It is important that you drop your children at the correct time and pick them up at their designated collection times, Year 3, 4 and 5 at 3.05pm and Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 at 3.15pm. Any children who are not collected at their designated time will be escorted to the after-school club (ACE) which will result in a charge for this service for parents. If you are interested with signing your children up to after-school club, do contact Mr Bennett on 07947 682787 or info@activitycentresofexcellence.co.uk, who will provide you with the price and other information. 

Your children have had an amazing start to this half-term with dressing like a royal day and celebrating World Book Day last week. So, next week will be no less adventurous as we will be taking part in Science Week- ‘Growth’. Children will be engaged in a variety of science activities and virtual assemblies, with staff and pupils ending the week with a 'Dress like a scientist day' on Friday 18th March! 

A final reminder that children need to come into school wearing the correct uniform and long hair must be tied up. 

We hope you enjoy your weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher 

Holiday Camp 4th April to 14th April

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to announce that Be Active will be running another Dodgeball and Multi-Sport club at Belmont School during the Easter holidays! We will be running 2 weeks of fun filled activity in a range of sports, please see the dates below:

Week 1 - Monday 4th April to Friday 8th April 2022

Week 2 - Monday 11th April- Thursday 14th April 2022

We only have limited availability so places are based on FIRST come FIRST served. Parents can book online via our website http://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online or if you wish to pay via bank transfer then please call/text the Be Active booking line on 07715847132 where a member of staff will provide the relevant information.

If you do have any questions or require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact our booking line 07715847132 or email beactiveclubs@gmail.com'.

We look forward to seeing your child/children at our Be Active Easter holiday camp!'

Best wishes,

James O'Donovan 

Be Active Sports & Clubs

Director

Activity Centre for Excellence (ACE) Breakfast Club and After school Club

We are pleased to announce the return of Activity Centres of Excellence who provide our wraparound provision for pupils in Reception to Year 6.

If you would like to make regular bookings, please contact Mr Floyd Bennett by phone or email — 07947 682787 or info@activitycentresofexcellence.co.uk. 

Attendance

School attendance is mandatory for all pupils.

If your child is ill, please notify the school office on 0208 427 0903.

If you or your child develop any signs of a continuous cough, high temperature and loss of taste or smell, book a PCR test immediately and let the school know as soon as you have been given the results - DO not send your child to school.

Punctuality

All pupils must in school and collected at their designated time:

 

Start Time:

Finish Time

Year 6

8.30am

3.00pm

Year 5

8.30am

3.05pm

Year 4

8.35am

3.05pm

Year 3

8.35am

3.05pm

Year 2

8.40am

3.15pm

Year 1

8.40am

3.15pm

Reception

8.50am

3.15pm

Nursery am

8.50am

11.50am

Nursery pm

12.15pm

3.15pm

It is important that your child starts school with their peers as this will help them to get ready for the amazing learning planned. It is your responsibility to ensure that your child is in school at their designated times. Repeated lateness means that your child is losing out on valuable learning, therefore the school’s safeguarding procedures will be followed and referrals will be made to external agencies where necessary.

Pupils who are not collected at the designated times at the end of the day will be escorted to the afterschool club (ACE) which will result in a charge for this service for parents.

 

Online Learning Expectations and Support 

We continue to set online weekly home learning online via 'Microsoft My Teams'. Staff will review what has been completed and leave feedback on the pupil’s page.

We are digitising the way the school operates, this means you will have access to all of the pupils daily learning so that pupils can review what they have learnt during the school day at home.

Please focus on reading with your child every day for at least 20 minutes, help them to learn their times tables and spellings and talk to them about their learning in school.

If you need help or support with online home learning, Mr Baig, our Computing Technician will be available to support you every morning from 8.30am to 9am. You will need to complete the following form to let us know what you need help with:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_V8ndTzT4UCYwoCKGgyMk4jHI5EEwytEqwJbw1OWdthUM0xGV0RaTk1YNVc1MlBLTDlDMFczQ04yMyQlQCN0PWcu

 

Uniform Reminders

As mentioned in the final letter before the summer break, we have decided to keep the rules on wearing PE kit on PE days and wearing trainers the same. However, please read the changes below very carefully as we want to maintain the high standards that Belmont has:

1. All children will be allowed to wear black shoes or black trainers. The black trainers must have no

White/coloured soles or laces. If there are logos, these must be black (see pictures below):

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2. The PE kit worn into school must be as follows:

  • Black or white trainers with plain laces. (No brightly coloured trainers please)
  • Black/Grey PE shorts, jogging bottoms (when it gets colder) or skorts – with no logo.
  • Plain white T-shirt or polo shirt (with no logo)
  • Pupils wear their purple school sweatshirt.

Please note that children should not be wearing any branded clothing and must only wear what is stated above.

Children in Year 6 will be expected to wear a school tie that can be bought from Teeny Wear in Harrow Weald. They must come to school wearing it on the first day back.

Long hair must be tied up. Hair accessories are not allowed and hijabs worn must be white.

We will be monitoring pupils’ presentation and expect all children to be wearing the correct uniform from the first day of school.

Ordering Hot School Lunches

All hot lunch bookings must be made online. 

Please order your child's hot meals for next week via the ParentPay website - www.parentpay.com.  This is for ALL pupils including Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils. 

All meals will need to be ordered in advance and the menu can be found on the website. 

If you need any help, please contact the school office on 0208 427 0903.

Health & Safety and general reminders - 11/03/22

To ensure that we are following safeguarding measures, we ask you to continue to help us by:

  • Only ONE parent to drop off and collect pupils to the teachers at the allocated times. If you have children in other year groups, you will only be allowed in school at the correct times – Please note - No parents will be allowed to wait on the school site.
  • Ensuring that you spread out and maintain a safe social distance from others when waiting to come on site – Keep your distance.
  • Do not gather in groups outside of the school gates and leave site as soon as possible – Keep your distance.
  • Wearing a face covering when dropping off and collecting pupils is now a personal choice.
  • Wash your hands regularly.

No parents may come into building without an appointment.  All communication must be by email, website or telephone.  We must maintain social distancing and strict timings

Safeguarding remains ‘EVERYONE’S BUSINESS AT BELMONT SCHOOL.’

Harrow Children Services’ Golden Number is available to everyone, and gives people one number to call for information or advice on services for children, young people and their families.

Golden Number: 020 8901 2690.

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World Poetry Day
0:00am – 0:00am
21
March
Last Day of Term - Finish times TBC
0:00am – 11:00pm
01
April
Easter Holiday
0:00am – 11:00pm
From 04 Apr until 15 Apr
04
April
Be Active - Holiday Sports Camp
9:00am – 3:00pm
From 04 Apr until 14 Apr
04
April
Bank Holiday - School Closed
0:00am – 11:00pm
18
April