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Belmont School 9th June 2023 Newsletter

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

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a week to return to school! We hope that many of you were not adversely effected by the burst water pipe on Wednesday. It was great to see how many pupils logged into team to complete the online learning and would like you, as well as staff for your ongoing support. 

Home Learning 

Home learning grids for this term have been published. You will be able to find them your child's class team and on our website in the specific year group page. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your child's class teacher. 

Warmer weather

As the weather has improved, please can you ensure that your child brings a bottle of water. Please send the water in a reusable bottle such as:

12 Best Water Bottles of 2023, Tested by Experts

Single use plastic bottles should not be used and brought into school. We are aiming to reduce plastic waste and for your child to have access to bottle that they can refill during the day. Children are able to bring in hats.  Please make sure that you write your child's name and class clearly on all items so that in the event it is misplaced, we can return the item to its rightful owner. 

Please can we ask that you apply sunscreen before school your child comes into school and that they are wearing the correct school uniform with black shoes or trainers. 

Attendance

Please do not book holidays or family days during term time.  Missing even one or two days of school can be detrimental to your child's learning as key information is missed. Friendships are also affected.  Holiday absences will show up as persistent absence which is checked by Ofsted when they visit and monitored closely each half-term by the local authority. 

Parent Ambassador Feedback Survey

We are very lucky to have three amazing practitioners who are there to support our school community. We would like to hear your feedback and would encourage you all to complete the Parent Ambassador survey by clicking the link below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_V8ndTzT4UCYwoCKGgyMk5sJyb9BHDhItD3pKR4K7ApUOThUMFk5NUJUQVVNWEdSOTRVSUo1REcyUiQlQCN0PWcu

Summer Term Key Dates 

Please see a list of key dates for your diary:

  • Thurs 15th - Year 5 Wigmore Hall Trip
  • Fri 16th June – 2 River Class Assembly
  • Mon 19th June - OPAL Stay and Play Sessions 3.30pm - 4.30pm
  • Tues 20th June - OPAL Stay and Play Sessions 3.30pm - 4.30pm
  • Wed 21st June - OPAL Stay and Play Sessions 3.30pm - 4.30pm
  • Thurs 22nd June – Windrush Day
  • Wed 21st June - 1 Earth Forest School Trip
  • Thurs 22nd June - 1 Sun Forest School Trip
  • Fri 23rd June – 1 Sun Class Assembly
  • Fri 23rd June – 2 Sea Class Assembly
  • Mon 26th June - Sports Morning Year 5 and 6 (9.15am to 11.15am)
  • Mon 26th June - Sports Afternoon Year 1 and 2 (1.15am to 3.00pm)
  • Tues 27th June - Sports Morning Year 3 and 4 (9.15am to 11.15am)
  • Tues 27th June - Sports Afternoon Year Reception and am/pm Nursery (1.15am to 3.00pm)
  • Fri 30th June - Stargazers Sports Morning (9.15 to 10.30am)
  • Fri 30th June - 2 Sky Class Assembly
  • Mon 3rd July - Year 6 Kip On The Ship Sleep Over 
  • Tues 4th July - Year 6 Visit to the Tate Modern Gallery
  • Tues 4th July – Year 6 Transition Day at Charters School
  • Tues 4th July – Year 5 Cluster Sports Day at St George’s School, Ascot
  • Thurs 6th July – Year 6 Transition Day for Harrow High Schools Only 
  • Fri 7th July - Non-Uniform Day - Eid Celebration
  • w/c 10th July – Last Week of Clubs
  • Fri 14th July – Meet the new teacher day
  • Fri 14th July – Reports Issued
  • w/c 17th July – Learning and Achievement Morning 
  • Tues 18th July – Leavers’ Performance am 9am and 5pm 
  • Wed 19th July - Year 6 Leavers Picnic - 1.30 to 3pm. 
  • Fri 21st July – Last day for pupils, early finish tbc. 

Finally, if you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to speak to a member of the school team. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher 

Young Harrow Foundation

Young Harrow Foundation have developed a new hub for cost of living support on their website: www.youngharrowfoundation.org/cost-of-living-support

This hub aims to signpost people to local services from the voluntary sector and local authority - and is particularly aimed at families or carers that have children and young people in their household.

The online hub, developed by Young Harrow Foundation, lists services that can help with things like, mental health and wellbeing, warm hubs in the borough, help with accessing food, housing support and low cost furniture providers.

PE KIT days

Below are the year group PE days:

Reception - Friday

  • Y1 - Monday & Wednesday
  • Stargazers - Wednesday
  • Y2 - Monday & Thursday
  • Y3 - Tuesday & Friday
  • Y4 - Tuesday & Thursday
  • Y5 - Monday & Thursday
  • Y6 - Wednesday (swimming) & Thursday

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 or jewellery. They must only wear what is stated above. 

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

Activity Centres of Excellence provide our wraparound provision for pupils in Reception to Year 6.

Breakfast club will open at 7.45am till school opens.

After school club run from the end of the school day to 6pm.

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. You can now leave a voicemail to report your child's absence.

Punctuality

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

Key Stage 

Start of School time

End of School time 

Reception 

8.40am

3.15pm

Key Stage 1

8.40am

3.15pm

Key Stage 2

8.40am

3.05pm

Nursery am

8.50am

11.50am

Nursery pm 

12.15am

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.

Attendance and Punctuality Updates 

Parents, it is important that you drop your children at the correct time and pick them up at their designated collection times, Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 at 3.05pm and Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 at 3.15pm. A reminder that any child/ren not collected at their designated time will be escorted to the after-school club (ACE), which will result in a charge for this service. 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. 

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://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/ComputingSupport@belmont.harrow.sch.uk/bookings/ 

 

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 - 8/06/23

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

  • Please all follow the 1-way system to help you move around the site safely.
  • Ensuring that you are joining the queueing system and not pushing in.
  • Wash your hands regularly with soap.
  • Cover your face when coughing and sneezing, dispose of any tissues immediately. 

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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UNCRC Article 19
I have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated

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