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Belmont School 21st July 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,

This year has flown by, and it will be sad to say goodbye to our current Year 6. I know they will leave with many fond memories of this fantastic school. I often think about how lucky I was to be appointed the headteacher of Belmont School. All the staff work incredibly hard to ensure your children progress and all of you do so much to support your children. Thank you to everyone for a fantastic year and good luck to all of our school-leavers.

Below you will find a poem that reminded us of how times flies. When you read it, we hope you remember to stay in the present and enjoy your time with your children! 

This years Digital Leaders created some posters to remind all pupils and the community of what you can do to stay safe whilst using technology:

Thank you to Serena and Lucas who are in 4 Mars! You both created wonderful posters! 

A reminder to parents to create log in information for School Cloud, our new catering providers and Arbor, our new information system before September to ensure that your will receive the updated menu and information for your child/ren. 

Be Active will be our new extended school's provider, please see information regarding bookings. They will be open from Tuesday 5th September for pupils in Year 1 to Year 6. 

Changes to the school day

A reminder of the new school timings:

  • Start the school day at 8.35am, instead of 8.40am.
  • Nursery AM to start at 8.35am and finish at 11.35am.
  • Families with children in different Key Stages will be able to pick up all siblings at 3.15pm.

If you only have children in Key Stage 2, you will be expected to collect your child/ren at the normal time of 3.05pm.

The new timings will come in effect from Tuesday 5th September 2023.

Please note that any children who are not collected at the designated end times of the session will be escorted to the after-school club (Be Active) which will result in a charge for this service for parents.

School uniform Reminders

Pupils at Belmont are extremely proud of their school, the school badge and their uniform.  To maintain this pride and high standards the children are required to wear the correct uniform.  The current uniform policy is outlined below. 

All Year 5 and 6 pupils must come into school on Tuesday 5th September wearing the school tie.

All pupils must come to school wearing the correct uniform including PE days. We will be monitoring pupils’ presentation and expect all children to be wearing the correct uniform from the first day of school, with all black shoes and trainer. Pupils must come into school wearing their PE kit on PE days.

Harrow Music Service

For those parents who have signed up for music tuition with Harrow Music Services, Please read the important information below the poem to make sure your child is ready to start from September onwards. 

Finally, I would like to say goodbye and good luck to all of our leavers including staff, especially Year 6 and some of our families who will also be leaving us, you are all ready for high school. Thank you, parents, for your ongoing support.  

A reminder to those who are returning that school starts on Tuesday 5th September 2023 at 8.35am. 

I hope all our pupils and their families will have a safe and happy summer break.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher 

To parents and pupils of those beginning or continuing instrumental lessons from September 2023              

Receiving communications direct from Harrow Music

We are delighted that your child is having instrumental lessons from September 2023 with a Harrow Music teacher.  We’d like to communicate with you directly about: opportunities for your child to participate in Harrow Music Festivals and ensembles and to take exams, and about concerts taking place in Harrow, many of which are free for under 18s. Please complete the link below to provide us with your contact information so we can give you details.  Completing the link means you are giving us permission to communicate with you direct.

https://forms.gle/Q5cBLfrgUWRXirJv5

The new Harrow Music Junior Orchestra collective

We would like to start a new Junior Orchestra Collective in January 2024, open to all young musicians in KS2 and KS3 who are learning a string, wind, brass or percussion instrument and working towards Grade 2 or above.  This will be about music-making in a larger ensemble bringing all these instruments together.  We'd like to know how many families will be interested in this exciting opportunity.  It will be on Saturday mornings at St Jerome Bilingual School in central Harrow.

Please go to this link and answer the questions below by 4 September or sooner, to let us know what works best for you, so we can try to accommodate family preferences.  We know how busy Saturdays can be!

https://forms.gle/MvEbkpqrBKdjioxZ9

Finally, our Student survey for all instrumental/vocal students who learnt with Harrow Music this last year.  We’d be very glad to have your child’s feedback and if you would please assist them to complete the form below:

PRIMARY: https://forms.gle/T5Uw9a4DaF8UwbRv8

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.

Early Support in Harrow 

For all Harrow residents, Harrow Early Support Services provide families with strategies and advice groups to help you with your children, wellbeing and health. Please click the links for the timetables and further information:

https://www.facebook.com/harrowcc/?locale=en_GB

https://www.harrow.gov.uk/downloads/download/12765/childrens-centres-timetables

https://www.harrow.gov.uk/childrenscentres

PE KIT days

PE Days will be announced in September.

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. 

Be Active Breakfast and After school Club

There will be a change from September 2023 of extended school’s provider. Activity Centre for Excellence, Floyd Bennett, will no longer be running clubs. I would like to thank him and his team for the service that they have provide to the school community. Thank you, Floyd, you will be missed!

Our new provider is ‘Be Active’. They will initially be running the breakfast club from 7.30am to start of the school day and from end of school day, until either 4.30pm or 5.15pm. Please find booking information below:

Please note that any children who are not collected at the designated end times of the session will be escorted to the after school club (Be Active) which will result in a charge for this service for parents.

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 

8.35am

3.15pm

Key Stage 1

8.35am

3.15pm

Key Stage 2

8.35am

3.05pm

Nursery am

8.35am

11.35am

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.

Health & Safety and general reminders - 21/07/23

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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