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Belmont School 28th March 2024 Newsletter

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

Dear Families,

Spring term 2024 has ended with a bang! Your children are flourishing and making amazing progress, as many of you have seen as part of the learning and achievement mornings that have taken place over the last few days! You should be so proud of your children!

As always, we would like to thank you for continued support and feedback! 

Community Support

Belmont School would like to extend a big thank you to Middlesex CSR for donating consumable items for our families to use over the holidays. The items have been well received! 

For families who are at risk of being made homeless, please contact Harrow council for support:

Outstandingly Happy Harrow School!

A sprinkle of inspiration from the Art of Brilliance. Why not give this a try in the holidays: 

Do not forget that as a school we are all working in the 2% Mindset mode:

Assemblies

Year 3 classes were amazing this half-term. They were able to share their learning about Fair Trade, The Pied Piper, The Egyptians and shared their learning with Wigmore Hall! Pupils were well-prepared, expressive and determined to showcase their talents! Well done!  

Year 5 families were also invited to watch an amazingly well put-together performance from the 'Outstandingly Happy Harrow' event that the pupils attended. We will be sharing more information after the holidays! 

We would also like to thank Ashley Cooper, who came to school as our guest speaker to talk about Neurodiversity to the Years 4, 5 and 6 pupils. We are proud of our pupils and how we are building our school community and sharing what makes us 'Stronger Together'.

Reading log 

Well done to all of our regular readers who have been reading non-stop at home since the beginning of term. Below are Reading Champions for Spring Term:

Class Name

Top Reader (Most Pages Read)

Total Progress Logs Made

1 Earth

Rea Tsiniere (14682 pages)

656

1 Moon

Filip (9180 pages)

956

1 Sun

Paahi (3476 pages)

543

2 River

Ashmaan (1803 pages)

326

2 Sea

Safiya (6735 pages)

707

2 Sky

Kimiya (4648 pages)

366

3 Galaxy

Syeda Minahil (1860 pages)

91

3 Mercury

Erika-Ami (5915 pages)

520

3 Planet

Zahid (9826 pages)

809

4 Mars

Kohisan (43552 pages)

673

4 Neptune

Andy (41033 pages)

627

4 Venus

Haniya Zahra (18235 pages)

398

5 Asteroid

Sarvesh (4394 pages)

155

5 Eclipse

Wameedh (5879 pages)

1196

5 Meteor

Shaheer (29590 pages)

1794

6 Jupiter

Usman (5563 pages)

408

6 Pluto

Hibah (10560 pages)

1027

6 Saturn

Shayanii (3862 pages)

116

NAM

Alexandru Gheorghita (473 pages)

79

NPM

Ismaeel (1681 pages)

177

R Star 1

Manhah (4408 pages)

319

R Star 2

Layanika (9845 pages)

221

R Star 3

Haadi (981 pages)

179

Well done and keep reading. 

Celebrating Pupil Achievements Outside of School

We are always excited to share our pupil's achievements in and out of school and we want to say well done to Brandon, who received an award from his football club! You are a true inspiration as to what can be achieved with self-discipline, patience and consistency! We are so proud of you and keep it up! 

Communication

A reminder to all parents/carers, that if you have any issues or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to any member of staff on duty or email the school office via office@belmont.harrow.sch.uk or by submitting your query on our virtual form found on our website (https://www.belmont.harrow.sch.uk/contact-us-form). We aim to respond to queries within 10 working days as outlined in our Positive Communication Policy, which can be found in the policy section on our website, where you will also find:

  • Community Behaviour Policy 
  • Complaints Policy and Procedure 
  • Managing Serial and Unreasonable Complaints Policy

Finally, we want to wish a Happy Easter to all of our families who are celebrating this over the weekend and Eid Mubarak to all of our families who will be celebrating next week!

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We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday 15th March, with all pupils wearing the correct uniform. Please see below! 

Have a lovely holiday! 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher 

Internet Safety Parent Support 

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

Below are the days that pupils will be coming into school wearing their PE Kit:

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

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

Dear Parent/Carer,

As you may have seen Be Active are our new provider for Breakfast and After school clubs, if you would like your child to attend any these then you MUST book online prior to attendance at https://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online otherwise your child will not be able to attend, this MUST be done to attend.

Please book directly on the Be Active website:

 https://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online?category=63a1cf71-22a1-490d-b7c9-234b714c799b

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 6.00pm. 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 would like your child to attend any these then you MUST book online prior to attendance at https://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online, 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 (Be Active) 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

Children must come into school wearing the correct uniform listed below. on PE days, pupils should come into school wearing the correct PE kit:

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 5 and 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 - 28/03/23

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

  • Ensure that you come to school at the allocated time
  • 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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I have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated

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