Global Goal 4 – Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Dear Parents and Carers,
I am pleased to welcome you all back to Belmont School and a special welcome to all of our new families and pupils who have joined us not only in Nursery and Reception, but across the school. I would like to extend the welcome to all of our new staff who joined us in September too. We are pleased that you are with us, and we are excited to see how your children progress this year and beyond.
It has been an amazing two weeks, your children are settled into a routine and are enjoying all elements of the day. We are really pleased that all children in Reception are eating the school lunches, and we hope that all pupils in Key Stage 1 will do the same. Remember to book all your meals on Parent Pay in advance.
Today the children took part in an assembly about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). They reviewed their knowledge of the 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. They will be learning about them across lessons and how they link to the Global Globals for Sustainable Development.
It has also been so wonderful to see so many parents attending our Phase Curriculum Mornings this week. We will be uploading the presentations up on the website in the curriculum section for you to view at your convenience. We will be hosting the Nursery and Reception's Curriculum Morning on Tuesday 20th September at 9am.
We will be running 'Stay and Play' sessions for our new Reception parents on the following days:
- Star 2 Stay and Play session - Wednesday 21st September 9.00am to 10am
- Star 1 Stay and Play Session - Thursday 22nd September 9.00am to 10am
- Star 3 Stay and Play Session - Friday 23rd September 9.00am to 10am
To strengthen partnerships, we will be hosting other events, so please do look out for them and attend if possible.
Awards update
We are excited to announce that over the Summer, we have been re-accredited with the 'Healthy School's Bronze Award' and the Gold 'School Games Mark' Award. I would like to thank Mr Ayeh-Datey for all of his hard work to support the school with gaining them.
We were also incredibly proud of all our pupil's who entered the Harrow Film Awards 2022 competition last term and would like to congratulate the following winners and runners-up:
The films in the final are:
- Lifecycle of a duck (Reception) - Winner 'Editing'
- Belmont Superheroes (Nursery) - Winner 'Overall Winner'
- Our change (Year 1) KS1 - Winner 'Editing'
- Deforestation (4 Venus class) Lower (KS2) - Runner-up
- Life Cycle of a frog (5 Meteor class) (upper KS2) - Winner 'Editing'
We thank all staff, pupils and parent who participated, the ceremony was an evening to remember.
Bank Holiday - Monday 19th September
We express our deepest sympathies for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our Queen led for over 70 years with quiet determination and selfless devotion. We join the Royal Family and the nation in their grief, and offer the Royal Family our heartfelt condolences.
As a mark of respect, like all other schools, we are closed on Monday 19th September 2022. This is due to a bank holiday being called as the Queen’s funeral will be taking place.
Old Uniform
We are committed to being a sustainable school, and we ask that If you have any old school uniform that is in good condition please can you donate it to school.
We can only accept uniform which is clean and good condition. Please bring it in the morning and drop it off to Ms Hughes who is our Welfare Officer. We thank you in advance.
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 that 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
We are looking forward to yet another exiting term of learning and working in partnership with you.
We hope you have a restful and reflective weekend, and we look forward to seeing you all back on Tuesday 20th September.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs P Aggarwall
Headteacher
