Belmont School Parent Portal - Belmont School 6th December 2021 Newsletter

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

Dear Parents and Carers,

As you know, the government announced updated measures due to a new COVID-19 variant of concern 'Omicron'. School's have been given updated guidance, and we want to reassure you that we were already following most of these measures and will continue to do so, e.g. enhanced cleaning of high touch areas within the school, restriction of visitors on site, all adults wearing face covering during busy periods and ensuring we are following good hygiene, ventilation protocols.

Can I remind you all to not send pupils into school if they have the following symptoms:

A continuos cough
A high temperature
Loss of smell/taste

Please book a PCR test and inform the school as soon as you get the result.

We are still preparing pupils for end of term performances for Nursery, Reception and Year 1, these will now be recorded and you will be able to access this through your child's one note by the end of next week. We are not permitting exchange of gifts or Christmas Cards again this year. We want to minimise the risk of transmission so that families can enjoy the Christmas break when it comes.

We will be having our Christmas Lunch this Wednesday, so please make sure you book in advance via Parent Pay to avoid disappointment.

A huge thank you parents for your support on our very first TTRS Maths dress up day! Staff and pupils all looked like rock legends and had a fun day of Maths learning.

As the pupils and staff enjoyed dressing up so much last week, we will be asking all who come to school to wear 'Funky Jumpers' for the last week of term. So dust off those seasonal jumpers and let's make next week fabulous!

Finally, a reminder, to avoid queueing up, please ensure that you arrive on time and wait until staff let you know that you can come in. Pupils should be waiting with parents until it is their allocated time to come into school and remember we are role modelling behaviour to our pupils, be respectful and wait your turn when entering the school site. Wearing a face covering is mandatory, unless you are exempt.

I will be writing to you later on this week to finalise end of term arrangements. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.

Have a great learning week.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher (Acting)

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

The Latest Government, NHS and Public Health England Advice:

Here are links to help you find the latest government advice in relation to COVID-19:

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-abroad-from-england-during-coronavirus-covid-19

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england

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.

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):

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 - 6/12/21

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.
Wear a face covering when dropping off and collecting pupils and do let us know if you are exempt.
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

Home Rapid Testing For Families

COVID -19 infection rates remain high, particularly in Harrow and other parts of North West London. In order to keep schools safe and open the NHS is now rolling out rapid testing to all families with school age children. This is intended to pick up asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 so that outbreaks can be managed and contained quickly. If any member of your household normally leaves home to go to work, your family should be taking rapid (Lateral Flow) tests twice a week.

School staff are already doing rapid home testing so ensure any infection is picked up quickly. We will be sending out a separate letter from Harrow’s Public Health Team explaining where and how families can get tested, and this will include arrangements for attending local rapid Test Centres as well and how to order home test kits.

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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