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Belmont School 11th February 2022 Newsletter

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

Dear Parents and Carers,

I cannot believe it is half-term already!

We would like to thank those of you who attended the virtual meetings. We have received positive feedback! If you did not manage to book or missed the appointment, please email the office who will liaise a suitable time for the class teacher to virtually meet or phone you.

We have a had a week of dressing up, from superheroes in Reception to the 'Express Yourself' Day today! With all of your donations, we were able to raise of £300 from the first count! We will update you with the final figure after the break.

We are all impressed with all the home learning that has been coming in, and we have seen a significant increase with pupil's knowing more and remembering more! Thank you parents for your ongoing support.

During the holidays we would like for you to continue reading and completing the maths challenges online, but why not mix it up by going to your local library and visiting one the museums in London.

We will be publishing the Spring 2 Home Learning after the holidays!

For those of you who book school lunches, we have an exciting new menu which will be going live from 21st February (See below). Please make sure you book the lunches in advance as usual.

All school run clubs will be running as usual after the half-term. We hope you have a restful break and see you when school reopens on Monday 21st February for ALL Pupils.

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.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-abroad-from-england-during-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 - 07/02/21

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

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

First Day Back For Pupils

0:00am – 11:00pm

February