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

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a half-term this is turning out to be! We had the amazing Steve Frew, a British artistic gymnast, showcasing the benefits of exercise for health and wellbeing. We celebrated ourselves and Diwali. The school learnt about the festival of light and why this is an important festival for the Hindu Community. We learnt about the importance of remembering Guy Fawkes and why it links to our British Values, and we took part in Remembrance activities to give thanks to those who gave their lives for our freedom. Last week was AntiBullying week when we all 'Made a Noise' and raised money for 'Children in Need'! I wanted to thank our wonderful school community for your kind donations. Even in these difficult times, you prove that we are 'Stronger Together'. 

I would like to thank all the families who have been donating pre-loved items for our OPAL initiative. I would also like to thank Mr Gajparia and Vue Cinemas, for their kind donation of cinema vouchers. A big thanks to Miss Thompson and Quick Group of Companies, who donated Hi-Viz jackets with the school on them for our pupils to use! 

Assemblies

This half-term has been a showcase for our 'Pupil Voice', who co-created and ran their own assemblies on 'Guy Fawkes', the 'Young Ambassadors for Peace Programme' and 'Remembrance', as well as the play leaders delivering 'Play Assemblies'. 

We have also had two fabulous assemblies presented by the pupils, 5 Eclipse and 5 Asteroid. They were nothing less than specular, and I wanted to thank the staff, pupils and the parents who attended for their continued support and dedication!

Parent Pupil and Staff Partnership (PPS)

Thank you to the parents who attended the meeting on Friday 17th November. We are excited about hosting our first event for this academic year, which will be the Christmas Fair that will be held on Friday 15th December. 

Please read the letter that was sent out earlier this week for more information that sets out the support we need from you and if you would like to book a stall to sell items. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the school office via office@belmont.harrow.sch.uk. 

Road Safety Week 

This week, Outdoor leaders have been campaigning to get Harrow Council to provide Locket Road with a pedestrian crossing.  Please make your voice heard and help the local community by signing the petition below:

Reading log 

Last term, we had two of our pupils who found 'Golden Tickets' in their reading books. We have loads more dotted around the school and in virtual books, so please do ensure that you log your child's reading on the App. 

Well done to all of our regular readers who have been reading non-stop at home since the beginning of term:

1 Earth	Raja Zayyan (338 pages)
1 Moon	Filip (813 pages)
1 Sun	Paahi (721 pages)
2 River	Vishnu (1504 pages)
2 Sea	Siya (1859 pages)
2 Sky	Amay (2066 pages)
3 Galaxy	Caleb (752 pages)
3 Mercury	Erika-Ami (2447 pages)
3 Planet	Florentina (1775 pages)
4 Mars	Anaya (8161 pages)
4 Neptune	Luqmaan (3093 pages)
4 Venus	Mayur (3506 pages)
5 Asteroid	Sarvesh (10341 pages)
5 Eclipse	Keerthana (1843 pages)
5 Meteor	Rahaf (4097 pages)
6 Jupiter	Paarth (6137 pages)
6 Pluto	Yumna (3827 pages)
6 Saturn	Shayanii (2323 pages)
NAM	Luis Petru (32 pages)
NPM	Ismaeel (97 pages)
R Star 1	Enzo (684 pages)
R Star 2	Jasmin Maria (326 pages)
R Star 3	Ana (278 pages)

Uniform Expectations

A reminder that you should be sending your child into school wearing the correct  uniform:

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 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.

What's on

To help you plan your time, please find a list of what events are on for the next few weeks:

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

We are looking forward to yet another exciting term of learning and working in partnership with you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend! 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher