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Belmont School 25th March 2022 Newsletter

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

Dear Parents and Carers,

It is sunny outside and the temperature is starting to warm up! It is essential that your child comes into school wearing the correct uniform!

We are very nearly at the end of the Spring Term, and it has been another great term of learning. Your children show great dedication to wanting to know more, and it is important that we encourage this process at home. Next week is the deadline for completing this half-terms home learning grids. We will also be emailing our Spring Term Interim Reports to all parents. EYFS and Key Stage 1, will have their reports emailed out on Wednesday 30th March and Key Stage 2, will be emailed out on Thursday 31st March. Please make sure you check your junk mail if you have not received your child's report. 

Over the holidays, we are encouraging all children to continue with completing online learning to use the Reading Planet, Numbots and Times Tables Rock Stars app. If you need any help with logins or logging in to any of these, do not hesitate to make an appointment with Mr Baig, our Computing Technician, who will be on hand to support you. 

Last day arrangements – Friday 1st April

We normally finish early on the last day of term, and we plan to do so this term too. The following end of day staggered times will be in place for Friday 1st April only:

  • Year 6 will finish school at 1.00pm
  • Year 5, 4 and 3 will finish school at 1.05pm.
  • Stargazers, Reception and Year 1 and 2 will finish school at 1.15pm
  • The Nursery classes will not be open on Friday 1st April and will finish at the normal time on Thursday 31st March!

The classes will be dismissed following the usual procedures; through the main walkway and gate. All parents and pupils must follow the one-way system around the car park and exit will be through the vehicle access gate.

Please ensure that you are on time to collect your child/ren and do join the ends of the queueing system outside the school if you have children in other year groups.

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 and 5 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 are interested with signing your children up to after-school club, do contact Mr Bennett on 07947 682787 or info@activitycentresofexcellence.co.uk, who will provide you with the price and other information. 

We have a number of vacancies listed on our website and would like to encourage you to have a look and apply if the job is for you. More details are listed below and if you require any further information, do come and speak to any member of the senior leadership team. 

Finally, I would like to thank Ms Thompson and her company, Kuehne + Nagel Ltd, for donating IT equipment to our school. We appreciate your kind gesture and behalf of the school we would like to a big “Thank You”! 

We hope you enjoy your weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher 

Vacancies at Belmont School

  • Are you a team player looking to join a creative, forward-thinking school?
  • Are you a visionary who creates learning that is able to transform lives?
  • Do you want to be part of an Inclusive mainstream school with new SEND Provision that values Mental Health and Wellbeing?
  • Are you able to plan amazing learning for all?

If the answer is yes, then read on…

We have the following vacancies for September 2022 to join to our established staff team:

  • Parent Ambassador - Arabic/Pashto/Farsi Speaking 
  • Lunchtime Play Leaders for our Specialist Provision - Stargazers 
  • As and When Lunchtime Play Leaders
  • Assistant Caretaker

You will:

  • Have an outstanding record of accomplishment
  • Be ambitious
  • Be enthusiastic
  • be ready for an exciting new challenge.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of children. The successful candidate will be subject to a basic and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Application forms, further information and Job descriptions can be found on the Vacancies page. Please email your completed application forms to recruitment@belmont.harrow.sch.uk. 

Holiday Camp 4th April to 14th April

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to announce that Be Active will be running another Dodgeball and Multi-Sport club at Belmont School during the Easter holidays! We will be running 2 weeks of fun filled activity in a range of sports, please see the dates below:

Week 1 - Monday 4th April to Friday 8th April 2022

Week 2 - Monday 11th April- Thursday 14th April 2022

We only have limited availability so places are based on FIRST come FIRST served. Parents can book online via our website http://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online or if you wish to pay via bank transfer then please call/text the Be Active booking line on 07715847132 where a member of staff will provide the relevant information.

If you do have any questions or require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact our booking line 07715847132 or email beactiveclubs@gmail.com'.

We look forward to seeing your child/children at our Be Active Easter holiday camp!'

Best wishes,

James O'Donovan 

Be Active Sports & Clubs

Director

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. 

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

 

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):

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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 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 - 25/03/22

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.
  • Wearing a face covering when dropping off and collecting pupils is now a personal choice.
  • 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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I have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated

Last Day of Term - Finish times TBC
0:00am – 11:00pm
01
April
Easter Holiday
0:00am – 11:00pm
From 04 Apr until 15 Apr
04
April
Be Active - Holiday Sports Camp
9:00am – 3:00pm
From 04 Apr until 14 Apr
04
April
Bank Holiday - School Closed
0:00am – 11:00pm
18
April
First Day Back For Pupils
0:00am – 11:00pm
19
April