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Belmont School 19th April 2024 Newsletter

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

Dear Families,

Welcome back to the Summer Term. I know many of us will not believe we are even in spring with the recent weather that we have been having! With this in mind, please ensure that your child comes into school with a raincoat that has their name clearly labelled in it. 

This term, your child will be consolidating their learning and, in the latter part of the term, getting ready for transition. We will be sadly saying goodbye to our Year 6's, but not without celebrating their time at Belmont through a variety of activities, including 'Kip on the Ship' and their end of year production! 

Home learning has been shared on teams and can also be found on the school website in the year group section. 

The following dates are for your diary and we request that all Year 6 Parents add the SATS test dates to your diary:

Date

Event

Time

Friday 3rd May 2024

1 Sun Class Assembly

9am to 9.30am

Monday 6th May 2024

May Day - Bank Holiday – School Closed

All day – All Pupils

Friday 10th May 2024

1 Earth Class Assembly

9am to 9.30am

Monday 13th May 2024

Year 6 SATs Breakfast

Year 6 GPS Paper 1 and 2

8am

Tuesday 14th May 2024

Year 6 SATs Breakfast

Year 6 Reading Paper

8am

Wednesday 15th May 2024

Year 6 SATs Breakfast

Year 6 Maths Paper 1 and 2

8am

Thursday 16th May 2024

Year 6 SATs Breakfast

Year 6 Maths Paper 3

8am

Friday 17th May 2024

Year 6 Celebration Breakfast

8am

Friday 17th May 2024

1 Moon Class Assembly

9am to 9.30am

Thursday 23rd May 2024

Last day for all pupils

All day – All Pupils

Friday 24th May 2024

INSET Day – School closed for all pupils

All day – All Pupils

Outstandingly Happy Harrow School!

Today we were visited by Will Hussey from the Art of Brilliance. He was taken on a school tour by some of our year 5 pupils. He loved the school and enjoyed delivering a Key Stage 2 assembly and the year 5 workshops.  

Do not forget that as a school we are all working in the 2% Mindset mode:

Reading log 

Well done to all of our regular readers who have been reading non-stop at home throughout the holidays. Below are Reading Champions for Spring Term:

Class Name

Top Reader (Most Pages Read)

Total Progress Logs Made

1 Earth

Rea Tsiniere (7192 pages)

232

1 Moon

Filip (2634 pages)

163

1 Sun

Paahi (486 pages)

43

2 River

Shreya (315 pages)

22

2 Sea

Safiya (1357 pages)

82

2 Sky

Kimiya (446 pages)

40

3 Galaxy

Hemish (56 pages)

2

3 Mercury

Erika-Ami (1277 pages)

93

3 Planet

Zahid (1930 pages)

131

4 Mars

Kohisan (7327 pages)

69

4 Neptune

Taarini (387 pages)

30

4 Venus

Haniya Zahra (2255 pages)

103

5 Asteroid

Ellia (56 pages)

1

5 Eclipse

Wameedh (1615 pages)

52

5 Meteor

Huda (656 pages)

109

6 Jupiter

Salahuddin (3782 pages)

24

6 Pluto

Yumna (5969 pages)

126

6 Saturn

Shayanii (98 pages)

8

NAM

Isabella (70 pages)

5

NPM

Ali (69 pages)

19

R Star 1

Ryan-Ionut (287 pages)

32

R Star 2

Layanika (1050 pages)

27

R Star 3

Haadi (208 pages)

20

Well done and keep reading. 

Celebrating Pupil Achievements Outside of School

We would like to say a huge congratulation to Shreya Sawant 2 River, who took part in the UK Chess Challenge Megafinals and won 3 of 6 matches. This is amazing, and you should be super proud of your achievement! 

Lego Sustainable Building Challenge

Before the end of last term, a few Year 5 children took part in a Lego Sustainable Building Challenge for Red Nose Day. Chloe, Huda and Ioas in 5 Meteor submitted their Sustainable Lego Builds and have won a feature in the next Lego Magazine and some boxes of Lego. Well done for this amazing achievement!

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

Finally, Happy Baisakhi to families who celebrated it over the holidays! 

Happy Baisakhi 2024: 300+ Wishes, Images, Quotes, Messages, Greetings and Status

 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P Aggarwall

Headteacher 

Internet Safety Parent Support 

Young Harrow Foundation

Young Harrow Foundation have developed a new hub for cost of living support on their website: www.youngharrowfoundation.org/cost-of-living-support

This hub aims to signpost people to local services from the voluntary sector and local authority - and is particularly aimed at families or carers that have children and young people in their household.

The online hub, developed by Young Harrow Foundation, lists services that can help with things like, mental health and wellbeing, warm hubs in the borough, help with accessing food, housing support and low cost furniture providers.

Early Support in Harrow 

For all Harrow residents, Harrow Early Support Services provide families with strategies and advice groups to help you with your children, wellbeing and health. Please click the links for the timetables and further information:

https://www.facebook.com/harrowcc/?locale=en_GB

https://www.harrow.gov.uk/downloads/download/12765/childrens-centres-timetables

https://www.harrow.gov.uk/childrenscentres

PE KIT days

Below are the days that pupils will be coming into school wearing their PE Kit:

  • Reception - Friday
  • Y1 - Monday & Wednesday
  • Y2 - Monday & Thursday
  • Y3 - Tuesday & Friday
  • Y4 - Tuesday & Friday
  • Y5 - Monday & Thursday
  • Y6 - Thursday (swimming on Wednesday)

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 or jewellery. They must only wear what is stated above. 

Be Active Breakfast and After school Club

Dear Parent/Carer,

As you may have seen Be Active are our new provider for Breakfast and After school clubs, if you would like your child to attend any these then you MUST book online prior to attendance at https://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online otherwise your child will not be able to attend, this MUST be done to attend.

Please book directly on the Be Active website:

 https://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online?category=63a1cf71-22a1-490d-b7c9-234b714c799b

Our new provider is ‘Be Active’. They will initially be running the breakfast club from 7.30am to start of the school day and from end of school day, until either 4.30pm or 6.00pm. Please find booking information below:

Please note that any children who are not collected at the designated end times of the session will be escorted to the after school club (Be Active) which will result in a charge for this service for parents.

Attendance

School attendance is mandatory for all pupils.

If your child is ill, please notify the school office on 0208 427 0903. You can now leave a voicemail to report your child's absence.

Punctuality

All pupils must in school and collected at their designated time:

Key Stage 

Start of School time

End of School time 

Reception 

8.35am

3.15pm

Key Stage 1

8.35am

3.15pm

Key Stage 2

8.35am

3.05pm

Nursery am

8.35am

11.35am

Nursery pm 

12.15am

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.

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, 5 and 6 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 would like your child to attend any these then you MUST book online prior to attendance at https://www.beactivesportsandclubs.co.uk/book-online, who will provide you with the price and other information. 

Pupils who are not collected at the designated times at the end of the day will be escorted to the afterschool club (Be Active) 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://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/ComputingSupport@belmont.harrow.sch.uk/bookings/ 

 

Uniform Reminders

Children must come into school wearing the correct uniform listed below. on PE days, pupils should come into school wearing the correct PE kit:

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 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.

We will be monitoring pupils’ presentation and expect all children to be wearing the correct uniform from the first day of school.

Health & Safety and general reminders - 19/04/23

To ensure that we are following safeguarding measures, we ask you to continue to help us by:

  • Ensure that you come to school at the allocated time
  • Please all follow the 1-way system to help you move around the site safely.
  • Ensuring that you are joining the queueing system and not pushing in.
  • Wash your hands regularly with soap.
  • Cover your face when coughing and sneezing, dispose of any tissues immediately. 

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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