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Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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Latest Belmont Newsletters Are Now Online!
Fri 20 Oct 2023We are pleased to let you know that our latest Belmont Newsletters have been sent home to parents and carers via ParentMail this week.
Our 'Online Safety' newsletter contains lots of information for parents and carers for keeping children safe online. In 'Belmont News', you will find out all about the great learning that has been taking place in school this term. It also contains a special message from Mrs James, Chair of the FOBS concerning their recent AGM. To find out more about the amazing work of the FOBS team and how you can help, please visit their pages on the website - click HERE.
Copies of the newsletters can be downloaded by clicking HERE.
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Star Achievers Of The Week
Fri 20 Oct 2023Mr Allsopp welcomed everyone to the last Star Achiever assembly of the term this morning. There has been some fantastic learning this week and our Stars were very excited to tell us all about it!
Today, our fabulous Stars received certificates for:
Fallow Class - her hard work in addition this week.
Elk Class - the fantastic hand puppet that she made in D&T.
Impala Class - his amazing work in guided reading and his brilliant storytelling.
Barasingha Class - her fantastic learning about the Romans.
Sambar Class - her excellent effort in swimming during lifesaving.
Taruca Class - her wonderful work creating a scientific leaflet.
We also congratulated Lilah who has been working very hard to learn her times tables and was awarded her bronze badge.
Our Attendance winners of the week was Fallow Class!
Well done to everyone, we hope you all have a great half term break.
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This term, we hope to invite the parents and carers of Star Achievers to join the celebration either by joining us in school or watching via Zoom. The password will be changed weekly.
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A Wonderful Harvest Celebration!
Wed 18 Oct 2023We are vey proud of the children in Impala and Barasingha classes who welcomed their parents and carers to their harvest celebration. The children did a brilliant job and sang beautifully! They thought about why we celebrate harvest in the autumn and why we support people who are less fortunate than ourselves.
We would like to say a big thank you for all the wonderful food donations which we have delivered to Grantham Foodbank.
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Our First Winners Wednesday!
Tue 17 Oct 2023Our first Winners Wednesday assembly took place last week! This is where we celebrate our fantastic readers and brilliant mathematicians as well as our highest scoring Dojo winners.
Class Dojo was introduced earlier in the term, with children placed in one of 4 House Teams - Donaldson, Dahl, Rosen and Lewis. They can earn Dojo points for themselves and their team by demonstrating the Golden Rules and the highest scorers each week receive a Dojo Champion certificate as well as cookies and milkshake with Mr Allsopp!
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Star Achievers Of The Week
Tue 17 Oct 2023Mr Allsopp was delighted to welcome everyone to our special assembly on Friday morning. It was wonderful that so many parents and carers of our fabulous Stars were able to join us both in school and via Zoom.
This week, our terrific Stars received certificates for:
Fallow Class - his imaginative writing and using all the skills we have learnt.
Elk Class - her fantastic reading work!
Impala Class - his amazing mental arithmetic when adding 1s and 10s to 3-digit numbers.
Barasingha Class - his fantastic story about a dream.
Sambar Class - his excellent coding skills.
Taruca Class - her wonderful work on the 'Arrival' text.
We also congratulated Freddie who has been working very hard and was awarded his bronze times tables badge.
Mr Togher brought news of more sporting success. Last week, pupils took part in a Badminton Festival at KGGS and had a great time! The sport has proved so popular there are plans for a Badminton Club in school next term.
Tacuca Class were very excited to learn they were the Attendance winners of the week.
Well done to everyone!
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This term, we hope to invite the parents and carers of Star Achievers to join the celebration either by joining us in school or watching via Zoom. The password will be changed weekly.
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Parent Governor Election
Fri 13 Oct 2023A vacancy for a Parent Governor has arisen at this school, and it is therefore necessary to hold an election. Full details can be found on the Governor section of the website. Please click HERE to go directly to it.
Applications should be received not later than 9.00 am on Wednesday, 8 November 2023.
Thank you.
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Harvest Festival - Tuesday, 17 October
Sat 07 Oct 2023We are very pleased to let you know that the Impala and Barasingha classes will be hosting our Harvest Festival Celebration on Tuesday, 17 October.
As in previous years, we will continue to help Grantham Foodbank, a much needed charity providing support to our local community. Some of the shortages they are experiencing at present are tinned meat/tomatoes/beans/fruit, cereals, noodles or pasta sauces, steamed puddings/custard, coffee/tea, UHT long life milk, cordials, children’s treats or biscuits, deodorant/toilet paper.
The children and staff would like to invite parents/carers of children in Impala (Year 3) and Barasingha (Year 4)
to join us for the celebration which will start at 2:45 pm. In order to avoid congestion please could we ask for a maximum of 2 family members per pupil, thank you.
We really appreciate any donation you are able to make and thank you for joining us in supporting an incredibly worthy cause. Please bring all donations to school by Friday, 13 October 2023.
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Announcing Our Open Morning On 24 November
Sat 07 Oct 2023We are delighted to let you know we will be hosting an Open Morning on Thursday, 23 November 2023 from 9:30 am - 11:30 am! Parents and carers of children who are due to start school in September 2024 are invited to come along to see what our school has to offer.
Please let your family and friends know if they have a child due to start school next September and feel free to share on social media! A copy of our poster can be downloaded HERE.
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Star Achievers Of The Week
Sat 07 Oct 2023Mr Allsopp was very pleased to welcome everyone to our special assembly on Friday morning where we congratulated our Star Achievers of the week. The children have been working hard both at school and at home and were very excited to share their learning with us all.
This week, our fabulous Stars received certificates for:
Fallow Class - his effort and progress in reading.
Elk Class - her fantastic story writing skills!
Impala Class - his amazing science investigation skills and great teamwork too.
Barasingha Class - her amazing science learning about skeletons.
Sambar Class - his excellent ability in basketball.
Taruca Class - his wonderful dedication to his reading.
Three times table badges were also awarded during the assembly. Our congratulations to Kia and Oscar for bronze and Maison for silver.
The final announcement this morning was for Attendance, with the winners for the first time this term being a very pleased Elk Class!
Well done everyone!
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This term, we hope to invite the parents and carers of Star Achievers to join the celebration either by joining us in school or watching via Zoom. The password will be changed weekly.
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School Photographer - Tuesday, 10 October
Wed 04 Oct 2023We are pleased to let you know that the school photographer will be at Belmont during the morning of Tuesday, 10th October 2023 to take individual photographs. If this is your child's PE day they should attend school in their full school uniform and do not need to bring in a PE kit.
Please ensure your child wears their Belmont jumper/cardigan as the photos are taken against a white backdrop.
If you would like a family photograph (with younger pre-school sibling/s) please take your child to their normal entrance at the start of the day and then go to the area outside the school office.
Photographs will be taken from approximately 9.00 am and your child will be collected from their classroom when it is your turn to avoid congestion in the hall.
Children who have siblings in school will have their photograph taken together during the morning.
Regards,
Belmont School Office
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