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Belmont Bulletin
1st October 2021
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Dear Parents and Pupils,
It has been a busy fortnight with two Open
Mornings, a Seaside Event for children in The
Mews and visitors, in addition to Taster Days for
pupils joining the Senior School in Year 7 in
September.
May I thank FOB for organising a tremendous
Rockeoke event, raising funds for the Junior
Library in The Grove. Governors, parents and
teachers demonstrated their hidden talents on
stage whilst the Headmistress kept a low profile!
Tickets are selling fast for “Daisy Pulls It Off”.
This is suitable for pupils across the age range
and all parents are encouraged to attend
whether your child is in the cast or not. With
children’s tickets priced at £1.00, this promises
to be a bargain priced, fun evening out for all
the family!
I hope that you enjoy reading this edition of the
Bulletin and please keep on sending in news
about your children’s activities and successes
out of school as well as in school – we love to
celebrate together! Thank you from Friends of Belmont to
With my best wishes, everyone who supported the recent
Rockeyoke event.
Watch the Portal Notices for news of our next
exciting event!
Above: Year 3 collaborating to represent
examples of Human Geography, Physical
Geography, and Environmental Geography Our ice cream sellers at The Mews Seaside Event
The Grove HISTORY: The Grove became the scene for a Year 5 re- enactment of The Battle of Hastings recently complete with Harold Hardrada, William the Duke of Normandy and King Harold Godwinson. SCIENCE: Year 5 have also been measuring the age of some of the many school trees as part of their science lessons. By calculating the size of the tree and dividing by 2.5 (the figure given for average tree growth), they found the largest tree to be at least 368 years old!!! Other photographs include Year 3 Maths and a Year 5 Science practical.
The Mews – Seaside Event!
Staff in The Mews were keen to hang on to summer with a specially themed ‘Seaside Event’ last
Friday. After their school photographs, all pupils got changed into home clothes and enjoyed a
range of craft activities using shells, pebbles and sand. They made a pirate ship, listened to
stories, and there was even time for some role-play and an ice cream!
AWARDS Left:
Oliver and Ethan
F for their Puffin
swimming
awards
Above: The pupils above all received awards
in The Mews as follows:
Annabel H for her amazing knowledge of
North America.
Arthur H for his enthusiasm about a space
topic. Above: Talented Young Writers in Year 2.
Zara T for her ball shooting technique. When these pupils were in Year 1, they entered
George S for amazing reading. a writing competition entitled 'My Diary' run by
Phoebe H for trying hard in maths. Young Writers. We are pleased to say that they
Sienna D for being a phonics superhero. were all successful in getting their entries
published in the next edition of the Young
Writers publication! Well done all of you.
Feldemore
Miss Turner has introduced the exciting new English Department ‘Wall of Fame’, a celebration of
pupils’ hard work and commitment to their English lessons. The first pupils to appear on the Wall
are:
• River M Year 9
• Oliver B Year 9
• Findlay W Year 6
• Lisette M Year 6
• Matthew A Year 8
• Tom B Year 8
• James L Year 8
• Daniel A Year 8
• Zak D Year 8
• Sophie H Year 8
• David V Year 8
• Archie C Year 8
• Eleanor S Year 8
School Newspaper After School Club
Our new pupil school newspaper
will be released on TUESDAY
12TH OCTOBER!
The first edition will include a
news item from reporters Josie
and Fred on the new Aquileon
building. They interviewed Mrs
Skrine in her Study this week
(opposite).
This exciting new after school
club runs on Tuesdays for any
pupil in Year 6 to Year 10 with
Miss Turner.
Josie and Fred interviewing Mrs Skrine this week
Outdoor Enrichment with Mr Hammond
My name is Mr Hammond and I am the new member of
staff teaching outdoor education at Belmont. This is
an exciting new role and a fantastic opportunity for
the pupils. They will be learning new skills in the
outdoors like whittling and fire lighting. As well as fun
construction activities using knot work.
With the amazing grounds we have here at Belmont we
have the opportunity for many nature activities that
will make the students more aware of the wildlife
around them and to find out why conservation and
sustainability are important, thus ensuring we can
offer opportunities like this to other young people in
the future. All through woodland activities.
Mr Alex Hammond
Outdoor Enrichment Coordinator I can’t wait to get started and I hope the pupils enjoy
& Duke of Edinburgh Award it too!
Belmont Boarding It has been a fantastic start to the Michaelmas Term in the Boarding House. We have welcomed lots of new boarders from Year 3 upwards who have embraced boarding life and all it has to offer, along with the return of many familiar, happy faces. Last week we visited Guildford Spectrum for our first boarding outing of the school year and enjoyed a fun filled game of bowling. Other evening activities have included swimming, Danish longball and a firm favourite, spotlight, which is essentially hide and seek in Feldemore in the dark! We also had a special birthday in the Boarding House this week, as pictured below. Happy birthday to Sophie!
The Art Department – ‘In Summer’ Photograph Competition
The Art Department would like to thank everyone who
took part in this year’s summer holiday photography
competition and we were delighted to receive so many
entries. We hope you join with us to celebrate the
achievements of our finalists and, if you have not been
selected this time, please try again next time! Please see
all finalist photos exhibited in the link corridor by the
Theatre. The Winners were:
The Mews- Ethan F
The Grove- Liberty B
Feldemore- Polly R
More entries on the next page …
WINNER: ‘Flowers’ by Ethan F
Winner Feldemore:
Winner The Grove:
Polly R
Liberty B Year 3
Year 10
Winner The Mews: Ethan F
(Reception)
WINNER: ‘Devon Pebbles’ by
WINNER: ‘Deal Pier’ by Polly R Liberty B
‘Dragonfly’ by Joanie A in Year 4
‘Angel’s Sunset’ by Hannah H
in Year 5
‘Frog Keeping Cool’ by Chloe W in Year 4
‘The Hidden Magic Pond’ by
Oliver F in Year 2
‘Jelly on a Plate’ by Harrison L in Year 4
‘West Wittering’ by Daniel T in Year 8 ‘Moth’ by Tommy A in Year 6
Belmont Drawing Festival – Friday 8th October Below: Mrs Fellingham’s
own entry for the
competition:
‘The Blue Pool’, Dorset
On Friday 8th October, all pupils will have the
opportunity to take part in Belmont’s first
drawing festival. During this event, the Art
and Design Department aims to raise the
profile of drawing as a tool for wellbeing,
thought, creativity and social and cultural
engagement. We hope to encourage pupils
(and staff!!) to celebrate and enjoy all that
drawing can offer. Each year group will have
opportunity to visit a range of ‘Drawing
Stations’ in our school Theatre and try out
lots of fun and creative activities. Look out
for pictures in our next bulletin and for some
ideas that you might like to try at home!
ASSEMBLY AWARDS
Music Performers of the Week: Elizabeth E, Rylan J, Jack T,
James V
Rock School Acoustic Guitar: James L
Level 3 Grade 6
Summer Reading Challenge Felix B
Thinkers of the Week: Caspar D, Luke W,
William W, Liberty B
Writers of the Week: Sophie X, Joshua W, Lara B
Spellers of the Week: Verity C, Jasper W,
Jonny L, Archie B
Spelling Award: Levi S & Iris L
Readers of the Week: Elsa H, Harry L, Henry B,
Thomas W
Reading Award: Millie G
Summer Reading Bingo: Archie B
History Award: Hugo H
Lunchtime Stars: Elise W, Millie G
Pen Licences: Beau N, Adam T
R.S. Work of the Week: Ethan K
Mathematician of the Week: Morgan E
Below: Year 3 Form Captains Congratulations to all pupils who have been made Form
Captains for the Michaelmas term.
Congratulations also go to Sebastian S and David V
below who were both awarded their Librarian badge by
Mrs Skrine.Sports Department News
GIRLS’
NETBALL
The girls did not let the fuel shortage this week get in the way of playing some competitive
sport! Year 5-8 played together in a Belmont intra school Netball tournament on Wednesday
afternoon. It was a lovely afternoon and all the girls played some fantastic netball. Year 5
especially rose to the challenge of playing with the older girls and it was amazing to see their
progress throughout the afternoon - they really held their own!
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Team Opposition Player
U14A Box Hill
The Year 7 and 8 girls displayed strong leadership qualities organising their teams andLayla O helping
U13 girls
the younger Red with positions, rulesSchool Tournament
and tactics…. Smiles all round! Marnie B
U13 Blue School Tournament Rena P
U13 Pennthorpe Eloise M
U11 Yellow School Tournament Ellen B
It was an extremely
U11 Purple closely contested afternoon, but
School Tournament at the end of the day the Red teamPwere
Florence
victorious being
Colts A2 the only team to win two of their
Pennthorpe three matches! Well done the Reds!
Emily C
Colts B1 Pennthorpe Ellen B
U11 Diamonds Duke of Kent Millie G
PlayersU11 Rubies
of the tournament for each team; Duke of Kent Evie C
U9 Chinthurst Michelle B
Read Team - Marnie Bryan Verity C
U9
Blue Team - Rena Priday Longacre Emily K
U8/9 Chinthurst Stella S
Yellow TeamU8/9- Ellen Bower Chinthurst Eliza M
U8/U9 Longacre Amie B
Purple Team - Florence Patterson
U8/U9 Longacre Bethany H
Well done to all the girls!NOTICES
Awards
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Team Opposition Player
U14A Duke of Kent Oskar L
U14A Kingswood House Ali A
U13A Brambletye 6s Tournament Harry S
U13A Pennthorpe Charlie P
U13A Kingswood House Thomas B
U13B Pennthorpe William M
U13B Kingswood House Zain M
U13C Kingswood House Cameron H
Colts A1 Brambletye 6s Tournament Caleb M
Colts A1 Pennthorpe Harry H
Colts A1 Kingswood House Levi S
Colts A2 Kingswood House Etienne W
Colts B1 Kingswood House Hugo G
Colts B2 Kingswood House James V
Colts B2 Pennthorpe Oliver K
U8/9 Storm Pennthorpe Ethan K
U8/U9 Storm Kingswood House Harrison L
U8/U9 Hurricanes Kingswood House Piers M
U8/U9 Hurricanes Pennthorpe Jack T
U8/U9 Lightning Kingswood House Henry B
U8/U9 Lightning Pennthorpe Felix B
Left: Findlay W received the Dorking U11 Player of the Tournament
for his performance in the Guildfordians Rugby Festival.
Right:
Well done to our U13A
Football team who
were Plate finalists in
the Brambletye 6s
Football tournament
Findlay W
last week.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH - GIRLS
Team Opposition Player
U14 A Boxhill Layla Oliver-Black
Left: Congratulations to Daniel
U13 Pennthorpe T in YearEloise
8 whoMatthews
has been racing
U11 Diamonds Duke of Kent Millie
Go Karts in the Guthrie
In-Kart
U11 Rubies Duke of Kent Evie Cornish
Championships (Surrey).
U9 Chinthurst Michelle Berbner
Verity
Daniel came Candlish
second out of 12
U8/9 Chinthurst Stella Skoczylas
contestants at the recent
U8/9 Chinthurst ElizaIn-Kart
Daytona Junior Mines
Championship which a fantastic
result.
Well done Daniel.`
Daisy Pulls It Off!
There are still tickets on sale for our
performances of ‘Daisy Pulls It Off!’.
Performances are on Thursday 14th and
Friday 15th October at 7.15pm. Tickets are
priced at £6.00 per adult and £1.00 per
child.
Please email Brenda on bnagel@belmont-
school.org to reserve your tickets.
We look forward to seeing you there.
The performance is suitable for all ages so
ALL PUPILS are welcome.
A Round Up from the Drama Department … Below: Year 3 acting out a
‘Gobbledygook’!
Year 10 pupils have been producing, designing and
crafting set and lights for ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’. They
are also working on performing the “7 Ages of
Man” speech from ‘As You Like It’ …
Year 9 are studying the Tempest, ready for mock
exams in November …
Year 8 are looking at costume design and
performing a WW1 poem …
Year 7 have been translating Shakespeare into
modern day language to better help them perform
scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ …
And Year 3 have been performing a
“Gobbledygook” the definition for which is below:
A Gobbledygook:
“a language that is meaningless or is made
unintelligible by excessive use of technical
terms”!Starfish Harvest Collection for the local Foodbank
Once again, our Starfish Charities Committee will be supporting our local Foodbank with Harvest
donations and we would very much welcome your support again this year. Here is more
information from the Foodbank on how we can help them:
Working together - the Foodbank is a local project
The Dorking Foodbank has now been open for over six years and unfortunately there is a
still a need for a Foodbank in our area. From the beginning, this has very much been a
community project, with local people, churches and schools very generously supporting
it. We have donation points in supermarkets and churches and every week people kindly
give food to ensure we can provide emergency food parcels. These are distributed to
local people identified by our Referral Agencies as being unable to put food on the
table. We also provide other outreach support including 'holiday boost bags' to help
combat the issue of holiday hunger among local families who really struggle when their
children are on school holidays and don't receive their daily free school meal.
What's in a food parcel
The purpose of an emergency food parcel is to enable people to make nutritious meals to
sustain them for three days, plus snacks and refreshments. Our 'shopping list' details the
items that we would particularly welcome and which are part of the core of a food
parcel. This is important guidance as although people are so very generous, there are
some things that unfortunately we just can't use very easily.
We ask that only items on the preferred shopping list are donated and the flyer on the
next page covers the shopping list items to help communicate this message.
We respectfully request that all donated items are non-perishable, unopened and in
date. Also that they have a Best Before Date of 2022 or beyond.
Unfortunately the Foodbank cannot accept homemade products.
Just one or two items per pupil from the list is very generous and as part of the
collective donation from the whole school this goes a very long way in helping the
Foodbank.
Thank you so much for supporting us.
Donations can be brought into School from next week, Monday 4th October.The Foodbank Shopping List
Other Local Notices
Trail Academy Half Term Courses have now been released and can be booked via this link:
https://www.thetrailacademy.co.uk/kids-and-teens
Photograph Orders with Kittle Photographic
Your child should
have brought home
their photo ticket
with a QR code. All
photographs have
now been uploaded to
the Kittle website and
are available to order
by scanning the QR
code on your
smartphone camera
and clicking on the
pop-up link to view.
Alternatively, you can
go to the following
site
Kittle Orders
And enter the photo
ID and Password
shown on the ticket
(see left).You can also read
