Hello and welcome to Belmont Reception!

Teachers this year:

Apples: Miss Dunk and Ms Wright
Oranges: Miss Masters and Mrs Pullen

Please could both Apples and Oranges all bring in book bags on a Wednesday.  They will ALL be returned on Friday.

Children should come dressed ready in their PE kit on the day that their class has PE.

Please ensure your child always has a waterproof coat as we spend time outdoors everyday.

Children’s Mental Health Week:

From 9^th – 13^th February, we’re taking part in Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is This is my place.

On Friday 13^th, children can come dressed in their own clothes for ‘Come as yourself’ day. We just ask for a small donation to support Place2Be, a children’s mental health charity. You can donate via MCAS. For more information about the charity, please visit their webiste: www.place2be.org.uk

A reminder to please ensure that children are not bringing in toys/stickers into school as these could get lost or broken.

Support for all families at the Brentford Family Hub (East)

Family Hubs are welcoming spaces where babies, children, young people, parents and carers can get support, advice and access to services, all in one place.

• Parenting support
• Infant feeding
• Early language development
• Perinatal mental health

50 things to do before you are 5

50 exciting, open-ended ideas for play for children aged 0-4.

https://hounslow.50thingstodo.org/app/os#!/welcome

Show and Tell

The children are encouraged to bring in something for Show and Tell during the week that they are on the rota.  This will then be shared at some point during that week.  It could be a memento of a trip, a photograph of a special outing or a favourite object or toy.  Please see the rota’s below.

Apples show and tell rota – Spring term

Oranges show and tell rota – Spring Term

Spring Learning Tree

Please see the Spring Learning Tree for more information about our learning this term.

Reception Spring tree

Notices for week beginning 9th February 2026

Songs we have been singing this week:

Apples: 5 Little Monkeys and The Grand Old Duke of York

Oranges: Doubles Doubles and 12 Months of the Year

Book of the Week – Chinese New Year

Our learning challenges for the week beginning 9/2/26

1. To use my phonics to read the words/sentences.
2. To know double facts up to 6.
3. To make a Chinese Lantern.

Reading for pleasure books

As part of our focus on reading in school, we would like to develop the lending library of books within each class. This will enable the children to foster a passion and love of reading at Belmont and ensure that they have access to high quality texts.
Please find links to two book lists that have a variety of books that we would love to have in class.  Once a book has been donated to the class we will add a tick to show we now have it.  Please check the list to ensure that the book that you would like to donate is one that we don’t already have.
These books will be stamped to show who has generously donated them and shared with all the class.
The books come from the Recommended Books for Reception List which can be found here

2025-checklist Apples

2025-Checklist Oranges

Creative Home Learning

This term the children have the option to get involved in a Creative Home Learning project.  This is due in WB 23.3.26 via Google Classroom. See Google Classroom for more details.

Think Equal

Think Equal is a global initiative that seeks to end the discriminatory mindset across our world and ensure positive life outcomes for our children. Together with world experts Think Equal has designed a programme to teach social and emotional learning to early years (3-6-year-olds). Think Equal’s vision is a safe, free, equal, cohesive and sustainable world. Through the power of narrative we provide young children with a profound grounding in social and emotional skills and competencies including: equality, empathy, and peaceful conflict resolution. We provide the concrete tools with which to build a strong foundation for individual and societal progress, making communities safer, healthier, more equal and just.

This complimentary resource has been put together to help you to support your child’s social and emotional development in the home in fun and engaging ways. It  is to be used alongside the Think Equal programme and stories being used in school.

The Home Kit serves as a platform to reinforce topics covered in the classroom, fostering meaningful conversations at home. Through a variety of resources, games, and exercises, you can nurture your child’s growth and help them become empathetic, compassionate, and resilient individuals.

This week’s learning:

Our Think Equal book of the week:

Home Learning: