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 now 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.

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

Wilderfest:

Wednesday 17th December

Carol Concert – 9.30am St Albans Church

Please join us for our Christmas Carol Concert at 9.30am in St Albans Church.  We would love some help to walk the children across to the church, so please let us know if you are able to do this.

Christmas jumper day

The children can wear a Christmas jumper to help them get into the Christmas spirit!

Christmas lunch

Thursday 18th December

Christmas Parties PM

Please have a look at the lists on Google Classroom.

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 – Autumn term 25

Oranges show and tell rota – Autumn term 25 

Notices for week beginning 15th December 2025

Songs we have been singing this week:

Apples and Oranges:

We have been practicing the songs for our show.

Book of the Week – The Night Before Christmas

Our learning challenges for the week beginning 15/12/25

1. To write a list

2. To fill in the missing numbers

3. To make a Christmas card

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

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:

This week the children have been learning about how to understand and manage big emotions.

Our Think Equal book of the week:

Home Learning: