Hello and welcome to Belmont Reception!

Teachers this year:

Apples: Mrs Roberts and Ms Ayres
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.

Key dates for this term:

4/5/26 – Bank Holiday

22/5/26 Last day of Half Term

15/6/26 – Health and Well-being week

17/6/26 – Sports Day

20/6/26 – Summer Fair

1/7/26 – School Trip to the Farm

During the week beginning 18/5/26, we will be learning about “People Who Help Us.” If you work in a role that helps others, such as a nurse, doctor, police officer, firefighter, or any other community role. We would love for you come into school and talk to the children about what you do. If you are interested in coming in, please let your child’s class teacher know.

Oranges are in need of more breadsticks and rice cakes. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Please make sure they don’t contain any nuts or sesame seeds.

Please make sure you have downloaded the new tapestry app

Please note, the following content will be taught in Reception next term. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher:

Please see below information sent on behalf of Reach Foundation

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 – Summer Term

Oranges Show and Tell Rota – Summer term

Summer Learning Tree

Please see the Summer Learning Tree for more information about our learning this term:

Reception Summer Tree 25.26

Songs we have been singing this past week:

Apples and Oranges: 10 Green Bottles  and The Ants Go Marching

Learning for week beginning 11th May 2026

Book of the Week – As We Grow and How to Make a Story

Our learning challenges for the week beginning 11/5/26

1. To make a life cycle of a duck
2. To share objects equally
3. To create an observational drawing of our ducklings

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:

This weeks Think Equal book: