Belswains News

Friday 27th June 2025

Sports Day

Whippendell Takes Home the Trophy
What a fantastic day of sports, sunshine, and smiles! Whippendell proudly lifted the trophy after an action packed schedule of events, including welly wanging, sprints, and many more fun challenges. The atmosphere was electric, with children showing incredible determination, teamwork, and sportsmanship throughout the day.
It was wonderful to see KS1 and KS2 children giving it their all, working together, and cheering each other on. Every race and activity helped earn points for their house teams, and the team spirit was incredible!
It was especially heartwarming to see so many parents on the sidelines, cheering, clapping, and encouraging every effort. The team spirit was infectious, with pupils supporting each other at every turn. A huge well done to everyone who took part and helped make the day such a success!

The Sports Day Winners Trophy has made it's way around the classes to be celebrated with Whippendale Housemates.

Reception

Year 1

Year 6

Teaching staff update

At the end of the summer term, Miss Sears and Mrs C Jones (Sparrows) will be leaving us. We wish them all the best in their new endeavors and thank them both for all their hard work.

From September we welcome new Teachers, Mrs Gaze and Mrs Vassiliou. Miss Cutler is a familiar face to many of you already within Sparrows and Robins and we're delighted that she is also transitioning to our Teacher team. All three have already, or will be meeting their classes before the end of term.

Mrs Gaze

Mrs Vassiliou

Miss Cutler

We are pleased to share the class allocations for September 2025.

Due to ongoing recruitment, support staff will be confirmed shortly. We’ll be in touch shortly to share these updates and introduce the staff ahead of the new academic year.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Jays Class Assembly

Year 3 Jays had a fantastic time presenting their class assembly today!
The children are incredibly proud of what they achieved and put in lots of hard work during our rehearsals. Our assembly explored how the Romans lived and highlighted key moments in Roman history. A definite highlight was the Roman Numerals song, which the children were especially excited to perform. They delivered a brilliant performance and truly enjoyed every moment!

Community Projects

During the academic years 2025-2026, Belswains school council would like to venture into the community to help support with any local charity work. Ideally, this would be within walking distance from the school. If any parents have any links to any places, eg places of worship or residential care homes, that would benefit from the children helping, then please either let myself or the office know. Thank you.

Mrs Hood - Year 6 Teacher

Hot Weather Warning

We have received from Herts a hot weather warning for over the weekend and into next week. Please ensure you send your child(ren) into school with sun cream applied, a sun hat and as usual, a water bottle. Within school, we will continue to encourage all children to remain hydrated, wear their hats and seek shade. As with the last recent heat wave, we will make daily judgments on whether pupils have lunch time and PE lessons outside. Thank you for your cooperation.

Road Safety

Please take some time to talk to your children about road safety. This is something we do discuss in school, following the 'Stop, Look, Listen, Think' principle, but it is great to model the safe crossing of roads outside of school when you are with them. A member of the public contacted us this week to raise concern about children on scooters crossing the road between parked cars. We do not know that it was pupils from Belswains, but we want to ensure we pass this information on to keep our pupils as safe as possible. There are some great resources for you to look at from the Government THINK! website: THINK! – Road safety

NSPCC

The NSPCC has a fantastic website that offers advice, support and activities for parents,/carers and children. Please have a look at their website for more information including information and videos on their 'Talk PANTS' campaign

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to all the pupils who received a certificate in assembly, staff have noticed you doing something above and beyond!

Reception Robins Isabelle for showing 10 in Maths independently.

Reception Robins Raegan for always being a fantastic role model.

Reception Robins Antonia for fantastic work on number bonds to 10.

Reception Sparrows Emma for writing a brilliant sentence independently.

Reception Sparrows Alita for trying herbest in everything she does.

Year 1 Goldcrests Sebastian for doing so well on Sports Day.

Year 1 Goldcrests Finley for working so hard at expanding his sentences in English.

Year 1 Firecrests Anaayah for writing an excellent narrative in English.

Year 1 Firecrests Inaya for creating lots of compound words in English.

Year 2 Starlings Esme for being a fantastic Year 2 role model.

Year 2 Starlings Clara for persevering to complete her calculations accurately.

Year 2 Swifts Ethan for enthusiastic participation in class discussions.

Year 2 Swifts Luna for her excellent progress in Maths in Year 2.

Year 3 Jays Carson for eagerly learning his lines and speaking confidently.

Year 3 Jays Ezmai for working really hard when learning her class assembly lines.

Year 3 Redwings Myra for being a good friend at sports day

Year 3 Redwings Wren for her amazing song she wrote and performed on Boudicca

Year 4 Owls Imogen showing independence when working and always trying her best.

Year 4 Owls Scarlett For a big improvement in attitude towards work and producing some great writing and Maths.

Year 4 Nightingales Carlie for great participation during lessons this week.

Year 4 Nightingales Victoria for having an amazing attitude to learning this week.

Year 5 Eagles Henry for showing great sportsmanship on Sport’s Day.

Year 5 Eagles Katalin for an excellent setting description.

Year 5 Hawks Codie for excellent focus and effort in maths for multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.

Year 5 Hawks Clark forshowing great understanding in our dissolving experiment for Science.

Year 6 Red Kites Kai for his excellent flair in his writing.

Year 6 Red Kites Oliver for being a dedicated prompt for the play.

Diary Dates

Wednesday 18th Jun

Friday 27th June

Year 3 Jays Class Assembly (14.45)

Colour Run (PTA)

Monday 30th June

Y6 Production Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 2nd July

6 Year Production Evening Performance
Tuesday 1st July
New Reception starters stay and play (group depending)
Wednesday 2nd July
New Reception starters stay and play (group depending)

Year 6 Extra Transition Day (all schools)

Year 6 Evening Production

Thursday 3rd July

Year 6 Production Afternoon Performance
Knebworth Trip Year 2

Friday 4th July

Reception Robins Class Assembly (14.45)
KS2 Choir End of Year Showcase 9 am
Year 4 County School Games Celebration Day

Sunday 6th July

Y6 Residential Trip
Monday 7th July
Nursery trip to Ashridge

Thursday 10th July

Transition Day (all schools)

Friday 11th July

Reception Sparrows Class Assembly (14.45)

Transition Day (Longdean School)

Break the Rules Day (PTA)

Monday 14th July

Open Afternoon 4pm
Year 6 tuck shop under sails

Wednesday 16th July

Year 6 Leavers Trip to Ninja Warrior
iRock Performance 9.15 am

Thursday 17th July

Year 6 Pizza & Splash

Ice-cream Treat (PTA)

Friday 18th July

Last Day of Term (School Closes at 13.30)

Year 6 Leavers Assembly (09:00)

PTA Information

PTA Business Partnerships

If you, or anyone you know owns a business and would like to get involved with our PTA, please contact the PTA Secretary at PTA_Secretary@Belswains.herts.sch.uk