News Archive 2010-11

Year 5 on Treasure Island

Year 5 performed their annual play, Treasure Island, in celebration to mark the end of a successful time in Lower School. They performed their lines with great enthusiasm and thoroughly entertained the audience with plenty of humour and on-stage action. The highlight of the evening proved to be the songs that were filled with tremendous vigour, dance and fun. A thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all!

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An Evening to Celebrate the Work of Michael Morpurgo

On Monday the 20th June, Year 6 pupils at Belmont School presented a wonderful evening of expressive arts to celebrate the work of Michael Morpurgo. This included drama, dance and movement, singing, music and martial arts. There was also a 'movie trailer' which the pupils had acted in and filmed and informative power point presentation, all led by the pupils themselves.

The evening was the culmination of many months of preparation with pupils raising over £5,000 for the Charity Farms for City Children of which Michael Murpurgo is patron. To raise this huge sum the pupils completed a read-a-thon and a sponsored swim. The pupils also entered a number of exciting competions including a photographic competition, a lost chapter competition, a graphic novel competition, an interview and poetry all inspired by the writing of Morpurgo. There were many paintings, clay models and various artisitic interpretations on display, where children had brought his stories to life through their own creative work.

Michael Morpurgo was unable to attend the production, due to prior engagements in New York where 'War Horse' on Broadway had just won a number of Toni awards. However, Michael did find the time to send the pupils of Belmont these words of support and encouragement and thanks. Part of the letter he wrote to the children is that:

'One of the great frustrations in life is that you can't be in two places at once. I am working on a solution to this at the moment and will let you know how I get on!'

The evening was a great success and Year 6 should not only be proud of their wonderful performance and the excellent and diverse array of artistic and English skills on dislay but, most importantly, raising such a substantial amount of money for charity.

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Belmont Activities Week

What a week at Belmont! In contrast to the formality of exams, all the children took part in a variety of fun activities from Monday to Friday. Year 8 went on a residential trip to Cornwall, Year 7 went to Ashford in Kent on a Geography Field Trip and Year 6 began the final rehearsals for their 'Dedication to Michael Morpurgo' evening next week. Years 3-5 have been involved in a range of activities including camp fires, treasure hunts, cooking, tree trails and much more. In addition to this Year 6 visited Hampton Court, Years 3 & 4 visited Moat Mount Outdoor Education Centre and Year 5 took part in the World Challenge Leadership Programme.

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Year 6 French Trip

Year 6 visited Northern France, staying at a holiday centre near Etaples. It was a very busy three days including a visit to Nausicaa Aquarium, trying sand sailing and meeting French pupils in a school, with whom they had previously corresponded. They were able to use their French skills to buy items in Etaples weekly market and experienced the atmosphere of Etaples Military Cemetery.

Hopefully all of Year 6 not only enjoyed the experience, but gained new social skills in living in a different environment. Their behaviour was exemplary and they were excellent ambassadors for Belmont. Thank you to all the staff who accompanied the trip (some at very late notice).

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Mill Hill School News

It was recently announced by Professor Michael Proctor, Chairman of the Court of Governors, that, from September 2012, lessons will no longer be timetabled on a Saturday morning at Mill Hill School. At the same time, Professor Proctor announced the formal introduction of weekly boarding at Mill Hill, also from September 2012. For further details of these changes click here.

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Corps of Drums

On Wednesday 11th May Mill Hill School CCF had its Annual General Inspection by Lt Col John Powell of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment. Two Belmontians, Vinay Patel and Cameron Nash, were present in the Corps of Drums. They have worked extremely hard this year attending the practices on a Friday evening at Mill Hill. Both their brothers are also in the Corps of Drums and are carrying on the family connection to what is an area of excellence within the Combined Cadet Force at Mill Hill. Vinay and Cameron both performed to very high standards and have been a great credit to Belmont in the way they have approached the training and the displays this year. I know that both Vinay and Cameron are looking forward to performing at the Belmont summer fair in June.

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Green Week

Not only was it Green Week this week but the Belmont Woods were opened up for the summer term so that children could enjoy the freedom of playing out in the woods during their lunch breaks. As part of Green Week children were also encouraged to Walk to School, and we had competitions and numerous lunchtime activities including an Electricity Audit and Bird Spotting. Other activities included a presentation from the Barnet Environmental Sustainability Team, a performance of ‘Bin Raider’ by the Quantum Theatre Group and a revamp of the Belmont Vegetable Gardens. The week ended with a ‘Wear Something Green’ day. All the events complemented the regular curriculum and the children also become far more environmentally aware.

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Year 8’s Ski in Italy

For 33 Year 8 pupils, the first Sunday of the Easter holidays was a very early, albeit very exciting, start as they were meeting at Belmont at 2am to go to Prato Nevoso in Italy for a week’s skiing. Despite the hour, they were buzzing throughout the flight and two coach transfers and so it was a relief to all when, 9 hours after meeting, we finally pulled into our hotel.

With six days of terrific snow and temperatures in the high 20s the week was a roaring success. The diverse après ski kept everyone amused in the evenings. The pupils had the opportunity to participate in a quiz night, bum boarding, a disco, bingo and crepes, and on the last night everyone enjoyed a trip to the cinema.

The hotel was ideally located and allowed everyone to ski in and out of it as soon as they were competent enough to do so. They catered incredibly well for all of our needs and with two main courses at every meal, provided plenty of food with a selection of bread and salads as well.

All in all a successful week was had by all – pupils and staff alike. A big thank you to all the pupils for a wonderful week, and also to Mrs Pym, Mr Hayward and Mr Symes for accompanying the trip and adding to its success.

Mr Pym

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Beginning of Summer Term

The summer term is always full and busy as the days are longer and the summer curriculum gets underway. The Activities programme commences on Tuesday 3rd May and at lunch times the older children will be able to enjoy playing out in the Woods. This half term there will be the ' Belmont Green Week' in May which will comprise various events including a 'Creative Recycling Competition', 'The Tallest Sunflower Competition' and a 'Walk to School Poster competition'. Old Belmontians' Day will be on 8th May and the Lower School and Upper School exams will take place over two weeks before half term, Year 8 in the first week back after half term. The Foundation is holding another information evening for parents, this time entitled 'Keeping Teenagers Safe'. The presentation will take place in The Large at Mill Hill on 5th May at 6.30.

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End of Term Message

This term has been busy as usual with scholarship exams and auditions, swimming galas, national general knowledge quizzes, four informal concerts, reading week, Y6 leadership training, French Exchange, Y4 Hindu Temple trip, Y5 Hatfield House trip, History Club trip and a staff netball match which the children enjoyed watching. On top of all this various events took place to raise money for Japan (Save the Children), Comic Relief and the Noah's Ark Children's Hospice. The children have worked very hard this term and have certainly earned a well deserved rest! During the holidays, our School Nurse, Rose McGinness, will be taking part in this year's London Marathon, where she hopes to raise money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Her training programme has been of great interest to the many budding athletes at Belmont who have watched her progress with enthusiasm and admiration. Good luck on April 17th Rose!

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Climate Week Challenge

Belmont's Eco Monitors competed with over 100,000 other people from schools, colleges and workplaces across the UK, in the country's biggest environmental competition. The teams had just three hours to develop a green idea to 'save the planet', 'save the pounds' and produce an A4 document which outlined their plan, and present their ideas. The winning team for the Lower School were Isabella B, Cameron F, Mollie M, Aadam J and Louis S. The Upper School winning team comprised Anna A, Natsuha M, Milli L and Nick G. The winning entries have been put forward for the national competition in two different age categories. National and regional winners will be selected by a celebrity panel, and announced soon.

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Belmont Reading Week

Belmont's second Reading Week was officially opened in Assembly by the world famous author Mark Billingham. The winners of the Book Review Competition were Miranda Bell and Jason Lee who received their prizes from Mr Billingham. Mr Billingham also met Joshua Jackson (pictured). During the week there were visits from several authors, workshops, play presentations and Year 8 visited the British Library. The Book Fair provided a popular attraction and over 550 books were purchased. The Lower School (and staff) enjoyed dressing up as book characters and the winners were: Year 3 Tara F, Year 4 Jake C and Year 5 Lorena C.

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Year 6 Leadership Day - Learn to Lead

On Thursday Year 6 took the day out of lessons to look at Leadership. Pupils took part in a number of different activities that included team work tasks, camp craft and cooking their own lunch (and washing up)! All the groups made huge amounts of progress in their listening and communication skills.

'Overall the Leadership day was a brilliant experience for me and the whole year and I hope we get to do something even better next year.'
Kiera W (6JM)

'I learnt a lot from this day, it has taught me new skills.'
Lucia S (6KH)

'We were all on cloud nine at the end of the exhilarating day.'
Isabella W (6JM)

'My best part of the day was when we did an activity called toxic waste and we used teamwork to pull two bottles out of a ring with a few pieces of rope - it was hard but we managed to do it.'
Jacob E (6JI)

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Belmont Meets Cricket Stars

Ten Belmont pupils met Ashes star Steven Finn, England Cricket Legend Angus Fraser and Dawid Malan Middlesex batting star when they went over to Mill Hill for a question and answer session. The children asked some searching questions for the England stars past and present - including asking whether the players had superstitions before they went out to bat!

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Informal String Concert

This week saw the string players at Belmont thrill their audience with their choice of music and expertise. The Main Orchestra began the proceedings with 'Tango in C' and the event's finale was the Chamber Group's performance of Mozart's 'Ave Verum Corpus'. Informal concerts were introduced in order that performers of all levels could have the opportunity to play in front of an audience. Congratulations to all involved, especially to Mr Cucchiara (Strings Co-ordinator) for this outstandingly successful event.

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Big Bang Science Fair

Gadgets, goo, experiments and explosions were just some of the things 7JS and 7JF experienced at the Big Bang Science Fair at London’s ExCel. Pupils explored exhibitions and stalls run by a range of companies and organisations, including the Science Museum, and took part in experiments, listened to experts and even tried their hand at reading the weather! This was followed by a viewing of the BBC show “Bang goes the Theory” where pupils saw science at work with demonstrations of how to make their own glue and how to walk up walls using a vacuum cleaner!

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Pride and Prejudice

Ambitious? Very! Possible? Of course! Worth the journey? Absolutely! With so many pupils possessing great potential and talent – it was decided that this year the Year 8 play would be a production of Pride and Prejudice which proved to be a total knockout. All cast and crew are to be commended on the excellence of the production. Despite the challenges behind such a production some comments made by the children were ‘Everyone has done a great job, especially Mr Russo’, ‘It has been great to re-enact such a well known novel. It has been an experience that I will never forget’, ‘It’s been a pleasure to work with such talented actors and actresses. I have had the best time!’. By the time the final curtain came down the audience were spellbound and the children had superseded all of the staff/parents’ greatest expectations.

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Joshua Wins Creative Writing Competition

Joshua Jackson has won the Evans Schools Short Stories Competition and will have his work published on World Book Day, Thursday 3rd March. One of only 24 young writers to be published out of more than 3,800 entries from over 2,700 schools in Britain, Joshua’s creative rap poem Rick in de Rapland will appear in Imagination Station and Other Stories and Poems, an anthology of the best secondary school entries to the 2011 Evans Schools Short Stories competition. The competition was judged by children’s author Pauline Francis.

As the starting point for his poem, Joshua chose Benjamin Zephaniah’s first line “Once upon a time on Rapland/ Where words were wicked and cool”, and the poet added special encouragement for Joshua: “You are great: I know now where to go when I need help.”

L-R: Head of Belmont Lynn Duncan, Head of English (Belmont) Matt Russo, Evans Books’ Sarah McMillan, Joshua Jackson, Joshua’s uncle Mr Princewell Nwankwo; Mill Hill School Deputy Head (External Relations) Peter McDonough.

Joshua is soon to become Belmont’s Head Boy, before moving to Mill Hill in September where he has been awarded a major academic scholarship. The anthology will go on sale in bookshops around the country from Thursday March 3rd, with all profits donated to World Book Day.

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Study Skills Session for Years 7 and 8

On Tuesday 1st March, an outside provider, Learning Performance, will work with Year 7 and Year 8 on revision techniques. This will be a refresher course for the Year 8s and will include strategies to build on those learnt in last year's session. Year 7 will have their own session which will be an introduction to study skills.

The sessions will include:

• how the brain remembers
• discovering our own learning styles
• how to learn a list of words
• how to memorise and understand a whole topic
• how to revise quickly but effectively

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Half Term Update

Half Term ends with a series of successes! On Oti Day the children wore mufti and raised a grand total of £1,745 for Rays of Sunshine, WWF, MacIntyre Charity and the Sickle Cell Society. During this half term also the first of a series of informal concerts started off successfully with a guitar concert and a woodwind concert. Amongst some of the events which will enhance the curriculum after the half term break will be the Year 8 production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, a music department ‘Open Week’, an Informal String Concert, a Year 4 Hindu Temple Trip and a Year 5 Hatfield House Trip.

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Belmont's Film Wins Cineclub Prize

Belmont Film Club pupils were ecstatic when their film 'My Lovely Courgette' took the top spot in The People's Vote after a viewing at the East Finchley's Phoenix Cinema. After all the hard work of the last few months the children were delighted to see their completed film which was part of The Cineclub Project, a young persons' film making network celebrating young people scripting, shooting and editing their own films. The vote was close, which meant an evening of high tension, but Belmont triumphed by 5 votes! The film now goes on to be judged by a panel of experts, and the pupils are very much looking forward to this later in the summer.

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BBC Creative Writing Competition

As part of the BBC Year of Books, BBC Radio 2 wants to get the children of the UK firing up their imaginations. Competitors aged 13 or under are invited to write a short story of 500 words, with the 50 winning entrants getting the opportunity to watch the Chris Evans Breakfast Show being broadcast live from the Hay Festival on Friday 3 June.

This is an excellent opportunity for our talented Belmontians to express their creativity. Please follow this link for more details.

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Jayaraman’s Mantras

Jayaraman is an Indian Gap student working at Mill Hill School during January and February of this year. He used to be a student at Mill Hill’s Indian partner school, Sri Jayendra, in Tamil Nadu and still lives with the ‘little monks’ in a house known as a ‘mutt’ near the headmistress in the village adjacent to the school. He is the eldest of the boys who have been sponsored through their education by funding from Mill Hill School.

Belmont children were privileged this week when he came over to share some of his knowledge of the ancient Vedic scriptures and also to do a demonstration of chanting.

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History and Art come to Life

This week Year 3 were metaphorically transported back to Ancient Egypt whilst Year 6 were literally transported to sunny Central London as part of their History and Art education.

Children in Year 3 were captivated by a series of interactive performances which illustrated how long ago the Ancient Egyptians died out, and how important the Nile was to them. During the afternoon they were also familiarised with some Egyptian words and characters!

In the meantime Year 6 children also benefitted from their educational visit to London. Firstly they visited the Museum of London where they studied artefacts from the Roman, Georgian and Victorian eras. The rest of the day was spent in the National Gallery where some of the pupils were lucky enough to meet one of the artists in residence, Ben Johnson, captured the children's imaginations as he talked about his work and explained the inspiration behind some of his pieces of artwork.

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Hot Topic

Lindsey Fransmann and Sophie Iliffe

Three ex-Belmontians prompted a change in tradition at Mill Hill School this week! L Fransman, I Whitby and S Loizou (Year 9) teamed up with Year 12 and Year 13 pupils to debate the following topic which was proposed by L Fransman 'Whether or not the white poppies, produced by the Peace Pledge Union as a pacifist alternative to the traditional red poppy, should be allowed to be worn at the school on Remembrance Day in November'. In contrast to the red poppy sold by the British Legion, the white poppy raises money for pacifist education projects, aimed at raising awareness of the social values and habits which make violence and war a more likely outcome.

Alex Warna, Isobel Whitby and Sophie Loizou

In favour of the motion the basic argument put forward was that the wearing of the white poppy increased awareness of war and its causes and therefore it could help reduce the likelihood of war occurring in the future. The main argument against the motion was that the white poppy itself was an insult to those who had lost their lives fighting for their country in the past.

The vote came out in favour of the opposition. The topic was ably debated throughout with both teams presenting their arguments lucidly, with cogency and excellent public speaking skills.

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New Year Message

A great time was had by the Belmont families who attended the Boxing Day Saracens match against the Wasps at Wembley. The Spring term will be a busy one this year with record numbers of children sitting the 11+ entrance exam on 12th January. Sports this term comprise swimming, football, netball, hockey and water polo and all clubs will commence on 10th January. The main highlight coming up this term will be the Year 8 production of 'Pride and Prejudice' which will be on from 2nd to 4th March at the Patrick Troughton Theatre, Mill Hill School.

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Belmont Wins Green Flag Award

The future is not just bright for Belmont – it's also green! Environmentally friendly pupils from the school shot to the top of the award stakes by securing their first coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag Award. Belmont is one of only 1,255 schools nationally to have been awarded the Green Flag which is awarded in England by 'Keep Britain Tidy, Eco-Schools'. Over the past three years our committee of pupils has helped to implement major projects including a nature reserve in the school grounds, a tree trail, a nature detectives club, a vegetable garden (which won 3rd Place in Barnet in Bloom’) and an annual 'Green Week'.

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Sporting Success

Good news this year came from former Belmontians Ben Calder and Adam Rossington. Ben, who is in the Fifth Form at Mill Hill, has been selected for the London and South East Divisional Rugby Squad – this is the next step up from County level. He is currently undergoing trials which could enable him, if selected, to trial for England. Adam, who is in Upper Sixth at Mill Hill, has been picked for the England U19 cricket team for a four week tour of Sri Lanka. The 17 man squad will play two four-day Test matches and a five match one-day international series. Well done to both boys.

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Christmas at Belmont

Christmas time is always exciting at Belmont and the final week saw children taking part in a variety of events. The Christmas Concert was a total success with music covering a whole range of genre from the Violin Group's performance of a 'Waltz in A major' to the Year 7 Rock Band's version of the 'Friends TV show music'. This put everyone into the spirit for the Christmas lunch and the carol services which, this year, were held at St Paul's Church and in the Mill Hill School Chapel.

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Fundraising and fun!

Belmont's chosen charity, which will share in the amazing £7,400 raised at this year's Winter Wonderland, is the Bobath Centre – a specialist treatment centre providing individual tailored therapy for children with cerebral palsy. As well as raising this huge amount, Belmont families enjoyed the warm atmosphere which had been created through the hard work of this year's Friends of Belmont. Among the attractions were a festive selection of delicious foods, games, a raffle with superb prizes, stalls and this year a rodeo reindeer and a seasonally suitable snowboard riding game!

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Creepy Crawly Christmas

The Year 3 play this year centred around Wilfred a slow and silly caterpillar! A star falls on him and he decides to prove himself... His journey was followed as he met a host of crazy creatures and learned the true meaning of Christmas... The play was very musical and colourful and the cast included ladybirds, bees, dragonflies and a nativity!

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Year 4 Christmas Show

This year's Year 4 play 'Ebenezer', based on the Charles Dickens Classic 'A Christmas Carol', was carried off excellently under the direction of Mrs Harris and Miss Swailes. All the children put in a great amount of effort to produce a wonderful show. They looked fantastic in their costumes, sung beautifully and delivered their lines with confidence. Congratulations to all who contributed to this fabulous show.

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Care Boxes for the British Army

Thanks to kind donations from many people, including the staff and parents of Belmont, the SKLPC volunteers packed 500+ care boxes, ready to be shipped to the British Army in Afghanistan. Would parents please ensure they keep shoe boxes throughout the year as we will be doing another collection next year. Thank you to the Popat family for arranging this.

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1st XV Trip to Twickenham

The 1st XV went to Twickenham to watch England play Samoa. Despite a rather poor first half the boys were treated to some excellent rugby. During the trip the boys were able to walk around the ground and savour the pre-match atmosphere. All the group were inspired and will be putting some of the skills they witnessed on the day into their final games of the season.

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A Week at Belmont

Exciting and varied times here at Belmont this week. After the pressure of recent exams the children enjoyed collecting shoe boxes to send off to the British Armed Forces abroad and also enjoyed baking cakes for their 'Children in Need' cake sale. Coupled with this the Eco Committee have had a drive on reducing food waste with the motto 'take what you need, eat what you take'. Food waste was weighed and the results will be available next week together with the amount raised at the cake sale. Eco-Committee members have also been planting trees this week around the school and there have been a variety of events on the theme of 'Anti-bullying' as part of 'National Anti-Bullying Week'.

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Children in Need

Molly T 8LO is arranging a Cake Sale in school on Friday 19th Nov for Children in Need. This is not the first time that Molly has raised money for charity. Last year she had a cake sale outside her home for Children in Need and prior to that she raised money for the MacIntyre Charity which cares for adults with learning difficulties. Children should remember to bring in some money to buy these delicious treats on Friday!

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Belmont Alton Rugby Festival

After heavy overnight showers, the sun shone on the Belmont fields for the School's annual Under 13 Rugby Festival. Eight schools from North London and the neighbouring counties competed, giving parents and staff a showcase of rugby to enjoy. All the teams played well, Belmont finished as runners-up behind a strong side from Gayhurst.

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Diwali (Hindu New Year) at Belmont!

Mr and Mrs Patel were kind enough to come along to one of our Assemblies to give a presentation to Belmont children on the festival of Diwali which, this year, is on 5th November. The explanation covered the history of Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus all around the world, together with details of modern day celebrations. The festival takes place over a period of 3-5 days during October or November every year. The session ended with children asking so many questions that we were in danger of running over the time slot!

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Venice Trip

27 members of the Belmont History Club enjoyed a trip to Venice at half term. They experienced a wealth of architectural and historical heritage as they paddled around the famous sites of the city! Included in their itinerary were visits to famous palaces and churches and all the main external sights. Extra delights included a trip down the Canal Grande and a stay at the Lido do Jessulo.

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We Learn About Buddhism

In Chapel this week, local Buddhists came in to explain the basic principles of Buddhism. With the aid of play readings, a brief history and questions and answers the emphasis was on the 10 stages of development that a 'Bodhisattva' must progress through in order to accomplish full enlightenment and Buddha-hood.

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Grandparents' Day

Grandparents' day was a huge success this week with 250 grandparents enjoying the day at Belmont with their grandchildren. As in the past, it was a lovely sunny day so everyone was able to take full advantage of the grounds. Children showed their grandparents where they spend their day to day school lives – tours included the vast sports areas, the Eco Garden and the Nature Reserve. The children were proud to be able to tell their families that the school won 3rd prize in the 'Barnet in Bloom' competition for the Belmont Eco-Garden. After only three weeks of rehearsals the lunchtime concert was hugely successful with 24 different performances being enjoyed by all. A splendid lunch was much appreciated and the families were able to have a professional group photograph.

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A Week at Belmont

As well as copious amounts of work taking place at Belmont – and all of our lunch-time and after-school clubs starting (more than 40 to choose from!) – there has been a fun element during the last week as well. All year groups enjoyed a harvest assembly, and on Tuesday the annual Belmont Putter Golf Competition took place. The overall competition was won with a nett score of 24.9 by Y Nihat, N Nihat, E Gregory and S Selwood. Friday saw the FOB Macmillan Coffee Morning and later that day our Year 7's took part in an overnight Team Bonding experience.

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8MR Science Trip

As part of their curriculum 8MR had a wonderful educational trip to the Natural History museum. Highlights included an interactive science show through which they encountered some of the largest and smallest specimens in the museum and discovered how and why scientists classify life. They went on to explore 'The Cocoon' - a journey through the Darwin Centre - where they used interactive displays and encountered working scientists to learn about how the museum collected, stored and cared for over 20 million specimens. After learning about how important the collection was for research carried out throughout the world, the children had the opportunity to explore a number of other galleries including the ever-popular exhibition of dinosaurs.

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Exciting Autumn Term Begins at Belmont

The Autumn Term gets off to a rousing start on 8th September with record numbers of new pupils joining current pupils to experience the wide and varied curriculum opportunities offered at Belmont. Shortly after starting Year 7 will experience a Team Bonding Session which involves an overnight stay in tents! All pupils are also allocated a 'Buddy' right from the start of term which is especially valuable for new pupils. The term will continue with Sports events commencing almost immediately and the annual 'Belmont Putter' which is open to children and their families to take part. The term will continue with emphasis in assembly on Harvest, Buddhism and Divali. There will be an Anti-Bullying week and later in the term Year 8 will do their Mock Common Entrance Exams whilst years 5-7 do their Class Tests. The Activities Programme will start Week commencing Monday 20th September. The annual Grandparents Day will take place on 30th September.

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Changes to the Belmont Bus Timetable

In order to accommodate the increasing demand for places on these very popular routes parents will be delighted to note that additional pick up times have been added to three of the Belmont 'home to school pick up and drop off' bus routes. Details have been sent out to those concerned and can be obtained by checking the bus details on the website.

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