Havelock-Belmont Public School
55 Mathison street K0L1Z0 Havelock, ON, Canada

Students from our SK/1 had some wonderful moments together while learning remotely! We are so proud of all our families for embracing the learning with our school team.

As Remote Learning comes to an end for us, we wanted to share some more great moments from our time in Remote Learning!! Darth Vader even came to visit our Grade 3/4 class this week!

Adjusting life to make remote learning successful, one day at a time!

Even seeing your teacher virtually can make you smile.

We shifted to remote learning this week. It has come with some challenges but most importantly it has come with some wonderful learning moments worth celebrating! HBPS student, Ben worked online with his teacher during math, built a structure and enjoyed recess time outside on his family rink. So proud of his hard work this week.

We are truly blessed with the land that surrounds HBPS. It has become a classroom to our students. Our grade 5/6 students imagined they were Indigenious Hunters, staying completely motionless for 7 minutes. They also discovered a large snapping turtle. The learning the land provides our students is inspirational.

Learning in the beautiful outdoor spaces that surround HBPS continues to inspire our students. Our grade 5/6 class learned about the artwork of Andy Goldsworthy and created their own masterpieces using materials in nature.

We continue to enjoy the great outdoors as a classroom. Our kindergartens were inspired after reading 'The Dot' by Peter Reynolds.

Thank you to everyone in the community and beyond for your support. We are making a plan to recreate these outdoor learning spaces. We will reach out to those offering to support this process. We are so fortunate to be in Havelock-Belmont.

We are speechless...this weekend someone destroyed two of our outdoor learning spaces-cutting and tearing down sunshades and pulling out posts that held them up.

What an amazing first week back to school!! HBPS students did lots of learning in our new outdoor learning spaces, the forest and in the school. They were learning about patterns, constellations, finding fractals in the forest, bucket drumming, how to properly wash their hands and enjoying drama outside. We are so proud of our students. We sure did miss them!

Our outdoor learning spaces are almost ready! We can't wait to share them with our students. Monday is getting closer!!! We owe a huge thank you to Stephanie and Mike Mauro for their hard work installing our sunshades.

A huge thank you to Drain Brothers for creating another beautiful outdoor learning space for our students. We are so grateful for your support in making our vision for learning a reality! Staff are so excited to have students returning to learn with them.

Staggered Start: Both elementary and secondary students across KPR will have a two-week staggered start. The two-week period will be as follows: September 8 September 11 Schools remain closed to students. Staff continue preparing school for the new school year. At HBPS, we will have some of our transition visits during this time. September 14 September 18 Student and class groups will attend school on different days to become familiar with classroom and school p...rocesses. All students in grades 1-6 will be attending school full-time on Wednesday, September 16. Finalized schedules are below. Staggered Entry-Grades 1 to 6 Monday, September 14 A-K (surname) only Tuesday, September 15 L-Y (surname) only All Students in grade 1-6 begin full-time Wednesday, September 16. Kindergarten Entry Plan Monday, September 14-Scheduled JK Visits Tuesday, September 15 -SK only full day Wednesday, September 16-JK only half day scheduled Thursday, September 17 -SK only full day Friday, September 18-Full day whole school We are so excited to see everyone back! More information coming next week!!!

We all know school will look different this fall. At HBPS we have been busy starting to create 10 outdoor learning spaces to give our students and teachers the best chance of success. We started today and wanted to share with everyone the start of our project. We are still waiting for our sun shades to arrive and be installed. We will be ready for our students when they return to learn with us. School is going to 'rock' at HBPS this fall!!! These outdoor learning spaces could... not have happened without the support of our community and staff. We are so thankful for everyone's support. Thank you to: The Mauro family for leading this project. Thank you for the rocks, stumps, tractor and your time assembling these learning spaces. Agata and family for the donation of stumps for seating. Lindsey and family for their donation of stumps for seating. Thank you to Mike Hamilton for digging and planting the poles for our sun shades. Thank you to Mike Magnus for helping with the project. Thank you to the teachers -Mrs. Magnus, Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. McCredie for giving of your time to help create these spaces. Thank you to HBM Metal for donating the 6X6 wood for our sun shades. Our staff and students couldn't be more grateful! Thank you again. Great job everyone!!!! See more

Dear KPR Parents and Guardians: We want to provide everyone with another update on our continued planning for the upcoming school year. We appreciate your patience as we work through these many interrelated issues. As you can appreciate, these are complex matters that take reflection and consideration to resolve. Throughout all, we want to emphasize that our planning supports one central priority, which is safeguarding the health and welfare of students, staff and the commu...Continue reading

We would like to share another important back-to-school update with you. At this time, we are asking parents to make decisions about school attendance in September, so we can ensure proper staffing for both our school classrooms and the Learn At Home program. On July 29, the provincial government announced that elementary students in KPR will attend school five days per week, with enhanced health and safety requirements. Secondary students in our school board will also atte...Continue reading

Please monitor your email for information early next week around the plan for safe return to school September 8th.