January ’25
Director’s Desk
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope your holidays were delightful. We’re so excited to welcome everyone back. The children and teachers return from break refreshed and ready for learning. January always seems to be the month all the children experience the most academic growth. This is always a great time for fresh starts in the classroom. Registration will open for our current Bellamy families when we return from the holiday break. Please let us know if we can help in any way with placement guidance for your child with the next school year. Thank you as always and WELCOME BACK!
Best, Kristine
Registration is Open!
The Manor Schools would like to extend a special ‘thank you’ to you and your family for choosing our school. Priority registration for the upcoming academic year is now OPEN, starting from January 6, 2025. To secure your spot before registration opens to the public on February 3, 2025, kindly submit your completed registration form at your earliest convenience. Please ensure to specify the details on the registration form, for instance: “3-year-old – full day” or “4-year-old – AM / add-on Lunch Bunch M-F.” Your cooperation in providing accurate information will help us tailor our programs and staffing to meet your child’s needs. Thank you for entrusting us with your child’s education and growth.
Scholastic
Every month, Scholastic Book Club presents fresh flyers highlighting the latest seasonal books. Easily submit your book orders online with our school code W9H9D, and have the books delivered straight to our school. Remember, spend $25 or more and use promo code READS at checkout to snag a complimentary book worth $5 or less. Each order helps earn points for our school, which can be exchanged for
classroom rugs, supplies, and
additional books. Thank you for backing our school’s literacy program by ordering through Scholastic Book Club!
BMS TAX ID #
8 7 – 3 7 5 8 3 8 4
2024 tax statements will be available in
your Brightwheel account. You will receive
an alert when they are posted. If you need
that information before the yearly statement is ready, you can find your monthly statements in your account.
Donations
We are always appreciative of any classroom supplies! Here are some suggestions for those interested:
Hot Hands / Hand Warmers | Empty Pringles Cans (both sizes) | Fun stickers
Little Ceasars
Beginning on January 6th, the Manor Schools will begin our winter fundraiser. This one is the easiest by far and a super fun one to do with your family. You can order a pizza kit from the website and it will ship directly to your home. A great way to raise money for our school and have fun family time at home. More details will be coming out via Brightwheel soon!
Lead Water Testing
Va Dept of Health and VA Dept of Education require all day care centers/schools to test for lead in their drinking water. Bellamy Manor completed this test in December 2024. Our test results came in well under the legal limit of 15ppm.
What we are learning
2’s – The two’s have grown so much! This January their classes will begin to learn about the meaning of opposites.
3’s – The three-year-olds will do a quick review of letters and numbers when returning to school. The rest of the month will be the study of the zoo!
4’s – The four-year-olds will take a leap into fantasy and hop off to Mr. McGregor’s garden to learn all about Beatrix Potter.
PRK – PRK will now study the world of insects. They will even raise a colony of ants in the classroom. This will all happen while Ms. Sandra is still focusing on individualized learning.
Kindergarten – The kindergarten class will take a trip back in time and learn all about dinosaurs! These young paleontologists will learn to identify nearly twenty-five dinosaurs before attending a dinosaur hunt at the end of the month. A lot of time is also spent on handwriting, math facts, and the concept of fractions.
Save the Date
- January 6th – First day back – Happy 2025
- January 20th – School Closed ~ MLK Day
- January 27th – School Closed – Staff Day for BMS
- February 10-11th – Lions Club Vision Screening
- February 17th – School Closed
- March 18-20th – Spring Pictures – Individuals and Class
- April 9th – Spring Show [10AM]Ms. Kristina, Ms. Niki, Ms. Mari,
and Ms. Sandra - April 10th – Spring Show [10AM]Ms. Sara, Ms. Anna, Ms. Brittney,
and Ms. Hobbs - April 14 – 18 – School Closed – Spring Break
- May 20th – Conference Day – school open for 7am – 6pm students only
- May 26th – School Closed – Memorial Day
- June 6th – Kindergarten Graduation
- June 13th – Last day of the school year
- May 26th – School Closed – Memorial Day
- June 6th – Kindergarten Graduation
- June 13th – Last day of the school year
