CCI Newsletter 1st - 5th September 2025

Cheam Common Infants' Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Monday 1st to Friday 5th September 2025

Cheam Common Infants' Academy: Balmoral Road, Worcester Park, KT4 8SS

Email: ccioffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk https://www.cheamcommoninfants.com/

We would like to welcome our children and families back to school. We hope you had safe holidays and are looking forward to a busy term with plenty of opportunities for our children. We have attached some key reminders below.

Message from the Principal

A huge welcome back to all our families after the summer break! While the first day back felt decidedly autumnal with rain and a sea of umbrellas, we were so pleased to see the week end on a wonderfully sunny high. I am incredibly proud of how brilliantly our Year 1 and Year 2 children have settled back into school life. Our new Year 1 pupils have transitioned beautifully into their classes, already busy making new friends, with laughter and chatter filling the classrooms. We are also thrilled to announce that the playground is now complete, and we are so grateful to the Friends for their incredible support in making this happen. The children can't wait to play on it on Monday! Please remember that for safety reasons, no one should be playing on any of our play equipment after school, and this includes the equipment in the nursery and reception playgrounds. Friday saw our Reception children get their first taster of school, and we eagerly anticipate our school community being complete as our Nursery children begin their settling-in period on Monday. With our newly refurbished EYFS classes, featuring calm, neutral tones, we are looking forward to a tranquil start to the new academic year.

Mrs Hughes

School Updates

Our new playground!

We ended the week with an exciting new addition to our playground being finalised! We are so grateful to the Friends of Cheam Common for tirelessly fundraising and planning this amazing project. Our children are already so excited to use this new equipment next week.

Please ensure children are kept off of the equipment before and after school.

Parent Workshops

Tuesday 9th September 9am Year 1 Curriculum Meeting

Wednesday 10th September 9am Year 2 Curriculum Meeting

Friday 19th September 9am Seesaw Workshop (all year groups)

Thursday 25th September 9am Phonics Workshop (all year groups)

Snacks

Please remember that any breaktime snacks for children should be healthy. Fruit and vegetables are encouraged, along with cereal or fruit bars. Crisps and chocolate are not permitted and children will be asked to return these to their lunchboxes.

Labelled belongings

It would be appreciated if all children's belongings were labelled clearly with their name, especially jumpers, coats and water bottles.

Parent/Carer Survey: Confidence in SEND Support

This survey is about parent/carer confidence in the support offered to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) within mainstream schools in Sutton.

This survey is for parent/carers of all children and young people with SEND or suspected SEND. If more than one of your children has SEND, please complete separate surveys for each child.

The information you provide will help us to understand how parents and carers feel about current practices and identify areas where further support may be needed.

Please complete this survey by 30th September 2025.

Family Support Worker - referral form

If you would like to explore ways that our Family Support Worker could support your family, please complete this Google Form.

School lunches

Here are the lunch options for next week.

You can see Autumn Term options here.

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

We look forward to sharing lots of photos of your children learning and growing every week. This week, we have been focusing on ensuring children are settled into school, and that they feel safe and confident in their new class. We will start sharing photos next week.

Birthday celebrations

Polite reminder...

As you know, we are a healthy school and therefore ask if your child would like to celebrate their birthday, they donate a book to a library instead of bringing treats. This also ensures there are no concerns over allergies.

We will share any photos of children and their birthday books here every week!

Gordon (Year 2)

Happy birthday and a huge thank you for your donation to your class!

School Achievements

We are looking forward to hosting our first Celebration Assembly of the term next Friday!

Out of school achievements

If you would like to share your child's achievements outside of school with us, we'd love to hear them! Please complete this short form to tell us all about it!

Autumn 1 Curriculum Newsletters and Home Learning

Click on the links below to read our curriculum newsletters. On these, you can find out the topics that your children will be learning about, as well as information about home learning, PE days and general reminders for their year group.

Year 1 Year 2

Important information

Reporting absences

There is no longer an option to report a child’s absence via telephone. We ask that you use the google forms below to report absence. They are also available to complete on our website using the parent tab.

We do not authorise holidays during term time. If your child is going to be off school due to an exceptional circumstance, then please complete this form:

Request for Exceptional Absence form in advance for future appointments and exception absence.

Cheam Common Infants' Absence Form for sickness and same day medical appointments.

Communication

To help us assist you more efficiently when you email the school office, we kindly request that you include your child's class along with their name in your correspondence.

While we know all our students very well, having the class information readily available helps us to quickly identify your child and address your queries without any delay or guesswork.

For example, please consider writing: "Regarding [Child's Full Name], [Class, e.g., Year 3 Elm]" in the subject line or at the beginning of your email.

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated and will help us continue to provide the best possible support to you and your children.

Thank you for your understanding.

Moving address

If you have moved address, it is imperative that you inform the school office as soon as you have moved. It is a requirement that the school has up to date details particularly in case of an emergency.

Please email the school office ccioffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk if your details need updating. Alternatively you can update them using the Arbor App.

Attendance Reporting

Report Your Child's Same-Day Absence with Ease!

We are excited to announce that you can now log same-day absences for your children directly through the Parent Portal or Arbor App. Simply navigate to the Attendance section, click "Log Absence," and fill in the details. You can adjust the start and end times if it is not a full-day absence. Once submitted, school staff will review and either approve or reject the request. You will see approved absences in the Attendance tab.

Please note, this feature is only for same-day absences; for any extended or future absences, please continue to complete and submit the request for exceptional absence. We will also continue to use the same day absence google form. If you need to change an unapproved absence request, you will need to delete it and create a new one, as editing is not possible. Once an absence is approved, it cannot be deleted through the app, so you will need to contact the school for any further modifications.

This new reporting method will be used alongside our other established reporting procedures

Request for Exceptional Absence form in advance for future appointments and exception absence.

Cheam Common Infants' Absence Form for sickness and same day medical appointments.

Autumn Term Dates

Please find below all the key dates and times for the Autumn Term.

PTA events are shown in this colour. Please see below for more details.

New dates

2025 - 2026 Term dates

Tuesday 9th September: Year 1 Curriculum Morning (9am)

Wednesday 10th September: Reception first full day for children new to CCI

Wednesday 10th September: Year 2 Curriculum Morning (9am)

Friday 19th September: Parent Introduction to Seesaw Workshop 9am (all year groups)

Wednesday 17th September: Individual and sibling photos

Thursday 25th September: Parent Phonics Workshop 9am (all year groups)

Friday 26th September: Coffee Morning (9am)

Tuesday 7th October: School Tour 9:30am (for new starters in 2026)

Friday 10th October: SEND Coffee Morning

Wednesday 15th October: School Tour 9:30am (for new starters in 2026)

Thursday 23rd October: NSPCC Year 2 Workshops in school

Thursday 23rd October: School Tour 1pm (for new starters in 2026)

Friday 24th October: MUFTI Day

Monday 27th - Friday 31st October: Half term

Tuesday 16th December and Wednesday 17th December - 9.15am KS1 Christmas Performances

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

The Friends of Cheam Common now has a new Facebook group, where you can follow any updates on upcoming events or how you can get involved.

Friends of Cheam Common Academy Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 2nd October at 7:30 PM.

The meeting will not be held at the school, so please email us at Friends_CCA@outlook.com for the location details if you would like to attend.

At the AGM, we will:

Hold an election for our trustee roles (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer),
Share our fundraising goals and plans for the upcoming year, and
Reflect on some of our recent successes.

The Friends of Cheam Common will be distributing secondhand uniform to anyone may need it.

If this is something you would be interested in, please contact them on friendssecondhanduniform@gmail.com.

✉️ Friends of Cheam Common email address: Friends_CCA@outlook.com ✉️

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

Please follow this link to Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

Click the image above for further information!

Keeping Safe Online

DIGI Safe - Keeping Children Safe Online

LGFL have launched a wonderfully informative and practical website full of resources to help keep children safe online. With videos, informative guides and top tips, there is lots to explore to help keep your child safe whilst online. To visit, click here.

Family Support