18th March 2022
Cheam Common Infants' Weekly Newsletter
Cheam Common Infants' Academy: Balmoral Road, Worcester Park KT4 8SS
Email: ccioffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk www.cheamcommoninfants.com
Welcome to our weekly newsletter!
It has been brought to our attention that not all the class whatsapps are being used appropriately. We would strongly advise you that the purpose of class whatsapp is to share communication between the Friends Association and yourselves including reminders about upcoming events in school. There should be no personal information or incidents that have happened in school discussed on this platform as this platform is not secure. Written messages can often lend themselves to misinterpretation and can cause unnecessary anxiety and aggravate an already sensitive issue. Photos should not be shared either as this could lead to a safeguarding matter as images can be easily shared or saved. Also, some families have not given permission for their child's photo to be taken or used.
As a school we promote positive relationships with our school community and should an incident arise, the school will deal with this and contact the parents of those involved. We would strongly advise parents do not make direct contact with other parents regarding specific incidents as the incident has to be investigated thoroughly and fairly so that the correct information can be shared. We have many ways to communicate with each other. If you have a concern about your child, you should speak to or email the class teacher immediately. The class teacher will then investigate and give you feedback on the outcome. If the concern continues, then the class teacher will refer the matter onto the year leader. If the concern becomes more serious then the Vice Principals will become involved and liaise with myself. A decision would then be made whether or not the incident needs to be escalated further.
Updates
Comic Relief
Today is Red Nose Day and if you would like to donate to the charity please visit our Just Giving page.
Celebrating Neurodiversity
Learn about autism in World Autism Acceptance Week.
Come and talk to experts, ask questions and find ways of understanding and supporting the strengths as well as the challenges of a neurodiverse child.
On Monday 28th March
At Cheam Common Infants’ Academy
1:25pm - 2:55pm
Places are limited so please click here to reserve your place
Science Poster Competition
Calling all budding artists!
The Royal Academy of Arts have launched their annual art competition. Children from the age of 4 can submit one piece of art work. The pieces should be named and include the title of the piece, medium used (what was used to create the piece i.e., pencil, charcoal, acrylic paint) and a short description.
Artworks can be made of any materials; anything from a painting, sculpture, photograph, installation or video piece. There is no theme so artworks can be of any subject. It must be original artwork and not a copy of another piece.
The artwork will need to be handed to Miss Grimstone by Monday 28th March so she can submit the pieces.
All pieces will be judged by a panel of artist and art professionals. This will be judged in two categories primary and secondary. Winning entries will be advised by the end of May and displayed at the exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Good Luck!
Resources
The Early Years team would like to ask if you could kindly donate any of the following items.
Please make sure the items are clean, not broken and do not have sharp edges.
The items are:
washing up brushes, funnels, sieves, ice cube trays, wooden spoons, ice cream scoops, spray bottles (non toxic previous contents), garlic presses, baking trays, potato mashers, tongs, wool, fabric, sheets, ribbons, drain pipes, old magazines house/ children's (appropriate content), wrapping paper, old birthday cards (appropriate content), buttons, plastic containers/trays, CD's, old pots and pans, old wall paper.
Please bring the items to your classroom.
Marsden March
A group of adults from the school are taking part in the Marsden March in May. The Royal Marsden Hospital is a local hospital who supports people suffering from cancer. If you would like to support us and donate, please click on the link.
Friends events
Last week Friends raised ÂŁ373.50 from the Krispy Kreme Sale.
Thank you to everyone who waited in the rain to buy a doughnut!
Friends have sold 99 pizzas so far!
Orders close on 27th March.
Click on the poster below to purchase your tickets!
Upcoming events
Autism Week
28th March - 1st April
End of Spring 2
8th April
Things to celebrate
Star of the Week Certificates (Week 4)
Congratulations to the following children who received the Star of the Week Awards last week:
Nursery
Ducklings: Caiden
Fawns: Shanzay
Rabbits: Marcus
Reception
Badgers: Ruby
Foxes: Zoe
Hedgehogs: Sarina
Squirrels: Riyen
Year 1
Finches: Joshua
Robins: Neha
Sparrows: Lara
Wrens: Bella
Year 2
Eagles: Jan
Falcons: Maryam
Kestrels: Sam
Owls: Maira
3 Bees Certificates (Week 4)
Congratulations to the following children who received the Going for 3 Bees Awards this week:
Nursery
Ducklings: Orela
Fawns: Nor
Rabbits: Ibrahim
Reception
Badgers: Sienna
Foxes: Casper
Hedgehogs: Divyan
Squirrels: Jack
Year 1
Finches: Scarlett
Robins: Olivia
Sparrows: Kourtney
Wrens: Wilfred
Year 2
Eagles: Skyla
Falcons: Joshua
Kestrels: Lucy
Owls: Haiqa
Be Ready to Learn Bee
Each week the School Councillors and class teachers nominate their class with a reason explaining how their class has shown that they are ready to learn and why they think they should receive the weekly reward.
This week congratulations go to
Wrens class for excellent listening and English work.
Eagles class been ready to take part in their Science activity.
Word of the Week
Y1: lever
Y2: endangered
Best Attendance for last week
Kestrels
Doodle Spell
Top 5 Year 1 children who have made the most progress in Doodle Spell last week:
Chloe M
Cammi
Elise
Harry
Top 5 Year 2 children who have made the most progress in Doodle Spell last week:
Anish
Rosie
Amber
Flora
Doodle Maths
Top 5 Year 1 children who have made the most progress in Doodle Maths last week:
Austen
Ayana
Owen
George L
Ayaansh
Top 5 Year 2 children who have made the most progress in Doodle Maths last week:
Rewa
Erina
Ida
Emily
Isobel
What has been happening in school?
Science Week- 11th-20th March
Information and Resources
The Autism Service have created an Autism Support Map with information, resources and videos for a variety of profiles. Click here to access it.
Sutton Family Hubs are pleased to offer two parenting programmes - Being a Parent Together and Time Out for Parents - Teen Years.
Please click here for the Parenting Support Offer Presentation and information on how to self refer.
Information will follow on programmes for parents/carers of children with ASD and ADHD later on this year.
Parenting Support Offer.pdf
Mindful March
Resources for children
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