CCI Newsletter 22nd November 2024

Cheam Common Infants' Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 22nd November 2024

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

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

School Updates

Children in Need - thank you!

Thank you to all of our families who donated to our Children in Need day last week. Between Cheam Common Infants and Juniors, we raised almost £500.

Christmas dates

Please find attached any important festive dates for December. Please note that the deadline to sign up for a Christmas lunch has passed.

Children's Hospital Pyjamas Campaign

Every year, we support Kingston Hospital and St George's Hospital in our Christmas Pyjama Campaign.

We are collecting donations of pyjamas from generous families throughout November. If you would like to donate, this would be hugely appreciated. Any donations can be handed to class teachers.

Thank you for your support.

Parent Guide for Digital Tools

Parent Guide to Digital Tools for Home.pdf

Train to teach with LEO Academy Trust

LEO Academy Trust is incredibly proud to work in partnership with the National Institute of Teaching as an Associate College to deliver Initial Teacher Training, (ITT) Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) from September 2025. Associate Colleges are successful school trusts, selected because of their wealth of in-house expertise in professional development and their deep relationships in their local areas. This collaboration allows us to be at the forefront of educational excellence, providing local teachers with unparalleled opportunities for professional growth, learning and development. Together, we are shaping the future of teaching and learning, ensuring that every child receives the highest quality education.

To apply for a place on our ITT programme please click here.

🥜 Allergy reminder 🥜

This is a friendly reminder that Cheam Common Infants' is a nut-free school. This policy is in place to protect children with severe nut allergies, which can cause life-threatening reactions.

Please do not send any food items containing nuts to school with your child. This includes, but is not limited to:

All types of nuts: peanuts, almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts
Monkey nuts
Chocolate spread (e.g., Nutella, which often contains hazelnuts)
Chocolate filled crepes (e.g., Sainsburys own as these contain hazelnut filling)
Peanut butter
Baked goods that contain nuts or nut flour
Snacks and cereals that may contain nuts or have "may contain" warnings

Even trace amounts of nuts can trigger a severe allergic reaction in some children. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our school a safe environment for all students.

School Tours

School lunches

Here are the lunch options for next week. You can click on the image to see all options for the term.

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

Nursery and Reception

Year 1

Year One had a very exciting start to the week with their Victorian workshop. They loved hearing all about how the Victorian children lived and wore hats as they got in character to become factory workers. The children were so excited as they played with wooden Victorian toys. In Design Technology the children continued to learn about stable structure and they made their own washing line. They worked together with partners and ensured the poles were stable, by creating a base. They tried very hard to tie the wool around the pole. They were very proud of their washing line creations.

Year 2

Year 2 have worked so hard this week researching Mae Jemison for their non-chronological reports. They were thrilled to find out that Mae’s amazing contribution to science has been celebrated by Lego who made a Mae minifigure astronaut in a special NASA Lego set! In RE the children finished making and decorating their diva lamps as part of their learning about Diwali. They have certainly added a touch of colour and sparkle to our classrooms. This week we have begun to practise for the Christmas performance. There has been lots of excitement and some amazing acting already. We can’t wait to share it with you very soon!

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.

Jasmine (Nursery)

Happy birthday! Thank you for your book donation.

Lily (Nursery)

Happy birthday! Thank you for your book donation.

School Achievements

⭐️ Stars of the Week ⭐️

🐝 Weekly 3 Bees Certificate 🐝

⭐️ Nursery ⭐️

Ducklings - Dylan

Cygnets (full time) - Suraya

Cygnets (part time) - Leeyanah

⭐️ Reception ⭐

Badgers - Rudvik

Foxes - Dylan

Hedgehogs - Elliot

Squirrels - Kabir

🐝 Nursery 🐝

Ducklings - Ellie

Cygnets (full time) - Edward

Cygnets (part time) - Avyaan

🐝 Reception 🐝

Badgers - Matilda

Foxes - Aurora

Hedgehogs - Vivek

Squirrels - Summer

⭐️ Year 1 ⭐️

Finches - Isaac

Robins - Leo

Sparrows - Alexandra

Wrens - Joel

⭐️ Year 2 ⭐

Eagles - Molly

Falcons - Anijah

Kestrels - Fergus

Owls - Stanley

LilyLil🐝 Year 1 🐝

Finches - Nora

Robins - Deniz

Sparrows - Isabella

Wrens - Lily

🐝 Year 2 🐝

Eagles - Ray

Falcons - Jazira

Kestrels - Lois

Owls - Ben

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!

Lottie (Year 2)

Lottie took part in her first Aerial Tumble Gymnastics competition and came 2nd place.

Heidrun (Year 1)

Heidrun took part in Southhall Junior Rapidplay U7-U9 on Nov 16, she did well and got a silver medal.

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.

Nursery Reception 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.

Our neighbours

As well as being respectful to our neighbours, please can you ensure you adhere to the parking rules within Sainsbury's Local and only park there if you are a customer.

Please ensure you do not obstruct any gates or double park during drop off or collection times.

Thank you for your support.

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.

Autumn Term Dates

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

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

New dates

2024 - 2025 Term dates

Wednesday 27th November: Year 1 Hearing Screening

Friday 29th November: Wreath Making Workshop (7.00pm)

Friday 6th December: Doughies Pizza order deadline

Thursday 12th December: Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch

Thursday 12th December: Year 1 Hearing Screening

Friday 13th December: Rudolph Run (children only)

Friday 13th December: KS1 (Y1 & 2) Nativity Dress Rehearsal @ Christ Church with St Philip (children only)

Monday 16th December: KS1 (Y1 & 2) Nativity Dress Rehearsal @ Christ Church with St Philip (children only)

Monday 16th December: Reception Christmas Performance for Foxes and Badgers @ CCI (2.15pm)

Tuesday 17th December: KS1 Nativity Performance @ Christ Church with St Philip (9.15am -10.00am)

Tuesday 17th December: Reception Christmas Performance for Hedgehogs and Squirrels @ CCI (2.15pm)

Wednesday 18th December: KS1 Nativity Performance @ Christ Church with St Philip (9.15am-10.00am)

Thursday 19th December: Nursery Christmas Singalong @ CCI (time tbc)

Friday 20th December: Last day of term (2:10pm finish)

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.

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 ✉️

Christmas Raffle

You can enter our Christmas Raffle here.

Raffle Poster_A4_2024.pdf

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

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

24-25 Early Years Parent Webinars - Poster - Education Wellbeing Service.pdf

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