CCI Newsletter 27th September 2024

Cheam Common Infants' Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 27th September 2024

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

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

School Updates

☕️ SEND Coffee Morning ☕️

Wednesday 2nd October 8:45-9:45am

On Wednesday 2nd October, we would like to invite parents of children with Special Educational Needs to join us for a Coffee Morning in the Cheam Common Junior hall. This will be an opportunity to network and chat with other parents. Members of the leadership team will also be present to have a chat and answer any questions.

Please note that you are more than welcome to attend if you have children with Special Educational Needs that attend other schools. It is simply an informal chance to speak with parents who might have similar experiences.

If you would like to attend, please complete this short form so that we can provide refreshments accordingly.

🥫 Harvest donations welcome 🥫

Monday 30th September - Friday 4th October

Once again, we will be collecting food donations to celebrate our annual Harvest Festival.

From Monday 30th September to Friday 4th October, we will be accepting donations of items listed below:

Instant mash, cereal (not porridge), Weetabix, rice pudding, custard, instant coffee, biscuits, noodles, jam / honey / marmalade, ketchup / brown sauce / mayonnaise, peanut butter, chocolate spread, shampoo / conditioner, deodorant, shower gel, soap, chocolate/ sweet treats. They are also accepting any other tinned products or long life products.

These donations can be brought into school and, either donated at the CCI playground gate or your child can bring them to their classrooms.

Year One and Year Two children will be performing at Christ Church with St Philip. They will

be singing a few Harvest songs and performing a simple poem. Their performance takes

place on Tuesday 1st October 2024 at 9.15am.

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.

Year 1 and 2 Curriculum Meetings

Budding Artists Club: Monday afternoons

Thank you to our parents who attended the Year 1 and 2 Curriculum Meetings last week. Please find the slides attached below.

Year 1 Year 2

🏷 Labelling belongings 🏷

Please ensure that your child's belongings are clearly labelled, especially water bottles, coats and jumpers.

BA letter Cheam Infant school autumn term 24.docx.pdf

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

Nursery and Reception

In Nursery we have been reading the Colour Monster. We have talked about emotions and what makes us feel certain ways. We made faces using loose parts and acted out different stories using our Tales Toolkit items.

In Reception we have also been reading the Colour Monster. We have created Colour Monsters using different art mediums. We have also started phonics and have been practising letter formation of the sounds we have learnt.

Year 1

What a fun and exciting week it has been for Year One. They went on their first school trip to their local area, Worcester Park. The children were very excited and we were so proud of how sensibly they walked. They saw many features in the local area and particularly loved seeing Broncos and Fresco, their favuorite places to visit in Worcester Park. They learnt about how to cross the roads safely. The children have begun their new English book Beegu, which they are really enjoying and they have explored who Beegu is and wrote some simple sentences to describe her. In Maths, the children have been comparing height and weight and also have learnt about comparing two numbers more than, less than and equal too. What a fun week it has been!

Year 2

This week, Year 2 have been exploring the life of Mary Seacole. They produced some excellent accounts explaining why she is such a significant historical figure. In Maths we have been deepening our understanding of place value by comparing 2-digit numbers using part part whole models. We are so proud of how hard they are working on their Harvest Celebration performance and we can’t wait to share it with you next Tuesday! Well done Year 2!

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.

Edward (Nursery)

Thank you for your book donation!

Kalina (Year 1)

Thank you for your book donation!

Druv (Year 1)

Thank you for your book donation!

Darsh (Year 1)

Thank you for your book donation!

School Achievements

⭐️ Stars of the Week ⭐️

🐝 Weekly 3 Bees Certificate 🐝

⭐️ Nursery ⭐️

Ducklings - Lily

Cygnets (full time) - Avyaan

Cygnets (part time) - Eve

⭐️ Reception ⭐

Badgers - Louis

Foxes - Sacha

Hedgehogs - Oleane

Squirrels - Kayla

🐝 Nursery 🐝

Ducklings - Sienna

Cygnets (full time) - Gunav

Cygnets (part time) - Jack

🐝 Reception 🐝

Badgers - Cohen

Foxes - Georgina

Hedgehogs - Otto

Squirrels - Rai

⭐️ Year 1 ⭐️

Finches - Robin

Robins - Zaina

Sparrows - Christopher

Wrens - Aarav

⭐️ Year 2 ⭐

Eagles - Freddy

Falcons - Roy

Kestrels - Emilia

Owls - Cedric

🐝 Year 1 🐝

Finches - Willow

Robins - Delilah

Sparrows - Samuel

Wrens - Brendan

🐝 Year 2 🐝

Eagles - Briena

Falcons - Naya

Kestrels - Ariela

Owls - Jessica

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!

Heidi (Year 1)

Heidi recently swam an incredible 360m in her swimming lessons. What an impressive achievement - well done, Heidi!

Nadia (Year 1)

Kian took part in the Summer Reading challenge and completed six books during his holidays.

Kian (Reception)

Kian took part in the Summer Reading challenge and completed six books during his holidays.

Lottie (Reception)

Lottie achieved her ‘Stage 3’ swimming badge. What an incredible achievement. Well done Lottie!

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

Monday 30th September - Friday 4th October: Harvest donations welcome

Tuesday 1st October: KS1 Harvest Celebration @ Christ Church with St Philip (9:15am)

Wednesday 2nd October: SEND Coffee Morning (at CCJ hall)

Friday 4th October: School tour (for Nursery and Reception 2025 starters)

Click here to sign up.

Friday 11th October: School tour (for Nursery and Reception 2025 starters)

Click here to sign up.

Friday 25th October: Last day of half term

Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November: Half term

Monday 4th November: INSET Day (children not at school)

Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th November: Parent Consultation Evenings

Friday 15th November: Children in Need

Monday 16th December: Reception Christmas Performance @ CCI

Monday 16th December: KS1 Nativity Dress Rehearsal @ Christ Church with St Philip

Tuesday 17th December: Reception Christmas Performance @ CCI

Tuesday 17th December: KS1 Nativity Performance @ Christ Church with St Philip

Wednesday 18th December: KS1 Nativity Performance @ Christ Church with St Philip

Thursday 19th December: Nursery Christmas Singalong @ CCI

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 ✉️

Thank you!

Thank you to all of our parents who donated to and took part in our Macmillan Coffee Morning. We look forward to telling you about how much we raised for such a worthy cause.

Thank you again - none of this could be done without your support!

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!

Early Years support.pdf

Early Years support package 2.pdf

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