CCI Newsletter 8th November 2024

Cheam Common Infants' Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 8th November 2024

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

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

School Updates

Odd Socks Day

On Tuesday 12th November, we will be celebrating and taking part in Odd Socks Day! We are looking forward to seeing all of your colourful socks next week as 'Odd Socks Day' marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week.

Odd Socks Day is designed to be fun, however the main focus is to raise awareness of Anti Bullying Week and it is an opportunity to encourage people and children to express themselves whilst expressing their individuality and what makes us all unique!

There is no pressure to wear the latest fashion or to buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks to school on Tuesday 12th November!

Please note that this date has changed to avoid Remembrance Day.

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.

Autumn 2 Curriculum Newsletters

Please find our new Curriculum Newsletters attached for the second half of the Autumn Term. Many year groups are starting completely new topics with new Homework Matrixes, so it is worth checking.

Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2

🧸 Year 1 Victorian Toy Workshop 🪀

Monday 18th November

Next half term for our history learning, the children will be learning all about the world of toys and the role that they play in entertaining us, educating us, and stimulating our imagination. As historians, they will be finding out about the ways in which toys have changed over time. To enhance their learning, we would like the children to participate in an interactive Victorian drama workshop.

After learning some well-known Victorian parlour games, the children will have the opportunity to handle and examine a large selection of wooden, tin and cloth replica toys, to discover how they work and how they are made. Thus bringing their learning to life!

The cost of this workshop is £4.50 per child. We would be grateful if you could make this payment via your Arbor account by 4th November, under the trip section.

Parent Online Safety Working Party

Parent Online Safety Working Party.pdf

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 2

Year 2 have been exploring their new story ‘Look up!’. They have been increasing their creative vocabulary by using adjectives with -er and -est. In maths, Year 2 have started to add two digit numbers to two digit numbers in preparation for next week when they will be moving on to column addition. In Geography, Year went on a scavenger hunt around Worcester Park where they searched for key human features such as shops, houses, churches etc., from their local area. In RE, they have been making diva lamps using clay and salt dough to celebrate Diwali.

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.

Orla (Year 1)

Happy birthday! Thank you for your book donation.

Marnie (Year 1)

Happy birthday! Thank you for your book donation.

Ruari (Year 2)

Happy birthday! Thank you for your book donation.

School Achievements

⭐️ Stars of the Week ⭐️

🐝 Weekly 3 Bees Certificate 🐝

⭐️ Nursery ⭐️

Ducklings - Thomas

Cygnets (full time) - Rafferty

Cygnets (part time) - Max

⭐️ Reception ⭐

Badgers - Prashanya

Foxes - Jensen

Hedgehogs - Connor

Squirrels - Shriya

🐝 Nursery 🐝

Ducklings - Theo

Cygnets (full time) - Abeer

Cygnets (part time) - Robyn

🐝 Reception 🐝

Badgers - Kyle

Foxes - Evie

Hedgehogs - Cristiano

Squirrels - Iaya

⭐️ Year 1 ⭐️

Finches - Everly

Robins - Jack H

Sparrows - Ezra

Wrens - Charlotte

⭐️ Year 2 ⭐

Eagles - Aron

Falcons - Lottie

Kestrels - Ridhuna

Owls - Rafi

🐝 Year 1 🐝

Finches - Leia

Robins - Luke

Sparrows - Sofia

Wrens - Reuben

🐝 Year 2 🐝

Eagles - Sultan

Falcons - Leona

Kestrels - Preyesha

Owls - Celine

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!

Ayas (Year 1)

Ayas Enhar achieved stage 1 in his swimming levels.

Aadvika (Year 1)

Aadvika achieved the Summer Reading challenge and also won two vouchers for Bocketts Farm!

Shirley (Year 2)

Shirley received her Pass with Merit certificate for her ABRSM Grade 1 Piano Exam.

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

Tuesday 12th November: Odd Socks Day to commence Anti-bullying Week

Tuesday 12th - Friday 15th November: Book Fair

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

Thursday 14th November: SEND Coffee Morning at CCJ

Friday 15th November: Children in Need (SPOTacular - wear spots!)

Monday 18th November: Year 1 Victorian Toy Workshop (in school workshop)

Wednesday 20th November: School tour (for Nursery and Reception 2025 starters)

Click here to sign up.

Thursday 21st November: Flu Inoculations for Rec, Y1 & Y2

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

Friday 6th December: Doughies Pizza order deadline

Thursday 12th December: Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch

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 ✉️

Thank you to those parents who purchased tickets to our Sutton United match. This helped raise £103.50 for Cheam Common Schools.

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