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!

Updates

Healthy Schools

Safer Streets

Sutton Council is committed to making the streets outside our schools safer and healthier for our children. This is why we introduced 10 school street schemes across the borough in November 2021. We are now seeking your feedback on a proposed scheme where your child goes to school.

Your feedback will help us to understand how well the scheme is working and if there are any opportunities for improvement.

The survey opens on Monday 4th July and can be accessed via https://bit.ly/3NrGYhM. We would be grateful if you could complete the survey before the closing date of Sunday 17th July and we thank you for your participation.

Contact details

Please can you make sure you inform the office of any changes to your circumstances for example if you move house and have a new address or if your mobile phone number changes. It is vital that we have the most up to date information so we can contact you in an emergency.

Sports Day

Nursery Sports Day

10.50 - 11.20 - Fawns Class - Main Playground at CCI

2.15 - 2.45 - Ducklings, Rabbits and Cygnets - Muga in the CCI playground

Doodle Summer Challenge

Friends

Summer Fair Volunteers needed 16^th July

Class Reps can you help?

We need volunteers for the Summer Fair taking place on 16^th July between 11:00-14:00 and we are hoping the class reps can help sort their classes and send us the details.

We have the below slots that need covering, 2 volunteers per class per slot needed. If you have any extra people for a specific slot or someone is happy doing 2 slots, please let us know as we are always looking for help. We will also need help setting up and packing away at the end of the day.

Please see all the slots below:

09:00-11:00 (Setup)

11:00-12:00

12:00-13:00

13:00-14:00

14:00-16:00 (Pack away)

Volunteers will need to be at the school 5 min before the start time so we can give instructions on games and what you need to do.

Volunteers that want to help but don't have a class rep

If you do not have a class rep or your class rep isn't sorting the volunteers, please let us know directly if you can help or not friends_cca@outlook.com

Please state the timeslot you can do, your name and class your child is in.

We have a wonderful day planned but need volunteers to come forward and help.

So please we are only asking for an hour your time and it will make the day a huge success.

No Forest School

5th July

Reports

8th July

Sports Day- Y1 AM and Reception PM- information above

8th July

Nursery Sports Day- information above

14th July

Sports Day- Year 2- information above

15th July

Mufti

15th July

School Fair

16th July - volunteers needed

No Forest School

19th July

Last day of school

22nd July

Well done to Isobel and Sharaiz who have achieved a 365- day streak in Doodle English

This week in Reception, we have been reading 'Handa's Surprise'. The children have tried different fruits, partitioning fruit and role playing.

National Sports Week

Inspired by their skipping workshop, earlier in the term, Year 2 also held an inter-class skipping competition. Well done to: Ayo, Skyla, Amara and Noah from Eagles, Quinton, Annabel, Ronia and Aurora from Owls and Noah, Lilian, Norita and Juno from Falcons who represented their classes admirably. The worthy winners were Jerry, Midhah, Maya and Amber from Kestrels. It was clear that a lot of practice had taken place since the workshop!

Reception children also entered into the spirit of things and it was great to see our younger pupils developing a love of physical activity.

Year 2 continuing to practise ball skills

Year 2 Golden Hinde Trip

Multi Active Health Games Day.

A group of Year 2 children took part in the Multi Active Health Games Day.

The Autism Service: Parent/Carer event 18th July

Cognus are running an in-person autism Parent/Carer workshop on the evening of 18th July, covering difficulties with identifying emotions and strategies to support. Please complete the registration of interest form if you would like to attend.

Parents guide to Tik Tok

Click on the image below to find out more.

Important information about the Poppy Playtime game

It has been brought to our attention that some of our pupils are talking about an online game called Poppy Playtime. Poppy Playtime is a horror/puzzle game which involves the player investigating an abandoned toy factory to solve the mystery of what happened.

The game does not appear to have any age restrictions however the developers have recommended for players age 8+. While there is a cost to download or stream this to a PC, there is free related content available on other platforms such as YouTube and TikTok as well as copycat versions available through Roblox and Minecraft. This is also only the first chapter and Chapter 2 is scheduled for release in 2022.

The game is designed to appeal to young children however some of the imagery may be frightening to them and the style of gameplay could increase feelings of anxiety or stress. The game isn’t gory but uses child friendly toys in frightening ways which could make young children scared of things they have previously felt comfortable with.

How can you help?

If you become aware of your child playing the game then:

• Reassure them they are safe

• Talk to them about what they have seen online and how this has made them feel

• Encourage open and non-judgemental discussions with young children about what they are seeing online to give reassurance that they can talk to you if they have seen something of concern and to alert you or another

Useful Resources and Information

https://oursaferschools.co.uk/2021/12/03/poppy-playtime-online-safety-review/

Parent Info – Article on Harmful Online Content

https://parentinfo.org/article/what-your-child-needs-to-know-about-harmful-content-online

Internet Matters – Dealing with inappropriate content https://www.internetmatters.org/issues/inappropriate-content/

NSPCC – Help with distressing online content

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/inappropriate-explicit-content/distressing-content/

This video on YouTube gives more information on Poppy Playtime.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-RqyuX_18&t=38s