Cheam Common Junior Academy: Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park KT4 8UT Tel: 020 8337 1844

email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk www.cheamcommon.org.uk

Staffing September 2021

We are very pleased that our teaching staff is extremely stable for next year, however, as always at this time of year, some members of our teaching staff will be leaving us at the end of this term.

We are very sad to say farewell to Miss Carberry as she embarks on a full time masters degree. We wish her all the best and thank her for her creativity and enthusiasm over the past two years. We very much hope Miss Carberry will return to a LEO school in the future.

We also say farewell to Miss Bullen who is relocating to Somerset. Miss Bullen has been a great asset to Cheam Common over the past 3 years. We wish her all the best in her new home and school.

Lastly, Miss Brooks is leaving us to further her studies at university to become a fully qualified teacher. She will be thoroughly missed by all year groups and we thank her for her commitment to the school across all year groups. She has facilitated a number of extra curricular opportunities for our children and will be missed. We know she will be a great asset to the teaching profession and hope to see her return in the future.

Miss Lane will move to working across both Cheam Common Infants’ and Junior sites to teach in Year 2 and to support transition and interventions at KS2.

We are delighted to welcome back Miss Briggs, our Vice Principal, from Maternity leave. Miss Briggs will be working alongside Mrs Lester, Mr Perrott and Mrs Townsend to ensure the smooth running of the day to day life of the school.

NEW TEACHING STAFF FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

In September we will be adding to the staff we currently have at Cheam Common Junior Academy. We will be joined by several new class teachers: Miss Shallcross, Mrs Madia and Miss Fox. Mr Francis who is experienced in leading our Breakfast and After School Club for a number of years will be moving into a classroom based role to develop his teaching practice and support classes with their learning. We wish them all a very happy time with us at Cheam Common and are certain they will enjoy developing their careers, with both ourselves and the LEO Academy Trust.

CLASSES FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

On Wednesday 7^th July the children will be meeting their new class teacher for next year. They will get the opportunity to spend some time in their classroom for September taking part in an activity with their teacher and class.

You can find more details for next academic year here.

Year 6 Science National Finals

Well done to our Year 6 quiz team on an excellent performance in the National Finals of the Science Quiz Championships. Battling in the top 10 for most of the rounds, they eventually ended up finishing 10th in the country. What an amazing achievement! Well done George, Aurora, Alex K and Alex W.

London Maths Week

Maths has been all around at Cheam Common this week as we have celebrated London Maths Week. Why not ask the children what they have been doing?

Year 4 Science

Burnet News Club Awards 2021

Year 5 and 6 had great fun celebrating their achievements during a busy year at the Burnet News Club. Thank you to Economist Foundation and to Mr Perrott for giving the children the opportunity to hold weekly discussions on the world's most pressing questions. A special well done to Saanvi and Aashi on being highly commended at yesterday's ceremony. We are very proud of you! Our Burnet News Club were extremely excited to hear they had been announced as the Burnet News Club Outstanding School Award 2021 and topped off with Mr Perrott being announced as the winner of the Burnet News Club Teacher of the Year award.

Year 6 LEO Football Tournament

It was great to see our football team back in action last week as they took part in the LEO tournament held at Cheam Park Farm. After some great matches and a close penalty shoot out, the boys were crowned as the overall winners. Well done to you all!

Year 4 London Landmarks

Kids in Museums Digital Takeover

On Friday, 20 children visited Whitehall in Cheam Village to take part in ‘Kids in Museums’ Digital Takeover Day. They explored the house and completed a wildlife trail as well as took part in a workshop to explore how the Biodiversity of the area has changed since the house was built in Tudor times and the reasons for this change. They then moved onto creating some wildlife habitats in Whitehall’s garden.

They helped to write social media posts telling people what they have been learning and doing as part of the national 'Kids in Museums Digital Takeover Day'. You can find out more here: https://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/teen-digital-takeover/

REAL PE

Year 2 Q & A with Year 6

Our Year 6 Head and Deputy boys and girls went to Cheam Common Infants this week to answer all of the questions they have about joining Cheam Common Junior Academy. They shared all of the exciting learning and opportunities they've got to look forward to. Well done for being such great ambassadors for the school.

Tickets cost £2 each.

To purchase tickets please click here.

You will need to answer the following question: Which colour is associated with a Smurf? (Clue...blue)

Good luck and thank you for your continued support!

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Free Parenting Programmes

The Solihull Approach offers a series of free parenting programmes for all parents-to-be, parents, grandparents or carers of any child from the antenatal period to age 18 years, with the aim of providing a safe space for parents and carers to feel more confident in their approach to parenting.

The courses cover different periods throughout a child's life and are suitable for all parents and carers, including those whose children have additional needs, i.e. ADHD or ASD.

The courses are available to complete online, are available in 108 languages and are free for all Sutton residents.

Register at www.inourplace.co.uk and apply the access code: TREE

Anna Freud Transition Video and Parenting Courses

The Anna Freud schools team have launched their Moving up! transition animation and toolkit. Click here to access the animation and click here to access the booklet.

Sutton Dyslexia Drop In - Monday 5th July

The next Parent/ Carer Drop- In for Sutton Dyslexia Association , is on Monday 5th July 2021, from 9.45- 11.30 am at Oaks Park Cafe, Carshalton, SM7 3BA. There is a free car park at the Croydon Road entrance to the park.

Parents and carers of children with dyslexia are welcome to come along, meet others and exchange ideas. We will meet outside the cafe.

best wishes

For more information, contact Angie Eliis on 0208 642 5448.

Space2Be

Space2Be is a youth group for children aged 7 to 14 who have special needs and or a disability. For more information about this group, please click here.

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You can get all of the latest news and updates from Cheam Common by following us on Twitter. We use our Twitter account as the news feed of Cheam Common Junior. We also use Twitter to keep parents up to date with residential trips, sports and music news, year group trips and other areas of school life.

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