Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter
Friday 3rd July 2020
Cheam Common Junior Academy: Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park KT4 8UT Tel: 020 8337 1844
email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk www.cheamcommon.org.uk
Learning Together, Aiming High
News & Information
Classes and Teachers 2020-2021
Today you will be receiving a letter giving details of your child's class teacher for next year.
Next week, children will meet their new teacher via GoogleMeet before celebrating with their current class teacher in the final week of school for an end of term celebration via GoogleMeet.
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to celebrating and reflecting on a very strange year with the children and look forward to sharing some of our memories with you all.
Young Carers Award
We’re really proud to have achieved the Young Carers in Schools Bronze Award. Thank you to Carers Trust for recognising the amazing work our young carers do to support their families. A brilliant project, led by the amazing Mrs Hart. Well done everyone! We look forward to seeing and hearing more from our Young Carers in 2020 and 2021.
Doodle Maths - 100 Day Streak
A huge well done to Harry L for completing a 100 day streak on Doodle Maths. That means Harry has been on Doodle Maths every day for the past 100 days! We are very impressed! Who will be next?
Year 4 Titanic News Reports
This week, Year 4 have been planning & filming their own news reports from home, to describe the demise of RMS Titanic. We hope you enjoy their recount of the tragic events of 1912.
Click here to watch Elma's report.
Click here to watch Jorge's report.
Click here to watch Bramiya's report.
Vasu and Toby used Flipgrid to record their recounts. We hope you enjoy them! Well done to you all!
Click here to watch Toby's report.
Click here to watch Vasu's report.
Sports Personality of the Year 2020
Our Sports Personality of the Year Awards are taking place on Tuesday 14th July. Great nominations for a variety of sporting achievements. Good luck to you all!
DoodleMaths Summer Challenge
1st July – 31st August
Doodle little and often to earn rewards!
We can’t wait to see you all taking part in the DoodleMaths Summer Challenge. Why not sign up today?
The goal of the Challenge is to earn 600 stars (for children born after 31/08/13) or 750 stars and a 14-day streak. This target has been carefully chosen to provide children with a challenging and rewarding experience, while also being achievable in 10 minutes a day – leaving plenty of time to enjoy the summer!
By rewarding children for Doodling ‘little and often’, the Challenge encourages children to develop healthy learning habits which can be used outside of DoodleMaths in their education as a whole.
Upon completion of the Challenge, children will receive an exclusive collectable pin badge and certificate free of charge to celebrate their hard work in the post. Good luck!
Tom Palmer comes to LEO
We are excited to let you know that the wonderful author Tom Palmer has kindly agreed to work with pupils in Y2-5 across the Trust as part of our LEO Big Arts week in the week beginning 6th July. As part of this week Tom will be filming some special assemblies for us all to enjoy about being a writer and this is where we need your help...
To find out more about Tom, visit his website. https://tompalmer.co.uk/about-tom/
To watch a video that he made for LEO schools, click here.
COMPETITION!!!
Our most exciting activity from Tom Palmer is a writing competition! We would like you to write a story based on kindness and empathy. Watch this video to find out more about what you need to do.
Please submit your stories to distancelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk with the title: Tom Palmer Comp, your name, year group and school in the subject box.
Transfer to Secondary School September 2021
If your child is currently in Year 5, please click the following links for further information and guidance regarding transfer to secondary school.
This Week's Events
LEO Music Week
29th June - 3rd July
What better way to celebrate the last few weeks of the school year than by having our very own LEO Carnival!?
Children at home and at school have thoroughly enjoyed this music themed week as they experience the delights of Carnival.
Children have enjoyed singing, dancing, playing, mask making and plenty of other activities! Our Year 6 children took part in an online workshop and worked with musicians from BBC Orchestra as part of Ten Pieces Connecting the Dots.
Inspired by this year’s LEO Music Festival, Issac has enjoyed playing some well known pieces of music at home this week. Thank you for sharing these with us. Great performance. Watch it here!
What's Been Happening in School?
Here are some of the things children in school have been up to this week...
DigiDom AdobeSpark Challenge
Year 6 have been working hard to complete the DigiDom Challenge using Adobe Spark this week.
Children across the school have really enjoyed taking part in some of the #DrawWithRob activities for their art lesson. Our Key Worker bubbles have found even more drawing tutorials and enjoyed sharing some of their fantastic sketches with Miss Gunner this week! Great effort everyone!
What's Been Happening at Home?
Well done to those of you who have been hard at work completing your Distance Learning tasks from home this week.
Remember, you can send any work you do during and after these lessons into your year group mailboxes. Your teachers will love to see it!
CHEAM COMMON POSTCARDS
More Cheam Common Postcards have been sent home over the past couple of weeks. These postcards are another way of us communicating with you to celebrate great work, ideas or attitudes that we have been impressed with during this time!
We hope they will put a smile on everyone's faces!
Who will be next to receive one?
Year 3:
Maxi
Year 4:
Jorge
Bramiya
Sanat
Year 5:
Joshua
Bella
Bartosz
Year 6:
Dora
LYG Virtual Games
The London Youth Games are excited to announce the launch of the LYG Virtual Games. The LYG Virtual Games will take place over four-weeks, giving young children and young people the chance to represent their Boroughs in a series of sport-related challenges that can be done at home, at school or while out for daily exercise.
Three weekly challenges will be released every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 9.00am on the London Youth Games website and social media channels. Participants will then have until Friday at 12.00pm to complete the challenges and submit their scores. All the challenges will relate to a London Youth Games sport and have been set by young Londoners with a connection to the Games.
This week's challenge was Boccia. Children had 60 seconds to try to hit as many if the targets by throwing or rolling different balls at them. How many points did you score?
Sutton Music Services Live Lessons
Remember to join the weekly live lessons from Sutton Music Services delivered on Google Meet.
Please see the timetables to find out when your class lesson is scheduled and use the code that has been emailed to you to join the call.
TIMES TABLE ROCK STARS LEADER BOARD
Congratulations to the following children for being in the top 5 leader board for achieving the most points towards their classes' overall score.
1st: Seyi, 3B
2nd: Louis, 5C
3rd: Georgia, 3G
4th: Leon, 5C
5th: Ivelin, 3L
Well done also to the following classes for the highest points this week:
1st: 5C
2nd: 3G
3rd: 4H
Enjoying Times Table Rockstars?
Why not get involved with London Rocks 2020 everyday between 2pm and 7pm?
DOODLE MATHS
Well done to our top doodlers this week:
Y3 - Georgia 3G
Y4 - Vasu 4H
Y5 - Evie 5W
Y6 - Emma 6P
Congratulations to 4H for being the winning classes this week. Who will be our leaders next week?
A huge well done to Harry L for completing a 100 day streak on Doodle Maths. That means Harry has been on Doodle Maths every day for the past 100 days! Superstar! Who will be next?
Upcoming Events
LEO Arts' Week
Week Commencing 6th July
Arts Week is the perfect way to express yourself and how you have been feeling! The definition of Art is: the product of imagination and creativity, particularly in a physical form. This means that there are many different forms of art: paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, collage, photography, theatre, poetry, novels, music, dance, film and much more.
We are going to focus on five strands of Art this week: imagery (such as paintings and photography), music, film and theatre, books and dance. At the start of the week, we will share all of the activities and links so that you can pick and choose which activities you would like to take part in and see which competitions you would like to enter.
LEO Celebration Week
Week Commencing 13th July
For our Celebration themed week, we will be reflecting on the year and celebrating all that we have achieved. We will also be looking ahead to the next academic year and thinking about what we’d all like to achieve.
Information
LEO CATERING LUNCH MENU
For those children in school, you can our school dinner menu here for this half term. Remember you can choose which days you would like to have a school dinner.
Wellbeing Resources
Sutton School Nurses
The school nursing team are offering support to families who may be experiencing anxiety at this time or may have other concerns they would like support with.
They offer telephone appointments, online appointments and face to face in a clinic space if it is felt appropriate with all the necessary precautions and risk assessments.
Phone Discussions for Parents & School Staff
The Cognus Educational Psychology Service Community Callback is open to all parents and carers who live in Sutton. They hope to be able to offer you a safe and reflective space in which you can share any questions you have or anxieties you may be experiencing during this time.
Calls are available on: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the school and setting closure period with some evening slots available.
Here is the link to the form to book a slot for the "Educational Psychology Service - Phone discussions for parents & school staff".
Learning
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Toto and the Wizard of Oz by Michael Morpurgo
Told through the eyes of Toto, Dorothy’s loving and faithful dog, their world is turned upside down when a twister comes crashing down on their farm house in Kansas. Coming down with a crash in the mysterious land of Oz, the pair meet a series of extraordinary characters: a scarecrow who believes he has no brains, a tin man without a heart, and a cowardly lion who may not be as cowardly as he thinks he is. Desperate to return home - after all, home is home, and home is best- they set off with their new friends on a journey down the yellow brick road to find the only person who might be able to help them: the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But what they find might surprise them.
A wonderfully charming reimagining of a children’s classic, this beautifully written tale will enchant both new and old fans alike. With plenty of twists to keep you entertained, Toto is a wonderful addition to Michael Morpurgo’s collection!
Remember to fill in a book review once you have read a book so that your teacher can stamp your bookmark!
You can find your child's Battle of the Books suggested book list on our school website via the following link:
http://www.cheamcommon.org.uk/website/supporting_the_curriculum/331291
Here you will find most books listed, however we are continually updating and showcasing our recommended reads as new books are released.
SCIENCE SPOTTED!
This week you are going to be making your own edible science fossil!
You will need the following things: cupcake case, raisins, hard boiled sweets.
You will have seen many different fossils in your science lessons but now is the time to really freak people out and actually eat one!
Your first step is to think about which bug you want to try and create. Then arrange some raisins in the cupcake case to look like your chosen bug. Once you have done that place a boiled sweet over the top - it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t cover the whole of the base!
You will then need adult help to put these in the oven until the sweets have fully melted. This will take about 10-15 minutes.
Once your fossils have cooled you can have a taste and watch the horrified looks on peoples faces as they think you’re eating real bugs! Make sure you send in some photos!
MAD ABOUT MATHS
Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?
Year 3:
quirky
Year 4:
eccentric
Year 5:
excruciating
Year 6:
indoctrinate
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