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Friday 13th September 2019

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

Our School Council

This week children from each class have had the chance to write a speech about why they would like to be on the School Council. After listening to each speech, the children from each class completed a secret vote. Congratulations to the following children who were chosen to represent their class on the School Council this year. Their first project this term will be delivering our Harvest Festival collection to Sutton Food Bank. They will also have the opportunity to visit the Houses of Parliament in December.

Year 3:

Toby, Seoyoung, Hugo, Faryn, Kian, Angel, Ezre , Kaelen

Year 4:

Bramiya, Olly, Sam, Vasu, Erin, Marty, Zeke, Roxy

Year 5:

Cameron, Navami, Annabel, George, Oliver, Evelyn, Bella, Chimaobi

Year 6:

Eliana, Alyssa, Reshna, Logan, Rio, Grace, Joseph, Anna

Two representatives from each class have been selected for our Learning Council again this year. The Learning Council meets every two weeks with Miss Holloway to discuss each class’ ideas about things they would like to change or improve in order to improve learning across our school. We look forward to hearing half termly updates from our Learning Council through our weekly newsletters and can’t wait to see all the ways in which they help improve learning at Cheam Common. Thank you to all of the children involved and good luck in this really important role.

Year 3:

Thomas H, Kavya, Mulihem, Coco, Zubair, Isobel, Catherine, Sofian

Year 4:

Amy, Flo, Matthew, Rosslyn, Folake, Erica, Eddie, Shaylee

Year 5:

Frankie, Maddy, Barishan, Isaac, Callum, Layla, Becca, Zac

Year 6:

Bilal, Presley, Ailah, Oliver B, Zach H, Zoe, Bryan, Sara

Well done to the following children who have been appointed as members of our Rights Respecting Pupil Voice group for 2019 – 2020. These children will work alongside Miss Govier to look at the rights and responsibilities children and adults have, how they can make a difference in the world and how to be a good local and global citizenship. Watch this space for some exciting visits they will go on this year.

Year 3:

Cristiano, Max, Ria, Michael, Tom

Year 4:

Chris, Shay, Mikey, Alara

Year 5:

Amela, Ali, Kinara, Chloe

Year 6:

Nasha, Chloe, Kallum, Ava

Well done to the following children who have been appointed as members of our school’s Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTAs) for 2019 – 2020:

Year 3:

Max, William, Alexander, Sophia, Dylan, Maia, Barnaby, Silvia

Year 4:

Joseph, Mia, Toby, Sophie, Frankie, Danyo, Roman, Hollie

Year 5:

Abi, Michael, Sadie, Noah, Nicole, Alexander, Yusuf, Fareha

Year 6

Shiva E, Alex H, Jake H, Angelina, Dora, Clodagh, Felix, Siobhan

It is a priority at Cheam Common to ensure that our pupils travel to school safely. The role of the Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTA’s) is to help to ensure that Road Safety remains a high profile. Our JTA’s are chosen because they are committed to sustainable transport and understand the need for children to be safe when travelling to school. Their responsibilities include assisting our Sutton Road Safety Officer when he comes into school to give termly road safety assemblies and to help with promotions and competitions. They also help to collect information and carry out surveys for the School Travel Plan. Thank you all for helping make the journey to and from Cheam Common each day as safe as it can be. Thank you to Mrs Judge for running the JTA scheme this year.

Well done to the following children who have been appointed as members of our school’s Eco Council for 2019 – 2020:

Year 3:

Nyaria, Phoebe, Harry, Genevieve

Year 4:

Daniel, Molly, Rosie, Jack

Year 5:

Sam, Sarya, Oli, Tilly

Year 6:

Marcus H, Jack, Theo, Ryan

Children in our Eco Council will work with Mrs Harland to develop ideas on how to improve the places they learn and live it. This may be through recycling schemes, growing our own vegetables and this term focusing on the use of plastic.

HARVEST FESTIVAL

On Friday 20^th September the school will be holding our Harvest Festival celebrations. We kindly ask if you could support the children by sending in a variety of groceries and produce, which would be suitable as emergency produce and which have a relatively long shelf-life. Sutton Foodbank are particularly asking for donations of long-life or dried milk, tinned spaghetti, tinned rice pudding and packets of rice.

Year 3 will lead our celebration assembly this year, with Mrs Culver and our new School Council organising the distribution of the harvest donations.

Some of our new school councillors will be travelling with Mrs Culver to the Sutton Food Bank on Kimpton Road later in the month. The children will deliver our offerings, so that they can be accessed by those most at need in our community this autumn.

Thank you for your support.

Our School Photographer will be in school on Friday 20th September to take individual and sibling portrait photographs. Please ensure your child is in full school uniform.

If your child has a sibling at Cheam Common Infants,' and you would like them to have their photo taken together, please arrive at school for 8:00am. Due to previous high demand for this, we regret we cannot take any photos after 8:30am. If you are not in the queue by 8:15am we will be unable to take them.

We have a number of children with nut allergies in school. We kindly ask parents to ensure that no items or ingredients put in their children's lunch boxes contain nuts. Thank you for your support with this.

We would like to remind all parents who are eligible, to apply for the Pupil Premium Grant. This grant enables the school to provide additional support to our children where needed. Examples of this are, access to extra-curricular clubs and additional support with specific areas of the curriculum.

Any family in receipt of the grants listed below are eligible to apply for this grant, which is then allocated to our school.

Income Support
Income based Job Seeker’s Allowance
Employment & Support Allowance (must be Income Related and not Contribution Based)
Child Tax Credit with no Working Tax Credit and where the household income is less than £7400 or under, effective from 1 April 2018. You do not qualify if you are in receipt of Working Tax Credit unless you are newly unemployed, when you can receive Free School Meals for four weeks on production of a Tax Credit Decision Notice from HMRC. You will be required to produce other evidence to prove eligibility after this date.
Guarantee Pension credit
NASS cards & Immigration papers

If all parents who are eligible apply for Pupil Premium, it may result in the school receiving substantial funding which will be used for the benefit of the children, so please apply.

Applying for this grant is very simple, it can be done online at www.sutton.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals or you can telephone 0208 770 6953 and select the free school meal option. If you feel you would like support in applying for this grant please contact Miss Abram in the School Office, who will be happy to go through this process with you. All applications are confidential within the school.

PARENT COFFEE AFTERNOONS

This term, parents from each year group are invited to come in to school to join your child’s Year Group Leader for an informal coffee afternoon. Held on Tuesday afternoons between now and half term, this will provide you with the opportunity to discuss any general aspect of the school or your child’s year group, in an informal setting. Year Group Leaders will also give a brief presentation about what new things your child has to look forward to this year and what topics and curriculum areas your child will cover in their new year group as well as telling you about the National Curriculum for English, Maths, Computing & Science that your child will follow this year. Parent Coffee Afternoons will be held from 2.15pm. We aim to finish by 2.55pm to allow parents to collect younger children from the infant school if necessary. Other parents are welcome to stay in school until 3.15pm and have another tea or coffee.

There is no need to confirm that you can attend, please just come along!

Year 5 – Tuesday 17^th September. Focus: Y5 Curriculum

Year 4 – Tuesday 24^th September. Focus: Y4 Curriculum

Year 3 – Tuesday 1^st October. Focus: Y3 Curriculum & a visit to your child’s classroom.

(Year 3 parents & grandparents are both very welcome on Tuesday 1^st October.)

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PLAYTIME SNACK

Please remember that all children are encouraged to bring fresh fruit or vegetables to school for a mid-morning snack during playtime. Many children are really hungry by lunchtime and will be happier and learn better if they have eaten something at playtime.

Follow us on Twitter!

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.

@CCJacademy

Learning

MAD ABOUT MATHS

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

We are once again launching Battle of the Books with all year groups across the school. Each year group has over 50 books on their suggested reading list with recommendations of high quality stories and authors. There really is something for everyone! The aim is to get each child and each class reading as many books from the list as possible. By next week, every child will receive a book mark. Once your child has read one of the suggested books, they need to complete a book review from their class library and get their teacher to stamp their bookmark. At the end of each term, we will add up the total number of books read from each class. There will also be a prize for the child who reads the most books.

Each week we will also put a brief synopsis of one of the books from a year group’s book list in the newsletter.

This week’s book is ‘The Land of Roar' by Jenny McLachlan from the Year 5 book list.

When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad's attic. Roar was filled with things they loved - dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure - as well as things that scared them, including a very creepy scarecrow! Now the twins are eleven, Roar is just a memory. But when they help Grandad clean out the attic, Arthur is horrified as Grandad is pulled into the folding bed and vanishes. Is he playing a joke? Or is Roar . . . real?

A wonderfully enchanted fantasy adventure, full of imagination, humour and heart, this wonderful new children’s book echoes classic tales gone before, such as Peter Pan, Jumaji and The Neverending Story. Readers can delight in this beautifully illustrated children’s book as they turn page after page, bringing to life a fantasy world full of dragons, unicorns, mermaids and more. A wonderful new addition and a captivating read, ‘The Land of Roar’ is sure to delight both small and ‘big’ kids alike!

Welcome to our weekly science bulletin. Here you will find interesting facts and activities all about science! Every week we will discuss a new topic and we will also be finding out what each year group have been learning about in their science lessons. If you complete the follow up activities or research the topics please present your findings to Miss Lane. Your work may even make onto our twitter page!

This week...seals can mimic human speech and music!

If you have spent any time observing seals at the zoo or in the wild, you may have seen the mammals swimming, walking, clapping, and even "barking" at one another. Now, scientists in Scotland have proved that with some vocal training, and the right incentive, the talented animals are also capable of mimicking the human language, accomplishing impressive tasks such as "singing" popular tunes like "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." The scientists in Scotland even hope to use similar training and teaching skills to help children and adults with speech difficulties in the future. Who knew we could learn so much from seals?!

Over to you!

Do you know of any other animals that can mimic or respond to speech? Are there other ways that animals communicate?

Don’t forget to present your findings to Miss Lane!

Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?

Year 3:

variety

Year 4:

abundance

Year 5:

plethora

Year 6:

myriad

Excellence

Star of the Week Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who received the Star of the Week Awards last week:

Year 3

3B: Owais

3G: Dylan

3H: Max

3L: Cristiano

Year 4

4H: Samaia

4RM: Marty

4SM: Jack A

4S: Xavier

Year 5

5A: Zeph

5C: Shreya

5J: Isaac

5W: Brooke

Year 6

6C: Ellie

6K: Eddie

6P: Preston

6S: Evan

PRIDE Values Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who received the Pride Values Awards last week:

Year 3

3B: Sylvia

3G: Maia

3H: Phoebe

3L: Nyaria

Year 4

4H: Ryan

4RM: Manuel

4SM: Isla

4S: Abigail

Year 5

5A: Samara

5C: Nicole

5J: Sophie W

5W: Lin

Year 6

6C: Felix

6K: Dora

6P: Sophia S

6S: Swapneel

Cheam Common Rights Respecting Schools ' Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who have displayed outstanding, respectful behaviour last week:

Year 3

3B: Tom

3G: Millie

3H: Alexander

3L: Cian

Year 4

4H: Vasu

4RM: Harry

4SM: Dominik

4S: Luca

Year 5

5A: Aiden

5C: Oli

5J: Lucy

5W: Chimaobi

Year 6

6C: Seyon

6K: Oliver S

6P: Aydan

6S: Emma N

144 Club

The children in the 144 Club know all their times tables up to 12 x 12. Membership of the Club has to be achieved each half term! Congratulations to the following children who are now members of the club:

Year 4:

Karthi, Harry, Sid, Shaylee, Ahsan, Eddie, Elo, Anaya, Zeke, Tosin, Chris

Year 5:

Nathan, Scarlet, Prevani, Olivia, Navami, Zeph, Lois, Risci, Callum, Veer, Leon, Aashi, Brian, Seoyoon, Oli, Jimin, Louis, Haroon, Lina, Joshua P, Joe, Liam, Bella, Becca, Kavya

Year 6:

Siobhan, Min Seok, Rio, Kiaraa, Grace, WAris, Seyon, Mati, Ben, Felix, Sian, Clodagh, Kallum, Reshna, Madison, Adele, Dora, Matthew, Alex C, Logan, Ailah, Hanna, Marlene, Chuck, Alexia, Tiffany, Emma C, Joshua K, Shruthi, Rathusha, Alex H, Nico, Enulie, Eliana, Cate, Bonita, Boris

Opportunity

SCHOOLS' TENNIS ROADSHOW

Ahead of the next Nature Valley Big Tennis Weekend on 28/9 & 29/9 with Sutton Tennis Academy, we are delighted to be offering tennis taster sessions to Y3 & Y4 on Friday 27th September. All children in Year 3 and 4 will have the opportunity to take part in a tennis session to develop their skills and hopefully find their love of tennis!

CHEAM COMMON AUTHOR VISIT: MICHAELA MORGAN

We are delighted that poet Michaela Morgan will visit our school on 18^th September to talk about poetry ahead of National Poetry Day, and encourage children in writing their own poetry. As part of this, ReadingZone is able to offer discounted copies in case any child would like to buy a book to have signed by Michaela on the day. The following books will be available:

Reaching the Stars

This collection of brand-new poems is a celebration of the achievements of women and girls throughout history, and includes poems about Malala Yousafzai, Rosa Parks, Ada Lovelace, Helen Keller, Mary Shelley, Edith Cavell and many more.

£5 (discounted from £5.99)

Wonderland: Alice in Poetry

In addition to the classic poems of Lewis Carroll – the Jabberwocky, The Walrus and the Carpenter etc – this beautiful collection features many poems from editor Michaela Morgan and many popular poets including Roger McGough, John Agard, and, Joseph Coehlo, each one putting their own spin on these classic texts.

£5 (discounted from £5.99)

A letter was emailed home last week for you to order your copies of either or both of these books. If you would like to place an order there is still time. Please complete and return the form to the School Office. You can download a copy here. Some copies will also be available on the day. or you can download a copy here.

SUTTON DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION

Sutton Dyslexia Association (www.suttondyslexia.org.uk) is a self-help group run entirely by volunteers and dependent on subscriptions and fundraising.

The association regularly holds coffee mornings and drop-in sessions which provide parents the opportunity to meet other parents of dyslexic children as well as ask questions.

The next coffee morning is on Friday 18th October 2019 at 9:45am at Oaks Park Tea Rooms, Carshalton, SM7 3BA (Please use Croydon Lane entrance).

ADHD - JUST A WAY OF EXCUSING BEHAVIOUR?

ADHD - just a way of excusing the behaviour of naughty small boys?

Sutton Dyslexia Association is hosting a free talk about the diagnosis and management by Garret Smyth and Nigel Sharma from Central London Adult ADHD Support Group

Wednesday 18th September 2019 at 8pm

The Friends Meeting House, 10 Cedar Road, Sutton, SM2 5DA

For further information see www.suttondyslexia.org.uk phone 07948 702491 or email: helpline@suttondyslexia.org.uk

North Cheam Tamil School - New Management

The Tamil school will start on the 14th of September at 9 am at Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy, Molesey Drive, North Cheam, SM3 9UU.

Tamil lessons: 9am-11.30am; Carnatic music and Carnatic musical instruments: 12-2pm

It is under new management, taken over and run by parents and teachers.

The classes are held from Nursery to Year 12. Classes held on Saturdays only.

If interested please bring your children to enrol on the 14th of September 2019 at 9 am.

For further details e mail: northcheamts@gmail.com

Mobile: Mr Ratna: 07727935063.

On behalf of North Cheam Tamil School Committee

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CARETAKER POSITION - CHEAM FIELDS PRIMARY ACADEMY

We are looking for a caretaker with handyman skills to join our premises team based at Cheam Fields Primary Academy.

20 hours per week, 3.30-6.30pm Monday - Friday,

Saturday mornings 8am-1pm during term time.

School holiday hours to be agreed with postholder and Site Manager

Follow this link for more information/to apply: eteach

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Are you a parent, grandparent???

Do you have a spare couple of hours each week to volunteer?

Would you like to make a difference to a family??

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation supporting families with a young child under five who are struggling. We recruit volunteers to visit families in their own home for a couple of hours each week to offer emotional and practical support and friendship.

Our Preparation Course will be starting on Wednesday 2^nd October 9.30 – 2.30pm for eight Wednesdays (excluding the October half term) completing on Wednesday 4^th December. Expenses are paid.

To find out more or to apply for a volunteer application pack please contact:-

Home-Start Sutton on 020 8647 6501 (admin@homestartsutton.org.uk).

An enhanced DBS check and references will be undertaken. Home-Start Sutton positively encourages people with parenting skills from all sections of the community to volunteer.

Company No 5165417 Registered Charity no1104960

Dates For Your Diary

Here are the dates for this term. Dates may change and we will notify you as soon as possible if this happens. Please check the dates section regularly as new dates may be added.

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 17^th September- Year 5 Parents’ Coffee Afternoon, 2.15pm

Thursday 19^th September – Year 6 TfL Safety and Citizenship Talk, 1:45pm (Hall in use)

Thursday 19^th September – Mathematics Workshop for Year 3 Parents, 9am and 7pm

Friday 20^th September – Individual/Sibling School Photographs

Friday 20^th September - Harvest Festival, 10.30am (Donations to School Council Appeal for Sutton Food Bank)

Tuesday 24^th September – Year 4 Parents’ Coffee Afternoon, 2.15pm

Tuesday 24^th September – Speak Out, Stay Safe NSPCC Assembly -10:10-10:45am

Tuesday 24^th September – Speak Out, Stay Safe NSPCC Workshops - Year 6 - 11-12pm & Year 5 - 1:15-2:15pm

Tuesday 24th September - Brownlee Triathlon

Thursday 26^th September – English Workshop for Year 3 Parents, 9am and 7pm

Thursday 26^th September – Languages’ Day

Monday 30th September - NSPCC Buddy’s Big Workout Sponsored Event Week

OCTOBER

Tuesday 1^st October – Year 3 Parents’ Coffee Afternoon & Class Visit, 2.15pm

Wednesday 2nd October - Year 6 Thames Young Mariners, 7:30am

Friday 4^th October – Year 4 Visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace

Monday 7th October - Year 6 Bikeability Week 1

Tuesday 8th October - Year 5/6 High 5 Netball, Nonsuch High, 3:30-6pm

Friday 11^th October – Autumn IEP/Provision Maps completed

Monday 14th October - Year 6 Bikeability Week 2

Tuesday 15^th October & Thursday 17^th October - Book Fair

Tuesday 15^th October – Parent Consultation Evening 1, 4pm – 8pm for all teachers.

Tuesday 15th October - NSPCC Thank You Assembly - 10:30am

Wednesday 16th October - Borough Cross Country, Sutton Grammar - 1:30-4pm

Wednesday 16th October - Junior Supremo Training 1 - 1-3:30pm - Stanley Park Primary

Thursday 17^th October – Parent Consultation Evening 2, 3.30pm – 6pm for all teachers.

Friday 18^th October - RE Day 1 - Hinduism

Monday 21^st October – Friday 25^th October – Half Term

Monday 28^th October - INSET Day. No school for pupils on this day.

Monday 28^th October – LEO Annual Conference – Inclusion - Epsom College, 9am – 4pm

Tuesday 29^th October – School Flu Nasal Spray – 9am

Wednesday 30th October - Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Festival - John Fisher - 10-12:30pm

NOVEMBER

Monday 4^{th -}Friday 8th November - Parliament Week

Wednesday 6^th November – Year 3/4 Rugby Festival - John Fisher - 10-12:30pm

Thursday 7^th November – Year 4 Viking Workshop in Hall

Saturday 9th November - International Women’s Football - England v Germany, 5:30pm

Monday 11^th – Friday 15^th November – Anti-Bullying Week

Monday 11th November - Online Safety Parent Workshop

Friday 15th November - Children in Need

Monday 18^th November - Wednesday 20^th November – Challenge Partners QA Review

Thursday 21^stNovember - Year 6 Handball - Carshalton Boys, 1-3:30pm

Friday 22^nd November - RE Day 2 - Sikhism

Monday 25^th November – Friday 29^th November – Autumn Term Assessment Week

Monday 25^th November - Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Heat 1 - Sutton High, 1-3:30pm

Tuesday 26^th November - Science Quiz, Alexandra Palace

Wednesday 27^th November - Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Heat 2-Wallington Girls, 10-12pm & 1-3pm

DECEMBER

Monday 2^nd December – Christmas decorations up this week!

Tuesday 3^rd December – Year 3 Music Assembly to Parents - TBC

Thursday 5^th December – Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert to Parents, 9.15am

Thursday 5^th December – Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert to the school, 10am

Thursday 5^th December – Year 3 Science Museum & Sleepover

Friday 6^th December – Science Day

Monday 9^thDecember - School Council visit to Houses of Parliament

Tuesday 10^th December – Year 3 Music Assembly to Parents

Wednesday 11^th December – Christmas Pantomime for all Year Groups, 9.30am - TBC

Friday 13^th December – Autumn IEP/Provision Maps reviewed and new targets for Spring

Friday 13^th December – Christmas Jumper Day

Friday 13^th December – Y5&6 Christmas Production to the school, 10.45am

Friday 13^th December – Y3&4 Christmas Production to the school, 1.45pm

Monday 16^th December – Y5&6 Christmas Production, 9.15am, 2pm and 7pm

Tuesday 17^th December – Y3&4 Christmas Production, 9.15am, 2pm and 7pm

Wednesday 18^th December – Christmas Dinner, 11.45am – 1.30pm

Wednesday 18^th December – Christmas DVD Morning (PPA Release for all staff from 9am – 12pm)

Wednesday 18^thDecember - Class Christmas Parties, 1.15pm – 3.15pm

Wednesday 18th December - House Point Winners’ - MUFTI Day

Thursday 19th December - End of Term Merit Assembly, 9:15am

Thursday 19^th December – Christmas Carols & Songs in the Hall at 11am

Thursday 19th December - Last Day of Term, school finishes at 2:15pm

Friday 20^th December – Friday 3^rd January – Christmas Holiday

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