CCJ Newsletter 14th March 2025

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 14th March 2025

Cheam Common Junior Academy: Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park, KT4 8UT

Email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk http://www.cheamcommon.org.uk/

Spring Parent Consultation Evening Dates

Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th March

You will now have been invited to sign up for your child's Parent Consultation Evening slot, falling on the dates above.

Spring 2 Curriculum Newsletters

You can find out about what your child will be learning in the first half of the Spring Term by looking at their Curriculum Newsletters below.

You will also find Homework Matrix information on these.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Updates

Lost: Wedding ring

One of our parent's wedding rings has been lost at school. If found, please return to the school office.

Parent Survey

We want to learn more about how we can help your school and LEO Academy Trust to improve parental engagement, so your time and honesty are much appreciated! This survey will ask questions about the communication between carers and school, confidence in the school’s strategy and other aspects.

If you would like to complete the survey, you can do so here.

Thank you for your time!

Book in a Jar Winners

With over 60 entries, judging this year's Book in a Jar competition was extremely tough. Please see our winning entries here! Thank you to all of the families who entered - your creativity and enthusiasm was so appreciated!

Left: Taotao (Year 3)

Right: Arlo (Year 4)

Red Nose Day

Friday 21st March

This year Red Nose Day is on Friday 21st March and, as usual, the School Council would like to raise some money for this great cause as well as the children having lots of fun!

Firstly, we will be selling red noses in school for £2.00 (the price set by the charity) from Monday 10th March. Our School Council members will be going round to each class from Monday and the children will be able to buy them using cash. We are asking that the children take the red noses home, these are not to be worn in school until Friday 21st March. If children buy red noses from Sainsbury’s, these also need to stay at home until Friday 21st March 2025.

Secondly, as this year’s theme is ‘Do Something Funny For Money’, we are asking all children to come to school with ‘Crazy Hair’. We are asking for a donation, with the suggested amount being £1, which will be collected at the gate as the children come into school. Please see below some examples of ‘crazy hair’ ideas…

We hope that the children enjoy the day and hopefully, we as a school, can raise some money for Comic Relief. As always, thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing your crazy hairstyles!

Miss Beagle and the School Council

CCJ Careers Fair

Monday 30th June

We are excited to announce the date of our second ever CCJ Careers Fair on Monday 30th June (1-3pm).

As we did last year, we would like to invite parents to partake in this Careers Fair. If you would be willing to give up your afternoon to come in and speak to classes about your career, please complete this Google Form.

We recognise that this date is far in advance. If your plans change, please do not worry. This is simply a register of interest.

Our staff are abseiling down St Helier's!

As part of our partnership with St Helier's Hospital, some of our staff have volunteered to abseil down the hospital on Friday 25th April.

Miss Davies, Miss Mills, Miss Brooks, Mr Iliffe, Miss Shallcross, Mr Francis, Miss Bishop, Miss Fox and Mr Strange are taking part in this challenge.

If you would like to donate to their joint page, you can do so here. Alternatively, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and donate to a specific member of staff!

Universal Breakfast Club Trial!.pdf

Arts Week: Parent Speakers!

Dear Parents,

We are excited to share an inspiring opportunity with you! During our recent Arts Council meeting, we discussed ways to enrich our students' creative experiences and make the arts more accessible to them. As visiting art galleries can be challenging due to costs and logistics, we thought—what better way than to bring the creativity directly to our school?

We would love to invite parents who work in creative industries—whether that’s painting, drawing, modelling, cake decorating, graphic design, or any other artistic field—to lead a workshop or give a talk about their career. This could be either during an after-school session for a group of around 30 students or as part of our upcoming Arts Week, from 7th to 11th July.

If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to inspire the next generation of artists and creators, we would be thrilled to hear from you! Please reach out to us at ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk, FAO Miss Maclean.

Thank you for helping us make the arts more vibrant and accessible for our students. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Yours sincerely,
CCJ Arts Council and Miss Maclean

Our Book Wishlist

Children across the school wrote a wishlist of the different books that they would like to see in their library and their classrooms.

We have collated this wishes and have put together an Amazon Wish List, which can be found here. If parents and families wish, there are over a hundred books that children are desperate to read on the list and these can be ordered as a present to our school. Alternatively, if you notice a book on the list that your children no longer read, we are always grateful for any donations!

It has also been suggested by our children that, on a birthday, rather than bringing sweets in for their classmates, children choose a book on the list that they would like to donate to their class. This also falls in line with our commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles. On the order, there is an option to leave a message - you can specify which class the book is for. As ever, we recognise that money can be tight so please note that this is entirely optional. Any support is always appreciated.

School lunches

You can see Spring Term options here.

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

Check out what our children have been up to this week at Cheam Common Junior Academy!

Birthday celebrations

Fantastic homework

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.

Happy birthday, Lara, and thank you for your book donation!

We have loved receiving some fantastic homework this term!

Remember: Each year group's homework matrix can be found in the section below. Completing these tasks is optional but can really help to enrich the children's learning and understanding of these topics.

Check out Bethany's amazing Houses of Parliament model!

Curriculum Newsletters and Home Learning

Spring 2 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Spring 2 Spelling Overviews

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Achievements

⭐️ Star of the Week Awards ⭐️

This week's LEO Explorer Value is 'Reflective'.

3B - Rania and Alice

3F - Hugh and Elena

3S - Tanvi and Pietro

3T - Freddie and Florence

4H - Isabella and Adam

4F - Izzy and Jon

4HJ - Neha and Bertie

4M - Harriette and Lara

5I - Maisie and Sharaiz

5D - Lottie and Daniel

5G - Amara and Freya

5H - Scarlett and Roy

6W - Clara and Aaron

6B - Mushiir and Ellen

6C - Daisy and Rushil

6S - Henry and Avril

🎫 Golden Ticket Winner: Evie (5G)

📖 Reading Raffle Winners: Joshua (4H) and Fatima (5I) 📖

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.

Barclay (Year 4)

Barclay found a lost cat in the road on Tuesday, covered in mud and clearly lost. Barclay named her “Tuna” and fed her and looked after her so that we could get her to a vet. “Tuna” was luckily microchipped and Phoebe (her actual name) was reunited with her owners the next day. We are all very proud of how caring Barclay was and how invested he was in making sure Phoebe got back home.

What an amazing act of kindness!

Clara (Year 6)

Clara is taking part in a 5000m Swimathon to raise money for Cancer Research UK. See Clara's message below:

Hi! I'm Clara, I'm 10 years old and I need your help to help others: I'm taking part in Swimathon 2025 and on the 29th of March I'm swimming 5km to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie & Swimathon Foundation, who do great work for a cause that's very close to my heart. If you can, please donate to my fundraising project on GivenGain and share! Thank you.

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 Juniors' 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 ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk if your details need updating. Alternatively, you can update them using the Arbor App.

Spring and Summer Term Dates

Please find below all the key dates and times for next week and for the Spring and Summer Term.

PTA events are shown in this colour. Please see below for more details.

New dates

2024 - 2025 Term dates

Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th March: Parent Consultation Evenings

Friday 21st March: Red Nose Day (Crazy Hair encouraged!)

Wednesday 26th March: Spring Merit Assembly

Friday 28th March: Rocksteady Performances (9am to parents)

Monday 31st March - Friday 4th April: Year 5 Residential to Devon

Friday 4th April: Last day of term (2:15pm finish)

Saturday 5th - Monday 21st April: PTA Easter Trail

Monday 7th - Monday 21st April: Easter Holidays

Thursday 1st May: Year 3 Science Musuem Trip and School Sleepover

Monday 5th May: Bank holiday

Friday 9th May: PTA Bingo Night

Monday 12th - Thursday 15th May: Year 6 SATs Assessments

Monday 19th May: Year 4 High Ashurst Parent Meeting (9am and 6pm)

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 ✉️

We are so lucky to have such a supportive parent group at Cheam Common Infant and Junior Academies. This group of parents work tirelessly to help come up with creative ways to support our school, and to provide our children with the best opportunities.

Over Easter, our concrete basketball court is being re-covered in a safer, bouncier material. This is all down to the work that this group does. Thank you!

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 ✉️

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Click the image above for further information!

Sutton's SEND Local Offer

Please follow this link to Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

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

Family Support Workers

Please click here to access our Family Support Workers portal with lots of information and resources to support you.

Primary Family Support Group flyer Jan-March 2025.pdf

Mental Health and Wellbeing Update

Local Activities and Events - General Information

Water shoes

If you would like to purchase water shoes ahead of your child's trip to Devon or the Isle of Wight, a local company is putting on a special discount for LEO schools. Please see the flyer here.