CCJ Newsletter 14th October 2022

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 14th October 2022

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

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

School Updates

Year 6 Bikeability

Year 6 children have the opportunity to take part in our Bikeability sessions in November. These sessions focus on ensuring your child knows how to cycle safely, with particular lessons on how to navigate roads and traffic in a safe manner. Your child must have, and be able to bring, a bike to school for every day of their three day course. For extra information, and to sign your Year 6 child up, please read this letter. There are only 4 spots remaining!

Children's Hospital Pyjamas Campaign!

As we quickly approach the festive season, we have taken on board a new Christmas fundraiser. Our chosen charity for the festive season is ‘Children’s Hospital Pyjamas’. This amazing charity donates brand new pairs of pyjamas to poorly children in hospital over the Christmas period.

We aim to also donate to:

St Helier Hospital (Sutton)
The Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton)
St George’s Hospital (Tooting)
Kingston Hospital (Kingston Upon Thames)

If you would like to help us support this charity, we are asking for either donations of brand new pyjamas or money that will go towards buying new pyjamas. To confirm, we are only able to accept BRAND NEW pyjamas due to the vulnerability of the children who will be receiving the pyjamas. Unfortunately second hand pyjamas are not accepted. The pyjamas can be any size ranging from baby sizes - 10 years old. Alternatively, money donations are also welcomed and will be used to purchase new pyjamas to go towards our donations.

The deadline for all donations is Monday 14th November. Please hand pyjamas into the school office or Miss Beagle’s classroom, 4CB. Cash donations will be accepted at the gate each morning.

I do hope that we can count on your generosity on this occasion and I am pleased that we are able to support a local charity as well as our local hospitals.

Miss Beagle!

Year 6 Leavers' Hoodies

Our parents are once again organising Year 6 Leavers' Hoodies for our current Year 6 children. Last year, several parents requested that this process started earlier so that the children could wear their hoodies throughout the colder months. Please see all information below.

Please note: If you are interested in purchasing a hoodie, do not order until you know the size. Your child will be able to try on the different sizes during the school day. Alternatively, the hoodies will also be available where Year 6 are dismissed at the end of the day if you would like to check your child's size.

Leavers Hoodies (1).pdf

High School Destinations

We have attached the high school destinations of our Year 6 pupils over the last three years. Please see this information here.

Secondhand books and board games

Do you have any secondhand books or board games that you no longer need? At Cheam Common, we would appreciate donations of any of these items. Books are always appreciated and board games are extremely useful, especially during wet play! Simply drop these into the office or ask your child to hand them to their class teacher. Thank you for your support in advance!

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

Year 6 Pupil Leadership Roles

Over the next few weeks, we would like to introduce some of the pupils who have taken up our Year 6 Pupil Leadership roles.

This week, we would like to introduce our new house captains. These children represent our four houses: Oak, Willow, Pine and Elm. They will help organise various house tournaments throughout the year, as well as taking part in in-house competitions.

Willow: Georgia and Ethan

Elm: Max and Harry

Pine: Megan and Sophia

Oak: Naomi and Alina

Cross Country Success!

On Thursday, our Cross Country team represented our school at the Sutton Primary Borough competition. All of our children performed exceptionally well, with Megan doing so well that she qualified for the London Finals later this year. Well done, everyone!

Footballing victories!

This week, both our Y5/6 Boys' and Girls' Football Teams had matches in cup competitions. On Tuesday, the girls played in the Surrey Cup against Woodmansterne Primary School. They performed wonderfully and came out the other end with a clean sheet and a convincing win. On Wednesday, the boys played in the Sutton Borough Cup against St Mary's. After going 1-0 down, they showed perseverance, going on to win 6-3.

Art Club Portraits

In Year 5/6 Art Club this week, the children created self portraits using pencil. They then practised the art of shading in order to create depth in their pieces.

Year 3 visit Cuddington Park

Today, Year 3 became impressionist environmentalist painters and took to the outdoors for their inspiration. Foraging for natural paints and mark making tools, I think you can agree that their landscape paintings are pretty impressive. Thank you to our parent helpers who gave up their own time to volunteer on this trip!

Autumn Term Dates

As the start of Autumn Term can be incredibly busy, we have collated all the important dates for your diary. Please find below all the key dates and times for the next few weeks of the Autumn Term!

Monday 17th October

Year 5 Swimming Session 2

Friday 21st October

Last day of half term - MUFTI Day (see below)

Thursday 3rd November

Year 3 Scavenger Sleepover

w/c 7th and 14th November

Year 6 Bikeability

Thursday 10th November

School Discos!

3:30-4:30pm - Year 3 and 4

4:45-5:45 - Year 5 and 6

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

MUFTI Day

School Disco!

On Thursday 10th and Friday 11th November, the Friends of Cheam Common have organised various discos to raise money for our school, as well as Cheam Common Infants. All of these events will take place in the CCJ school hall. The timings of which can be found on the right.

Tickets are only available to purchase online. These cost £5 + 35p booking fee. This includes entrance to the disco, a drink and a snack. Please click here to book.

Please read the flyer for more information.

Helpers for Christmas Raffle needed!

The Friends of Cheam Common are looking for parents to help source some amazing prizes for their Christmas Raffle.

If you would like to help out by speaking to local businesses about donating prizes, work for a company that would be willing to donate a prize, or by organising a hamper to be made as a prize, then they would appreciate any support.

Please contact friends_ccja@outlook.com for a copy of the donations letter or for more information.

Please read the flyer for more information.

Celebrations, Awards and Stars of the Week

Excellent Learners of the Week

3A - Isabelle

3F - Delilah

3M - Ida

3S - Jack

4I - Ayeesha

4CB - Izzy

4F - Rohan

4SB - Karsten

5H - Joshua

5E - Ifunanya

5G - Jake

5M - Rashad

6S - Anshula

6C - Taylor

6T - Nic

6W - Azure

Pride Ambassadors of the Week

3A - Billal

3F - Ryder

3M - Roy

3S - Skyla

4I - Albion

4CB - Grace

4F - Catherine

4SB - Sonny

5H - Aaralyn

5E - Dexter

5G - Grace

5M - Architha

6S - Ollie

6C - Orla

6T - Catherine

6W - Meredith

Digital Coder of the Week

Year 3 - Shaurya

Year 4 - Joshua

Year 5 - Charlotte

Year 6 - Hudson

Doodle Achievements

Top Doodle Maths Classes:

1st - 4CB 2nd - 5E 3rd - 3F

Top Doodle English Classes:

1st - 4CB 2nd - 5E 3rd - 3S

Streaks achieved this week!

Please note that this is where we celebrate children who have reached a streak of a multiple of 100 every week:

Lily (3S) - 700 day streak (Maths)

Lorenzo (5E) - 300 day streak (Maths)

Times Tables Rockstars Achievements

Top Rockstars

Year 3 - Bernard Year 4 - Oscar Year 5 - Lorenzo Year 6 - Seyi

Top 3 Classes:

1st - 4CB 2nd - 4I 3rd - 4SB

SEND & Inclusion Updates!

For parents of pupils with SEN

Please click here to access the Local Authority's Ambitious for SEND parent newsletter to stay in touch with what is happening in the local area. To receive these newsletters (three produced each year) please subscribe to the local area Ambitious for SEND newsletter. It is a great way to stay in touch with what is happening in the local area. You can unsubscribe at any time.

‘Small Change, Big Difference’ Parent Group for parents of children with a diagnosis of autism.'

We are also looking to host another Small Change, Big Difference course with Adapt to Learn. For those that are unfamiliar with this course, we run this as an alternative to the Early Bird programme. Some information about this is below.

If you are interested in attending this course, please email: sutton@nas.org.uk and we'll be in touch.

The aim is to empower parents, supporting them to help their children by developing an in-depth understanding of autism. Taking a positive approach, we will explore, share and discuss practical strategies to help develop communication skills, pre-empt and manage behaviour and gain confidence and resilience.

During the sessions, parents will be given the opportunity to make connections, gain support and feel less isolated.

Each course comprises of four x 1.5-hour sessions and will cover a range of topics.

Click the image above for further information!

Check out the latest information regarding Sutton Young Carers, by visiting their website HERE

To read their latest Newsletters, click HERE

And for their quarterly newsletters aimed at children and young adults, click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page.

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.