Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter
Friday 15th May 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
MESSAGE TO OUR KEYWORKERS
Thank you for everything you are doing!
Click the picture below to watch the fantastic lego video that Chuck and his brother created to thank our Key Workers! We are very impressed!
We hope you enjoyed the Bank Holiday. Thank you for sharing your VE Day celebrations!
Enjoy our video from our Netball Team here!
Year 6 Live Art Lesson
On Wednesday, Year 6 had their second live art lesson, where they practised drawing figurative pieces in order to create Mayan tribal leaders and masks as part of their current topic, the Ancient Mayans! Well done Year 6!
Eco Council
This week, the Eco Council had their next meeting via GoogleMeet. They discussed ideas for their new topic of 'Marine' and came up with ideas about what this means and how they can protect marine life and oceans. The children are going to raise awareness of plastic pollution in our oceans over the next 2 weeks before the next meeting. They are then going to start planning what they can do next! Well done to you all!
School Council
This week, our School Council met via GoogleMeet. They reviewed the year so far and discussed future projects for later in 2020. Watch this space for more information on their ideas soon. Thank you for joining us from home. It was great to see you!
Letters of Joy - Sutton Age UK
We need your help to help bring smiles to older people of Sutton by sending them a lovely picture, letter or poem. Age UK Sutton is supporting hundreds of older people during coronavirus, many of whom have nobody else, or are desperately missing regular contact with friends, neighbours, and family. These letters will be sent to older people isolating at home, in care homes, and in hospital to bring some cheer in these difficult times. Thank you to everyone who has sent a letter so far. Here are some that we have seen this week.
You can email your letters to your year group mailboxes or send your letter directly to:
Age UK Sutton
Sutton Gate
Carshalton Road
Sutton
SM1 4LE
Marked FAO Jemma Thornton/Letters of Joy
The Locals: Diaries - Distance Learning Project with Sutton Cultural Services
LEO Academy Trust have been asked to take part in an exciting project from Sutton Cultural Services called ‘The Locals: Diaries’. We are incredibly honoured to have been asked and hope that lots of you will want to get involved.
Sutton Council Archives are collecting diary entries from different types of people throughout the borough during this unusual time. They are going to add your entries to Sutton’s Archive Collection so that historians of the future can learn what this time was like for people in our community.
Entries can be as short or as long as you like. You can write about one single day, a week or keep a diary over a few weeks. Your diary can include photographs, drawings or even poetry. It can be handwritten or digital. You could even make a video diary (If other people are in the video, make sure that you have their permission). BE CREATIVE!
Click here for a template you could use.
Anyone can take part in the project but in order for the diaries to be entered into the Sutton Council Archives, we will need parental permission.
Once the diary entry is completed, please email to: diaryentryproject@leoacademytrust.co.uk.
Please include your child’s name, school, class and age.
Then please complete this form to give permission.
Are aquariums good or bad? Let Year 4 tell you what they think!
This week, as part of their Blue Abyss topix, Year 4 have created their own FlipGrid videos explaining why they think aquariums are a good thing or not.
Well done Year 4, you make some very interesting points.
Click here to watch Juliette's Flipgrid video. Click here to watch Hannah's Flipgrid video. Click here to watch Logan's Flipgrid video.
Click here to watch Freddy's Flipgrid video. Click here to watch Brayden's Flipgrid video. Click here to watch Samuel's Flipgrid video.
Click here to watch Elo's Flipgrid video. Click here to watch Olly H's Flipgrid video. Click here to watch Shay's Flipgrid video.
Real Life Book Covers
We have had some great photos from children across the school recreating their favourite book cover. We hope to have even more next week!
YEAR 3 DRUMMING
Year 3 enjoyed their second online drumming lesson with Inspireworks this week. They are learning how to play the cajón, a box-shaped percussion instrument from Peru. Using empty cardboard & plastic boxes, the children enjoyed making music with Kostas! We hope to see you all again at the same time next week!
CHEAM COMMON POSTCARDS
Our first few 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:
Grace
Angel
Michael K
Kaelen
Ivelin
Michael
Kavya
Hugo
Year 4:
Freddy
Joseph
Luis
Ruby
Rhys
Sam T
Hollie
Jack W
Emma
Year 5:
Freddie
Cameron
Aiden
Samara
Tilly
Risci
Year 6:
Maisie
Kallum
Ailah
Alfie
TIMES TABLE ROCK STARS LEADER BOARD
This month we have been challenged by our friends from Brookfield Primary to a times table battle and what a battle it is!
Congratulations to the following children for being in the top 5 leader board for achieving the most points towards their classes' overall score.
1st: Mohammad (3G)
2nd: Ezre (3B)
3rd: Archie (5C)
4th: Louis (5C)
5th: Harry L (4RM)
Well done also to the following classes for the highest points this week:
1st: 5C
2nd: 4RM
3rd: 3G
4th: 3B
5th: 4S
DOODLE MATHS
Well done to our top doodlers this week:
Y3 - Grace 3H
Y4 - Vasu 4H
Y5 - Nisha 5W
Y6 - Jake 6S
Congratulations to 3H for being the winning class this week. Who will be our leaders next week?
Upcoming Events
Intentional Museum Day - 18th May
Monday is International Museum Day.
Why not take a virtual tour of your favourite museum:
Mental Health Awareness Week - 18th-24th May
Design a Super Bear Competition!
Enter this 'Design a Super Bear' competition. The winning teddy will be sold in John Lewis and Waitrose shops later this year, with 100% of the profits going to the NHS.
Don't forget to send us your entries too via your year group email address!
Click here for instructions.
Click here for template poster.
Young Voices at HOME - June 2nd
Young Voices are planning the world's biggest concert on Tuesday 2nd June at 2.30pm. Children from all over the world are invited to join this project and be part of the world's largest children's choir from the comfort of their own homes.
The Young Voices team are very aware that all school concerts and all childrens' concerts have been cancelled so they are giving pupils from all over the world the opportunity to come together and sing the song Power in Me which is suitable for KS2 pupils.
All the resources for this project can be found in the music section of LEO distance learning website and further details can be found here youngvoices.co.uk/powerinme and here youtu.be/jYN9BxpH5ik
If you take part, don't forget to tweet using: @YVconcerts @LEO_Music7 #PowerinMe
Online Lessons & Distance Learning
LEO Distance Learning Sites
Please click here to access the LEO Distance Learning Sites.
These will allow you to access:
A variety of activities
Online English and Maths lessons (Monday-Friday)
Additional resources
Distance Learning Email Addresses:
Year3 - ccjy3homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk
Year4 - ccjy4homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk
Celebrating some of the fantastic work this week!
PROJECT BASED HOME LEARNING
Below are each year group's Project Based Home Learning for this term.
The topics for the Summer Term are:
Year 3: Ancient Greeks
Year 4: Blue Abyss
Year 5: Ancient Egypt
Year 6: Ancient Mayans
These are also available on our website here. Each year group have set a range of tasks that children may like to complete. These tasks will immerse children with the topic they are learning about and will also support their learning. There is no expectation to complete all of them or to complete one each week. The children can choose which tasks they would like to do. Please send any work into your Year Group email addresses. Your class teachers and Miss Gunner would love to see your work!
Information & Resources
Wellbeing Resources
The NHS's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)have produced a website full of resources. This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being.
Click here to access the website.
We hope that you find it helpful.
Click the images to see some tips and advice on how you can support your child duirng the Cornovirus Pandemic.
Home -Schooling Helpline
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that STAR Academies Trust has launched Starline a national helpline for parents who are home-schooling in England. The free telephone helpline (0330 313 9162) aims to offer confidential advice to families from qualified teachers and parenting experts, including advice on behaviour and timetabling as well as help for those looking after children with special educational needs or disabilities. Click here to visit the Starline website.
Mentally Healthy Schools have gathered some useful resources and tips to help you address anxiety arising from these challenging times. Click here to access the toolkit.
This may be a difficult time for many people, but with the right support and coping methods in place, we can make it a little easier. Take care of each other and take care of yourself.
Every Mind Matters has now released expert advice and top tips on how to look after your mental wellbeing if you need to stay at home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. It also includes guidance if you’re feeling worried or anxious about the outbreak.
Please visit: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
You could also try Take a Deep Breath.
Tips to help you sleep better.
School Nurse
The current school nursing service is continuing to operate during this time.
Should you require any help please call
0208 770 5409.
Online Safety
The London Grid For Learning have created a blogspot specifically aimed at parents and carers to support their children during these challenging times.
It contains top tips and ideas for parents to keep children safe online during Covid school closures.
Click here to access the blog.
Jigsaw Lesson
It is important children have time to reflect and talk about any concerns they have. Jigsaw have shared a story a second story and calm time for children to access. This story is about 2 adults, 3 children, a rabbit, two hamsters and a humongous dog called Bongo. It explores how hectic family life can be and how we can all help to make life at home more harmonious, even the dog.
Click on this link: https://families.jigsawpshe.com/stuck-at-home-2/#1584979396483-e22dfa43-66d5
MoneySense from Natwest
MoneySense from NatWest has just released free curriculum-linked resources for KS1 and KS2 to support teaching of financial education, numeracy and PSHE while for many, learning is taking place at home.
Each flexible bundle includes a step-by-step Learning Guide, a mix of interactive games, videos and activity sheets and gives opportunities to broaden the learning with fun extension and family activities.
Click here for more details.
National Theatre Collection
In response to the school closures caused by Coronavirus, National Theatre is now offering username and password access to the National Theatre Collection. For a temporary period, plays can be accessed remotely ensuring students studying from home can still watch them.
Your access details are: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com
Username: 6Mx93Kq/fy
Password: 1Gz99Bjwv4
(The Log in button is in the top right-hand corner of the landing page. Please insert your username and password to left-hand option of the login pop-up.)
Please ensure you are typing the credentials in rather than copying and pasting them as this can insert invisible spaces which invalidate the details. These should be entered under the ‘access log in’ and not the ‘personal log in’. If you have any difficulties please test in another browser as some are known as having issues.
These details must not be offered to anyone external to our school or posted on social media.
Please note the free access is only to the National Theatre Collection whilst Drama Online is made up of 11 collections in total which are available via subscription. If you would like more information on these please click here.
Click the picture for ideas to keep busy at home!
Learning
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Summer of the Dragons by Ed Clarke
'That's not a bird,' Mari said, disbelievingly. 'That's another dragon . . .'
A year after she discovered a tiny dragon on the beach, life is getting back to normal for Mari Jones and Gweeb, when two unexpected events turn it upside down again. First comes the news that Mari's mum Rhian is expecting a baby, meaning that her boyfriend Gareth and Mari's best friend Dylan will be moving in with them on the farm. Even more incredibly, Gweeb's family have returned to lay their eggs in the same cave where Mari first found her secret dragon. With tourists flocking to the beach for the summer, Mari has her work cut out to keep the dragons hidden and safe, especially when disgraced scientist Dr Griff Griffiths turns up on the hunt for a story. And when Griff manages to find and steal Gweeb's precious egg, Mari must stage a daring rescue mission before it's too late . . .
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!
With the recent lovely weather, you may have noticed lots of beautiful flowers blossoming in your gardens or on your daily walks.
This week you could try to use some of those flowers to make your own perfume!
We do not want you to take petals off of these beautiful flowers, but anything that you can find that has naturally fallen off the plants would be great for you to use.
All you will need is a glass, the flowers you have gathered, and a little bit of water.
Simply put the flowers/petals in the glass, squash them down to release their oils, add a small amount of water and then leave for a few minutes to see the results!
Be as creative as you like! Experiment with putting different variations of flowers together to make the best smelling perfumes. We would love to know which combinations smelt the best and also worst!
MAD ABOUT MATHS
Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?
Year 3:
speckle
Year 4:
flourish
Year 5:
sceptical
Year 6:
incredulous
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