Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter
Friday 15th November 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
ENGLAND vs MONTENEGRO LIVE ACTION
Last night, 30 lucky children from our ballot headed to Wembley Stadium to watch England play in their 1000th international match in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. The children were in for an exciting game with England securing a 7:0 victory against Montenegro. They had a great evening waving their flags and cheering on the Three Lions and an impressive hat-trick from Harry Kane. Thank you to Miss Gunner, Miss Govier and Miss Brooks for taking the children to this memorable match.
CCJ TWEET FROM MARCUS RASHFORD
We were delighted that whilst on our journey home from Wembley Stadium, Marcus Rashford commented on our video of his goal to put England 4:0 up. By this morning, the video of Cheam Common cheering on the England team had been liked over 500 times and viewed nearly 40,000 times! What another fantastic opportunity for our children and a night to be remembered on England's 1000th international game! Click here to see the current number of likes and views of our Tweet!
YEAR 4 VIKING DAY
On Thursday, year 4 were very lucky to have a wonderful Viking Day. We started the day by dressing up as Vikings and coming to school. When we got there, we met a viking named Bjorn who told us all about how the Vikings came over to Britain and settled there. We spent lots of the morning playing games and looking at artefacts in small workshops. Our favourite was playing the chess game and looking at the swords!
After lunch, we had a great time playing stick wrestling, we discovered how heavy chain mail really was and we got the chance to look at some replicas of some viking shields. We finished the day with the battle of Hastings and we loved watching our teachers get defeated and tortured! 4S were the winners of the battle! We had such a great day and really didn't want it to end. Thank you to our teachers for organising this fantastic workshop to support our learning.
DIGITAL LEADERS PRESENT AT GOOGLE HEAD OFFICE
On Monday, six lucky Year 4 Digital Leaders were invited to Google Education's Head Office in Victoria to present to over 300 teachers, headteachers and governors from around the country about LEO's digital strategy and how it has impacted teaching and learning so far. When we arrived, we were offered an array of pastries and drinks! They were delicious! We were then shown the room that we were going to present in. It was a very big room and there were so many people! Mr Macaulay explained to all the people about our chromebook project and then handed over to us as we were the experts! We were a little nervous but we talked about what we could do with our chromebooks, what apps we had used and why it has been good to help us with our learning. After that, we had a break and then we were called back in for a panel meeting, where the audience were able to ask us any questions they wanted about the Chromebooks and how they were useful in school. We are hoping that now they will be introducing Chromebooks at their school soon! We had a lovely day at Google!
LIONESSES AT WEMBLEY
It was a rather wet and cold Saturday afternoon, that a group of children and staff from CCJ met at Morden underground station - we were off to watch the English Lionesses take on Germany at Wembley!
The journey itself was quite eventful as the trains were all very crowded and we had to get off one tube two stops before Wembley Park due to a fault! However we arrived at the stadium just in time. The walk to the stadium gave lots of opportunities for photographs and the excitement began to build. At last we found our seats, luckily under the roof, and watched the drama unfold. There were England flags tucked in every seat which we all used to full potential.
We had only been sat down for a few minutes when the opposition, Germany, scored; however the crowd were not deterred! Throughout the first half there was a lot of cheering and encouragement from the crowd and finally we were rewarded with a penalty to England. But it was not to be as the German keeper saved the ball with her foot. With almost the last kick of the first half, the Lionesses scored! The half ended 1-1!
The second half was just as exciting with both teams having several chances. We had decided to try and leave just before the end of the game to try and miss the crowds, so left the stadium at about 85 minutes only to hear later on the train that the German team score on the 90th minute to win the game 2-1!
Everyone who went had a great afternoon and enjoyed the whole event despite the loss. All the children who attended were a credit to the school.
RE:Code LONDON IMAGINATION LAB
Last Thursday, children from across Year 5 and 6 travelled to The Imagination Lab in London to take part in an exciting coding event. They were asked to take on a real life coding challenge. We listened to a speaker discuss the important issue of recycling and how it is a huge problem in London; we're one of the worst offenders in the UK! Then we were shown how to build a lego 'grabber' and program it using coding on an iPad. Once programmed, the grabber could pick up lego bricks and drop them in a different location. We were also shown how we could add extra features to our code, such as a sound effect. The fun really started when we were told about a competition to build a tower of bricks as high as we could. Always up for a challenge, our teams set about the task immediately and some managed to get up to 12 bricks! We were delighted to win water bottles for our efforts. All in all, it was a great day and has inspired us to carry on coding at home.
GIRLS' FOOTBALL ACTION
CCJ vs. MANOR PARK - League Match
We arrived at Sutton United for the next stage of our league table journey against Manor Park and were excited to get underway. We made an extremely strong start and went 2-0 up in the first five minutes, due to a penalty (expertly taken by Evie) and a debut goal for Ailah. We carried on strongly and had many more attacking opportunities. In the second half, we were unfortunate to let a goal in early and had to improve defensively throughout the rest of the game. Thankfully, Evie managed to make it 3-1 late in the game with a dribble along the entire pitch and a wonderful finish. Good luck to Manor Park for the rest of the season and congratulations to the girls!
CCJ vs. NONSUCH PRIMARY - Cup Match
We were incredibly excited for our first Borough Cup game of the season against Nonsuch Primary. Arriving at Sutton United in the freezing cold wasn't going to faze us! We had one of our strongest performances so far and our attacking ability was second-to-none. Evie managed to achieve Girl of the Game, scoring five incredible goals and leading the midfield well. Chloe scored her first goal for the school, with Ava adding another. The final score was 7-0 and takes us through to the Borough Cup Quarter Final, where we will be facing St Dunstan's or Brookfield.
YEAR 6 B TEAM MATCH DEBUT
On Thursday our Year B team had there first game of the season vs Manor Park. This was the first competitive game of football for the whole squad.
Cheam Common got off to a great start with shots from Presley and Evan hitting the post and one making the Manor Park goalkeeper pull off a great save!
Half Time 0-0.
Manor Park came out the strongest after the break and George pulled off two great saves for Cheam Common. Mati went down the other end and came close to scoring for Cheam Common.
With roughly 10 minutes to play Manor Park broke the deadlock from a corner 1-0.
Then with 2 minutes to play Manor Park doubled their lead from another corner 2-0.
The game was played in great spirit and was an excellent opportunity for the boys to build great social skills and team work. Well done to Manor Park on their 2-0 victory.
Player of the game: Mati
YEAR 3 & 4 LEO FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Last Friday, we took part in the first LEO Tournament of the year at Brookfield Primary Academy.
Our first game was against Cheam Park Farm. We got off to a great start with Harry L scoring twice with two great, long range strikes assisted twice by Harry W. The game finished 2-0 to Cheam Common.
For our second game we faced Brookfield where Sam T broke into the Brookfield box from a great pass from Harry L which saw Sam T slot it home. Our second goal came from a great solo run from Harry W running down the line beating his defender to cut inside and fire home! 2-0!
Onto our next game vs Cheam Fields which got off to a slow start but we started to find our feet with some great combination play and Micheal played a great pass to Freddie who set up Harry L who fired into the top corner. 1-0!
Onto our final game vs Manor Park where a win or draw would guarantee Cheam Common to win the LEO Trust 3&4 Football Tournament! We went on to draw 0-0 against a very strong Manor Park side, and we were crowned winners of the tournament! Well done to all involved!
YEAR 3 & 4 RUGBY FESTIVAL
On the 6th of November, 2 intrepid teams from Year 3 and 4 went on a journey of discovery to play some of their first games of tag rugby! After arriving at the John Fisher playing fields, the teams were lucky enough to get a few targeted training sessions looking at very specific skills: short passes, defensive lines and attacking plays. This really helped in the second half of the day whereby they got to put their newly gained skills to the test in a series of games. We are happy to report that both teams won all of their games in some style. The 2 teams had a great day and look forward to their next games. Well done!
WEATHER UPDATES
In the event of snow or extreme weather over the winter period, please check the school website for updates or changes to the school routine.
We will also update our Twitter Page and the Open Check website.
SNACKS AT BREAK TIME
A reminder to parents that we encourage children to bring a piece of fruit or vegetable for their break time snack. The children get quite hungry during the course of their morning lessons. Please remember other snacks are not permitted for morning break time. No crisps, chocolate or nuts!
Thanks for your support.
YEAR 3 DRUMMING ASSEMBLY
Our Year 3 children are looking forward to sharing what they have been learning in their music lessons this term. This assembly will take place on Tuesday 10th December.
Each class will have a 15 minute rehearsal before the performance.
Each class will perform at the following times in the school hall:
3H - 9:15-9:30am
3B - 9:45-10:00am
3L - 10:15-10:30am
3G - 10:45-11:00am
Please come along and support the children - Grandparents are welcome.
CHRISTMAS PRODUCTIONS
Year 5 & 6 Christmas Production - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
Monday 16th December
9.15am, 2pm and 7pm
Year 3 & 4 Christmas Production - Five Gold Rings
Tuesday 17th December
9.15am, 2pm and 7pm
BREAKFAST & AFTER SCHOOL CLUB DATES
Please note that Cheam Common After School Club will finish at 6pm on Thursday 19th December and will return on Monday 6th January 2020 for Breakfast Club at 7:30am as usual.
ODD SOCKS 2019
Thank you to everyone for raising awareness for Anti Bullying Week. Children came into school wearing odd socks and our Rights' Respecting Pupil Voice group judged our whole school competition for the most creative shield to display our rights.
CHILDREN IN NEED 2019
Thank you to everyone for supporting Children in Need today. Children came into school wearing their pyjamas and raised a fantastic total of £415. The School Council will also be hosting a cake sale after school today.
SCHOOL CHRISTMAS DINNER - 18TH DECEMBER
Our School Christmas Dinner will be on Wednesday 18th December. If your child is usually a school dinner on this day then they will have this as usual. All children will receive a Christmas Cracker!
If you would like your child to have a Christmas Dinner then please pay via ParentPay. A letter with further details will go out shortly.
You can also find the menus for this half term here.
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.
Please find below our term dates for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
These are also available on our website.
Learning
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Each week we put a brief synopsis of one of our Battle of the Books in the newsletter from a year group’s book list.
This week’s book is one of the new titles from the Year 3 book list and is ‘Tilly and the Time Machine’ by Adrian Edmondson.
Tilly is seven and a half - and about to make history. When Tilly's dad builds a time machine in the shed, there's only one place she really wants to go: back to her sixth birthday party when she ate too many cupcakes and her mummy was still here. But then something goes wrong! Tilly's dad gets stuck in the past and only she can save him . . . Will they make it back in time for tea?
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.
MAD ABOUT MATHS
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… light!
Year 3 are learning about light in science this term. We will be learning about light sources, reflection, shadows, how some light can be dangerous and how to protect our eyes. We recently carried out an investigation to find out which surfaces are better at reflecting light. We found that shiny, smooth surfaces were better reflectors than dull, bumpy surfaces. We really enjoyed investigating and making it a fair test.
Over to you!
Have a look at the concept cartoon above-who do you think is right?
How do you know?
Don’t forget to present your findings to Miss Lane!
Marina Bay Sands
Where in the World?
Can you find out the answers to these questions?
Present your answers in anyway you like and give them to Mr Wood by 29th November.
Found in…(Country/Continent)
Opened in…(Date)
Designed by…
Fun fact...
Chocolate Truffles
INGREDIENTS
150g dark chocolate, chopped
150g milk chocolate, chopped
150ml double cream
50g unsalted butter
cocoa powder, sprinkles, lustre powder, icing sugar, chopped nuts, for coating
flavourless oil (such as sunflower), for shaping
METHOD
Put the dark and milk chocolate in a bowl, then put the cream and butter in a pan and bring to a simmer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and stir until it melts. Leave to cool, then chill in the fridge for 7 hrs.
Put the coatings into separate bowls. To shape the truffles, lightly rub your hands with flavourless oil and roll teaspoons of the truffle mix between your palms – this can get messy!
Gently roll the truffles in the bowl until evenly coated, then put in a box and chill. Store in the fridge in an airtight container for three days, or freeze for up to a month. Defrost in the fridge overnight.
Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?
Year 3:
bizarre
Year 4:
peculiar
Year 5:
eccentric
Year 6:
unconventional
Excellence
Star of the Week Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who received the Star of the Week Awards last week:
Year 3
3B: Kaelen
3G: Angel
3H: Preslav
3L: Arya
Year 4
4H: Molly
4RM:
4SM: Mia
4S: Olly
Year 5
5A: Joann
5C: Ethan
5J: Annabel
5W: Liam
Year 6
6C: Mati
6K: Madison
6P: Ibrahim
6S: Emma
PRIDE Values Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who received the Pride Values Awards last week:
Year 3
3B: Catherine
3G: Ismail
3H: Natasha
3L: Leo
Year 4
4H: Yazan
4RM:
4SM: Jorge
4S: Elma
Year 5
5A: Sam
5C: Kinara
5J: Paul
5W: Joaquin
Year 6
6C: Bella
6K: Alfie
6P: Nasha
6S: Isla
Cheam Common Rights Respecting Schools' Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who have displayed outstanding, respectful behaviour last week:
Year 3
3B: Naomi
3G: Millie
3H: Cassie
3L: Javisha
Year 4
4H: Sumaya
4RM:
4SM: Aesha
4S: Tosin
Year 5
5A: Faisal
5C: Yusuf
5J: Cyril
5W: Haroon
Year 6
6C: Grace
6K: Dora
6P: Emma C
6S: Ajjer
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 term! Congratulations to the following children who are now members of the club:
Year 3:
Kian, Henry and Max
Year 4:
Shay, Toby, Yazan, Rosslyn, Roshan, Roman, Sara, Daniel, Sesandi, Elayna, Amy & Aarush
Year 6:
Lea
Year 3 have started preparing themselves to enter the 144 club by completing 72 times table questions in under 5 minutes.
Congratulations to Dhwarika, Adeel, Angel, Alexander, Anne, Jack, Elise, Seoyoung, Tommy and Leo who managed to get into the Year 3 '72 Club.'
Times Table Rockstar Leader Board
Here are our Times Table Rockstar Class Battle winners for this week.
Well done to the following classes for having the highest scores this week. Who will top the leader board next week? Keep playing to help your class.
1st - 3G 2nd - 4H 3rd - 5C
Opportunity
LEO Lottery
- Start supporting us TODAY for only £1 per week.
- Buy a ticket this term and you could win £25,000.
- 40% of the ticket sales goes to our trust.
- There is a GUARANTEED cash prize winner every week.
- It only takes a couple of minutes to buy a ticket
- Click HERE to buy your tickets today
- Tickets can be purchased by anyone over the age of 16 including parents, staff, family members, friends and work colleagues so please help us promote this new initiative. The more tickets we sell, the bigger the prize pot!
You can make a BIG DIFFERENCE to our trust!
Sporting Fixtures
Here are some of the dates for our sporting fixtures so far this term. Please check the dates section regularly as new dates may be added.
GIRLS' FOOTBALL:
Monday 11th November, CCJ vs Nonsuch, Y5&6 Girls’ Borough Cup 1st Round - Won 7:0!
Monday 9th December, CCJ vs Barrow Hedges, Y5&6 Girls’ Borough League
Thursday 16th January, CCJ vs Dorchester, Y5&6 Girls’ Borough League
Friday 31st January, CCJ vs All Saints Benhilton, Y5&6 Girls’ Borough League
Friday 14th February, CCJ vs Robin Hood, Y5&6 Girls’ Borough League
Y6 BOYS' A FOOTBALL:
Thursday 5th December, CCJ vs St Dunstan’s, Y6 Boys’ A Sutton & Cheam League
Tuesday 14th January, CCJ vs Cheam Park Farm, Y6 Boys’ A Sutton & Cheam League
Friday 24th January, CCJ vs Westbourne, Y6 Boys’ A Sutton & Cheam League
Friday 6th March, CCJ vs Avenue, Y6 Boys’ A Sutton & Cheam League
Friday 20th March , CCJ vs St Cecilia’s, Y6 Boys’ A Sutton & Cheam League
Y6 BOYS' B FOOTBALL:
Monday 18th November, CCJ vs Brookfield, Y6 Boys’ B Sutton & Cheam League
Monday 25th November, CCJ vs Cheam Park Farm, Y6 Boys’ B Sutton & Cheam League
Monday 2nd December, CCJ vs St Cecilia’s, Y6 Boys’ B Sutton & Cheam League
Thursday 12th December, CCJ vs Avenue, Y6 Boys’ B Sutton & Cheam League
Monday 3rd February, CCJ vs Avenue, Y6 Boys’ B Sutton & Cheam Cup 1st Round
Y5 BOYS' FOOTBALL:
Monday 18th November, CCJ vs Nonsuch, Y5 Boys’ Sutton & Cheam Cup 1st Round
All league games above to be played at Sutton United with a 3.45pm Kick Off.
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.
NOVEMBER
Thursday 21st November - Year 6 Handball - Carshalton Boys, 1-3:30pm
Friday 22nd November - RE Day 2 - Sikhism
Monday 25th November – Friday 29th November – Autumn Term Assessment Week
Monday 25th November - Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Heat 1 - Sutton High, 1-3:30pm
Tuesday 26th November - Science Quiz, Alexandra Palace
Wednesday 27th November - Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Heat 2-Wallington Girls, 10-12pm & 1-3pm
DECEMBER
Monday 2nd December – Christmas decorations up this week!
Wednesday 4th December – Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert to Parents, 9.15am
Wednesday 4th December – Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert to the school, 10am
Thursday 5th December – Year 3 Science Museum & Sleepover
Friday 6th December – Science Day
Monday 9th December - School Council visit to Houses of Parliament
Tuesday 10th December – Year 3 Music Assembly to Parents
Tuesday 10th December - Rock Steady Concert to Parents
Wednesday 11th December – Christmas Pantomime for all Year Groups, 9.30am - TBC
Friday 13th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 13th December – Y5&6 Christmas Production to the school, 10.45am
Friday 13th December – Y3&4 Christmas Production to the school, 1.45pm
Monday 16th December – Y5&6 Christmas Production, 9.15am, 2pm and 7pm
Tuesday 17th December – Y3&4 Christmas Production, 9.15am, 2pm and 7pm
Wednesday 18th December – Christmas Dinner, 11.45am – 1.30pm
Wednesday 18th December - 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 19th December – Christmas Carols & Songs in the Hall at 11am
Thursday 19th December - Last Day of Term, school finishes at 2:15pm
Friday 20th December – Friday 3rd January – Christmas Holiday