Cheam Common Junior Academy: Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park KT4 8UT Tel: 020 8337 1844

email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk www.cheamcommon.org.uk

As we come to the end of a very different academic year, I would like to thank you all for your continued support throughout this year and particularly over the past few months. The children have been a credit to you all and to the school; adapting to distance learning and adjusting to new routines at home and in school.

We are busy preparing for the return of all pupils to school on Thursday 3rd September. More information will be emailed to all families during the week of 24th August.

As well as working to ensure school is as safe as possible for everyone, staff across the Cheam and Worcester Park hub, have been planning lessons and activities that focus on children’s mental wellbeing as well as to identify their individual learning needs to best support their academic progress.

We also say a special goodbye to our Year 6 children as they embark on the next stage of their education. We wish you all the best for the future. A very memorable end to Cheam Common but we hope you have enjoyed all of the celebrations we have been able to have.

The year group inboxes will not be monitored over the summer, if you wish to contact the school, please do this via the school office.

We can't wait to see you all again in September!

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Miss Gunner

Summer Term Merit Assembly

Congratulations to our Merit Winners for the Summer Term. You will receive your certificate and merit badge in the post. Well done to all of our certificate winners and also to our new Sports' Leader and nominated Head Boy and Girls for next year. You can watch our end of term Merit Assembly here.

High School Destinations 2020

Below are the secondary schools that children from Cheam Common will be joining in September.

We have 16% of our children joining grammar schools this year.

Sports' Day

On Wednesday, we had our Summer Sports' Day with children both in school and at home taking part. The scores submitted via Google Forms were incredibly close with PINE house coming out as the eventual winners. Well done to everyone who took part. Thank you to Mr Ewing for organising.

Free School Meals

Many families are entitled to free school meals but are not claiming this support.

Free school meals support in the form of supermarket vouchers or food parcels and will be provided over the summer holidays for all children who are registered for free school meals.

Click here to see if you are eligible.

Here are some of the things children in school have been up to this week...

Well done to those of you who have been hard at work completing your Distance Learning tasks from home this week.

Remember, you can send any work you do during and after these lessons into your year group mailboxes. Your teachers will love to see it!

CHEAM COMMON POSTCARDS

More 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?

Wednesday 2nd September - INSET Day

Thursday 3rd September - First day of Autumn Term

WC - Monday 21st September Extra-Curricular clubs start (lists and information to follow)

Roundabout Consultation Service

Roundabout has launched a new FREE PHONE CONSULTATION SERVICE for teachers/school staff working with children in school settings, or parents/carers at home looking after children, to talk through how to support the emotional well-being of children using creative techniques, via a one-off phone consultation.

This service will be available throughout July, September and October. For further details please see our website:

https://www.roundaboutdramatherapy.org.uk/phone-consultation-service/

In addition, our COVID-19 Update pages provide information for people of all ages, families and some of the specific client groups we work with.

This may help those who are:

· Very anxious

· Worried about going back to school

· Feeling lonely

· Worried about the future

· Struggling with lockdown

· Feeling their emotions are all over the place

· Generally finding this time difficult.

There are activities and resources created by Roundabout dramatherapists alongside links to useful online materials. With an emphasis on creativity, these pages cover therapy and well-being, stories, activities and learning as well as general health information.

Please visit their website here:

https://www.roundaboutdramatherapy.org.uk/covid-19-update/

Holiday Provision

Transition to Secondary School Videos from Sutton School Nursing Team

The Sutton School Nursing Team are delighted to share 3 videos with you within the below link which have been created specifically for the current Year 6 pupils to promote a safe and healthy transition to Secondary school.

Click here to access the videos on worries, friendships, importance of sleep and keeping healthy.

We hope your Year 6 pupils will find these both informative and helpful as they enter the last few days of Primary School and transition to Secondary school.

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