Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter
Friday 19th March 2021
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
End of Term Collection Arrangements
Wednesday 31st March is the last day of Spring term. This means school finishes a little earlier than usual. Please see the collection times below,
Year 3 and 4: 2pm
Year 5: 2:10pm
Year 6: 2:15pm
Contact Tracing over Easter - please email the school office if your child tests positive having developed symptoms within 48 hours of being in school.
School returns on Monday 19th April.
Red Nose Day - Friday 19th March
Thank you for supporting Red Nose Day today and for those who bought Red Noses. We are delighted to share we raised a total of £630. Thank you for your donations.
Extra-Curricular Clubs
Extra-Curricular clubs return during the week commencing 19th April.
Information about clubs have been sent out today. This will include booking information. In the first instance, please complete the Google Form for your child's year group and share their preferences for the clubs they would like to join. We will email all parents by Wednesday 31st March informing your of the clubs your child has a place on.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
Year 5 General Knowledge Quiz Championships
Well done to our Year 5 Quiz Team for taking part in the area heats yesterday. After a close battle between schools across the country, our team finished joint 8th out of 48 schools. Well done to Abi, Aarush, Daniel and Mandy.
The Year 6 General Knowledge Quiz Championships will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd March at 2pm.
Times Tables Rock Down Relief UK - Results
After a close battle across the school this week, we have our Times Tables Rock Down Relief UK Winners:
Congratulations:
Year 3 – Ji, 3K and Roman, 3B
Year 4 – Amie, 4J and Nathan, 4G
Year 5 – Innila, 5B and Nihal, 5C
Year 6 – Jimin, 6K and Veer, 6K
Our top 3 classes which saw a change a the top of the leaderboard in the final hour of the competition. Well done to:
1st: 4G
2nd: 6K
3rd: 3B
Children will be receiving their prizes in our end of term Merit Assembly.
School Streets: Cheam Common Junior Academy (Kingsmead Avenue)
Click here to read the letter
To have your say, please click here for a copy of the consultation survey. Please complete it and send it to Sutton Council.
Alternatively, you can complete the survey online at sutton.gov.uk/saferstreets
Parking on Kingsmead Avenue
Please can we kindly remind our parents to be considerate when dropping off your children and collecting them at the end of the day. Please park further away from school and walk to the school gates. Please do not obstruct resident's driveways. We want to ensure our roads are safe for our children and the community.
Cheam Common Fantasy Football League
Cheam Common Strava Leaderboard
Our very own Cheam Common Strava Page is up and running to help track how active we are whether that is through walking, cycling and running. Check out the leaderboard so far...
What's coming up next week?
Launch of our new Pupil Wellbeing Strategy - HAPPY.
Monday 22nd - Friday 26th March
In preparation for the launch next week, children across the Trust had an introduction today to the new pupil wellbeing strategy- HAPPY.
We have an engaging week planned next week where we aim to introduce the children to the strategy and begin to help them understand where it has come from and why it is so very important.
Please find a link here to a document for parents/ carers to help explain our rationale behind this approach.
Following the launch next week, we will be evolving our new pupil wellbeing site, where you will find videos and photos that help bring the strategy to life. We look forward to sharing this with you soon.
Dates for your Diary!
Spring 2:
WC 22nd March - LEO Happy Wellbeing Framework Launch Week
WC 22nd March - CCJ Art Week
WC 29th March - Friday 2nd April - Autism Awareness Week
Wednesday 31st March - MUFTI Day
Wednesday 31st March - Last Day of Spring 2 - School finishes at 2pm/2:10pm/2:15pm
Thursday 1st April - Friday 16th April - Easter Holidays
Things to celebrate!
Star of the Week Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who received the Star of the Week Awards this week:
Year 3
3B: Aaila
3K: Alf
3LS: Joe
3M: Ivan
Year 4
4G: Cian
4H: Grace
4J: Preslav
4S: Yushu
Year 5
5A: Bavisha
5B: Rosie
5C: Abi
5I: Roxy
Year 6
6C: Harley
6H: Tamsin
6K: Archie
6W: Nathan
PRIDE Values Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who received the Pride Values Awards this week:
Year 3
3B: Aadhya
3K: Xanthe
3LS: Tippi
3M: Laura
Year 4
4G: Henry
4H: Kyan
4J: Amie
4S: Ruby
Year 5
5A: Auguste
5B: Danyo
5C: Toby
5I: Ahmed
Year 6
6C: Alex
6H: Kiana
6K: Justin
6W: Michael
Cheam Common Rights Respecting Schools' Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who have displayed outstanding, respectful behaviour this week:
Year 3
3B: Aadi
3K: Adam E
3LS: Tanu
3M: Shi Woo
Year 4
4G: Kavya
4H: Taylor
4J: Mulihem
4S: Maia
Year 5
5A: Chris
5B: Beau
5C: Keira
5I: Sid
Year 6
6C: Fareha
6H: Anjola
6K: Lois
6W: Maya
DOODLE MATHS
Well done to our top doodlers this week:
Y3 - Aaila
Y4 - Max
Y5 - Shay
Y6 - Navami
Congratulations to 3B for being the Doodle Maths and Doodle English winners this week.
Who will be our leaders next week?
100 Day Streak
Well done Adam K, and Layla who have completed a 100 day streak on Doodle Maths. This means they have has used Doodle Maths everyday for the past 100 days!
A great achievement!
Well done to Seb who has completed a 100 day streak on Doodle Maths and Doodle English!
Information & Resources
LEO Virtual Library
Click here to explore our new virtual library.
You will be able to find a selection of books to read online for your year group.
Happy Reading!
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
This week’s book is ‘The Dragon in the Library' by Louie Stowell from the Year 4 book list.
Kit cannot stand reading. She'd much rather be outside, playing games and getting muddy, than stuck inside a library with a book. The unlikeliest of heroes, Kit can’t imagine a worse place to spend the summer holiday. Instead Kit would rather hang around with a bunch of dead people at the graveyard then go to a place where she is most likely to ‘die of boredom.’ Sadly, Kit’s plans are thwarted by her two best friends Josh and Alita who are determined to get their hands on the latest Danny Fandango book and drag her along. And it’s a good job that they are so insistent because Kit makes an outstanding discovery about herself and the library, that will change her life forever.
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
Science Spotted
Experiment Time- Layers of Liquids!
Did you know that some liquids mix and some do not? This is a very cool way to learn about density!
You will need:
Tall clear drinking glass
A large spoon
Water
Oil, about 1 cup(vegetable works great)
Syrup (Karo works great)
Optional: Food Colouring
Paper Towels
What to do:
The great thing about this experiment is that you can mix the liquids in any order, but to begin with, this is our suggestion.
Fill the glass about half way with regular water.
Add a drop of food colouring, if you have some handy. Be careful not to add too much or you might not be able to see what is taking place.
Slowly pour some of the syrup into the water and observe what happens. Does it sink or float?
Slowly add some of the oil. It is a good idea to hold the spoon just above the water level, touching the side of the glass, then slowly pour the oil onto the spoon. Does the oil sink or float?
How does it work?
Each of these liquids have different densities (the amount of molecules per square inch). The denser liquids have more molecules, this causes them to sink to the bottom. The less dense liquids float.
Further experiments:
What happens if you add the food colouring last? What happens if you switch the order or liquids? What happens if you do this in a closed container (water bottle), put the lid on and shake it up? It looks like you have some serious experimenting to do!
SPICED EASTER BISCUITS
Ingredients to make 25 biscuits:
1 medium egg
100g softened butter
75g caster sugar
200g plain flour
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
50g currants
5 teaspoons milk
Extra sugar
Method:
Heat oven to 200 degrees or gas mark 6
Beat the butter and sugar until creamy
Add in the egg yolk and mix well. Keep the egg white for later
Sieve in the flour
Add the spices, currants and milk
Mix well together until you can bring the mixture together with your hands to form a dough
Roll out the dough until ¾ inch thick
Using a pretty cutter or an animal shaped cutter, cut out biscuits and place on a greased baking
sheet.
Use up all the dough and brush the tops of the biscuits with egg white and sprinkle over the extra
sugar. Or you can ice and decorate as below.
Bake for 12 -15 minutes until golden.
Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?
Year 3:
creativity
Year 4:
awakening
Year 5:
inspiration
Year 6:
epiphany
Opportunity
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