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Friday 21st 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

CHEAM COMMON LISTED IN TOP 500 SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND

Cheam Common has been listed as one of the top 500 primary schools in England by The Sunday Times. The table was published on Sunday and identifies the highest-achieving primary and preparatory schools in the UK. We were delighted to have featured in this list in 2018 in 173rd place and are now extremely proud to have moved to 58th for 2019. Well done to the staff and pupils at Cheam Common Junior Academy.

Christmas Design & Technology Projects

Over the next few weeks, classes across the school will be working on a Design & Technology project to create a variety of Christmas crafts ready to sell to children and parents. After school, on Wednesday 11th December, parents and carers will be invited to purchase the crafts. Which class and year group will create the most successful business? How many products can we sell? How much money can we raise. Watch this space to find out what your class/year group will be creating!

Thank you to everyone who supported Children in Need last Friday. From our Pyjama Day and Cake Sale we raised £740.50 for this fabulous cause. Well done all! A special thank you to our School Council for organising and running our Cake Sale. The rain didn't stop them!

Tate Modern Steve McQueen Exhibition

Our current Year 4 classes have their Steve McQueen photographs displayed in the exhibition at the Tate Modern. These will be on display until 3rd May. These photos were taken when these children were in Year 3 when they took part in this project.

Year 4 will be visiting the exhibition on Friday 10th January 2020.

If you want to visit this free exhibition before then, you won't find the location of our photographs on a public map and gallery staff will not hold or share information about where specific photographs are located due to safeguarding reasons.

Our photograph is located in Section 22.

The exhibition spans 24 sections that are marked clockwise from the entrance.

Please note that in some instances the photographs might span across two sections, if they appear at the end of one line, so please look to the next section if you don’t see them banked together.

The gallery have requested that you are mindful of sharing the location of our photos on social media for safeguarding reasons.

We hope you enjoy the exhibition if you decide to go - we can't wait to see our photos as part of the exhibition in January!

LONDON YOUTH GAMES WHEELCHAIR FESTIVAL

Lucas in Year 5 had an exciting day on Tuesday taking part in the London Youth Games Wheelchair Festival at the National Tennis Centre. This great event encouraged young people of all abilities to come and learn new skills. Lucas attended inspiring sessions led Para Olympians Heather and Cornelia who both hope to compete in Tokyo 2020. Lucas proudly showed his impressive medal to everyone in our celebration assembly today.

What have we been learning this week?

This week in Year 6, Miss Kelly's class have been learning how to multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 & 1000 using decimal sliding lines. Great work everyone.

Year 5 have been exploring time during Maths this week. Why not ask them to share their learning with you this evening?

Year 3 have been enjoying planting some bulbs around the school grounds. Thank you to Hollie in 4SM for giving the school a planting kit from the Hubbub and Mayor of London Give It A Grow scheme. We are looking forward to seeing the results in spring.

Also at Forest School this week, the children have also been having a go at whittling sticks, using a potato peeler and learning how to remove the outer bark to see what is underneath. They also made some mud paint and made some wonderful pictures. Well done all!

Year 4 have been exploring why the Vikings invaded Britain this week. Their lesson was brought to life using our new immersive audio resources from Now Press Play. It was great to see the children so engaged with our curriculum through emotion, imagination & movement. Well done Year 4!

CASUAL CYCLE INSTRUCTORS

£12.23 - £13.61 per hour

The Sustainable Transport Team is seeking to recruit Cycle Instructors in the Sutton area to deliver Bikeability, the national cycle training programme for children. As one of our professional trained instructors you could earn up to £420.16 per week to deliver our standard Bikeability courses involving 20 hours of contact with riders plus time for course administration and travel. Our Bikeability sessions are typically 10.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00, plus travel time. All instructors must train on a 4-day National Standard Instructor course. It is an advantage if you already hold this qualification although not essential as training will be arranged for the right candidates.

So if you are a regular cyclist, have good road sense, are a good communicator and enjoy working outdoors, then this could be just the job for you. If appropriate you will receive further training in First Aid and Cycle Maintenance.

For an informal discussion about these positions please telephone Eric Chasseray, Sustainable Transport Officer on 020 8547 5826 or email eric.chasseray@kingston.gov.uk

Plea For Board Games

Wanted!

We would like to start a board game lunchtime club. If anyone has any unwanted board games we would be most grateful.

Please hand them in to the office or give them to Mrs Hart.

Thank you, as always, for your support.

Marcus Rashford Tweet Update

Our Tweet from last week's trip to Wembley has now been liked over 1000 times and watched by over 30,000 people!!

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 16^th December

9.15am, 2pm and 7pm

Year 3 & 4 Christmas Production - Five Gold Rings

Tuesday 17^th 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.

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.

@CCJacademy

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 from the Year 6 book list and is ‘Point Blanc’ (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz.

Investigations into the “accidental” deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy, a school for rebellious rich kids run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high in the French Alps. Armed with a new collection of gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the academy as a pupil and establish the truth about what is really happening there!

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… Teeth & Healthy Eating!

Year 4’s Science topic this term is all about teeth and healthy eating. They will learn about digestion, the different types of teeth we have and will also get to explore predators and their prey! Year 4 will be carrying out experiments to test how harmful certain drinks can be to our teeth. We look forward to hearing from them. You can find out more and watch this video about the effects of fizzy drinks here https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/znrb4wx.

Here are some crazy facts about teeth;

Over to you! Can you research and find the answers to the following;

How many teeth do adults have?

How are our teeth different from animals?

How do we protect and care for our teeth?

Please present your findings to Miss Lane!

Taj Mahal

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)

Fun fact...

Chocolate Reindeer Cupcakes

Ingredients

200g butter, cubed

200g plain chocolate, broken into squares

200g light soft brown sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

250g self-raising flour

For the icing

200g plain chocolate, broken into squares

100ml double cream, not fridge-cold

50g icing sugar

For the reindeers

12 large milk chocolate buttons (we used Cadbury Dairy Milk Giant Buttons)

24 white chocolate buttons

12 red Smarties

black icing pens

mini pretzels, carefully cut in half horizontally

Method

Get started: Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Gently melt the butter, chocolate, sugar and 100ml hot water together in a large saucepan, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool a little while you weigh the other ingredients.

Make your cakes: Stir the eggs and vanilla into the chocolate mixture. Put the flour in a large mixing bowl, and stir in the chocolate mixture until smooth. Spoon into the cases until just over three-quarters full. Bake on a low shelf in the oven for 20-22 mins. Leave to cool.

Ice the tops: To make the icing, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Once melted, turn off the heat, stir in the double cream, sift in the icing sugar and mix well. When spreadable, top each cake with some icing.

Have fun decorating: Position a milk chocolate button on top of each cake, then 2 white chocolate buttons above it. Use a little icing as glue to stick a red Smartie onto the milk chocolate button for a nose. Then use your icing pens to draw black dots on the white buttons for eyes. Stick 2 pretzel top halves into the top of each cake for antlers, and stick the bottom half of a pretzel under the Smartie for a mouth.

These cakes will keep in a sealed container for up to 3 days, but we doubt they’ll last that long!

Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?

Year 3:

ponder

Year 4:

consider

Year 5:

deliberate

Year 6:

contemplate

Excellence

Star of the Week Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who received the Star of the Week Awards last week:

Year 3

3B: Barnaby

3G: Angel

3H: Grace

3L: Ezel

Year 4

4H: Samuel

4RM: Erin

4SM: Julia

4S: Chris

Year 5

5A: Geon Woo

5C: Nicole

5J: Barishan

5W: Alex

Year 6

6C: Mati

6K: Hanna

6P: Ibrahim

6S: Emma N

PRIDE Values Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who received the Pride Values Awards last week:

Year 3

3B: Thomas

3G: Ismail

3H: Isabella

3L: Toby

Year 4

4H: Brayden

4RM: Mikey

4SM: Alana

4S: Hannah

Year 5

5A: Aiden

5C: Alexander

5J: Luca

5W: Chloe

Year 6

6C: Bella

6K: Vinnie

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: Ezre

3G: Alexa

3H: Suhaani

3L: Kavya

Year 4

4H: Aarush

4RM: Ruby

4SM: Elo

4S: Auguste

Year 5

5A: Jayden

5C: Amy

5J: Sophie L

5W: Bella

Year 6

6C: Grace

6K: Ailah

6P: Emma C

6S: Ajer

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:

Ama

Year 4:

Molly, Nihal, Rhys, Rosie, Dongwon, Myrina & Aesha

Year 6:

Ella

Year 3 have started preparing themselves to enter the 144 club by completing 72 times table questions in under 5 minutes.

Congratulations to Eva, Sally, Ollie & Natasha 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 - 4RM 3rd - 4S

Opportunity

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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 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 - Lost

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 - Won

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

Monday 25^th November – Friday 29^th November – Autumn Term Assessment Week

Monday 25^th November - Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Heat 1 - Sutton High, 1-3:30pm

Tuesday 26^th November - Science Quiz, Alexandra Palace - Postponed to March

Wednesday 27^th November - Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Heat 2-Wallington Girls, 10-12pm & 1-3pm

DECEMBER

Monday 2^nd December – Christmas decorations up this week!

Wednesday 4^th December – Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert to Parents, 9.15am

Wednesday 4^th December – Orchestra & Choir Christmas Concert to the school, 10am

Thursday 5^th December – Year 3 Science Museum & Sleepover

Friday 6^th December – Science Day

Monday 9^thDecember - School Council visit to Houses of Parliament

Tuesday 10^th December – Year 3 Music Assembly to Parents

Tuesday 10th December - Rock Steady Concert to Parents

Wednesday 11^th December – Christmas Pantomime for all Year Groups, 9.30am - TBC

Friday 13^th December – Christmas Jumper Day

Friday 13^th December – Y5&6 Christmas Production to the school, 10.45am

Friday 13^th December – Y3&4 Christmas Production to the school, 1.45pm

Monday 16^th December – Y5&6 Christmas Production, 9.15am, 2pm and 7pm

Tuesday 17^th December – Y3&4 Christmas Production, 9.15am, 2pm and 7pm

Wednesday 18^th December – Christmas Dinner, 11.45am – 1.30pm

Wednesday 18^thDecember - 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 19^th December – Christmas Carols & Songs in the Hall at 11am

Thursday 19th December - Last Day of Term, school finishes at 2:15pm

Friday 20^th December – Friday 3^rd January – Christmas Holiday

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