CCJ Newsletter 22nd November 2024

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 22nd November 2024

Cheam Common Junior Academy: Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park, KT4 8UT

Email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk http://www.cheamcommon.org.uk/

School Updates

Children in Need - thank you!

Thank you to all of our families who donated to our Children in Need day last week. Between Cheam Common Infants and Juniors, we raised almost £500.

Christmas dates

Please find attached any important festive dates for December, including a link to sign your child up for Christmas lunch.

CCJ Christmas dates.pdf

Year 4 Learn to Ride

We are inviting all Year 4 children to take part in the Bikeability 'Learn to Ride' course in January 2025.

This course is perfect for children who are complete beginners, or who have recently started to learn to ride a bike - you can state your child's biking ability on the form below.

We are hosting courses which start on either the week commencing Monday 6th January or Monday 13th January. If signed up, you will get confirmation of your child's course nearer the time. The courses will take place for 1 hour per day for the duration of the week.

If you would like to sign your child up to the course, please check your emails for the 'Learn to Ride' email sent last week.

If parents who have already signed their child up would like their bike checking for road suitability, On Your Bike Repairs (Worcester Park) are offering a discounted rate when CCJ is mentioned.

Pyjama Day

To help fundraise money to go towards this charity and to our local hospitals, we are going to have a ‘Pyjama Day’ where we will be asking for an optional donation of £1 per child. We are welcoming children to wear pyjamas, onesies, dressing downs or comfy clothes on Friday 29th November 2024 in exchange for a donation.

In addition to this, our School Council members will also be running a competition called ‘Guess the Goodies in the Jar’. This will include children being able to guess how many items in a jar and if they guess correctly, then we win the jar filled with goodies to take home. This will be 50p per guess and will be running everyday at break time and lunch time.

Children's Hospital Pyjamas Campaign

Every year, we support Kingston Hospital and St George's Hospital in our Christmas Pyjama Campaign.

We are collecting donations of pyjamas from generous families throughout November. If you would like to donate, this would be hugely appreciated. Any donations can be handed to class teachers.

Thank you for your support.

Young Writers Competition: November/December

Once again, Young Writers have another exciting writing competition for 7-12 year olds. This time round, the theme is The Magical Map!

The Magical Map can transport children anywhere in space and time using the power of imagination - let creativity run wild! With only 100 words, take a journey, quest to the past, future, a new world or an ancient world!

Benefits of Entering

✨ Pupils can put their literacy learning into practice for a real audience

✨ 100-word limit helps focus writing and improve vocabulary

✨ Fantastic writing stamina practise

✨ Open theme to let creativity shine

✨ Bookmark and sticker for every entrant

✨ Brilliant prizes including £1,000 for the winning school

✨ See pupils' writing confidence and pride flourish when they see their work published in a book

Let's take our pupils into The Magical Map today! If this sounds like something you are interested in, speak to your learning council representative, your class teacher or Miss Holloway.

Closing Date: Friday 20th December 2024.

Submit your Magical Map Saga in this portal!

Pupil support guide on how to upload your submission here.

Click here to access example sagas.

Picture prompts

Click here to download/print the online planning sheet

Train to teach with LEO Academy Trust

LEO Academy Trust is incredibly proud to work in partnership with the National Institute of Teaching as an Associate College to deliver Initial Teacher Training, (ITT) Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) from September 2025. Associate Colleges are successful school trusts, selected because of their wealth of in-house expertise in professional development and their deep relationships in their local areas. This collaboration allows us to be at the forefront of educational excellence, providing local teachers with unparalleled opportunities for professional growth, learning and development. Together, we are shaping the future of teaching and learning, ensuring that every child receives the highest quality education.

To apply for a place on our ITT programme please click here.

Parent Guide for Digital Tools

Parent Guide to Digital Tools for Home.pdf

School lunches

Here are the lunch options for next week. You can click on the image to see all options for the term.

Our Book Wishlist

Children across the school wrote a wishlist of the different books that they would like to see in their library and their classrooms.

We have collated this wishes and have put together an Amazon Wish List, which can be found here. If parents and families wish, there are over a hundred books that children are desperate to read on the list and these can be ordered as a present to our school. Alternatively, if you notice a book on the list that your children no longer read, we are always grateful for any donations!

It has also been suggested by our children that, on a birthday, rather than bringing sweets in for their classmates, children choose a book on the list that they would like to donate to their class. This also falls in line with our commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles. On the order, there is an option to leave a message - you can specify which class the book is for. As ever, we recognise that money can be tight so please note that this is entirely optional. Any support is always appreciated.

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

Check out what our children have been up to this week at Cheam Common Junior Academy!

Birthday celebrations

Fantastic homework

Polite reminder...

As you know, we are a healthy school and therefore ask if your child would like to celebrate their birthday, they donate a book to a library instead of bringing treats. This also ensures there are no concerns over allergies.

We have loved receiving some fantastic homework so early in the term!

Remember: Each year group's homework matrix can be found in the section below. Completing these tasks is optional but can really help to enrich the children's learning and understanding of these topics.

Curriculum Newsletters and Home Learning

Curriculum Newsletter

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Achievements

This week, our LEO Explorer Value has been 'Curious'.

3B - Alice and Jacob

3F - Aafiq and Lara

3S - Nate and Jonathon

3T - Sanchez and Rayne

4H - Aysha and Taila

4F - Albie and Naya

4HJ - Sharanaa and Louis

4M - Aaron and Lucy

5I - Marnie and Maisie

5D - Lilly-Rose and Min Woo

5G - Freya and Louis

5H - Nyah and Harin

6W - Jacob and Kinsey

6B - Sahanna and Param

6C - Kamsi and Charlotte

6S - Shailyn and Alessia

🎫 Golden Ticket Winner: ? (3F) 🎫

📖 Reading Raffle Winners: ? (3T) and ? (6B) 📖

Out of school achievements

If you would like to share your child's achievements outside of school with us, we'd love to hear them! Please complete this short form to tell us all about it!

Important information

Reporting absences

There is no longer an option to report a child’s absence via telephone. We ask that you use the google forms below to report absence. They are also available to complete on our website using the parent tab.

We do not authorise holidays during term time. If your child is going to be off school due to an exceptional circumstance, then please complete this form:

Request for Exceptional Absence form in advance for future appointments and exception absence.

Cheam Common Juniors' Absence Form for sickness and same day medical appointments.

Our neighbours

As well as being respectful to our neighbours, please can you ensure you adhere to the parking rules within Sainsbury's Local and only park there if you are a customer.

Please ensure you do not obstruct any gates or double park during drop off or collection times.

Thank you for your support.

Moving address

If you have moved address, it is imperative that you inform the school office as soon as you have moved. It is a requirement that the school has up to date details particularly in case of an emergency.

Please email the school office ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk if your details need updating. Alternatively, you can update them using the Arbor App.

Autumn Term Dates

Please find below all the key dates and times for next week and for the Autumn Term.

PTA events are shown in this colour. Please see below for more details.

New dates

2024 - 2025 Term dates

Monday 25th November: Year 6 trip to British Museum (6S and 6B)

Thursday 28th November: Year 5 Space Day

Friday 29th November: Pyjama Dress Up Day

Friday 29th November: Year 6 Height and Weight Checks

Friday 29th November: Wreath Making Workshop (7pm)

Thursday 5th December: Maggie's Carol Concert (some members of choir singing) - 7pm

Friday 6th December: Doughies Pizza order deadline

Tuesday 10th December: Cheerleading Performance @ Scout Hut (4:15pm)

Thursday 12th December: Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Thursday 12th December: Cheerleading Performance @ Scout Hut (4:15pm)

Friday 13th December: Rudolph Run (in aid of Maggie's Hospice)

Friday 13th December: GymKidz Performance to parents (9am)

Monday 16th December: Year 3 Christmas Performances (9am and 6pm)

Monday 16th December: Year 4 Christmas Performances (9:45am and 6:45pm)

Tuesday 17th December: Year 5 Christmas Performances (9am and 6pm)

Tuesday 17th December: Year 6 Christmas Performances (9:45am and 6:45pm)

Wednesday 18th December: Merit Assembly (9:15am)

Thursday 19th December: Christmas Singalong (9:15am)

Friday 20th December: Last day of term (2:15pm finish) After school club closes at 5pm.

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

The Friends of Cheam Common now has a new Facebook group, where you can follow any updates on upcoming events or how you can get involved.

The Friends of Cheam Common will be distributing secondhand uniform to anyone may need it.

If this is something you would be interested in, please contact them on friendssecondhanduniform@gmail.com.

✉️ Friends of Cheam Common email address: Friends_CCA@outlook.com ✉️

Christmas Raffle

You can enter our Christmas Raffle here.

Raffle Poster_A4_2024.pdf

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

Please follow this link to Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

24-25 - All Primary Parent Webinars - Poster - Education Wellbeing Service.pdf

Click the image above for further information!

Keeping Safe Online

DIGI Safe - Keeping Children Safe Online

LGFL have launched a wonderfully informative and practical website full of resources to help keep children safe online. With videos, informative guides and top tips, there is lots to explore to help keep your child safe whilst online. To visit, click here.

Family Support