CCJ Newsletter 24th May 2024

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 24th May 2024

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

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

School Updates

CCJ Radio - design our new logo!

On Tuesday, Miss Gunner spoke to the children about our new competition:

Designing the logo for CCJ Radio

Take a look at our poster which includes all of the information that you need.

Please email any designs to ccjradio@leoacademytrust.co.uk.

Deadline: Friday 7th June

Throughout the rest of the term, we will be inviting many children to have a slot on our radio station.

Every week, four Green Ticket winners are chosen to take part in Friday's session.

🎵 Amazon Music 🎵

Pupils across the school started by requesting the songs they would like to be part of the radio station. If any parents would like to donate to our Amazon fund to purchase music for the radio then please gift any amount you can on an Amazon E-Gift Card to ccjradio@leoacademytrust.co.uk. We would be very grateful.

A polite reminder: Safety around the school

We would like to reiterate the importance of ensuring that our families are being considerate of our neighbours when dropping off or picking up children from our school site.

If driving, please ensure you continue to observe the speed limits and parking restrictions in place within the school road and surrounding streets.

It is also important to note that residents have access to their homes at all times of the day. Therefore, they are allowed to drive down Kingsmead Avenue, even during the restricted time slots. Do not obstruct our neighbours' driveways during drop off and collection of your child.

While on the school grounds, please ensure that all children are supervised:

Children are not allowed to climb on the boundary walls within the playground.
Children are not permitted on the playground equipment during drop off and collection times
Children should not ride scooters or bikes on the playground.

Thank you for continuing to keep our children safe and for respecting our neighbours.

☀️ Hot weather and uniform reminder ☀️

As the weather is warming up, please ensure that children have sunhats and a water bottle in school. Please ensure that children have applied sun cream in the morning.

Please ensure ensure that children are wearing school shoes, or plain black trainers.

Additionally, a reminder that our PE kit consists of the following items: White T-shirt, red shorts or black/navy tracksuit bottons and trainers. Our black training top and bottoms are also optional items in our PE kit.

Food bank collection - volunteers

Thank you to the families who brought in donations for DONS Local Action Group today. It is incredible to see such empathy being demonstrated and modelled to our children.

We are hoping to organise food bank donations dropoffs weekly in the summer term. However, this would require a few helpful volunteers to collect and organise these donations.

If you are interested in giving up a little time and would like us to put you in touch with these organisers, please complete this short Google Form.

Thank you in advance!

Residentials: Parent Meetings

Year 4: High Ashurst Parent Meeting

Slides attached here.

Year 5: Devon Parent Meeting

Slides attached here.

Year 6: Isle of Wight Parent Meeting

Slides attached here.

Water shoes suggestion

Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletters and Homework

Please find your child's Curriculum Newsletter below.

This features key information about what they will be learning about this half term.

You can also find Homework Matrixes on these newsletters.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Thea's mum's incredible 100 Miler May!

We were so impressed to hear that Thea's mum (Year 6) is walking 100 miles throughout May in order to raise money for Cancer Research.

If you would like to donate to this fantastic cause, you can do so here!

Pupil Premium Funding

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.

Here is Lumi with the book 'Sunflower Sisters' that she chose to donate to her class - 3T! What a generous gift, Lumi! Thank you so much!

Izzy, Bethany and Clara

Izzy, Bethany and Clara were so proud of their French poster representing the seasons that they came to show members of staff all week. Well done, girls!

Weekly School and Sporting News Stories

This week at Cheam Common:

🏀 British Basketball Playoff Finals: On Sunday, approximately thirty of our children took up our offer of discounted tickets to the British Basketball Playoff Finals. The final took place between London Lions and Cheshire Phoenix. It was an exhilarating final which finished 88-85 to the Lions!

⚽ SEND Fulham FC Festival: On Monday morning, some of our Year 5 and 6 children travelled to the Fulham FC Training Ground for a football festival event.

🎓 Brilliant Club Graduation: On Wednesday, our Brilliant Club children travelled to Kings College London to celebrate the hard work that they've put into their Healthy Heart project this year. The children received a tour of the university and took part in a graduation ceremony, where they were presented with certificates of achievement.

⚽ Year 3 Girls' Football Finals: On Wednesday afternoon, our Year 3 Girls' Football Team played in the final round of the LEO Summer Tournaments. We are delighted to announce that the girls won the tournament and were presented with a trophy and medals as a reward. We are so, so proud!

🔢 WonderMaths Challenge: On Thursday morning, members of our Year 5 Maths Club travelled to Cheam Park Farm to take part in the WonderMaths Challenge - a maths-themed tournament with rounds involving dominoes, the 24 Game, shape puzzles and code-breaking. Mildred, George, Atharv, Kailey and Junwoo did the school proud and we are waiting to hear whether we make it through to the next round. Well done, team!

⚽ Year 5 Girls' Surrey Cup Final: On Friday morning, our Year 5 Girls' Football Team played in the Surrey Cup Final at Meadowbank, in Dorking. We are so proud of the progress they have made and we are already excited for the many future achievements to come for this team. They should all be so proud of themselves.

🔱 Year 5 Greek Day: On Friday, our Year 5 children celebrated their half term of learning, which culminated in an entire day dedicated to the Ancient Greeks.

💻 Inclusive Education Celebration: On Friday morning, some of our Year 5 children travelled to the Cryer Arts Theatre to represent Cheam Common at an event celebrating how our school promotes inclusive education through technology. Avi and Jenny were invited to introduce our short film, put together by TextHelp.

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!

Margot (Year 4)

Margot went through her grading in Choi Kwang Do on Sunday and passed with flying colours, as well as lots of compliments from Master Brophy. Margot is now blue belt - what an achievement!

Matias (Year 4)

Matias has completed the season as a goalkeeper for his football team Epsom and Ewell Colts and has been chosen by parents and teammates as Player of the Year. Well done, Matias!

Laura (Year 6)

Over the weekend, Laura earned her next belt in Hapkido! She is now just two belts away from starting her qualification for the final Black belt.

Pure Vibez Dance Company

A massive well done to many of our children who took part in the a performance at the Leatherhead Theatre on behalf of Pure Vibes Dance Company. They performed to a sell-out crowd!

Khloe, Monika, Lottie, Maya, Maisie, Skyla, Chloe, Libby, Sofia, Ida, Mason, Jessica (and many others) - you should be so proud of yourselves!

Summer Term Dates

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

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

New dates

2023 - 2024 Term dates

Monday 27th - Friday 31st May

May Half Term

Sunday 2nd - Thursday 6th June

Year 6 Residential: Isle of Wight Trip 1

Monday 3rd June

INSET Day

Thursday 6th June - Monday 10th June

Year 6 Residential: Isle of Wight Trip 2

Monday 17th June

Year 3 Coffee Afternoon and Lesson Showcase

Tuesday 18th June

Class photos

Wednesday 26th - Friday 28th June

Year 4 Residential: High Ashurst

Wednesday 3rd July

Year 3, 4 and 5 Sports Day

Tuesday 9th July

Year 6 Sports Day

Year 3 Summer Drumming Performances

Wednesday 10th July

CCJ Careers Fair

Friday 12th July

Summer Term Rocksteady Performances (AM)

Saturday 13th July

Summer Fair

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.

Summer Fair

Celebrations, Awards and Stars of the Week

⭐️ Stars of the Week ⭐️

3A - Arlo and Monika

3F - Olivia and Joshua

3S - Sarrinah and Min Ah

3T - Louis and Sharanaa

4I - Shaurya and Haiqa

4C - Roy and Lilian

4HJ - Nidhi and Jack

4M - Dexter and Codey

5VH - Jina and Katrina

5G - Daniel M and Issy

5JH - Isla and Lotus

5M - Mildred and Pierre

6S - Jemimah and Luca

6CB - Laura and Aarya

6SB - Architha and Vian

6W - Jake B and Xanthe

🎫 Golden Ticket Winner 🎫

Zara (3A)

📖 Reading Raffle Winner 📖

Sofie (5JH)

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

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

Click the image above for further information!

Young Carers at Cheam Common

At Cheam Common Junior Academy, we hold a weekly small group session to support children across the school who fulfil the role of ‘Young Carer’ because they have a sibling or parent with serious health issues, special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).

We want to celebrate the important role our Young Carers play, but also recognise that they may face challenges and pressures not shared by the general school population.

The group meets during assembly time and is led by Mrs Hart.

If you would like your child to take part please complete this form.

If you have any questions about the group, please feel free to contact us at ccjsend@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Please click here to access the Local Authority's Ambitious for SEND parent newsletter to stay in touch with what is happening in the local area. To receive these newsletters (three produced each year) please subscribe to the local area Ambitious for SEND newsletter. It is a great way to stay in touch with what is happening in the local area. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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

Family Support Referrals

Family Support Referrals 2023-2024

All referrals welcome for those families that require support

Please complete your referrals using the following Family Referral Form 23-24

You can also find out more information on the Family Support website: Family Support Portal

If you have any questions please speak to your school’s Family Support Worker. Cheam Common's FSW is Alice Whyman, who can be contacted at awhyman3@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Thank you - LEO FSW Team

Spring: Activities to do

Therapies Spring Programme (1).pdf

Mental Health and Wellbeing Update

Local Activities and Events - General Information

Unleash your child's inner champion at LEO Sports' action-packed Multi-Activity Camp!

Dates: Tuesday 28th May to Friday 31st May

Times: 9am-3pm

Activities: Gymnastics, Dance, Cheerleading and more!

Cost: £18 per day

Age: For pupils in years 1-6

Bring a packed lunch.

Your kids will have a blast learning new skills, making new friends, and getting active!

Limited spaces available, so book early to avoid disappointment!

To book please register an account via LEO Sports Camps Clubs Buddy. The registration is in two steps. Firstly, the parent/guardian needs to click 'Register' and complete their details on the Parent Form, and then complete the Child Registration Form on the next page. Once both pages are complete you can then click 'Add Another Child' or finish the process of booking your place at your required venue.

Payment can be made via debit or credit card.

Alternatively you may pay using the Government's Tax-free Childcare or other childcare providers. Tax-free Childcare - saves you 20% when paying through the Government website. Please indicate this at the time of booking by clicking the 'Pay By Voucher' option.

For any information, you can email sportscamps@leoacademytrust.co.uk