Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter
Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter
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Friday 25th June 2021
Friday 25th June 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
Learning Together, Aiming High
What's been happening this week...?
What's been happening this week...?
Sir Captain Tom Moore event
Sir Captain Tom Moore event
We are pleased to announce the total raised from the Sutton School's Sir Tom Charity Event is an amazing £28,634.72!!!
We are pleased to announce the total raised from the Sutton School's Sir Tom Charity Event is an amazing £28,634.72!!!
Two of our School Council Reps will be going to St Helier on Friday 9th July to celebrate this fantastic amount being raised.
Two of our School Council Reps will be going to St Helier on Friday 9th July to celebrate this fantastic amount being raised.
Thank you for supporting us with this event.
Thank you for supporting us with this event.
Year 5 General Knowledge Quiz National Finals
Year 5 General Knowledge Quiz National Finals
Our Year 5 General Knowledge Quiz Team took part in the National Finals on Thursday. Filled with enthusiasm and faced with some tricky questions, they battled hard to finish in 17th place out of all schools across England. Well done! We're very proud of your achievement!
Burnet News Club
Burnet News Club
As part of a case study on journalism, members of the Burnet News Club enjoyed demonstrating their critical thinking skills to listen and debate the issue of Cancel Culture. They took part in a special hybrid lesson with staff from Goldsmith University of London and Economist Foundation.
Feed your Family for a Fiver Challenge
Feed your Family for a Fiver Challenge
Well done to Sydelle for taking on the challenge of feeding your family for £5 as part of Money Week. She made tacos and flapjacks and received 10/10 from her family. Great job!
Year 5 Cricket
Year 5 Cricket
It's National Cricket Week and National Sports' Week and Year 5 celebrated with an afternoon of cricket yesterday at Beddington Cricket Club. It was great to see sport back in action and the children had a great afternoon representing Cheam Common. They won two matches and lost two matches. Well done all for your enthusiasm and sportsmanship.
Thank a Teacher Day
Thank a Teacher Day
Thank you for celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day on Wednesday to recognise the jobs that ALL staff in schools do each day to go the extra mile for our children!
Thank you for celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day on Wednesday to recognise the jobs that ALL staff in schools do each day to go the extra mile for our children!
London's Calling Unit of Work
London's Calling Unit of Work
From art and design in Year 3 to fashion designers in Year 6, why not take a look at some of the work from this week that the children have been doing as part of their London's Calling Unit of Work this half term?
Year 3 have recreated some of the famous landmarks and monuments found across our city. Can you recognise them?
Year 6 have been creating mood boards to reflect the fashion and trends in London during recent decades.
Information & Dates
Information & Dates
Tickets cost £2 each.
Tickets cost £2 each.
To purchase tickets please click here.
To purchase tickets please click here.
You will need to answer the following question: Which colour is associated with a Smurf? (Clue...blue)
You will need to answer the following question: Which colour is associated with a Smurf? (Clue...blue)
Good luck and thank you for your continued support!
Good luck and thank you for your continued support!
Sports' Day
Sports' Day
We will be having our Summer Sports' Day on Thursday 1st July and Friday 2nd July at Worcester Scout Hut. Children will compete in a number of activities for their houses. Children can come to school in the PE Kit and House Coloured T shirts on the following days:
Thursday 1st July: Year 6 and Year 3.
Friday 2nd July: Year 4 and Year 5
Due to the current Government Guidance, we are unfortunately unable to have spectators this year.
Your child's class teacher will remind them of their House Team and the coloured top to wear.
14 Day Challenge
14 Day Challenge
The 14-Day Challenge is a nationwide competition which all children can join.
From Monday 14th June until Sunday 27th June, we are encouraging every pupil to work in the green zone (achieve their target number of stars) in one or more of the Doodle programmes.
After the 27th June, we'll count up the percentage of students in each class who were in the green zone during this time. The class with the highest % of pupils in this zone will win a bundle of educational games!
14 Day Challenge Progress so far...
14 Day Challenge Progress so far...
1st: 3B
2nd: 5C
3rd: 5A
4th: 3LS
5th: 3M
Parking on Kingsmead Avenue
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. Please do not idle when dropping or collecting your child. We want to ensure our roads are safe for our children and the community.
Dates for your Diary!
Dates for your Diary!
Summer 1:
Summer 1:
Monday 28th June - Friday 2nd July - London Maths' Week
Thursday 1st July and Friday 2nd July - Sports' Day
Monday 5th July - Transition Week
Wednesday 7th July - Meet the Teacher 2021-2022
Monday 12th July - LEO Arts' Week
Tuesday 13th July - Year 4 Skipping Festival - NEW Date!
Things to celebrate!
Things to celebrate!
Star of the Week Certificates
Star of the Week Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who received the Star of the Week Awards this week:
Year 3
Year 3
3B: Aadhya
3K: Adam E
3LS: Joe
3M: Lorenzo
Year 4
Year 4
4G: Cristiano
4H: Amelia
4J: Jack
4S: Toby
Year 5
Year 5
5A: Bavisha
5B: Lily
5C: Eden
5I: Shaylee
Year 6
Year 6
6C: Rosina
6H: Lucy
6K: Dua
6W: Aiden
PRIDE Values Certificates
PRIDE Values Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who received the Pride Values Awards this week:
Year 3
Year 3
3B: Henry
3K: Ji-In
3LS: Liliya
3M: Jordan
Year 4
Year 4
4G: Michael
4H: Tom
4J: Noah
4S: Yushu
Year 5
Year 5
5A: Hannah
5B: Innila
5C: Ryan
5I: Zeke
Year 6
Year 6
6C: Freddie
6H: Andrew
6K: Alexander
6W: Leila
Cheam Common Rights Respecting Schools' Certificates
Cheam Common Rights Respecting Schools' Certificates
Congratulations to the following children who have displayed outstanding, respectful behaviour this week:
Year 3
Year 3
3B: Jaxon
3K: Anoshka
3LS: Mollie
3M: Eliot
Year 4
Year 4
4G: Evana
4H: Barnaby
4J: Sophia
4S: Michel
Year 5
Year 5
5A: Flo
5B: Rhys
5C: Izaak
5I: Jacob
Year 6
Year 6
6C: Chloe
6H: Aiden
6K: Brian
6W: Michael
DOODLE MATHS
DOODLE MATHS
Well done to our top doodlers this week:
Y3 - Ewan
Y4 - Aiden
Y5 - Nihal
Y6 - Jayden
Congratulations to 3B for being the Doodle Maths winners and 3K for being the Doodle English winners this week.
Who will be our leaders next week?
Doodle Maths Streaks!
Doodle Maths Streaks!
Well done to the following children who have completed streaks on Doodle Maths and English:
100 Days: Woody, 3LS
300 Days: Samuel, 4J
Well done!
Times Tables RockStars
Times Tables RockStars
Year Winners:
Year 3 - Rashad
Year 4 - Dylan
Year 5 - Mikey
Year 6 - Lina
Winning Classes:
Year 3: 3B
Year 4: 4S
Year 5: 5B
Year 6: 6K
Information & Resources
Information & Resources
Free Parenting Programmes
Free Parenting Programmes
The Solihull Approach offers a series of free parenting programmes for all parents-to-be, parents, grandparents or carers of any child from the antenatal period to age 18 years, with the aim of providing a safe space for parents and carers to feel more confident in their approach to parenting.
The courses cover different periods throughout a child's life and are suitable for all parents and carers, including those whose children have additional needs, i.e. ADHD or ASD.
The courses are available to complete online, are available in 108 languages and are free for all Sutton residents.
Register at www.inourplace.co.uk and apply the access code: TREE
Sutton Dyslexia Drop In - Monday 5th July
Sutton Dyslexia Drop In - Monday 5th July
The next Parent/ Carer Drop- In for Sutton Dyslexia Association , is on Monday 5th July 2021, from 9.45- 11.30 am at Oaks Park Cafe, Carshalton, SM7 3BA. There is a free car park at the Croydon Road entrance to the park.
Parents and carers of children with dyslexia are welcome to come along, meet others and exchange ideas. We will meet outside the cafe.
best wishes
For more information, contact Angie Eliis on 0208 642 5448.
Space2Be
Space2Be
Space2Be is a youth group for children aged 7 to 14 who have special needs and or a disability. For more information about this group, please click here.
BOOK OF THE WEEK
BOOK OF THE WEEK
This week's book is 'Escape the Rooms' by Stephen Mangan.
The last thing Jack expected when he bungee-jumped at the fairground was to go plummeting right through the ground into the weird, wonderful Rooms... There he must face a series of puzzles and traps alongside a mysterious girl called Cally, in order for them to find their way home. Throw in a murderous polar bear, hundreds of tiny yet ferocious lions, some mind-blowing riddles, and get ready for a hilarious, helter-skelter adventure like no other!
MAD ABOUT MATHS
MAD ABOUT MATHS
What number should replace the question mark?
Science Spotted
Science Spotted
This week's Experiment: Chicken Sounds from a Cup!
This week's Experiment: Chicken Sounds from a Cup!
You will need:
A plastic drinking cup
Thread or cotton string (nylon string will not work well)
1 paper clip
Paper towel
A nail
Scissors
Water
What to do:
Cut a piece of thread about 20 inches (40 cm) long.
Ask an adult to use the nail to carefully punch a hold in the center of the bottom of the cup.
Tie one end of the thread to the middle of the paper clip.
Push the other end of the yarn through the hole in the cup and pull it through as shown in the picture.
Get a piece of paper towel about the size of a five pound note then fold it once and get it damp in the water.
Now it’s time to make some noise! Hold the cup firmly in one hand, and wrap the damp paper towel around the string near the cup. While you squeeze the string, pull down in short jerks so that the paper towel tightly slides along the string. If all goes well – you hear a chicken!
How does it work?
This is an example of how a sounding board works. The vibrations from the string would be almost silent without the cup, but when you add the cup, it spreads the vibrations and amplifies them (makes them louder.) Pianos and music boxes use wood to act as a sounding board to make the instrument louder.
Can you experiment and answer these questions:
What types of string or thread makes the loudest sound? Which ones make the quietest?
Does the size of the cup affect the volume of the sound?
Try materials other than a paper towel to see if it affects the volume of the sound.
Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?
Why not ask your child how they used our Word of the Week?
Year 3:
Year 3:
landmark
Year 4:
Year 4:
automobile
Year 5:
Year 5:
punishment
Year 6:
Year 6:
accessory
Opportunity
Opportunity
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