CCJ Newsletter 26.06.2020

Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter

Friday 26th June 2020

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

Tom Palmer comes to LEO

We are excited to let you know that the wonderful author Tom Palmer has kindly agreed to work with pupils in Y2-5 across the Trust as part of our LEO Big Arts week in the week beginning 6th July. As part of this week Tom will be filming some special assemblies for us all to enjoy about being a writer and this is where we need your help...

We would like you to think of some questions to ask Tom about his work as a writer. Perhaps you would like to ask Tom a question about his work, how he became a writer or questions about his books. If you would like to ask Tom a question then please complete this form and your questions will be shared with Tom. Please complete the form by Friday 26th June.

To find out more about Tom, visit his website. https://tompalmer.co.uk/about-tom/

To watch a video that he made for LEO schools, click here.

LEO Adobe Spark Pupil Program Reminder:

If you are taking part in the Adobe Spark Student programme remember to submit your Adobe Spark Portfolio with 5 examples using the DigiDom challenges before next Friday the 3rd of July.

LEO has £1000 of book vouchers to give away as prizes (100 x £10). This opportunity is still open to pupils in KS2 (Years 3-6). The challenges are lots of fun and we really encourage you all to take part. Find all the information you need here!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9s7_Y2XIgY4pAm-vE3ETc2YoZmWaW-0kGBtJDo-R-x_0DnQ/viewform

Click here for more information.

Transfer to Secondary School September 2021

If your child is currently in Year 5, please click the following links for further information and guidance regarding transfer to secondary school.

Transfer to Secondary School

Applying to Secondary School

Guidance for Parents

EduFuturists Primary School of the Year 2020 Award

We’re really proud to have been shortlisted for the EduFuturists Primary School of the Year 2020 Award. The winners will be announced during a special online event on 10 July. You can find out more details & vote online at: https://awards.edufuturists.com/vote

Please vote for Cheam Common Junior Academy and share with your friends and families to vote too!

This Week's Events

London Maths Week

22nd June - 26th June

This week children at school and at home took part in Maths Week London. The children enjoyed the daily challenges, particularly the London Tubes and the code breaker.

Thank you to Mrs Dolling for her great live quizzes.

We hope you all enjoyed it!

What's Been Happening in School?

Here are some of the things children in school have been up to this week...

What's Been Happening at Home?

Well done to those of you who have been hard at work completing your Distance Learning tasks from home this week.

Remember, you can send any work you do during and after these lessons into your year group mailboxes. Your teachers will love to see it!

Year 3 - Rivers Deep, Mountain High

Year 3 are enjoying their topic this half term. Check out these Adobe Spark videos all about the River Thames.

Watch Maia's Adobe Spark video here.

Watch Michael's Adobe Spark video here.

Watch Eva's Adobe Spark video here.

As part of the Year 3 Rivers Deep, Mountain High topic, Maxine (3B) decided to go kayaking with her family. Over 14km she could observe the flow of the water, how the shallow formed and how fast the current was on the river bend. She admired meanders of the river and eroded rock formation and even conquered a small waterfall! She liked the quiet water flow that never stops. On this adventure she learnt how to paddle and cooperate with her mum while navigating the kayak. Well done Maxine!

Titanic Breakfast Videos

This week Year 4 used their kitchen skills to create a Breakfast Menu for passengers on the Titanic! We are so impressed with your confidence. Well done!

Click here to watch Elma's demonstration on how to make a fruit smoothie.

Click here to see Head Chef Harry's Breakfast Menu.

Click here to watch Veda create her very own fruit smoothie.

Welcome to London - Young Geographer of the Year Competition

Following Aashi's great entry into the Young Geographer of the Year competition, we have now had a new entry from Laurence!

Good luck to you all!

There is still time to submit your entry. Deadline is 30th June 2020.

For more details, click here.

This year’s Young Geographer of the Year competition gives young people the chance to explore the potential that geography holds. Although we might all be confined to our homes, and doing #geographyathome, we are asking young people to explore their wider geographical horizons by providing entries to our Young Geographer of the Year competition and explore the geography of:

'The world beyond my window'

We are interested in entries that explore the human and physical geography of places that exist beyond a young person's window, be it locally or further afield. We want to know how young people’s lives are connected to and influenced by these places - be the connections physical, digital or emotional. We also want to understand how geographical processes in the physical and human worlds have created these places and might be changing them.

Master Screencaster

The Year 4 Digital leaders have been busy earning their screencastify badges this week. They had to watch some training videos on how screencastify works and complete a quiz testing their knowledge. Check out this demo screencastify from Ben who is guiding us around a digital house he has created! If you are interested in earning your own screencastify badge, follow this link to get started! We would love to hear from you if you have completed it!

Ben's Screencastify House Tour

CHEAM COMMON POSTCARDS

More Cheam Common Postcards have been sent home over the past couple of weeks. These postcards are another way of us communicating with you to celebrate great work, ideas or attitudes that we have been impressed with during this time!

We hope they will put a smile on everyone's faces!

Who will be next to receive one?

Year 3:

Nathan

Khy

Amelia

Evana

Year 4:

Hyunjun

Bramiya

Sanat

Year 5:

Nathan

Alex

Year 6:

Sophia

LYG Virtual Games

The London Youth Games are excited to announce the launch of the LYG Virtual Games. The LYG Virtual Games will take place over four-weeks, giving young children and young people the chance to represent their Boroughs in a series of sport-related challenges that can be done at home, at school or while out for daily exercise.

Three weekly challenges will be released every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 9.00am on the London Youth Games website and social media channels. Participants will then have until Friday at 12.00pm to complete the challenges and submit their scores. All the challenges will relate to a London Youth Games sport and have been set by young Londoners with a connection to the Games.

Sutton Music Services Live Lessons

Remember to join the weekly live lessons from Sutton Music Services delivered on Google Meet.

Please see the timetables to find out when your class lesson is scheduled and use the code that has been emailed to you to join the call.

TIMES TABLE ROCK STARS LEADER BOARD

Congratulations to the following children for being in the top 5 leader board for achieving the most points towards their classes' overall score.

1st: Louis, 5C

2nd: Seyi, 3B

3rd: Georgia, 3G

4th: Karthi, 4H

5th: Lea, 6C

Well done also to the following classes for the highest points this week:

1st: 4H

2nd: 5C

3rd: 3G

Enjoying Times Table Rockstars?

Why not get involved with London Rocks 2020 everyday between 2pm and 7pm?

DOODLE MATHS

Well done to our top doodlers this week:

Y3 - Georgia, 3G

Y4 - Vasu, 4H

Y5 - Rosina, 5W

Y6 - Emma, 6P

Congratulations to 4H for being the winning classes this week. Who will be our leaders next week?

Upcoming Events

LEO Music Week

29th June - 3rd July

What better way to celebrate the last few weeks of the school year than by having our very own LEO Carnival!?

During this music themed week you will be able to experience the delights of Carnival.

We may not be able to take our Carnival out onto the streets of Cheam and Sutton but we can certainly try and recreate this in our schools and homes.

There will be singing, dancing, playing, mask making and plenty of other activities for you to enjoy so make sure you join in on 29th June for LEO Academy Trusts very own street party!

BBC Orchestra

Ten Pieces Connecting the Dots

We’re delighted to be taking part in special online workshops with musicians from BBC Concert Orchestra as part of BBC's Ten Pieces Connecting the Dots project on 2nd July as part of LEO Music Week.

Year 6: 1.10pm

Take a look at next week's newsletter to see what we got up to!

LEO Arts' Week

Arts Week is the perfect way to express yourself and how you have been feeling! The definition of Art is: the product of imagination and creativity, particularly in a physical form. This means that there are many different forms of art: paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, collage, photography, theatre, poetry, novels, music, dance, film and much more.

We are going to focus on five strands of Art this week: imagery (such as paintings and photography), music, film and theatre, books and dance. At the start of the week, we will share all of the activities and links so that you can pick and choose which activities you would like to take part in and see which competitions you would like to enter.

Information

LEO CATERING LUNCH MENU

For those children in school, you can our school dinner menu here for this half term. Remember you can choose which days you would like to have a school dinner.

Wellbeing Resources

Mentally Health Schools have produced their seventh coronavirus toolkit which is full of resources to help children with managing transitions as they prepare for the end of this school year. Click here to access it.

Sutton School Nurses

The school nursing team are offering support to families who may be experiencing anxiety at this time or may have other concerns they would like support with.

They offer telephone appointments, online appointments and face to face in a clinic space if it is felt appropriate with all the necessary precautions and risk assessments.

Phone Discussions for Parents & School Staff

The Cognus Educational Psychology Service Community Callback is open to all parents and carers who live in Sutton. They hope to be able to offer you a safe and reflective space in which you can share any questions you have or anxieties you may be experiencing during this time.

Calls are available on: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the school and setting closure period with some evening slots available.

Here is the link to the form to book a slot for the "Educational Psychology Service - Phone discussions for parents & school staff".

Learning

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Lost by Ele Fountain

Thirteen-year-old Lola lives in a nice house with her younger brother Amit and her father who owns a factory. One day their father heads out of town to see a supplier. When he doesn’t return, the children believe he has gotten cut off by the monsoons as everywhere is flooded and that he will be back the next day. Day after day their father doesn’t come back and their landlord now wants them out of their house. With no other relatives to help them the children head to the streets with just a backpack each and a little money. How is Lola going to cope in this vast city where she was once one of the rich kids and now she has nothing and is fast becoming a street rat?

Lost is a beautiful book filled with compassion, loyalty, family, love, and courage. Once I began, I just couldn’t put it down and read late into the night to finish it!

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.

SCIENCE SPOTTED!

This week we are mixing science and art! What you will need this week is: cotton pads, coloured water (from food colouring or water colours), pipettes or paintbrush to drip the water from.

All you need to do is drip your coloured water onto the cotton pads and watch the magic happen! It sounds simple right, but there is alot of science happening in the background! What is the name of the process happening when the water lands on the pad? If I drip a second colour onto the cotton pad they do not mix, what happens instead?

Once your cotton pads are all dry and you have had some time to think about the science behind it, why not put all your cotton pads together to make one big collage or image! We would love to see them!

MAD ABOUT MATHS

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

Year 3:

triumph

Year 4:

jubilation

Year 5:

euphoria

Year 6:

exuberance

Opportunity

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