CCJ Newsletter 4th April 2025

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 4th April 2025

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

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

Happy Easter!

We would like to welcome all of our children, staff and families a Happy Easter. We hope you have a restful and safe break, and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 22nd April.

Food vouchers in Summer Holidays

The Council will be supporting families with food vouchers for two weeks of the summer holidays this year. This is the same offer that was made in 2024. Previous to that, vouchers were provided to families for the whole of the summer holiday period (6 weeks) but the Council is unable to offer that this year based on the value of the Household Support Grant provided by the Government (which has reduced this year) and the other needs that this grant meets.

Whilst the Council has prioritised the use of the grant for families with children, there are many other households in the Borough that also need support - including low income, working age households with no children, those that are in significant financial hardship or those households that need support paying their council tax.

Any family that is struggling with their finances can contact Together for Sutton on 020 8254 2616 or visit https://togetherforsutton.org.uk/ for free and confidential advice and support. Families can also access support through the Holiday Activities and Food programme - https://suttoninformationhub.org.uk/pages/haf.

Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletters

You can find out about what your child will be learning in the first half of the Summer Term by looking at their Curriculum Newsletters below.

You will also find Homework Matrix information on these.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Updates

We've been adopted - April 2025

CCJ Careers Fair

Monday 30th June

We are excited to announce the date of our second ever CCJ Careers Fair on Monday 30th June (1-3pm).

As we did last year, we would like to invite parents to partake in this Careers Fair. If you would be willing to give up your afternoon to come in and speak to classes about your career, please complete this Google Form.

We recognise that this date is far in advance. If your plans change, please do not worry. This is simply a register of interest.

Become a Volunteer.pdf

Our staff are abseiling down St Helier's!

As part of our partnership with St Helier's Hospital, some of our staff have volunteered to abseil down the hospital on Friday 25th April.

Miss Davies, Miss Mills, Miss Brooks, Mr Iliffe, Miss Shallcross, Mr Francis, Miss Bishop, Miss Fox and Mr Strange are taking part in this challenge.

If you would like to donate to their joint page, you can do so here. Alternatively, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and donate to a specific member of staff!

Arts Week: Parent Speakers!

Dear Parents,

We are excited to share an inspiring opportunity with you! During our recent Arts Council meeting, we discussed ways to enrich our students' creative experiences and make the arts more accessible to them. As visiting art galleries can be challenging due to costs and logistics, we thought—what better way than to bring the creativity directly to our school?

We would love to invite parents who work in creative industries—whether that’s painting, drawing, modelling, cake decorating, graphic design, or any other artistic field—to lead a workshop or give a talk about their career. This could be either during an after-school session for a group of around 30 students or as part of our upcoming Arts Week, from 7th to 11th July.

If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to inspire the next generation of artists and creators, we would be thrilled to hear from you! Please reach out to us at ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk, FAO Miss Maclean.

Thank you for helping us make the arts more vibrant and accessible for our students. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Yours sincerely,
CCJ Arts Council and Miss Maclean

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.

School lunches

You can see Summer Term options here.

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 this 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

Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Summer 1 Spelling Overviews

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Achievements

House Winners

This term, Willow House collected the most house points. They celebrated by wearing MUFTI to school on Thursday.

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.

Krysha (Year 6)

Krysha Maharjan 6C , has completed her 1.5K swimathon challenge on last Saturday at Cheam Leisure Centre. She is helping to raise money for the charity , cancer research and Marie Curie foundation.

William (Year 4)

William plays football for Panthers in the New Malden Little League. They finished 3rd this season, and William won the trophy for "Most improved player".

Well done!

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.

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

2024 - 2025 Term dates

Saturday 5th - Monday 21st April: PTA Easter Trail

Monday 7th - Monday 21st April: Easter Holidays

Tuesday 22nd April: Year 5 Earth Day

Saturday 26th April: Sutton Netball Rally

Monday 28th April: Year 3 Swimming Session 1/8

Thursday 1st May: Year 3 Science Musuem Trip and School Sleepover

Monday 5th May: Bank holiday

Thursday 8th May: VE Day

Friday 9th May: PTA Bingo Night

Monday 12th May: Year 3 Swimming Session 2/8

Monday 12th - Thursday 15th May: Year 6 SATs Assessments

Friday 16th May: Rainbow MUFTI

Monday 19th May: Year 3 Swimming Session 2/8

Monday 19th May: Year 4 High Ashurst Parent Meeting (9am and 6pm)

Thursday 22nd May: Class/team photos day #1

Monday 26th - Friday 30th May: Half term

Sunday 1st - Thursday 5th June: Year 6 Isle of Wight Residential Trip 1

Thursday 5th - Monday 9th June: Year 6 Isle of Wight Residential Trip 2

Wednesday 11th June: Class/team photos day #2

Saturday 12th 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.

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

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 ✉️

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Click the image above for further information!

Sutton's SEND Local Offer

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

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 Workers

Please click here to access our Family Support Workers portal with lots of information and resources to support you.

Primary Family Support Group flyer April-June 2025.pdf

Mental Health and Wellbeing Update

Local Activities and Events - General Information

Water shoes

If you would like to purchase water shoes ahead of your child's trip to the Isle of Wight, a local company is putting on a special discount for LEO schools. Please see the flyer here.