CCJ Newsletter 9.10.20

Cheam Common Weekly Newsletter

Friday 9th October 2020

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

Tel: 020 8337 1844

email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk

www.cheamcommon.org.uk

CARS ON KINGSMEAD AVENUE

Over the past week, we have seen lots of cars causing congestion on Kingsmead Avenue as well as some dangerous manoeuvring where families are crossing. The volumes of children and families walking and cycling to school are put at risk as cars pull up in the road or outside the school gates. Please can we politely ask all parents to walk to school where possible and where it is necessary to drive, please park on nearby roads and walk the rest of the way. A reminder that the gate closes at 8:45am. Please leave yourselves plenty of time to avoid the rush, especially in the winter weather.

Thank you for your support to ensure our families are safe. Miss Gunner

What has happened this week?

HARVEST COLLECTION

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our harvest collection this year. Maddie, Yvonne, Esah, Ruby, Alex W and Alex K helped pack and load the donations ready to be delivered to Epsom and Ewell Food Bank. Your support is greatly appreciated.

LONDON YOUTH GAMES VIRTUAL CHALLENGES

The London Youth Games have relaunched their virtual games and every Monday will release a new challenge for children to take part in and represent the borough.

This week the challenge was Rugby. Children had to see how many times they could get the ball into the target using 5 attempts.

Well done to Esah with the winning total of 4!

Next week's challenge is linked to Volleyball.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

From Thursday 1st October, we are celebrating Black History Month .

We are excited to be celebrating it throughout October and have some exciting activities planned. Each year group are focusing on a significant individual from Black History, ranging from sports personalities to political figures. They will also share a range of stories, celebrating achievements and important aspects of Black History. Miss Austin and Miss Carberry shared an assembly with the school to help children to understand the purpose of celebrating Black History Month.

Walk to School Week

Well done to everyone at Cheam Common for taking part in the five-day Walking Challenge 2020: HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

Strong hearts, healthy bones, increased muscle strength are all well-documented outcomes of walking, but the benefits for the mind are just as powerful.

We hope that the children enjoyed stepping up to this challenge!

What is happening next week?

LEO PARENT ONLINE SAFETY MEETING

Steve Welding, a former police officer, will be joining Senior Leaders across LEO to deliver a workshop for parents on online safety. This will take place via GoogleMeet on Wednesday 14th October at 7:30pm – 8:30pm. You can access the workshop here.

Saturday 10th October is World Mental Health Day.

The theme of this World Mental Health Day is: The same, but different.

One thing we all have in common is that we all have feelings and we all have mental health. Mental health is just like our physical health, we have to look after our bodies and our minds to be healthy.

One way to support your mental health is doing a muscle relaxation activity. Have a go at one of the activities below and see if you feel more relaxed!

Imagine you have a ball of slime in the palm of each hand.

Breathe in and squeeze the slime as hard as you can.

Breathe out and open your hands letting the slime spread across your hands.

Repeat a few times.

Colour breathing

Sit or stand in a comfortable position. Close your eyes if you wish.

Imagine your favourite colour or the colour which helps you feel calm.

Breathe in and imagine you are breathing in this colour.

As you breathe out, imagine blowing a bubble made of this colour.

YEAR 6 BIKEABILITY

Next week are our final Bikeability sessions for Year 6.

Bikeability works over 2 levels; Level 1 which is playground based and teaches your child to ride a bike correctly and safely. Level 2 is based on quiet roads in the local area and allows your child to experience cycling on roads.

If you have signed up to one of our courses your child must:

Bring their bike to school on every day of their course with a padlock to lock it in the bike shed
Bring in a helmet as well as a tracksuit and trainers to change into before their sessions
Commit to attend every session
A waterproof coat would also be advised. Children may also want to bring a pair of gloves.

Bikeability courses are designed for children who are confident cyclists and would like to learn how to cycle on the road.

Things to Celebrate!

SCIENCE QUIZ TEAM NATIONAL FINALS

On Thursday 1st October, George, Jack, Aashi and Aurora from Year 6 represented Cheam Common at the Science Quiz National Finals. Last year, these 4 children took part in the quiz championships at the Science Museum, IMAX and progressed into the National Finals with their high score. The team took part in the virtual quiz against schools all over the country. They did incredibly well and finished 9th overall out of 442 teams; a huge achievement! A special mention to George and Jack who finished 4th and 15th out of 1768 children who took part from the start of the competition!

YEAR 6 LEADERSHIP TEAM

Our Year 6 Leadership Team is growing with many children across the year group being selected to lead various pupil voice groups across the school. We know you will all do a fantastic job and we look forward to hearing more about your roles and duties across the school in future newsletters. Congratulations to the following children:

Pine House Captain: Freya & Esah

Oak House Captain: Scarlett & Noah

Willow House Captain: Annabel & Amy

Elm House Captain: Sophie W & Jack M

Sports' Leads: Ava & Ryan

Eco Council Chair: Baney, Brian & Aroush

School Council Chair: Kavya & Nierucshan

Learning Council Chair: Ali, Nicole & Prenavi

Peer Mediator Chair: Leila & Sarya

Junior Travel Ambassador Chair: Maya & Aashi

Rights' Respecting Chair: Laurence & Olivia

Money Ambassadors: Lucy & Joshua

Digital Leader Chair: Isaac

LEO PRIDE Leaders: Olivia, Sadie, Ruby, Archie, Isaac, Noah, Amela, Evie, Samara & Alex K

STAR OF THE WEEK CERTIFICATES

Congratulations to the following children who recieved the Star of the Week award this week:

Year 3

3B: Alma-Rose

3K: Evan

3LS: Tippi

3M: Jordan

Year 4

4G: Leo

4H: Amelie

4J: Abhi

4S: Arthav

Year 5

5A: Bavisha

5B: Rhys

5C: Izaak

5I: Jacob

Year 6

6C: Lina

6H: Hamza

6K: Lois

6W: Amy

PRIDE Values Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who received the Pride Values Award this week:

Year 3

3B: Roman

3K: Scarlett

3LS: Mollie

3M: Sydelle

Year 4

4G: Altjona

4H: Jake

4J: Preslav

4S: Zubair

Year 5

5A: Veda

5B: Isla

5C: Sophie

5I: David

Year 6

6C: Joaquin

6H: Sadie

6K: Callum

6W: Aiden

RIGHTS RESPECTING SCHOOLS' CERTIFICATES

Congratulations to the following children who have displayed outstanding, respectful behaviour this week:

Year 3

3B: Evie

3K: Ava

3LS: Adam

3M: Aarya

Year 4

4G: Javisha

4H: Thomasina

4J: Phoebe

4S: Georgia

Year 5

5A: Xavier

5B: Ziqcra

5C: Zackry

5I: Ahsan

Year 6

6C: Rosina

6H: Jay

6K: Aashi

6W: Maddie

144 Club

Returning to CCJ once again … the 144 Club is a club but not as we know it! To be part of the club all you have to do it is prove you know your times tables. Children will be given the chance, once a week in their classes, to complete a times tables test. They have to answer 144 questions (72 for Year 3) in less than 5 minutes. If they are successful they enter the 144 Club. They will receive a certificate and a badge. Once in the club, children have to take the test again, every term, to secure their place. The aim is that they beat their own personal best each time. Want to find out more? Speak to your child’s class teacher.

Congratulations to the following children who are already members of the 144 Club for this term:

Year 3 (72 Club):

Gabbie, Adam K, Ava, Remi, Ji-Youl, Jayden & Rory, Laura, Visvesh, Mikail, Latishan, Sydelle, Alex & Lorenzo

Year 4:

Jake

Year 5:

Braymia, Sesandi, Sanat, Hamzah, Chris, Roshan, Toby, Karthi & Ahsan

Year 6:

Freddie, Liam, Jack, Joshua P, Lucy, Ali, Freddie, Shlok & Alex K

FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE

Our Cheam Common Fantasy Football League for children (and staff) across the school is in full swing. After the first few games of the season here is the current leaderboard, however we know that anything can happen over the course of the season.

Good luck!

TIMES TABLES ROCKSTAR CHAMPIONS

Well done to our Times Tables Rockstar Champions for this week:

Year 3 - Aadityavel

Year 4 - Ama

Year 5 - Alana

Year 6 - Archie

Year Group Winners:

3B, 4S, 5I & 6K

DOODLE

Children across the school have been busy on Doodle English and Doodle Maths this week to earn points and complete tasks set by their teachers. Well done to 6K for being the Doodle English winners for this week and well done to 3B and 3M for being the Doodle Maths Class winners this week. Who will be our champions next week?

Also well done to the following children for being the 'Top Doodlers' in their year groups this week:

Year 3 - Mikail

Year 4 - Zubair

Year 5 - Hollie

Year 6 - Aurora

Also well done to 4S who came 2nd in the national Doodle English competition! A fantastic achievement!

CELEBRATING YOUR OPTIONAL HOME LEARNING PROJECTS

Remember to check out the Home-School Communication site to find details of your optional projects!

Make sure you come and show Miss Gunner. We have seen some lovely work so far.

Information and Resources

PARENT CONSULTATION EVENINGS

Our Parent Consultation Evenings will take place on Tuesday 20th October, Wednesday 21st October and Thursday 22nd October.

Due to current guidelines, these meetings will all take place virtually via Google Meet.

Each appointment will last 10 minutes.

We will email you with details of your appointment and the Google Meet code by Monday 12th October.

SUTTON DYSLEXIA SERVICE

The next Parent/Carer Drop In will be on Monday 9th November 2020 at Oaks Park Cafe, Carshalton from 10 - 11.30am.

The meeting will be in the white side extension of the cafe.

There is a free car park at the Croydon Lane entrance.

All welcome.

Subscribe to Dyslexia Explained!

Nessy has launched a brand new Youtube channel - for teachers and parents!

Dyslexia Explained contains short videos to help teachers and parents understand dyslexia and how best to advocate for the children in their lives.

For one of our first videos, we asked Mandy Nayton, CEO of AUSPELD how to talk to children about their dyslexia:

Click here to view a quick reference guide for parents relating to COVID-19 related pupil absence.

FRIENDS OF CHEAM COMMON

Whether you’re new to the school or if you’ve been with us for a while, what better way could there be to meet other parents than to get involved with the fun events that we hold here throughout the year.

Each class has their own ‘Friends Class Rep’. Their role is to help to promote and organise volunteers for our fundraising events throughout the year.

The acronym “PTA” may fill you with fear and you may have images of baking, giving up lots of time and probably even giving lots of money. However, what we need from parents is just a small amount of time, working around you and your commitments. If there were enough of us who were willing to give up 1-3 hours a YEAR, that would make all the difference.

We run various events like cake sales, discos and quiz nights. We always need volunteers at these events, but we would only ask that you give up an hour or two of your time.

This term, we have lots of fun and exciting ideas for ‘virtual’ fund raising events so that even in the current circumstances we can still raise much needed funds for the school. If you would like to find out more or can offer any help, please contact: Friends_CCJA@outlook.com

Year Group Inboxes

If you need to contact your child's teacher, remember you can email the year group directly using the following email addresses:

ccjy3homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

ccjy4homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

ccjy5homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

ccjy6homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

BONFIRE NIGHT LUNCH

On Thursday 5th November, there will be a special bonfire night lunch.

If your child does not usually have a school lunch on a Thursday, please email the school office to order this special lunch by Wednesday 14th October.

AUTUMN 2 SCHOOL DINNER MENU

Please click here to view the school dinner menu for after half term. Please let the school office know what days your child would like a school dinner.

HELP & ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

If you would like to contact Mrs Townsend or Mrs Hart about any matters relating to Inclusion, including Special Educational Needs you can email them directly at ccjsend@leoacademytrust.co.uk or alternatively make an appointment through the main school office.

EASY CHOCOLATE POTS

Why not check out our weekly recipes and try them out at home?

INGREDIENTS

You need just three ingredients for these rich chocolate pots -

150ml double cream

150ml whole milk

300g dark chocolate

Makes 6

METHOD

Put 150ml double cream and 150ml whole milk in a pan, place over a medium-low heat and bring

almost to the boil. Meanwhile, finely chop 300g dark chocolate and put in a large bowl. When the

milk and cream are steaming but not quite boiling, pour over the chopped chocolate.

Leave the mixture for 5 minutes to melt, then stir gently until smooth and fully combined.

Pour the mixture into 4-6 small ramekins (about 125ml) and chill for 2 hrs. Once set, serve with a

dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of grated chocolate, if you like.

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

This term sees the return of our Battle of the Books reading competition. Each year group has an updated list of books recommended for their age group.

Every week we put a synopsis of one of the recommended reads in our newsletter.

This week's book is 'Malamander' by Thomas Taylor and is from the Year 5 Booklist.

Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy – especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. No one knows what happened to Violet Parma’s parents twelve years ago, and when she engages Herbie to help her find them, the pair discover that their disappearance might have something to do with the legendary sea-monster, the Malamander. Eerie-on-Sea has always been a mysteriously chilling place, where strange stories seem to wash up. And it just got stranger...

How many books will you read?

Will you complete the whole list?

Remember once you have read one of the books, you need to write a book eview and show your teacher to get your bookmark stamped.

You can view your child's year group lists below:

Year 3 Battle of the Books

Year 4 Battle of the Books

Year 5 Battle of the Books

Year 6 Battle of the Books

MAD ABOUT MATHS

SCIENCE SPOTTED

Our weekly news feature.

This week...Can you create a storm in a glass?

You will need;

Shaving cream
A large glass
water
Food coloring
A spoon

What to do;

Fill the glass 1/2 full with water
Spray some shaving cream on top of the water to fill the glass to ¾ full.
Use your finger or a spoon to spread the shaving cream evenly over the top of the water. The top of the shaving cream should be flat.
Mix ½-cup water with 10 drops of food coloring in a separate container. Gently add the colored water, spoonful by spoonful, to the top of the shaving cream. When it gets too heavy, watch it storm!

How does it work?

Clouds in the sky hold onto water. They can hold millions of gallons! The layer of shaving cream is our pretend cloud in this experiment. The shaving cream layer can also hold onto water. Clouds can’t keep storing more and more water forever, eventually they get too heavy. When that happens, the water falls out (precipitates) as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Try more water and less shaving cream or less water and more shaving cream. Which one looks more like a drizzle, and which one looks like a downpour?

WORD OF THE WEEK

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

Year 3:

irritate

Year 4:

aggravate

Year 5:

infuriate

Year 6:

exasperate

Opportunity

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