CCJ Weekly Newsletter 01st July 2022

Cheam Common Juniors Weekly Newsletter

Friday 01st July 2022

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

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

Cheam Common Junior - School Updates

Congratulations Mrs Shirley - Pearson National Teaching Award!

Congratulations to our very own Mrs Shirley for winning the Silver Award for Digital Innovator of the Year.

Mrs Shirley has been names as a Pearson National Teaching Award Silver Winner by the Teaching Awards for her outstanding commitment to changing the lives of children not just within LEO but nationally, supporting schools through their use of technology.

We are so incredibly proud of Mrs Shirley and all of the hard work she has put in over the years to support the growth of digital technology within the curriculum.

Well done Mrs Shirley. So very well deserved!

Sutton School Street Scheme - Share Your Views!

Sutton Council is committed to making the streets outside our schools safer and healthier for our children. This is why 10 school street schemes were introduced across the borough in November 2021. Sutton Council are now seeking your feedback on a proposed scheme where your child goes to school. Your feedback will help us to understand how well the scheme is working and if there are any opportunities for improvement.

The survey opens on Monday 4th July and can be accessed here: CLICK HERE.

We would be grateful if you could complete the survey before the closing date of Sunday 17th July and we thank you for your participation.

Change of Address and Updating Records - Polite Request!

Please can you ensure to update the school office should you move house, change personal details or wish to update contact numbers.

In order to ensure information is accurate, it is important that this is kept up to date, especially should we need to contact you for any reason.

Updates to records can be made in person, on the telephone or via the school office email, at ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.

Many thanks.

Cheam Common Junior Bring and Buy Sale!

On Friday 15th July, children from School Council will be holding a 'Bring and Buy' sale in order to raise money to purchase new playground equipment and books for the library for the next academic year. The 'Bring and Buy' sale will take place during the school afternoon and continue after school in the playground. Children can bring a small amount of money and during the afternoon they will have the opportunity to come along and purchase any items should they wish.

In order to help with the 'Bring and Buy' sale, we are asking for any donations which we could sell on the day. This can include books, toys, puzzles, board games, stationary etc that is in good condition but no longer needed.

Cheam Common Junior Tour Wimbledon!

As Wimbledon fever grips the nation once again, lucky children from Year 5 & Year 6 were fortunate enough to visit the iconic tennis court as part of a fun day out organised courtesy of the London Tennis Association. Throughout the day, children were able to go behind the scenes exploring the history of the sport, watch how rackets are made, practise their serving techniques before sitting back and watching a few matches both court side and on the famous hillside area.

Well done all and thank you to Mrs Hart and Mrs Culver for accompanying the children during the day.

LEO Maths Week at Cheam Common Junior!

This week, across Cheam Common Junior, children have been celebrating everything mathematical as they take part in our annual LEO Maths Week. From math's tangrams, to cryptic brain teasers, to even these incredible 'Curves of Pursuit' diagrams, children have had fun applying their mathematical knowledge.

Congratulations to everybody who took part in the Math's challenges this week. Winners will be announced in next week's newsletter.

Thank you to Miss Kelly and Mrs Dolling for organising a brilliant fun-packed week.

Year 3 Egyptian Curriculum Day!

Earlier this week, Year 3's took to the hall dressed up as various kings, queens, Pharaohs and even a few mummies as part of an exciting Egyptian Dress-Up day where they brought to life all they have learnt through their various curriculum topic, Temple, Tombs and Treasures!

Thank you to all the teachers involved for organising the day and to all the parents and carers for the fantastic costumes!

Year 6 Shadow Puppet Day at Cheam Common Junior!

Ahead of next week's LEO Arts Week, Year 6 took part in a special Shadow Puppet from the Play of Light theatre company workshop organised by Miss Briggs. Children had fun understanding how to create their own shadow puppet scenes and act out their own mini performances. Some will even be featuring in this years Summer Production at the end of the term. Can you tell what it might be?

Year 6 Boys B-Team Football Tournament!

Well done to the Year 6 Boys B Team for representing Cheam Common at the LEO Sports Year 6 Football Tournament earlier this week.

Throughout the day, children took part in various matches demonstrating their excellent teamwork, perseverance and football skills. One of the b-side teams was even fortunate enough to win their games, with fantastic goals from Sid

Congratulations for all who took part and thank you to Cheam Park Farm for hosting.

Congratulations Teya - Player of the Year!

Congratulations to Teya in Year 6 for her outstanding achievements in football this year.

Throughout the year, Teya has performed incredibly as part of Sutton United Women's U11 football team and as a result has been named as the 'Player's Player of the Year'. Such an achievement is fantastic and we are incredibly proud of her for receiving such an award.

Well done and we look forward to following her career in future endeavours.

Congratulation Vasu!

Congratulations to Vasu in Year 6 for her outstanding work for charity over the recent months, where she decided to grow and cut her hair before donating to the Little Princess Trust for making wigs for children in need. After cutting 15 inches of her hair, she has raised an incredible £280. SHould you wish to donate, you can do so by following the link here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/VPVj

As well as this, Vasu has increased her charitable work by opening and running a cookies and cake school with her friends as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, conducted in Sutton Manor Park earlier this month. The money raised went towards the total raised for her 'Big Cut'.

Finally, Vasu completed her challenges by performing an Indian classical dance, known as the 'Bharantanatyam' as part of the Upahaar School of Dance. Several dances were performed on the day by Vasu and her friends.

Congratulations and well done on such an inspiring effort!

Weekly Announcements and Updates

Cheam Common Junior Summer Term Diary Dates!

As the countdown to the end of Summer Term begins, we have collated all the important dates for your diary as it proves to be another busy and eventful half term. Please find below all the key dates and times for the next four weeks of the Summer Term!

Monday 04th July - Friday 08th July - LEO Arts Week
Tuesday 05th July - KS2 Sutton Music Festival
Wednesday 06th July - Children to meet new class teacher
Friday 08th July - CCJ Reports to be sent home
Thursday 14th July - Gym Kids performance to parents

(performances to parents to be held at 09:15am - 10:30am)

Thursday 14th July - Year 4 Orchestra performance to parents

(Times for individual class performances to be emailed separately)

Saturday 16th July - FOC Summer Fair (11am - 3pm)
Tuesday 12th July- Wednesday 13th July - Year 6 production

(performances to be at 09:30am, 1:45pm & 7pm)

Friday 22nd July - Last day of term. School to finish at 2pm.

Positive Playground Updates!

Next week’s Craze of the Week is 'Tennis' and the 'Game of the Week' is ‘Fruit Salad’.

Our sports leaders will be on hand to help run games and crazes as well as model skills of turn taking, being respectful to adults, each other and the equipment, helping all children have a happy play time.

Shawley Community Primary School - Children's Market

On 9th July 2022, Shawley Community Primary will be hosting our first-ever children's market run by children for children and there are a few spaces left should your child wish to take part! Your child could sell pre-loved toys, games or books or set up a games stall for a bit of fun. Perhaps they make jewellery, crafts, cookies or smoothies etc?

Running a stall costs £2 and whatever your child makes on the day goes directly to them providing your child the perfect opportunity to put their entrepreneurial skills to good use. A responsible adult must support each child on the day but the child is responsible for the selling, set up, signs and clearing away.

If your child does not fancy having a stall, why not come along with some cash to have a look around and support our mini entrepreneurs! This event is purely to bring both the local and the LEO community together so we would love to see you there.

For more information and to sign up for a stall, Click Here

Parking at Cheam Common Junior - A Polite Reminder

Please can we remind all parents / carers to be considerate of the local community, members of Kingsmead Avenue and neighbouring streets regarding on street parking.

During peak hours, we ask that those who drive their children to school, be mindful of parking across members of the public driveway, blocking in and/or restricting access for vehicles to pass.

Furthermore, even though the Sutton Street Scheme has proven successful, please note that the road is still in use and that parents, carers and children should be mindful not to walk in the road nor obstruct oncoming traffic from those who live on Kingsmead Avenue.

Many thanks.

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

Congratulations to all those who took part in the Infants and Lower Key Stage 2 disco last Friday. Fun was had all afternoon as the children partied and danced up a storm. Thank you to all the adults who came out to support the event, it was a great success all round.

During the afternoon, Friends of Cheam Common Junior raised an incredible £1389.78 which will go to help supporting the Summer Fair!

Friends of Cheam Common Summer Fair Urgent Request!

Friends of Cheam Common need your help. They are looking for volunteers for the Summer Fair 16^th July 11am - 2pm. Throughout the day, 2 volunteers per class, per slot are needed to assist in the running of the day including helping set up before and pack away. Volunteers will need to be at the school 5 min before the start time so they can be given instructions and what they will need to do. If you are able to volunteer or someone is happy doing 2 slots, please inform your child's class rep or let the Friends of Cheam Common know directly via their email, friends_cca@outlook.com. Please state the time slot you can do, your name and class your child is in.

Please see all the slots below:

09:00-11:00 (Setup)
11:00-12:00
12:00-13:00
13:00-14:00
14:00-16:00 (Pack away)

Friends of Cheam Common have organised a wonderful day but need volunteers to come forward and help.

Thank you for your continued support and effort and we look forward to seeing you and celebrating during this event.

Friends of Cheam Common Summer Raffle

As we gear up for the Summer Fair, raffle tickets are available with a whole host of exciting prizes to win. The raffle will be virtual through the provider ‘Raffall’. All tickets can be purchased via the website and they will independently draw the raffle at 7pm on Wednesday 6th July 2022.

If you are a winner, you will notified by email. Prizes will be available to collect from Cheam Common Infants Car Park on Friday 8th July. Tickets cost £2.00 each. To purchase your tickets, Click Here

When purchasing tickets, you will be asked to answer the question: ‘Which of these colours would you associate with the smurfs?’ Please answer blue.

Celebrations, Awards and Stars of the Week

Excellent Learners of the Week

3A - Elijah

3H - Violet

3M - Mahisha

3S - Jaxon

4S - Ewan

4B - Mollie

4F - Chloe

4J - Roman

5I - Alina

5G - Henry

5K - Dylan

5M - Seyi

6K - Connor

6C - Mia

6H - Dongwon

6W - Vasu

Pride Ambassadors of the Week

3A - Kiara

3H - Priyaan

3M - Liam

3S - Isabella

4S - Anaya

4B - Thea

4F - Charmaine

4J - Kai

5I - Max

5G - Janthina

5K - Sheryl

5M - Grace N

6K - Abigail

6C - Samuel

6H - Roxy

6W - Harry L

Digital Coder of the Week

Year 3 - Joshua (3M)

Year 4 - Charlene (4S)

Year 5 - Kayla (5G)

Year 6 -

SEND & Inclusion Updates!

For parents of pupils with SEN

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.

NHS

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

0800 028 8000

Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you call, you'll speak to a professional in your local NHS mental health service. They can discuss your current mental health needs and provide access to further support if needed. Calls to NHS urgent mental health helplines are free.

If you prefer not to call, read more about the support available in your local area:

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust website

Sutton Uplift is an integrated community based mental health and wellbeing hub which is accessible to anyone over the age of 18 living in the borough of Sutton or registered with a Sutton GP. We offer services to those with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. https://suttonuplift.co.uk

Samaritans:

Helpline: 116 123 (free of charge from a landline or mobile)

Email jo@samaritans.org

www.samaritans.org

24 hr helpline offering emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide:

https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/suicide

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/suicidal-feelings/about-suicidal-feelings/

We are also looking to host another Small Change, Big Difference course with Adapt to Learn. For those that are unfamiliar with this course, we run this as an alternative to the Early Bird programme. Some information about this is below.

If you are interested in attending this course, please email: sutton@nas.org.uk and we'll be in touch.

‘Small Change, Big Difference’ Parent Group for parents of children with a diagnosis of autism.'

The aim is to empower parents, supporting them to help their children by developing an in-depth understanding of autism. Taking a positive approach, we will explore, share and discuss practical strategies to help develop communication skills, pre-empt and manage behaviour and gain confidence and resilience.

During the sessions, parents will be given the opportunity to make connections, gain support and feel less isolated.

Each course comprises of four x 1.5-hour sessions and will cover a range of topics.

Click Image above for further information!

Check out the latest information regarding Sutton Young Carers, by visiting their website HERE

To read their latest Newsletters, click HERE

And for their quarterly newsletters aimed at children and young adults, click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page.

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.

Cheam Common Junior - General Information

Healthy Schools at Cheam Common Junior

To ensure children develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle and make positive choices regarding healthy eating, at Cheam Common Junior, we are actively encouraging children to choose and select appropriate snacks to each both at break and lunch times.

For more information of what to provide your child, Click Here.

Summer Lunch Menus at Cheam Common Junior

At Cheam Common Juniors we want all of our children to become ‘healthy learners’ and we recognise how important that the food that our children eat is to this. Our school meals are designed to be appealing, varied and balanced, meeting Government guidelines for nutritional standards in schools. School dinners cost £2.35.

Click here to check out the Summer School Dinner menu and speak to our school office should you wish for your child to have a school meal. Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Halal and special dietary requirements are available. Please enquire for further information.

Amazon Wishlist to support our School & Class Libraries

As our ongoing pledge to increase books within our school and class libraries, we have put together an Amazon Wish List should you wish to help us in purchasing any books for these areas. Thank you so far to all those who have kindly purchased book so far.

If you would like to support us with providing all our children with every opportunity to read, Click Here.

London Borough of Sutton Summer Reading Challenge

The London Borough of Sutton’s Cultural Services is launching a brand new Summer Reading Club for children from 4 to 11 years of age. This year’s Summer Reading Club aims to promote reading for pleasure and to prevent the dip in reading attainment which can occur over the summer by encouraging children to read throughout the holidays.

The new Summer Reading Club promotes reading for through a wide range of both physical books and eBooks, including Audiobooks. They ask that children borrow and read six library books and invites them to join us for one or more of the exciting STEAM-themed events which will be held at our Libraries or Heritage houses this summer. The project will begin on Friday 1st July and will run throughout the summer holidays.

Parents will be able to sign their children up to the Summer Reading Club either online or at one of libraries within the Borough of Sutton and will be entered into a prize draw where they could win a family ticket to Bockett’s Farm, a family ticket to Oxygen Freejumping or one of 5 £20 Amazon vouchers. They will also receive a certificate when they return to school in September.