Cheam Common Juniors Weekly Newsletter

Friday 04th March 2022

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

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

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Welcome to our new look Cheam Common Junior Newsletter. Within the newsletter, you will find various 'quick links' that will help you navigate the site, making it much easier to find information you require at Cheam Common Junior.

Update - Current World Events in Ukraine

As the situation in Ukraine intensifies, I am sure you and your children are all saddened by the current events and may have questions or concerns. As always, teachers are supporting children within school with any questions or worries in a sensitive manner. Furthermore, we have a family support worker who is here, should you need any support or are directly affected and want to talk. Please contact the school if you need to arrange a meeting or a telephone call with the family support worker.

Here are some resources you may find useful:

Supporting your child if they see upsetting content online about what is happening in Ukraine (Childnet): Childnet
We should not hide from children what is happening in Ukraine (Schools Week/Children's Commissioner): Schools Week
How to talk to children about what’s happening in Ukraine and World War Three anxiety (Metro): The Metro
Help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how to help them avoid misinformation (Department for Education): DfE

Positive Playtime - A Fun, engaging and Positive Approach to Play Times

This half term Mrs Townsend, Mrs Hart and our support staff (Mrs Davis, Miss Walter-Simons and Miss Brooks) have been developing a new approach to break and lunch times and are excited to be launching our new 'Positive Playtime' with a whole host of games, activities and resources for children to use at playtime and lunchtime. 'Positive Playtime' supports our behaviour policy and provides children with a fun, engaging and positive approach to playing together.

During today's assembly, our fantastic adults along with our Year 6 Sports Leaders led an assembly to explain 'Positive Playtime', 'Game of the Week' and 'Craze of the Week'. They also introduced our new 'Buddy Bench', playground equipment and shared future updates on our 'Performance Stage'.

This week’s craze is: skipping and the games are: ‘fruit salad’ and ‘stuck in the mud’. Our sports leaders will be on hand to help run these games and crazes as well as to model skills of turn taking, being respectful to adults, each other and the equipment and helping all children have a happy play and lunchtime.

Positive Playtime - Dressing Up Request

This half term, we are excited to be launching our new 'Positive Playtime', with a whole host of games, activities and resources for children to use during both break and lunchtimes.

As part of this, we will be building a stage for children to use and perform during these times. Should you have any dressing up items, accessories or equipment and would like to donate these to the school, we would we grateful to receive these and we ask if they could be handed into your child's class teacher or to the school office.

World Book Day - Thursday 03rd March 2022

Yesterday, Cheam Common Junior were excited to take part in a range of exciting activities as part of World Book Day. This year, the celebrations are based around promoting 'Reading for Pleasure'. Children and staff took part in whole range of activities, challenges , competitions and even dressing up in an array of truly inspiring and imaginative costumes to promote a love of reading for all!

After school, we also held our World Book Sale 'Book & cake Sale'. Thank you very much to everybody who donated and to those who purchased items on sale. We are pleased to announce that we raised an incredible £160 which will help go to restocking out school libraries for children to use.

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

Friends of Cheam Common - Doughies Pizza Night

After last years success, Friends of Cheam Common and Doughies have teamed up again to bring you a fun cooking experience for the entire family. As part of the evening event, you can order either pizza and/or cookie kits to make and bake your very own delicious treats. Orders should be placed by Saturday 26th March and will be delivered to your child's class for collection on Friday April 01st.

Kits can be ordered via the Doughies Website - Click Here

SEND & Inclusion Updates!

Sutton Dyslexia Association are excited to be be hosting their next Parent/Carer Drop-In this half term.

The next session is on Wednesday 23^rd March 2022 at Oaks Park Cafe, Carshalton from 09.45 till 11.30 am.

Should you wish to attend, there is a free car park at the Croydon Lane entrance to the park.

Over the course of this half term, there has been plenty of activities, resources and information added to our SEND & Inclusion page, including 'SHOUT' - a free, confidential textline to help if struggling or feeling overwhelmed.

There are also links to various activities and groups running over the half term holidays and beyond including the Sutton Council & Sutton Parent Carer Forum 'Alice in Wonderland Stay and Play' themed sessions. There is also information on the services provided by Sutton Children and Young People Disability Service!

For further information regarding SEND and Inclusion updates, activities and resources, Click Here!

Keeping your children safe Online - YouTube Supervised experience

Supervised Experience is essentially a filter allowing you to block YouTube content which is deemed for adult users only. Manage these settings from your own device via Google Family Link. Please click HERE for a guide on how to implement these settings. There are now 3 filtering levels which are:

(1) Explore - for users 9+. (2) Explore More - for users 13+ (3) Most of YouTube - all content excluding content marked as 18+.

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.