CCJ Weekly Newsletter 24th June 2022

Cheam Common Juniors Weekly Newsletter

Friday 24th June 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

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 27th - Friday 01st July - LEO Maths Week
Monday 27th June - In School Science & Maths Quiz Club Finals
Friday 01st July: Children/Parents are to find out their new class/teacher for 2022/2023 academic year
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 11th July- Wednesday 12th 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.

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.

Cheam Common Junior Sports Day Success!

With the sun out and shining brightly, children across Cheam Common Junior came together to take part in their annual Sports Day. Held at the local 4th Worcester Park Scout Hut, children took part in a carousel of sporting activities including, mini golf, javelin, speed bounce, sack race and the 'egg and spoon challenge'. Plenty of encouragement, perseverance and laughter was had throughout the day, as children threw themselves into each challenge successfully. At the end of each Sports Day, children competed in their house team running races, where even the teachers and parents competed, which was great fun to see.

Firstly, thank you to Mr Ewing and Miss Hendra for organising a fantastic day and members of Cheam High for helping to run each of the events. Children had a wonderful time and it was due to all the hard-work, preparation and effort involved.

Secondly, Thank you to the Friend of Cheam Common for organising snacks and treats for all.

Finally, thank you to the children, parents and carers for a brilliant turn out and for making it the success it truly was.

Year 4 High Ashurst Residential Trip Update

Continuing with our annual year group residential trips, Year 4 children have had a fantastic time at High Ashurst this week. Throughout their stay, children have relished the opportunity to partake in a variety of outdoor based activities.

From forest-based skills to building fires, rock-climbing, abseiling and even roasting marshmallows, children have had a blast challenging themselves as they throw themselves excitedly into every challenge.

Each evening, children settled down to a variety of home-cooked dinners, sat round the campfire to sing songs, play games and tell stories before heading off to their tepees and cabins to rest before another action packed day followed.

Thank you to all the adults who accompanied the children helping them make memories they will never forget!

Year 6 Girls Surrey County Cricket Finals!

A fantastic day for our Year 6 girls who competed in the Surrey County Cricket Finals this week.

After an impressive display of teamwork, perseverance and encouragement, the girls secured victory and finished first, winning the tournament.

Congratulations to all the teams who took place and a special congratulations to the girls for such an impressive win.

Thank you to Mr Ewing for organising and leading the team and thank you to Surrey Cricket & Sunbury Cricket for hosting.

Well done girls, we are so incredibly proud of you all!

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Special Announcement!

Earlier this term, children from across Cheam Common Junior took part in an array of activities designed to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

As part of these celebrations, children contributed to a special birthday card designed by Vasu (Year 6), where they each write personalised messages to Her Majesty, before it was sent off to be presented to her.

This week, we were privileged to receive a special royal correspondence from Windsor Castle in the form of a letter, thanking us for some a beautiful gift and to express their dearest gratitude. Honoured and thankful indeed!

Positive Playtime at Cheam Common Junior

Congratulations to Cheam Common Junior who have been awarded the 'Positive Playtime Award' due to their outstanding provision during playtime and lunchtimes.

A huge thank you to all our Support Staff and Midday Supervisors who have led the initiative and helped raise the profile of playground games and activities. Children have enjoyed the many activities on offer and has shown a positive improve all round.

Thank you to Mrs Townsend, Mrs Hart, Mrs Davis, Mrs Walter-Simons and Miss Brooks for championing this across the school.

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.

Weekly Announcements and Updates

LEO Charity 6 Mile Walk for St Raphael's

On Tuesday 05th July, 6pm, Sutton Music Services will be showcasing the talent of children across Sutton as part of the KS2 music Festival. Scan the QR code above to buy tickets!

LEO Charity 6 Mile Walk for St Raphael's

On Saturday 25th June, LEO Academy will be taking part in St Raphael's Lavender Memory 6 Mile charity walk. Use the code above to receive a 10% discount when registering!

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

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 - Metehan

3H - Daisy

3M - Oluchi

3S - Lotus

5I - Frankie

5G - Kayla

5K - Genevieve

5M - Yushu

6K - Chris

6C - Roshan

6H - Yazan

6W - Karthi

Pride Ambassadors of the Week

3A - Zeri

3H - Sebastian

3M - Finlay

3S - Isla

5I - Preslav

5G - Tommy

5K - Nic

5M - Grace C

6K - Sewon

6C - Veda

6H - Emma

6W - Sesandi

Digital Coder of the Week

Year 3 - Soha

Year 5 - Abhi

Year 6 - Abiksha

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.

Mental Health Week

This week as part of mental health week, we have been looking at identifying our emotions using some of the Beano characters as well as thinking about who we can talk to if we are feeling worried or lonely. Below is some contact information if you feel you require help with your mental well being.

MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS & WEBSITES

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.