CCJ Newsletter 13th February 2026

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 13th February 2026

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

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

September 2026

We are delighted to announce that our new 2026 September Year 3 cohort is full! When applying to Cheam Common Junior Academy, parents were asked to give their reasons for choosing us. We've created an infographic to represent this underneath.

World Book Day

Friday 6th March

We are delighted to announce that we will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 6th March. This is a wonderful opportunity for our school community to come together and share our collective passion for reading.

To mark the occasion, we invite all children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. Whether they choose a classic protagonist, a modern-day hero, or a character from a beloved picture book, we cannot wait to see their imaginative costumes. Please ensure outfits are practical and comfortable for a full day of school activities.

Spring 2 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Our new Curriculum Newsletters have been released. They can be found below, and can always be found further down the newsletter.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

📣 Attendance 📣

Before the half term break and as part of our mid-year review, letters will be sent to families of children with attendance below 90% (the threshold for persistent absence). These are routine administrative reminders to help you keep track of your child’s time in school. You can check your child's current marks anytime via the Arbor app.

Class teachers will be available to discuss attainment and 'catch-up' support for any gaps caused by absence during Parent Consultations after half-term. Please remember that persistent absence or 10+ sessions of lateness can result in Local Authority fines. We look forward to working together to support your child’s progress!

📣 Pick-up reminders 📣

🐶 Dogs: Please ensure that dogs are on leads and under control. If you believe that your dog is not safe to be around children, please do not take it onto school grounds.
🛝 Playground equipment should not be used at the end of the day. This can encourage large groups of children playing unsupervised, which can be dangerous, as well as delaying the closure of gates.
🚗 Paths and roads: A reminder that, although Sutton Safe Streets are in place on Kingsmead Avenue, the road is still open to those with a permit. We have seen an increase in children cycling on the road, or families walking up and down the road, and not noticing cars (which can be incredibly quiet now). Please ensure that your children are being safe on the roads when travelling to and from school.
🅿️ Parking on double yellow lines is not safe for our children and families. Please be considerate of others.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

🍫 Fairtrade Fortnight 🍌

Children across the school have been celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight by bringing in delicious baked goods this week, all made with Fairtrade ingredients.

Check out Remi and Casper's bakes to the right, and Ziyi's Canva all about banana bread below.

Careers Fair

Friday 12th June

On the afternoon of Friday 12th June, we will be hosting our third annual Careers Fair.

We would be interested in inviting parents into school to talk about their jobs and to answer questions from children about their jobs/careers. We would love to find a real mix of jobs and vocations amongst our community in order to show the children a wide variety of future careers out there. Additionally, if you know of someone with an exciting career who you believe would be interested, please state this in the extra details section.

If you would be interested, please complete this Google Form and put the date in your diary!

School Updates

Universal Breakfast Club

Family Support Worker - referral form

If you would like to explore ways that our Family Support Worker could support your family, please complete this Google Form.

Breakfast and After School Club: How to change, book or update

Please email ccjextendedservices@leoacademytrust.co.uk or phone 07739360621.

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 Spring 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!

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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

Spring 2 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Achievements

⭐️ Stars of the Week ⭐️

This week's LEO Explorer Value is 'Forward-Thinking'.

3AM - Scarlett and Vihaan

3JH - Pauls and Lois

3RM - Lilly and Alex

3VH - James and Stanley

4F - Florence and Rayne

4I - Kushaan and Joe

4J - Ziyi and Christy

4S - Rania and Cooper

5D - Melinda and Adam

5G - Taya and William

5H - Teddy and Neha

5W - Stefanos and Charlotte

6C - Archana and Gustaco

6CB - Amaira and Libby

6F - Isobel and Nevin

6SB - Louis and Evie

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.

Melinda (Year 5)

Melinda met Ross Montgomery, author of the Midnight Guardians and much more, at the weekend. What an incredible opportunity and a fantastic photo.

Ben, Hugh, Daniel and Remi (Year 4)

These boys took part in a Scouts Own Ceremony last week. They had been learning about the founder of the Scouts, Robert Baden Powell, and took part in a quiz-themed performance to showcase to parents and other Scouts, Scouts and Brownies. Well done, boys!

Leo (Year 4)

Leo took his Grade 2 Piano Performance exam and has passed with distinction (the highest band)! He gave a very sensitive and musical performance, and is extremely proud of himself.

Well done, Leo!

Shivansh (Year 5)

Shivansh has been busy drawing animals which ties in nicely with existing, endangered and extinct topic!

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.

Spring Term Dates

Please find below all the key dates and times for the Spring Term.

PTA events are shown in this colour. Please see below for more details.

New dates

2025 - 2026 Term dates

Monday 16th - Friday 20th February: Half term

Monday 23rd February: Thinking Day

Children can wear Guides/Scouts/Brownie uniform if they wish.

Tuesday 24th February: Year 5 Devon Residential Parent Meetings (9am and 6pm)

Tuesday 24th February: Year 4 Forest School - Session 1/5

Thursday 26th February: School Discos

Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th March: CCJ Parent Consultation Evening

Friday 6th March: World Book Day

Tuesday 10th - Monday 16th March: Year 6 Ski Trip

Friday 13th March: Quiz Night

Wednesday 18th March: Year 4 Trip to Kew Gardens

Thursday 19th March: Year 4 Chocolate Making Workshop (in school)

Friday 20th March: Rocksteady Concerts

Thursday 26th March: Year 3 local trip to church

Monday 30th March - Friday 10th April: Easter Holidays

Thursday 16th April: Year 3 Science Museum Trip & Sleepover

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

The Friends of Cheam Common now has a Facebook group, where you can follow any updates on upcoming events or how you can get involved.

Quiz Night

You can find out more information here.

Secondhand Uniform

A gentle reminder, please only donate the items listed below.

Logo jumper

Logo cardigan

Logo fleece

Logo waterproof jacket

Logo PE tshirt

Logo polo shirts

Junior PE black quarter zip top

Ties

Red PE shorts

Please do not donate, shirts, or grey uniform items; we have very limited storage space and we can’t store those items currently. We will let you know when we are able to accept these items again.

Thank you so much for supporting the second hand uniform sale on Friday. We are delighted that good quality school uniform can be reused and help families.

Going forward, we need to reduce the uniform service that we offer unfortunately. We will no longer be taking uniform email requests for the foreseeable future. The uniform service has expanded immensely with donations and requests over the past year. Whilst it has been absolutely wonderful to offer this service to the school community; sadly, we don't have the volunteers to sustain the huge amount of time this service requires.

However, we are very happy to still offer a termly uniform sale, where we'll have plenty of uniform on offer to stock up for the term ahead.

Please leave donations at either the Infants’ or Junior’s office.

We hope you understand the decision we've had to take, and we thank you, as always, for your continued support.

SEND & Inclusion Updates

Click the image above for further information!

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