Friday 21st March 2025
Cheam Common Junior Academy: Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park, KT4 8UT
Email: ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk http://www.cheamcommon.org.uk/
You will have received an email this week asking you to make your preferences for your child's Summer Term Clubs.
Please complete this by Wednesday 2nd April.
We want to learn more about how we can help your school and LEO Academy Trust to improve parental engagement, so your time and honesty are much appreciated! This survey will ask questions about the communication between carers and school, confidence in the school’s strategy and other aspects.
If you would like to complete the survey, you can do so here.
Thank you for your time!
We are so excited to have been successful in a bid to win brand new art supples.
Sir Frank Bowling launched a competition earlier this year and we were successful!
You can find out more about the grant here.
Thank you for sending your children in today with crazy hair to celebrate Red Nose Day. Between the Infants and Juniors, we are pleased to announce that we have managed to raise £1,141.79 for Comic Relief.
Please see below for some of the fantastically creative efforts. Well done!
Monday 30th June
We are excited to announce the date of our second ever CCJ Careers Fair on Monday 30th June (1-3pm).
As we did last year, we would like to invite parents to partake in this Careers Fair. If you would be willing to give up your afternoon to come in and speak to classes about your career, please complete this Google Form.
We recognise that this date is far in advance. If your plans change, please do not worry. This is simply a register of interest.
As part of our partnership with St Helier's Hospital, some of our staff have volunteered to abseil down the hospital on Friday 25th April.
Miss Davies, Miss Mills, Miss Brooks, Mr Iliffe, Miss Shallcross, Mr Francis, Miss Bishop, Miss Fox and Mr Strange are taking part in this challenge.
If you would like to donate to their joint page, you can do so here. Alternatively, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and donate to a specific member of staff!
Dear Parents,
We are excited to share an inspiring opportunity with you! During our recent Arts Council meeting, we discussed ways to enrich our students' creative experiences and make the arts more accessible to them. As visiting art galleries can be challenging due to costs and logistics, we thought—what better way than to bring the creativity directly to our school?
We would love to invite parents who work in creative industries—whether that’s painting, drawing, modelling, cake decorating, graphic design, or any other artistic field—to lead a workshop or give a talk about their career. This could be either during an after-school session for a group of around 30 students or as part of our upcoming Arts Week, from 7th to 11th July.
If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to inspire the next generation of artists and creators, we would be thrilled to hear from you! Please reach out to us at ccjoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk, FAO Miss Maclean.
Thank you for helping us make the arts more vibrant and accessible for our students. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Yours sincerely,
CCJ Arts Council and Miss Maclean
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.
Check out what our children have been up to this week at Cheam Common Junior Academy!
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.
Thank you, Alice, for your kind donation. Happy birthday!
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.
⭐️ Star of the Week Awards ⭐️
This week's LEO Explorer Value is 'Motivated'.
3B - Cooper and Huxley
3F - Issy and Daniel
3S - Arlo and Eunice
3T - Annabel and Alby
4H - Hannah and Lexi
4F - Jess and George
4HJ - Ahmet and Taya
4M - Max and Harini
5I - Dexter and Lillian
5D - Mason and Midhah
5G - Henry and Alisa
5H - Judie and George
6W - Seoyoon and Ashley
6B - Mimi and Kristen
6C - Sophia and Lina
6S - Ethan and Izzy
🎫 Golden Ticket Winner: Jonathon (3S)
📖 Reading Raffle Winners: Emilia (3T) and Hayat (5D) 📖
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.
Connor dedicated two hours of his Saturday to participate in Marie Curie's Great Daffodil Appeal. He completed his daffodil collection in Wimbledon and raised an impressive £126! This will help provide vital end-of-life care and support for people living with a terminal illness.
Elizabeth and her cheerleading group took part in a national competition at the weekend, and they finished with both 1st and 2nd prizes! Well done!
Clara is taking part in a 5000m Swimathon to raise money for Cancer Research UK. See Clara's message below:
Hi! I'm Clara, I'm 10 years old and I need your help to help others: I'm taking part in Swimathon 2025 and on the 29th of March I'm swimming 5km to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie & Swimathon Foundation, who do great work for a cause that's very close to my heart. If you can, please donate to my fundraising project on GivenGain and share! Thank you.
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.
Please find below all the key dates and times for next week and for the Spring and Summer Term.
PTA events are shown in this colour. Please see below for more details.
New dates
Wednesday 26th March: Spring Merit Assembly
Wednesday 26th March: Year 4 Chocolate-Making Workshop
Friday 28th March: Rocksteady Performances (9:30am to parents)
Monday 31st March - Friday 4th April: Year 5 Residential to Devon
Friday 4th April: Last day of term (2:15pm finish)
Saturday 5th - Monday 21st April: PTA Easter Trail
Monday 7th - Monday 21st April: Easter Holidays
Thursday 1st May: Year 3 Science Musuem Trip and School Sleepover
Monday 5th May: Bank holiday
Friday 9th May: PTA Bingo Night
Monday 12th - Thursday 15th May: Year 6 SATs Assessments
Monday 19th May: Year 4 High Ashurst Parent Meeting (9am and 6pm)
The Friends of Cheam Common now has a new Facebook group, where you can follow any updates on upcoming events or how you can get involved.
The Friends of Cheam Common will be distributing secondhand uniform to anyone may need it.
If this is something you would be interested in, please contact them on friendssecondhanduniform@gmail.com.
✉️ Friends of Cheam Common email address: Friends_CCA@outlook.com ✉️
The Friends of Cheam Common now has a new Facebook group, where you can follow any updates on upcoming events or how you can get involved.
The Friends of Cheam Common will be distributing secondhand uniform to anyone may need it.
If this is something you would be interested in, please contact them on friendssecondhanduniform@gmail.com.
✉️ Friends of Cheam Common email address: Friends_CCA@outlook.com ✉️
SEND & Inclusion Updates
Click the image above for further information!
Sutton's SEND Local Offer
Please follow this link to Sutton's new SEND Local Offer
Keeping 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
Family Support Workers
Please click here to access our Family Support Workers portal with lots of information and resources to support you.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Update
If you would like to purchase water shoes ahead of your child's trip to Devon or the Isle of Wight, a local company is putting on a special discount for LEO schools. Please see the flyer here.
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