📻 CCJ Radio: Show #8 - Our interview with Gary Chivers 📻

CCJ Radio

Throughout the rest of the term, we will be inviting many children to have a slot on our radio station. 

Every week, four Green Ticket winners are chosen to take part in Friday's session.

🎵 Amazon Music 🎵

Pupils across the school started by requesting the songs they would like to be part of the radio station. If any parents would like to donate to our Amazon fund to purchase music for the radio then please gift any amount you can on an Amazon E-Gift Card to ccjradio@leoacademytrust.co.uk. We would be very grateful. 

Fundraising

On 12th July, Phoebe (Year 3)'s parents, along with their friends will be participating in a significant fundraiser for the Royal Marsden Hospital. Friends will start by climbing Scafell Pike, followed by cycling approximately 200 miles to Ben Nevis, and then climbing Ben Nevis—all without sleep in between. The Willers will be driving the support vehicle and joining them for the climb up Ben Nevis.

When Reuben was just one, he underwent intensive chemotherapy for a rare form of liver cancer. Now, at five years old, he is at school locally and cancer-free. Our aim is to support the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and raise at least £10,000.

If you would like to donate, you can do so here. Thank you.

☀️ Hot weather and uniform reminder ☀️

As the weather is warming up, please ensure that children have sunhats and a water bottle in school. Please ensure that children have applied sun cream in the morning.

Uniform reminder

Please ensure that children are wearing school shoes, or plain black trainers.

Additionally, a reminder that our PE kit consists of the following items: White T-shirt, red shorts or black/navy tracksuit bottoms and trainers. Our black training top and bottoms are also optional items in our PE kit.

Summer 2 Curriculum Newsletters and Homework

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.

🏏 Surrey Cricket Disability Day: Some of our Year 5 children had an incredible time exploring the Kia Oval on Wednesday, taking part in the annual Surrey Cricket Disability Day. We tried different games and activities run by organisations such as Fulham FC, Crystal Palace FC, Harlequins RFC. We were given a tour of the stands and even got to meet Caesar the Lion!

👟 Year 5/6 Quad Kids: Children from Year 6 represented Cheam Common at the Sutton Borough Quad Kids event. Children completed four different athletics events: jumping, sprinting, throwing and long distance running.

⚽ Sutton and Cheam Cup Final: On Wednesday afternoon, our Year 6 Boys' Football Team faced Cheam Park Farm in the final of the Sutton and Cheam Cup. It had been a difficult cup run but we were motivated for the final. However, after going 1-0 down in the first half, we faced an uphill battle. Thankfully, Rashad had a stormer of a half and scored a hat-trick. The game finished 3-1 and we were crowned Sutton and Cheam Cup Winners. 

🎥 Year 5 LGfL training: On Thursday, some of our Year 5 digital leaders took part in training on how to use the latest equipment in our Innovation Hub.

🏕 High Ashurst: Our Year 4 children have spent the last two nights in High Ashurst, our Year 4 residential! We have spent the last three days rock climbing, on high ropes, making fires, building dens and playing team-building games. A massive thank you to all members of staff who looked after, challenged and encouraged the children over their time away.

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!

Please find below all the key dates and times for next week and for the Summer Term.

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

New dates

2023 - 2024 Term dates

Summer Fair

If you would like to give up an hour of your time and volunteer at the Summer Fair, it would be so appreciated. The sign-up sheet can be found here.

Family Support Referrals

Family Support Referrals 2023-2024

All referrals welcome for those families that require support 

• Please complete your referrals using the following Family Referral Form 23-24

• You can also find out more information on the Family Support website: Family Support Portal

• If you have any questions please speak to your school’s Family Support Worker. Cheam Common's FSW is Alice Whyman, who can be contacted at awhyman3@leoacademytrust.co.uk 

Thank you - LEO FSW Team