CCJ Newsletter 4th July 2025

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 4th July 2025

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

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

Summer Fair Volunteers

If you would like to sign up to volunteer as our Cheam Common Summer Fair on Saturday 12th July, you can do so here.

MUFTI - Friday 11th July

Children can wear MUFTI on 11th July, in return for bringing a prize for our tombola stall.

Entry & Tokens to Summer Fair:

There is a £1 entry fee for adults, which can be paid using tokens (1 token = 50p, so 2 tokens per adult). Tokens can be bought in advance in £5 bundles – cash and card accepted.

To help reduce waiting times on the day, we strongly encourage you to buy tokens in advance.

Advance Token Sales (Infant & Junior Playgrounds):

7th July – AM & PM

8th July – AM & PM

9th July – AM & PM

10th July – AM & PM

The bar will accept tokens for soft drinks, so if your Year 6 child is attending on their own, please let them know they can use their tokens to buy a drink.

Entry Queues on the Day:

To help the event run smoothly, we’ll be using a two-queue system:

Pre-Bought Tokens: Queue from Infants' Gate down Kingsmead Avenue towards junior office (faster entry – just hand over tokens)

Cash/Card Payments: Queue from Infants' Gate towards Balmoral Road (may be slower)

We recommend buying your tokens in advance to avoid long queues on the day.

Need More Tokens?

You’ll be able to purchase additional tokens inside the fair at the Bar, Cake Stall, and Treat Stall.

🎨 Arts Showcase Afternoon 🎨

Wednesday 9th July

We are delighted to invite you to our CCJ Arts Showcase, taking place on Wednesday 9th July. This special event is a celebration of the creativity, talent, and hard work your children have shown across the arts – including Music, Drama, DT and Art.

The school will be open from 3:30pm – 4:30pm, during which time you are warmly welcome to explore the classrooms and corridors, which will be transformed into gallery-style displays of your child’s artistic learning and achievements.

🎭 What's on:

Explore stunning artwork and design projects displayed throughout the school

Experience a variety of drama pieces and performance work

Drop into classrooms to hear about the creative process from the children themselves

Enjoy live Year 6 music performances in the school hall

🎶 Year 6 Music Performance Times (in the school hall):

3:40pm

4:00pm

4:20pm

🔴🟢 Year 5/6 Sports Day 🟡🔵

Thursday 10th July

We are looking forward to re-attempting to host Sports Day on Thursday.

Year 5 and 6: 9:15-11am

Children should come to school wearing a coloured t-shirt relating to their House colour (see below). You can find the House your child is allocated to on your Arbor account home screen.

Please note, there is no expectation to purchase anything new for this day. If your child does not have a t-shirt in their house colour then they should wear their PE t-shirt as normal.

🔵 Pine 🔵

🟡 Willow 🟡

🔴 Oak 🔴

🟢 Elm 🟢

Parents will be able to watch their children take part in various stages of the Sports Day carousel. One of these stations is a 'break', in which children will be given a cold drink and a snack, kindly organised by the Friends of Cheam Common.

Running races will be confirmed on the day. If it is too hot, these will not go ahead.

☀️ We are aware that Thursday is forecast to be a hot day. Children will be given plenty of breaks throughout the activities. Children should bring plenty of water, and be wearing sun cream and sun hats.

School Updates

Maths Week Competition - Winners!

Last week, we celebrated Maths Week London. All children were invited to take part in our LEO-wide competition about famous historical mathematicians - Ada Lovelace or Albert Einstein.

All children will receive a certificate for taking part next week and their work will be displayed as part of our Arts Showcase on Wednesday afternoon.

Miss Kelly would like to say a huge thank you to all of our children and families who entered the competition.

Our winners are:

🥇 Ethan - 4M 🥇

🥈 Mildred and Kaylie - 6B 🥈

🥉 Ida - 5D 🥉

Ethan's entry, inspired by Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

Kaylie and Mildred's information leaflet about Einstein and Lovelace.

Ida's posters about both Einstein and Lovelace.

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 Summer 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!

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

Summer 2 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Summer 2 Spelling Overviews

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Achievements

⭐️ Star of the Week Awards ⭐️

This week's LEO Explorer Value is 'Resilient'.

3B - Finn and Jonathon

3F - Edna and Harrison

3S - Jonathon and Pietro

3T - Emilia A and Niko

We are so proud of each and every Year 4 pupil this week. Whether they are at school or High Ashurst, their hard work and resilience has been clear to see. Well done!

5I - Skyla and Marnie

5D - Billal and Emily

5G - Hannah and Novak

5H - Herkus and Scarlett

6W - Grace and Finn

6B - Kristen and Himavanth

6C - Louis and Isabella

6S - Alessia and Isla

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.

Elena (Year 3)

Elena has performed with the Young Musician Strings Group (YMSG) part of Sutton Music Trust on Monday 30th June.

Sofia (Year 5)

We’re incredibly proud to share that Sofia earned a Bronze Medal at the London Taekwondo Championships last weekend. She was the only girl to reach the podium in the 10–11 age category—a great achievement that reflects her talent, determination, and hard work.

Elena and Aylin (Year 3)

Last week, Elena and Aylin both completed their Grade 1 Ballet Exam. Well done, girls!

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.

Summer Term Dates

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

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

New dates

2024 - 2025 Term dates

Monday 7th - Friday 11th July: Arts Week

Monday 7th July: Meet the Teacher Afternoon

Wednesday 9th July: LEO Pupil Conference @ Epsom College (some Y5/6 students)

Wednesday 9th July: Arts Showcase

Thursday 10th July: Year 5/6 Sports Day (9:15-11am)

Thursday 10th July: Gym and Cheerleading Showcase (6:30pm) *more information coming soon*

Friday 11th July: End of year reports sent home

Friday 11th July: Wimbledon Championships Trip

Friday 11th July: Active Citizens Tennis Fundraiser

Friday 11th July: Year 6 Dress Rehearsal to KS1

Saturday 12th July: Summer Fair

Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th July: Year 6 Summer Production (9:15am & 6:30pm)

Wednesday 16th July: Merit Assembly

Thursday 17th July: SEND Coffee Morning

Thursday 17th July: Golden Ticket Winners Trip to Horton Mini Golf

Thursday 17th July: Year 6 Leavers' Party

Friday 18th July: Last day of term (2:15pm finish)

Friends of Cheam Common - Updates

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

Support for children without ASD or ADHD diagnosis

Partners including CAMHS, Sutton Local Authority, Education and the Voluntary Community Sector are working with parents/carers to design a pilot to provide early support to families that may have concerns that may be related to Autism or ADHD.

The pilot will aim to provide early support to children and young people with or

without a formal diagnosis.

To make sure this pilot service truly meets the needs of families in Sutton, we would be extremely grateful if you could complete the following short survey:

https://forms.office.com/e/swsnFC9jmK

Your feedback will help to:

Identify gaps in support experienced by parent/carers, ensure that the pilot service is informed by parent/carers and that families receive the help that they need, and improve coordination between services.

The survey should take approximately 15-20 mins to complete; it is open until 23rd June 2025.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Diana Salgado, Clinial Service Lead for the Leads Based Model team, through the email:

needsbasedneuro@swlstg.nhs.uk.

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

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

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

Local Activities and Events - General Information

Help Keep Young People Safe in Our Community!

Please share:

We’re looking for everyday people—shop owners, neighbours, volunteers, parents—who care about young people’s safety and want to make a difference.

What’s a Community Guardian?

A community guardian is a trusted adult who helps look out for young people in the places they spend time—like parks, shops, schools, online spaces, and local neighbourhoods.

You don’t need to be an expert—just someone who’s observant, approachable, and willing to help if something doesn’t feel right.

As a Community Guardian, You Might:

Keep an eye out for signs that a young person might need help

Offer a safe place, like your business or community space, if someone feels unsafe

Build positive relationships with local young people

Help raise awareness about keeping young people safe

Why It Matters

Sometimes, risks to young people happen outside the home. That’s where community guardians come in—offering support and safety in the spaces where young people hang out every day.

Interested in Getting Involved?

We're planning a short training session and will support however you need to help you feel confident. Whether you want to actively participate or just learn more, we’d love to hear from you.

Please register your interest by emailing either of the below:

"Michele McGilley" michele.mcgilley@sutton.gov.uk

"Joshua Talbot" joshua.talbot@sutton.gov.uk