CCJ Newsletter 4th October 2024

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 4th October 2024

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

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

School Updates

SEND Coffee Morning: Thank you!

Thank you to those parents who attended our SEND Coffee Morning on Wednesday. It was wonderful to bring our community together and to have conversations in a safe, comfortable and warm atmosphere.

Please make a note of the next date below. We're hoping to get even more parents together!

Next SEND Coffee Morning date: Thursday 14th November (8:45-9:45am)

Year 3 Open Afternoon

On Monday 21st October, we would like to invite parents into school to come and see our children learning in their classrooms.

Parents are free to arrive between 2:15-2:30pm for coffee, then you will be invited to classrooms from 2:30-2:55pm to see your children's class in action and even to take part in activities with your child.

If you would like to attend, please complete this short Google Form, so that we can make arrangements.

Harvest donations: Thank you!

Thank you so much to our families who donated goods to our Harvest Festival collection this week.

On Wednesday, some members of School Council will be travelling to Epsom and Ewell Food Bank and to local charity shop, SOS!SEN to drop off these donations. We look forward to continuing to support local charities and groups throughout the year.

Please watch this video that our School Council made to promote our Harvest Festival.

Remember: You have until Wednesday morning to bring in donations.

School Council Harvest festival.mp4

Parking reminder

We ask our parents to please be mindful of parking restrictions around our school. We care about our local community and want to ensure we do not impact their lives negatively.

Please take care not to block driveways when parking, not to park on the zig-zagged lines outside the office, and to be patient with one another.

Meet our new Peer Mediators!

We met for the first time on Thursday. These children have volunteered their time to help others at lunchtime. They can't wait to receive their badges and to get started.

BBC 500 Words Competition

There are two age categories: 5-7 and 8-11 year-olds. All children need to do is write a story they would love to read in 500 Words or less.

We would love children of all abilities to enter; spelling, punctuation and grammar are not marked - it's all about creativity!

50 finalists will be invited to go to a glamorous grand final at Buckingham Palace in February next year, where the bronze, silver and gold winners in each category will have their stories read out by celebrities.

There are also lots of prizes to be won - each winner will take home a bundle of books and the gold winners also win 500 books for their school library.

Not only that, the winning stories will receive an original illustration from Dapo Adeola, Nigel Parkinson, Lydia Monks, Momoko Abe, Rob Biddulph or Yasmeen Ismail.

It's incredibly important to us that children of all abilities and backgrounds are able to take part in the competition; therefore each school that enters a story and receives 50% free school meals or more, is entitled to a £50 National Book Token and three £10 book tokens for their pupils.

Young Writers Competition: 'Wonderverse Poetry'

Throughout the year the Young Writers host a range of competitions for 7-12 year olds. This time round, the theme is Wonderverse Poetry! Wonderverse Poetry is an exciting, fun way to engage 7-12 year-olds with creative writing by inspiring them in different themes.

Children will be inspired to delve into their imaginations to write a poem about any topic. Using any style or technique, they can write about incredible worlds or fantasy creatures, express their inner thoughts or emotions, describe their favourite people, places or hobbies, or write about your class topic. Watch this video to find out more.

The opportunity to see their work in print will inspire our pupils to get writing, and everyone chosen for publication will receive a certificate of merit. There are also fantastic prizes to be won, including an incredible £1,000 for the school!

At the end of the last academic year, we opened up the competition of Ancient Adventures across the school. We are pleased to announce that 64 entries have been chosen and will be published in the book: Ancient Adventures - Story Time. Successful entrants will be informed on prizes etc later when more information is received.

Let's take our pupils into the Wonderverse today! If this sounds like something you are interested in, speak to your learning council representative, your class teacher or Miss Holloway.

Closing Date: Friday 25th October 2025.

Find out more on their website!

Submit your Wonderverse poem in this portal!

Pupil support guide on how to upload your submission

Click here to access example poems

Click here to download/print the online planning sheet

🎨 Request for donations: Old T-shirts for Art lessons 🖌

As part of our ongoing efforts to encourage creativity and hands-on learning in our art classes, we are in need of some additional supplies. To help protect the children's clothing during art activities, we would like to kindly ask for donations of old shirts or t-shirts that can be used as art aprons. Ideally, long-sleeved shirts would be most suitable, but any size or style is greatly appreciated!

If you have any old shirts or t-shirts at home that you no longer need, we would be grateful if you could send them into school with your child to give to Miss Maclean (4M).

Thank you in advance for your generosity and continued support.

Miss Maclean

Parent Guide for Digital Tools

Parent Guide to Digital Tools for Home.pdf

School lunches

Here are the lunch options for next week. You can click on the image to see all options for the term.

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.

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.

Thank you, Finlay, for your book donations. Enjoy your birthday tomorrow!

We have loved receiving some fantastic homework so early in the 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

Curriculum Newsletter

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

School Achievements

This week, our LEO Explorer Value has been 'Collaborative'.

3B - Jessica and Yon Woo

3F - William and Elena

3S - Emma and Kieran

3T - Edon and Phoebe

4H - Georgie and Aadith

4F - George and Phoebe

4HJ - Lumi and Toby

4M - Sama and Monika

5I - Lilian and Samuel

5D - Kyle and Aji

5G - Amber and Samuel

5H - Rosie and Logan

6S - Curtis and Sofie

6B - Jasmine and Aneesh

6C - Rushil and Sophia

6W - Liam and Aleeza

🎫 Golden Ticket Winner: Edna (3F) 🎫

📖 Reading Raffle Winners: Molly (3S) and Charlotte (6C) 📖

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!

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.

Autumn Term Dates

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

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

New dates

2024 - 2025 Term dates

Monday 7th October: Year 6 Bikeability Week 1

Tuesday 8th October: Year 5 Science Dome Experience

Monday 14th October: Year 5 Swimming starts

Monday 14th October: Year 6 Bikeability Week 2

Tuesday 8th October: Year 5 Science Dome Experience (in hall)

Wednesday 9th October: School Council dropping off Harvest donations

Monday 14th October: Year 6 Excel Centre 'New Scientist Live' Trip

Monday 14th October: Year 4 Gooey Stuey Workshop (at school) - 2 classes

Tuesday 15th October: Year 4 Gooey Stuey Workshop (at school) - 2 classes

Tuesday 15th October: STEAM Trip to Thorpe Park

Wednesday 16th October: Year 3 Diwali Workshop (at school)

Thursday 17th and Friday 18th October: Year 6 trip to Sutton Life Centre

Monday 21st October: Year 6 Bikeability Week 3

Monday 21st October: Eco Council trip to recycle old pens and glue sticks

Monday 21st October: Year 3 Open Afternoon

Friday 25th October: Year 4 Roman Day

Friday 25th October: MUFTI Day

Friday 25th October: Last day of half term

Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November: Half term

Monday 4th November: INSET Day (children not at school)

Thursday 7th November: CCJ Disco Night

3:30-4:30pm Year 3 and 4 4:45-5:45pm Year 5 and 6

Friday 8th November: CCI Disco Night

3:30-4:30pm Year 1 and 2

Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th November: Parent Consultation Evenings

Thursday 14th November: SEND Coffee Morning

Friday 15th November: Children in Need

Friday 15th and Monday 25th November: Year 6 trips to British Museum (information coming soon)

Monday 25th November: Flu inoculations

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

Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

Please follow this link to Sutton's new SEND Local Offer

24-25 - All Primary Parent Webinars - Poster - Education Wellbeing Service.pdf

Click the image above for further information!

Early Years support.pdf

Early Years support package 2.pdf

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

Developing Skills in Emotional Self-Regulation.pdf

Creating a Positive Bedtime Routine.pdf

Understanding and Supporting my Child’s Early Development.pdf