CCJ Newsletter 8th November 2024

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Weekly Newsletter

Friday 8th November 2024

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

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

School Updates

Autumn 2 Curriculum Newsletters

Please find our new Curriculum Newsletters attached for the second half of the Autumn Term. Many year groups are starting completely new topics with new Homework Matrixes, so it is worth checking.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Odd Socks Day

On Tuesday 12th November, we will be celebrating and taking part in Odd Socks Day! We are looking forward to seeing all of your colourful socks next week as 'Odd Socks Day' marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week.

Odd Socks Day is designed to be fun, however the main focus is to raise awareness of Anti Bullying Week and it is an opportunity to encourage people and children to express themselves whilst expressing their individuality and what makes us all unique!

There is no pressure to wear the latest fashion or to buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks to school on Tuesday 12th November!

Please note that this date has changed to avoid Remembrance Day.

Children's Hospital Pyjamas Campaign

Every year, we support Kingston Hospital and St George's Hospital in our Christmas Pyjama Campaign.

We are collecting donations of pyjamas from generous families throughout November. If you would like to donate, this would be hugely appreciated. Any donations can be handed to class teachers.

Thank you for your support.

Young Writers Competition: November/December

Once again, Young Writers have another exciting writing competition for 7-12 year olds. This time round, the theme is The Magical Map!

The Magical Map can transport children anywhere in space and time using the power of imagination - let creativity run wild! With only 100 words, take a journey, quest to the past, future, a new world or an ancient world!

Benefits of Entering

✨ Pupils can put their literacy learning into practice for a real audience

✨ 100-word limit helps focus writing and improve vocabulary

✨ Fantastic writing stamina practise

✨ Open theme to let creativity shine

✨ Bookmark and sticker for every entrant

✨ Brilliant prizes including £1,000 for the winning school

✨ See pupils' writing confidence and pride flourish when they see their work published in a book

Let's take our pupils into The Magical Map 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 20th December 2024.

Submit your Magical Map Saga in this portal!

Pupil support guide on how to upload your submission here.

Click here to access example sagas.

Picture prompts

Click here to download/print the online planning sheet

Parent Online Safety Working Party

Parent Online Safety Working Party.pdf

Parent Guide for Digital Tools

Parent Guide to Digital Tools for Home.pdf

Train to teach with LEO Academy Trust

LEO Academy Trust is incredibly proud to work in partnership with the National Institute of Teaching as an Associate College to deliver Initial Teacher Training, (ITT) Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) from September 2025. Associate Colleges are successful school trusts, selected because of their wealth of in-house expertise in professional development and their deep relationships in their local areas. This collaboration allows us to be at the forefront of educational excellence, providing local teachers with unparalleled opportunities for professional growth, learning and development. Together, we are shaping the future of teaching and learning, ensuring that every child receives the highest quality education.

Applications for our primary ITT courses are now open for September 2025! Our initial teacher training is a fully immersive school-centred programme - aspiring teachers will be in the classroom from the very start. But full immersion does not mean that you will be thrown in the deep end: our trainees are mentored and have central training once a week.

To apply for a place on our ITT programme please click here.

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.

Thank you to Martha, and her family, for these very generous book donations!

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 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 'Aspirational'.

3B - Rania and Elliott

3F - Hallie and Marcus

3S - Oliver and Anisa

3T - Kirtan and Ruby

4H - Hannah and Hayden

4F - Sarrinah and Ben

4HJ - Taya and Jamie

4M - Joon and George

5I - Margot and Molly

5D - Libby and Jia-le

5G - Daniel and Annabel

5H - Owyn and Geethika

6S - Isla and Shazain

6B - Sonny and Kristen

6C - Daisy and Daniel K

6W - Izzy and Saathvik

🎫 Golden Ticket Winner: Pietro (3S) 🎫

📖 Reading Raffle Winners: Liam (3F) and Param (6B) 📖

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!

Clara (Year 6)

Clara swam at Dorking SC last Sunday and he asked me to share her achievements with the school, she came back with 3 medals:

1st place 200m Backstroke

2nd place 200m Freestyle

2nd 100m Backstroke

Cooper (Year 3)

Cooper in 3B has been busy in half term learning about Cornish copper mining . He visited Morwellham Quay in Cornwall and went on a mine train in the hills, saw a blacksmith at work, and learnt about the job of a 'cooper' - a barrel maker! What an experience!

Isabella (Year 4) and Edna (Year 3)

Isabella and Edna performed at the Stars of Tomorrow group competition and came 1st with their Mary Poppins dance and 2nd with their Wizard of Oz dance.

They will both be performing their Wizard of Oz dance at the Epsom Christmas lights switch-on event on Friday 22nd November at 5pm.

Alexa (Year 4)

During half-term Alexa had a big hair cut and donated 13 inches and raised over £900 for Little Princess Trust. What a kind thing to do!

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

Tuesday 12th November: Odd Socks Day to commence Anti-bullying Week

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

Thursday 14th November: SEND Coffee Morning

Thursday 14th November: Royal Ballet School Trip

Friday 15th November: Children in Need (SPOTacular - wear spots!)

Friday 15th November: Year 6 trip to British Museum (6W and 6C)

Thursday 21st November: Flu inoculations

Friday 22nd November: SDG Semi-Finals in Luton

Monday 25th November: Year 6 trip to British Museum (6W and 6C)

Friday 29th November: Year 6 Height and Weight Checks

Friday 29th November: Wreath Making Workshop (7pm)

Thursday 5th December: Maggie's Carol Concert (some members of choir singing) - 7pm

Friday 6th December: Doughies Pizza order deadline

Friday 6th December: Rocksteady Performance (9am)

Tuesday 10th December: Cheerleading Performance @ Scout Hut (4:15pm)

Thursday 12th December: Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Thursday 12th December: Cheerleading Performance @ Scout Hut (4:15pm)

Friday 13th December: Rudolph Run (in aid of Maggie's Hospice)

Monday 16th December: Year 3 Christmas Performances (9am and 6pm)

Monday 16th December: Year 4 Christmas Performances (9:45am and 6:45pm)

Tuesday 17th December: Year 5 Christmas Performances (9am and 6pm)

Tuesday 17th December: Year 6 Christmas Performances (9:45am and 6:45pm)

Wednesday 18th December: Merit Assembly (9:15am)

Thursday 19th December: Christmas Singalong (9:15am)

Friday 20th December: Last day of term (2:15pm finish) After school club closes at 5pm.

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 ✉️

Thank you to those parents who purchased tickets to our Sutton United match. This helped raise £103.50 for Cheam Common Schools.

Christmas Raffle

You can enter our Christmas Raffle here.

Raffle Poster_A4_2024.pdf

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!

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