Weekly Newsletter
6th October 2023
Black History Month
Black History Month 2023: Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements
At Cheam Fields we like to celebrate diversity in a variety of ways such as through stories and art. The month of October is Black History Month and we would like the pupils to be involved in this by choosing an activity from the homework matrix.
The homework is optional but we do hope that children will enjoy learning more about black history! Any activities completed should be shared with the class teacher and will also be shown to Miss Shaw and Mrs Mann.
REMINDERS
From September 2023, drop off time for Year 1-6 children is from 8:30am - 8:40am. Gates will close promptly at 8:40am. Punctuality to school each morning is vital as key learning and pre-learning takes place at the start of the school day. Any pupils arriving after the gates are closed will have to come through the school office to sign in as late.
Reception can enter between 8:40am - 8:55am
Year 3- 6 Chrome books need to be charged and in school every day for learning
We are becoming increasingly concerned about the potential for an accident involving scooters and/or bikes being ridden on school property. We have previously asked for children not to ride scooters or bikes in the playground or any of the school paths.
Please ensure that your child DOES NOT ride their scooter or bike in school - they should get off and walk to and from the school gates.
DIARY DATES - AUTUMN TERM
Wednesday 11th October - Reception Hedgehogs Express & Share 9:00am Classroom - Details here
Wednesday 11th October - School Individual and Sibling Photos - Details here
Thursday 12th October - Reception Otters Express & Share 9:00am Classroom - Details here
Monday 16th October - PTFA spooky spoons competition closing date - Details here
Wednesday 18th October - PTFA second hand uniform sale
Thursday 19th October - Reception (Otters & Hedgehogs) Autumn Walk - Details here
Friday 20th October - PTFA Mufti/own clothes day £1 donation
Friday 20th October - Flu vaccination - details here
Monday 23rd October - Friday 27th October - Half Term
Monday 30th October - Inset Day - No School
Tuesday 31st October - Return to school
Tuesday 31st October - Closing date for application to Secondary school (Year 6)
Thursday 2nd November - Year 5 - Orchestra Unwrapped Trip - Details here
Thursday 9th November - Year 1 Hearing check - Details to follow
Friday 3rd November - Year 3 - Sleepover - Details to follow
Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th November - PTFA Disco (all years) - Details to follow
Thursday 16th November - Reception - Story telling Workshop - Details here
Thursday 16th November - Year 5 & 6 - Water Safety Workshop - Details to follow
Tuesday 5th December - Year 1 - Magical Toy Workshop - Details to follow
Friday 15th December - St Ralphaels Rudolph run - Details to follow
Wednesday 20th December - Christmas Dinner - Details to follow
Friday 22nd December - School finishes 2:00pm
SPORTS CALENDAR
CHEAM FIELDS CLUBS & LEO HOLIDAY CLUBS
Autumn Term Clubs are now viewable on Arbor under Activities/Clubs.
Please see Autumn Term list of clubs here for dates and times.
If you no longer require a club space, please email the Office and let us know as some clubs have a waiting list.
Please click here for information on External led clubs at Cheam Fields & our LEO HALF TERM CLUBS
DONATIONS WANTED
Maggies at Royal Marsden are collecting Christmas decorations for their Christmas tree. Its a really worthwhile cause. All donations need to be brought to the school office by 17th November 23.
PTFA NEWS
The PTFA have been busy behind the scenes organising some fantastic events for our children to be part of. This will raise valuable funds that help enrich your children's learning at Cheam Fields.
PTFA Diary Dates
Wednesday 16th October - Closing date for spooky spoons
Wednesday 18th October - Second hand uniform sale
Friday 20th October - Mufti/Wear own clothes day £1 donation
Wed/Thur 15/16th November - School Disco
PTFA News here
BEHAVIOUR POLICY AT CHEAM FIELDS
We aim to guide our children towards building positive and respectful relationships, keeping themselves and others safe and protecting their community environment.
Click here to read the whole policy.
SUTTON LOCAL AUTHORITY - YOUTH NEWSLETTER
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
At Cheam Fields Primary Academy we recognise that good attendance gives our children the best possible opportunity for learning and reaching their full potential. Children need to attend school regularly if they are to take full advantage of the education opportunities available to them as well as their relationships with friendship groups. Giving your child the best start in life is every parent or carer’s wish. The opportunity to learn and make progress is essential to improve life chances. Good attendance is key to securing this.
Illness - If your child is going to be off school due to illness, please complete our Absence form here by 8:30a.m on each day of Absence giving the reasons for any absence, this is an important safeguarding issue for the school.
Appointments - If your child has to have an appointment during school time please fill in the appointments form here. If your child will be in school over the lunch period please ensure you have filled in if they will be school dinners or packed lunch. A copy of any evidence for appointments can be emailed or brought into the office.
Exceptional Absence - Taking holidays in term time affects children’s schooling as much as any other absence and the school expects parents to help us by not taking children away in school time. There is no automatic entitlement in law to time off in term time to go on holiday. The Governing Body does not sanction absence during term time. Any authorisation given by the Principal will be at her discretion and only in exceptional circumstances.
Please fill in the request for exceptional absence here.
CHEAM FIELDS HOME LEARNING
PUPIL PREMIUM
All children in Sutton will automatically qualify for Universal Free School Meals, but this does not mean automatic qualification for benefit related Free School Meals. It’s vitally important that you
still complete your school or borough’s registration form in case your child is eligible for extra funding for their school from the Government, worth £1,300 per year. That’s extra money to spend on enrichment activities, teacher development, and targeted support for the children that need it most. Depending on how schemes operate in your borough, it may also entitle you to other benefits like food vouchers during the holidays. Please register for free school meals here.
MEDICINES IN SCHOOL
We are able to administer prescription medicines in school. However we only administer medicine when the course cannot be completed at home. If you are unable to do this we would kindly ask that you do the following:
Complete the medicine form here
Ensure medicines are clearly labelled and in date
Come to the office with your child and their medicine before school each day
Your child will receive a medication label
Collect your medication from the office each day
WRAP AROUND CARE - ACES
Wraparound care will be provided by LEO Academy Trust from the Autumn Term. We wrote to all Parents and Carers during the Summer Term with information about the changes and how to apply. If you would like to apply for Breakfast or After School Club, please complete this form. We have spaces in our Breakfast Club, but at present our After School Club is full and we have a waiting list open.
For parents who applied in the Summer Term, we wrote to you in July about your application. This email came from the new dedicated email address - aces@leoacademytrust.co.uk and went to the email address provided on the application form. In some cases, this might be a gmail address which was recorded. If you haven't received your email, please check your gmail address if you have one.
Payment for wraparound care will be made via Arbor, and is billed after each session. You can pay as regularly as you wish to, but we ask that the account is cleared at least every half term. We will send out more information on how to pay at the start of term, and will send out payment reminders regularly.
PARENT/CARER SUPPORT
Please click here to be taken to our Support page which has information on Parent/Carer workshops/courses/resources in the local community or online
TRANSITION SUPPORT TO SECONDARY
If your child is Year 6 there is lots of useful information on transferring to secondary school here. Please be reminded the closing date to submit your application to secondary school is the 31st October.
Please click here to be taken to our Transition Support page
LEO LOTTERY
The LEO Lottery raises money to enhance the opportunities for ALL our pupils!
Join our weekly lottery from just £1 a week
It’s an easy way to support our Trust and help raise funds for LEO Foundation projects
40% of ticket sales come back to us
There’s a guaranteed winner every week as well as the chance to win £25,000
It’s easy to sign up online so start supporting our Trust today!
Last year, funds raised by the LEO Foundation supported our LEO PRIDE Awards in EYFS, our ECB All Stars Cricket Development Centre for Year 2 pupils, Mandarin lessons for Year 5 pupils and our Year 6 Junior Citizenship Programme.
Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you good luck!
Support LEO Academy Trust when you play Your School Lottery - Your School Lottery
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