Cheam Fields Weekly Newsletter
Cheam Fields Weekly Newsletter
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1st May 2020
1st May 2020
Learning Together, Growing Together
Learning Together, Growing Together
Message Board
Message Board
From Leila - Rabbits
From Leila - Rabbits
To all her friends
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From Jorja - Badgers
From Jorja - Badgers
Hi Ellie, Isla, Phoebe and Eve and all the Badgers!
I miss you, Mr Ranthe and Mrs Lowrie very much.
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From Miss Shaw and Mrs Townsend
From Miss Shaw and Mrs Townsend
Click here for a little video from us both!
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From Charlotte - Rabbits
From Charlotte - Rabbits
Thank you to Matteo (Rabbits) and Emma (Amber) for inspiring me to make a pizza with my big sister Beth (Topaz). We also made olive bread!
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If you would like to give a message to friends in your class, year group or to any school staff please email the office on cfoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk.
Please make sure you put Message Board in the subject line.
These will appear in the newsletter on a weekly basis!
Monarch Day - Monday 27th April
Monarch Day - Monday 27th April
Well done to everyone who got involved with Monarch Day.
Sude (Amber) researched Henry VIII
Well done Sude!
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Charlotte C (Rabbits) has created a commemorative plate in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's birth.
Great work Charlotte!
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Sonny (Rabbits) designed a new postage stamp.
Great work Sonny!
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Click here to see Freddy (Owls) presentation about Queen Elizabeth II.
Amazing work Freddy!
Sasha (Sapphire) enjoyed dressing up and finding out about William the Conqueror.
Well done Sasha!
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Sophie (Rabbits) has painted a lovely self portrait as the queen.
Great work Sophie!
Sophia (Otters) learnt about Queen Elizabeth II.
Well done Sophia!
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Ammarah (Topaz) completed some great work about Richard II.
Well done Ammarah!
May Day - Today (Friday 1st May)
May Day - Today (Friday 1st May)
Click here for this week's assembly which includes information about May day!
Perhaps you could learn and perform a dance or make up a rhyme?
Please share any work/pictures or videos with us by emailing your year group email addresses.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
VE Day - 8th May
VE Day - 8th May
Friday 8th May is an extra Bank Holiday this year, to celebrate 75 years since the end of the Second World War.
Activities for you to complete will be added to your Distance Learning pages. There will also be some assemblies for you to watch too!
Please share any work, picture and videos with us by emailing your year group email addresses.
You can also tweet them too!
Online Lessons
Online Lessons
Lots of you have tuned into the online lessons taught by a variety of teachers from across LEO.
Remember, you can (if you want to) send any work you do during and after these lessons into your year group mailboxes.
Sofia (Jade) is really enjoying the maths live lessons at the moment. She’s has been challenging herself to complete the reasoning activity.
Well done Sofia!
Alexandra (Owls) has written a great informative and persuasive letter.
Well done Alexandra!
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Elsie (Nursery) got involved with Ms Green's online music lesson!
Looks like great fun Elsie!
Belle (Foxes) has been learning how to write the time in 5 minute intervals.
Great work Belle!
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George (Topaz) tuned into an online English lesson and has written a great set of instructions on how to survive on a desert island.
Well done George!
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Kaiyan (Hedgehogs) has loved the online phonics lessons this week.
Great work Kaiyan!
Distance Learning Tasks
Distance Learning Tasks
Well done to those of you who have been hard at work completing your Distance Learning Tasks from home this week.
This week's topic was: Viewpoints
Remember, you can (if you want to) send any work you do during and after these lessons into your year group mailboxes.
Evie (Emerald) has created rules for her own world.
They seem like pretty sensible rules to me!
Great work Evie!
Daniel (Otters) has written a list of minibeasts.
Great work Daniel!
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George (Badgers) has drawn a picture of his house from his point of view.
He has changed the colours to make it colourful.
Well done George!
Additional Fun Learning Tasks
Additional Fun Learning Tasks
Mia (Owls) and Ella (Turquoise) are turning into quite the bakers!
They made this delicious looking lemon meringue pie!
I think we need to have a bake off when we get back to school!
Well done Mia and Ella!
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Luca (Owls) made a bird feeder with his dad.
I hope you enjoy watching the birds eating from it!
Well done Luca!
Roman (Opal) created this great poster thanking key workers.
Great work Roman!
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Oscar (Jade) and Iris (Nursery) enjoyed a family Spanish tapas night. They tasted Spanish foods and shared crafts.
¡Bien hecho!
Well done!
Milo (Sapphire) compared a town in New Zealand with Cheam.
He discovered that a school in the area was an eco school, the children partly run the school, they only have lessons if requested and spend most of their day participating in environmental activities.
He loved the sound of that!
Great work Milo!
George (Nursery) created a timetable of things he would like to do in the week!
Well done George!
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Frankie (Amethyst) has researched Leonardo Da Vinci and written an acrostic poem all about him.
Great work Frankie!
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Charlotte (Garnet) and George (Rabbits) have had great fun doing all sorts of crafty learning activities.
Check out their junk modelling!
Well done Charlotte and George!
Information and Resources
Information and Resources
Design a Super Bear Competition!
Design a Super Bear Competition!
Enter this 'Design a Super Bear' competition. The winning teddy will be sold in John Lewis and Waitrose shops later this year, with 100% of the profits going to the NHS.
Don't forget to send us your entries too via your year group email address!
Click here for instructions.
Click here for template poster.
#StreetSmiles
#StreetSmiles
Veolia is delighted to announce the launch of our #StreetSmiles campaign which encourages residents to support key workers collecting our waste and recycling, by spreading #StreetSmiles.
Why not take part by creating a 'smiling sun' and displaying it in your windows; ready to brighten the refuse workers’ day?
Any pictures can also be shared online via our social media pages. All you need to do is take a photo of your artwork and share to your social media page, making sure to use the hashtag #StreetSmiles. All posts are relayed back to our hardworking collection crews and street teams and regularly brighten our team’s days!
School Nurse
School Nurse
The current school nursing service is continuing to operate during this time.
Should you require any help please call
0208 770 5409.
Wellbeing Resources
Wellbeing Resources
The NHS's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)have produced a website full of resources. This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being.
Click here to access the website.
We hope that you find it helpful.
Click here to download this story
Your children might be in lockdown, but their imaginations don’t have to be.
With now>press>play At Home, your children can access 21 audio adventures, complete with follow on resources.
Whether it’s the Arctic, Ancient Egypt or a Mission to Mars, our Audio Adventures will transport your children to another world.
Click here to access now>press>play At Home.
Password: nowpressplay
Online Safety
Online Safety
The London Grid For Learning have created a blogspot specifically aimed at parents and carers to support their children during these challenging times.
It contains top tips and ideas for parents to keep children safe online during Covid school closures.
Click here to access the blog.
Fintan J O’Regan is one of the leading behaviour and learning specialists in the UK.
He is currently an SEN and Behaviour Consultant for the Schools Network and an associate lecturer for Leicester University, the National Association of Special Needs, Tribal Education and the Institute of Education.
Please click here to read an article entitled “DEAR MR O’REGAN...PLEASE FIND MY LAUNDRY ENCLOSED” which he has written to help families who are supporting children with ADHD and related conditions.
National Theatre Collection
National Theatre Collection
In response to the school closures caused by Coronavirus, National Theatre is now offering username and password access to the National Theatre Collection. For a temporary period, plays can be accessed remotely ensuring students studying from home can still watch them.
Your access details are: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com
Username: 6Mx93Kq/fy
Password: 1Gz99Bjwv4
(The Log in button is in the top right-hand corner of the landing page. Please insert your username and password to left-hand option of the login pop-up.)
Please ensure you are typing the credentials in rather than copying and pasting them as this can insert invisible spaces which invalidate the details. These should be entered under the ‘access log in’ and not the ‘personal log in’. If you have any difficulties please test in another browser as some are known as having issues.
These details must not be offered to anyone external to our school or posted on social media.
Please note the free access is only to the National Theatre Collection whilst Drama Online is made up of 11 collections in total which are available via subscription. If you would like more information on these please click here.
English Updates
English Updates
Reading
Reading
Emily (Topaz) has been working hard on her retrieval skills.
Well done Emily!
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Darcie (Topaz) has completed some great vocabulary work.
Great work Darcie!
Ella-Anne (Hedgehogs) has completed some great phonics work!
Well done Ella-Anne!
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Josh (Hedgehogs) spotted the oi sound when reading Mog at bedtime.
Great work Josh!
Theo (Turquoise) has been working hard to answer retrieval questions about the poem The Listeners.
Well done Theo!
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Lucas (Nursery) played a rhyming game dressed as Thor.
Well done Lucas!
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Oliver (Rabbits) completed a book review about SUPERWORM.
Well done Oliver!
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Thomas (Sapphire) completed a detailed book review of The World’s Worst Teachers.
Great work Thomas!
Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books
Year 2
Emily Brown and the Thing - Cressida Cowell
Emily Brown and her rabbit, Stanley, are trying to sleep. But a Splish-Splosh noise is keeping them awake...
It's a Thing! And this Thing just won't go to sleep. Emily Brown and Rabbit try everything, but nothing works. Just what could be the matter?
This warm and witty picture book is perfect for sharing with children who may be afraid of the dark. With a gentle message that things are never quite as scary as they first seem.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Well done to all of you who completed an online book review this week:
Year 1: Hugo, Jorja & Sonny
Year 2:
Year 3: Tanvi, Cristina & Anshula
Year 4: Lexie, Tom, Emily , George & Evie
Year 5: Sasha & Hayden
Year 6: Danielle
Here are some of their recommendations!
- Hugo gave 'Gran is Cross' 5 stars! His favourite part was the end as the picture of the cat made him laugh!
- Sasha enjoyed 'The World's Worst Children' by David Walliams because, "All the chapters were extremely funny! Also every part of the book was different and I like his writing style."
- Hayden gave 'Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer' 5 stars because, "there was lots of action and it taught you about Norse mythology."
Writing
Writing
Check out some of the great writing that has been happening this week...
Charlie (Topaz) tuned into an online lesson and then wrote his own spell.
Great work Charlie!
Hugo (Garnet) has written a great character description of Captain Snowball.
Well done Hugo!
Emma (Amber) has written a great story.
Well done Emma!
Danielle (Amethyst) has completed some fantastic writing.
Well done Danielle!
Jessie (Hedgehogs) loves getting involved with the online lessons.
Checking out her letter formation and phonics!
Well done Jessie!
James (Foxes) has written a story about a baby dragon.
Great work James!
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Freddie (Jade) has been helping his brother Bobby (Nursery) write the letter B.
Great team work boys!
Check out the Distance Learning site for this week's Words of the Week!
Maths Updates
Maths Updates
Maths
Maths
Check out some of the great maths work you have been hard at work doing this week...
Charlie (Emerald) has been practising his 144 and has successfully completed it 3 times.
Great work Charlie!
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Emily (Owls) has been learning how to write the time in 5 minute intervals.
Great work Emily!
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Lucas (Nursery) has been practising writing numbers.
Great work Lucas!
Jeffreet (Topaz) has been solving problems about angles this week.
Well done Jeffreet!
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Alejandro (Amber) has worked hard on reasoning and problem solving involving angles.
Well done Alejandro!
Maia (Turquoise) has been doing some great reasoning and problem solving with angles!
Well done Maia!
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Isa (Hedgehogs) has been busy working out one less and one more than numbers.
Great work Isa!
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Sally (Garnet) has been making nets of 3D shapes.
Well done Sally!
Club 1
Club 1
Well done to those of you who have completed your Club 1 test at home.
The link to complete the test can be found on the Year 1 Distance Learning page or by clicking here.
Congratulations to the following children who have joined the club from home and school over the last few weeks:
Badger Class: Phoebe, Jorja, Muhammad, Eve, Prajan, Jamie, George, Isla , Jessica, Hugo, Belle
Rabbit Class: Charlotte, Eva, Charlie, Sophie, James, Sonny, Rosie
Didn't get in? Keep trying!
Club 2
Club 2
Well done to those of you who have completed your Club 2 test at home. The link to complete the test can be found on the Year 1 and 2 Distance Learning page or by clicking here.
Congratulations to the following children who have joined the club from home and school over the last few weeks:
Fox Class: Oscar, Cora, Rory, James, Arshikaa
Owl Class: Atish, Anujan, Alexandra, Freddie, Rosie, Kaitlyn, Adam, Thomas, Luca, Emma
Didn't get in? Keep trying!
144 Club
144 Club
Well done to those of you who have completed your 144 Club test at home.
The link to complete the test can be found on the Year 3, 4, 5 or 6 Distance Learning page or by clicking here.
Congratulations to the following children who have joined the club from home and school over the last few weeks:
Year 3 : Musawwir, Zac, Tova, Freddie, Charlie , Sam, Victoria, Cristina , Tanvi
Year 4: Michael , Molly, Summer-Rose, Bethany, George, Emily, William, Bella
Year 5: Hayden Green, Rebecca, Hayden Groves, Arshya, Lucas, Freya H, Charlotte, Ciaran, Abelash, Sasha, Eliza
Year 6: Frankie, Ishaan, Bobby, Rhys, Maya, Gemma
Didn't get in? Keep trying!
Times Table Rock Stars
Times Table Rock Stars
The children have been busy practising their times tables by using Times Tables Rock Stars. Well done to...
The top three children across Key Stage 1 were:
1. Anujan (Owl)
2. Prajan (Badger)
3. Rama (Owl)
The top three children across Key Stage 2 were:
1. Finlay (Amber)
2. Frankie (Amethyst)
3. Preethy (Turquoise)
The top three classes in Key Stage 1 were:
- Owl
- Badger
- Fox
The top three classes in Key Stage 2 were:
- Turquoise
- Amber
- Amethyst
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