Cheam Fields Weekly Newsletter
8th March 2019
Learning Together, Growing Together
Ofsted
Ofsted Short Inspection Outcome
We are delighted to share with you the outcome from our Ofsted Inspection on 30th January 2019 and are very proud that Cheam Fields Primary continues to be a good school.
The inspection was a short inspection which means that one inspector visited our school for the day. During this time she went on learning walks, looked at children’s books, spoke to children and met with various school leaders.
She found many strengths in the school which are detailed below :
- Safeguarding is effective which means your children feel safe and know how to get help if they need it.
- Pupils are courteous towards each other, achieve highly and demonstrate positive attitudes and enthusiasm for learning.
- The teaching and learning of mathematics is strong.
Ofsted have highlighted the next steps for us in our journey towards outstanding is to ensure that :
- Teachers’ expectations in writing are consistently high in all subjects.
- Lower ability pupils are helped further to develop fluency so we will be focusing on pencil grips and cursive handwriting skills.
- The proportion of boys who are working above the national standards is increased by developing their independence.
Our School Development Plan addresses writing as an area for improvement, especially boys and lower ability pupils. We are now reviewing all areas of the curriculum, to ensure that boys are given ample opportunity to become more independent in their learning .
Dates For Your Diary
Please check the dates section regularly as dates may change and new dates will be added
Tuesday 12th March - Girls Football Match at Sutton United 3.15pm to 4.45pm
Friday 15th March - Year 3 Drumming Showcase 1.30pm to 2.30pm
Friday 15th March - Girls Football match at Sutton United
Tuesday 19th March - Year 3 & 4 Quick Sticks Hockey Festival at Nonsuch High School
Wednesday 20th March - Badgers trip to Pizza Express
Wednesday 20th March - Basketball Competition at Overton Grange
Wednesday 20th March - Year 2 Disco 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Wednesday 20th March - Year 3 & Year 4 Disco 4.45pm to 5.45pm
Thursday 21st March - Reception & Year 1 Disco 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Thursday 21st March - Year 5 & Year 6 Disco 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Friday 29th March - Year 4 Chocolate Sleepover
Monday 1st April -Parents' workshop 'Keeping Pupils Safe On-Line' 9am to 10am and 6pm to 7pm (letter to follow)
Monday 1st April - Year 6 Parents SATS Meeting (letter to follow)
Tuesday 2nd April - Year 3 & Year 4 Hi 5 Netball at St Philomena's 3.30pm to 6pm
Friday 5th April - Last day of term 2.00pm finish
Learning
World Book Day
One of our favourite days of the year took place this week - World Book Day. This year we looked at the text Tom's Magnificent Machines which was all about a little boy and his dad who love to invent new and crazy things. Before half term, the children were set an inventing challenge of their own. We had lots of fantastic entries to our 'Magnificent Machines' competition, and the winner from each milepost were:
- EYFS: Rosie Legg for her 'Helpful Robot'
- Milepost 1: Sam Skerry for his 'Squirrel-a-tron'
- Milepost 2: Fynn O'Neill for his 'Perfect pancake maker'
- Milepost 3: Emilie Kent for her 'Flight bag'
Well done to every one who entered and we look forward to displaying lots of the creations in school.
World Book Day kicked off with our annual teachers book quiz. This year our two teams were helpfully assisted by two Year 6 students who were fantastic as well as the audience who were called upon many times. After a close bonus round, the winners were 'Dream Team' with a 44 to 41 1/2 point victory.
Throughout the rest of the day, the children enjoyed many different activities including the mystery story teller where teachers read to different classes and shared reading between different year groups.
All the excitement was rounded off by our final book fair. We would like to thank everyone who attended and purchased something as the money raised goes towards bringing new and exciting books into the school.
Well done on all your fantastic costumes and we're already looking forward to planning new and exciting things for next year!
Year 3 Visit the London Transport Museum
On Friday 1st March Year 3 went on a fantastic trip to the London Transport Museum. They explored transport over time and even became Victorians! They found out how transport has improved the lives of people who use it and how it is continuing to develop. Thank you so much for all the help received from the parent and grandparent helpers.
Year 5 Visit the Mosque
As part of their IPC topic, ‘Early Islamic Civilisations’, Year 5 had the exciting opportunity to visit the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden. The children were welcomed with drinks and snacks to refresh their minds and were then taken on a tour of the Mosque. They visited the Prayer room and learnt all about the Five Pillars of Islam. The children experienced a sound proof room and were invited to scream as loud as they could (which they definitely did)! They were taught all about Ramadan and the different times of day for Prayer. It was a very enjoyable experience!
Early Years Visit from Fiona Farm
This week Fiona Farm visited the children in Nursery and Reception. Fiona brought along with her two goats, a sheep, a pig, two guinea pigs, two chickens, and a rabbit. The children were very careful when holding, stroking and brushing the animals and took great care. They all thoroughly enjoyed the visit.
Rabbit Class Visit Pizza Express
On Wednesday 27th February Rabbit class visited Pizza Express in Cheam Village to see how food is prepared. They followed the process of making the “Queen of Pizzas” (Margherita) and tasted various toppings. Some great facts were learnt too. Did you know they can cook 27 pizzas at the same time! And they only take 5 minutes to cook! What a tasty trip!
Why not ask your child how they used our
Word of the Week?
Year 1 & 2: magnificent
Years 3 & 4: crimson
Years 5 & 6: conundrum
Each week we put a brief synopsis of one of our Battle of the Books in the newsletter from a year group’s book list.
This week’s book is 'Sophie and the Albine Camel’ by Stephen Davis and is from the Year 4 book list.
Sophie lives in Gorom-Gorom with her carnivorous-plant obsessed dad. Despite living there for two years and speaking the local language, Sophie finds it difficult to make friends. So when she meets Gidaado, a young griot (story-teller) she agrees to join him and his albino camel, Chobbal, on a journey to his village. It is not until they have set off that Sophie begins to realise just how dangerous the desert is - it's full of djinns that creep up behind you and jump on your head and make you go mad, not to mention the infamous Moussa ag Litni, a ruthless bandit who steals camels...
The children need to remember to fill in a book review once they have read a book!
Excellence
Achievement Awards
Congratulations to all the children who received the Achievement Award this week
Reception Hedgehog : Sebastian
Reception Otter : Danaya
Year 1 Badger : Shuban
Year 1 Rabbit : Sophie
Year 2 Fox : Phoebe G
Year 2 Owl : Wali
Year 2 Squirrel : Sara
Year 3 Garnet :
Year 3 Jade :
Year 4 Emerald : Danial
Year 4 Topaz : Ryan
Year 5 Amber : Josie
Year 5 Sapphire : Tristan
Year 6 Amethyst : Julia
Year 6 Turquoise : Charlie
Going for Gold Awards
Congratulations to all the children who received the Going for Gold Award this week
Reception Hedgehog : Belle
Reception Otter : Phoebe
Year 1 Badger : Mia
Year 1 Rabbit : James T
Year 2 Fox : Sofia
Year 2 Owl : Rohan
Year 2 Squirrel : Musawwir
Year 3 Garnet :
Year 3 Jade :
Year 4 Emerald : Harrison
Year 4 Topaz : Eliza
Year 5 Amber : Oswald
Year 5 Sapphire : Lily
Year 6 Amethyst : Kyan
Year 6 Turquoise : Anya
Club 1 and 2
The children in Club 1 and Club 2 know their number bonds. Membership of the clubs need to be earned each half term! Congratulations to the following children who have achieved membership of the clubs.
- Year 1: Alexandra, Freddy, Kaitlyn, Callen, Sienna K, Phoenix, Orson, Lucy, Mia
- Year 2: Daniel,Najibah, Phoebe L, Niamh, Phoebe C, Mohammed, Menaal, Ela, Mila, Beau, Tova, Freddie, Sofia, Teodora
144 Club
The children in the 144 Club know their times tables. Membership of the club needs to be earned each half term! Congratulations to the following children who have achieved membership of the 144 club.
- Year 3: Adora
- Year 4: Abelash, Freya H, Freya T, Vithuli, Arshya, Dexter, Josh
- Year 5: Zara, Bobby, ,Oswald, Ella, David, Ishaan, Rhys, Isla, Preethy, Harry, Jessica, Maia, Lily, Sam, Kamyar, Joe, Theo, Nacho, Asher, Daisy, Frankie, Eshaal, Leah, Danielle, Aimee
Mathletics
The children have been very busy this week collecting points just by using Mathletics. There is no change in the leader board again this week.
The Top Three Classes this week are:
- Amber Class (Year 5) with 765,120 participation points
- Fox Class (Year 2) with 523,493 participation points
- Sapphire Class (Year 5) with 435,092 participation points
Opportunity
Film Club Review
The Reception children in Film Club have just finished watching the film 'Storks'. They enjoyed watching the film and rated it 9/10!
World Book Day
Thank you to Mrs Garrod and the team (you may not recognise them from the photo below) for the lovely World Book Day lunch. The children enjoyed their 'mud' burgers and Harry Potter's veggie pasties!
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Free Parent Training for Speech and Language and Occupational Therapy
Cognus will be running free parent training sessions on Occupational Therapy and Sensory Awareness on 26/06/19 from 4 :00pm to 5:00 pm . The session will take place in the GF – Creative room, based at the Cognus offices at: Cognus Ltd, 24, Denmark Road, Carshalton, SM5 2JG.
There is no sign up or registration just simply to turn up to the front reception on the day where parents will be greeted to sign in and attend the training. These are not only informative opportunities for all interested parents, but a rich opportunity for parents to have time with a therapist in the borough to ask questions freely that are pertinent to their child’s development.
For parents unable to attend Cognus will also running our parent phone-in surgeries for speech and language enquiries on 0208 770 4754 on 25th June from 1.00pm to 3.00pm.