Cheam Fields Weekly Newsletter
15th May 2020
Learning Together, Growing Together
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Well done Harrison, Erin and Neave
Well done to Harrison (Owls), Erin and Neave (Nursery) for winning their family Bake Off competition on VE Day 75.
Congratulations Harrison, Erin and Neave!
From Miss Bennett
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From Frankie - Amethyst
Hey Fellow Year Sixes,
I miss you all and want to see you again.
I hope that before the end of school, I can see you all again especially the Thanos Gang!
I really want to play Infection again! Stay happy and keep safe! :) :) :) ;) ;) ;)
Frankie
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This Week's Events
International Nurses Day - 12th May
Tuesday was International Nurses Day. This very special day celebrates the contribution that nurses make to societies around the world. The date has a very strong significance, being the birthday of perhaps the world’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale.
Click here to watch Miss Week's assembly all about it.
Thank you to all of our parents who are nurses, NHS workers or care workers.
National Numeracy Day- 13th May
We hope you all loved the online lessons and activities provided to mark National Numeracy Day.
Lois (Amber) created a daily timetable for a school day.
She also used different strategies to multiply numbers.
Freddie (Foxes) and Henry (Owls) loved their National Numeracy Day lesson at school!
Upcoming Events
Mental Health Awareness Week - 18th-24th May
Intentional Museum Day - 18th May
Monday is International Museum Day.
Why not take a virtual tour of your favourite museum:
Elmer Day - May 23rd
Saturday 23rd May is Elmer Day!
Elmer makes the world a much brighter place. So for this year's Elmer Day we would love to see you spreading the positivity of Elmer with help from these fantastic ideas and free resources that everyone can enjoy at home.
Wear your brightest colours to celebrate Elmer Day. You can share your photos on social media with #ElmerDay
Share Elmer stories and colourful pictures to spread some happiness.
Elmer Day 2020 Activity Pack full of colourful crafts and games to play at home - download here
David McKee reading the original Elmer story - watch here
‘Be a Rainbow‘ song from the Elmer theatre show - watch here
Social graphics are available to download here
Young Voices at HOME - June 2nd
Young Voices are planning the world's biggest concert on Tuesday 2nd June at 2.30pm. Children from all over the world are invited to join this project and be part of the world's largest children's choir from the comfort of their own homes.
The Young Voices team are very aware that all school concerts and all childrens' concerts have been cancelled so they are giving pupils from all over the world the opportunity to come together and sing the song Power in Me which is suitable for KS2 pupils.
All the resources for this project can be found in the music section of LEO distance learning website and further details can be found here youngvoices.co.uk/powerinme and here youtu.be/jYN9BxpH5ik
If you take part, don't forget to tweet using: @YVconcerts @LEO_Music7 #PowerinMe
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.
Charlotte (Sapphire) created a poster about the weather following the Year 5 online French lesson.
Bon travail Charlotte!
Lilly (Amethyst) completed some great writing after Monday's online English lesson.
Well done Lilly!
The Snake Eye Ring
Slithering round to the back like a thief in the night, Danny noticed this shop may be magic but then he stumbled upon a magical looking box. He forced the box open with all of his strength and inside... Was a ring with the eye of a snake or some sort of reptile creature. With his heart pounding like thunder, he reached in and retrieved the ring from the magical box.
At first he said, “This is just an ordinary ring,”
But he was wrong because as he slipped the ring on with ease he started to feel a bit woozy and passed out. Then as he woke up still feeling a bit dazed he looked at his hand and realised the ring had a great evil power his face shot pale as the mutation continued he would soon be mutated into a dragon if he did not take off the ring...
Well done to Hayden Groves (Amber) for this great piece of writing following Monday's online English lesson.
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: Animals (Reception) and Environments (Year 1-6)
Remember, you can (if you want to) send any work you do during and after these lessons into your year group mailboxes.
Sude (Amber) has researched snow leopards.
Well done Sude!
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Finn (Otters) has created a moving spider to show when people are allowed into his bedroom.
Click here to see it in action.
Amazing work Finn!
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Year 1 and 2 children at school have been looking at weather.
They created their own weather report!
Click here to watch it!
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Charlie (Jade) has made his own recycling mascot. It goes around telling people to recycle more to save the environment.
Well done Charlie!
Ethan (Emerald) has created a great poster about different types of weather.
Great work Ethan!
Emily (Sapphire) has created a leaflet encouraging people to save sea turtles.
Great work Emily!
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Flynn (Topaz) has research dolphins and their habitats.
Well done Flynn!
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Meryem (Otters) created her own zoo!
Well done Meryem!
Additional Fun Learning Tasks
Freddy (Owls) has created a pinball machine.
Click here to see it in action.
Well done Freddy!
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Holly (Amber) has created a butterfly feeder.
Great work Holly!
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Maisie (Opal) created a fact file all about the planet Jupiter.
Daniel (Jade) and Ammarah (Topaz) have been enjoying some Lockdown Badminton, whilst adhering to Social Distancing measures.
They also got their dads involved too!
It looks like fun - well done Daniel and Ammarah!
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Arijanish (Nursery) created his own spider web.
Great work Arijanish!
Rhys (Turquoise) has written a letter in hieroglyphics. Can you work out what it says?
Well done Rhys!
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Ted (Emerald) has created some pixel art.
Well done Ted!
Finley (Hedgehogs) and Hugo (Garnet) have made some bumblebee biscuits.
Great work boys!
Information and Resources
Wellbeing Resources
Click here for tips, advice and where to get support for your child's mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Online Safety
Click here for Home Activity Packs from Think U Know.
These are designed for you to complete with your child to support their online safety especially as they are likely to be spending more time online at the moment.
Each fortnight, they release new home activity packs.
Other Resources
The Locals: Diaries - Distance Learning Project with Sutton Cultural Services
LEO Academy Trust have been asked to take part in an exciting project from Sutton Cultural Services called ‘The Locals: Diaries’. We are incredibly honoured to have been asked and hope that lots of you will want to get involved.
Sutton Council Archives are collecting diary entries from different types of people throughout the borough during this unusual time. They are going to add your entries to Sutton’s Archive Collection so that historians of the future can learn what this time was like for people in our community.
Entries can be as short or as long as you like. You can write about one single day, a week or keep a diary over a few weeks. Your diary can include photographs, drawings or even poetry. It can be handwritten or digital. You could even make a video diary (If other people are in the video, make sure that you have their permission). BE CREATIVE!
Click here for a template you could use.
Anyone can take part in the project but in order for the diaries to be entered into the Sutton Council Archives, we will need parental permission.
Once the diary entry is completed, please email to: diaryentryproject@leoacademytrust.co.uk.
Please include your child’s name, school, class and age.
Then please complete this form to give permission.
Pupils in school grew their own rainbows this week.
Why not give it a go?
English Updates
Reading
Jayden (Topaz) completed some great work about author choice.
Well done Jayden!
Maya (Turquoise) has completed some great reading and Word of the Week work!
Well done Maya!
Well done to Rowan (Badgers) for reading 28 Bug Club books in the last two weeks and for completing 196 quizzes!
Great work Rowan!
Police, Camera, Reading!
During this uncertain time, some police constables from the Schools Police Team want to entertain you! Click here to watch PC Sargent read you Whatever next. They hope this will help to build relationships between emergency workers, children and families. Enjoy!
Battle of the Books
Year 6 - Black Hearts in Battersea - Joan Aiken
Wait, wait! Save us! What’ll we do?’
Simon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to make his fortune. But the city is plagued by wolves and mysterious disappearances. The Twite household, where Simon is lodging, seems particularly shifty. Before he even gets a chance to open his glistening new paints Simon stumbles right into the centre of a plot to kill the King. And worse than that Simon is kidnapped and sent to sea! Luckily there are two friendly stowaways aboard – the feisty Dido Twite and the spoiled young Justin. But when the ship catches fire things look pretty dire. Can they escape? Will they save the king in time?
Book Reviews
Well done to all of you who completed an online book review this week:
Year 1: Jorja
Year 2:
Year 3: Tova, Cristina & Zac
Year 4: Mia, George, Tom & Lexie
Year 5:
Year 6: Frankie
Here are some of their recommendations!
- Tom gave 'Dog Man and Cat Kid' 5 stars! He enjoyed it because, "it was full of action, with a crime fighting super dog."
- Cristina really enjoyed 'Awful Auntie'. Her favourite part was when, "auntie Alberta looked like a snowman, because it was funny."
- Frankie gave 'The Boy who Fooled the World' 5 stars because, "as soon as I finished a chapter, I wanted to keep reading as the end of each one always left me thinking."
Writing
Check out some of the great writing that has been happening this week...
Elsie (Nursery) has been practising her pencil control.
Well done Elsie!
Charlie (Sapphire) has been working hard to include ambitious vocabulary in his writing this week.
Well done Charlie!
James (Foxes) has written his own Little Red Riding Hood story.
Well done James!
Mia (Owls) enjoyed learning all about Year 2's Word of the Week.
Well done Mia!
Check out the Distance Learning site for this week's Words of the Week!
Maths Updates
Maths
Check out some of the great maths work you have been hard at work doing this week...
Phoebe (Garnet) has completed some amazing fraction work.
Well done Phoebe!
Sonny (Jade) has completed a fraction maze.
Great work Sonny!
Sophie (Foxes) completed a number challenge and has been practising telling the time.
Well done Sophie!
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, Oliver
Didn't get in? Keep trying!
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, Lottie, Killian
Owl Class: Atish, Anujan, Alexandra, Freddie, Rosie, Kaitlyn, Adam, Thomas, Luca, Emma, Mia, Phoenix
Didn't get in? Keep trying!
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, Jaylan, Hugo, Sonny, Freya
Year 4: Michael , Molly, Summer-Rose, Bethany, George, Emily, William, Bella, Mia, Nicolas
Year 5: Hayden Green, Rebecca, Hayden Groves, Arshya, Lucas, Freya H, Charlotte, Ciaran, Abelash, Sasha, Eliza, Jamie, Alejandro, Sude, Vithuli, Laura
Year 6: Frankie, Ishaan, Bobby, Rhys, Maya, Gemma, Ignacio
Didn't get in? Keep trying!
Join us next Wednesday at 2pm for a chance to join the battle!
Times Table Rock Stars Battle of the Bands
On Wednesday, battles between classes and teachers took place. Great effort from everyone!
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. Ruby (Fox)
3. Tallulah (Rabbit)
The top three children across Key Stage 2 were:
1. Finlay (Amber)
2. Jayden (Topaz)
3. Arshya (Amber)
The top three classes in Key Stage 1 were:
- Owl
- Fox
- Badger
The top three classes in Key Stage 2 were:
1. Amber
2. Topaz
3. Sapphire
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