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19th December 2019

Learning Together, Growing Together

What a fantastic first term we have had.

It was lovely to see so many of you at our productions. I was so proud of all the children – they did remarkably well.

It is such a special time of year, which gives us the opportunity to spend time with our loved ones and take time to reflect on and appreciate all that we have to be thankful for. It can be very easy to become distracted by and allow our thoughts to focus on the challenges that life brings and the many upsetting events that we hear about in the news, it is especially important to recognise and celebrate all that we have to be thankful for at this time of year.

I am sure that pupils, parents and carers would like to join with me in thanking all of the staff and governors for their continued tremendous hard work and commitment to the students of the school. Likewise, we the staff, governors and pupils would like to thank all parents and carers for all your support. Last but in no way the least, we the rest of the school community thank our pupils – you are indeed some of the best pupils I have ever had the pleasure of working with.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year, and I’ll look forward to see you in 2020.

Miss Shaw

What is happening the first week back?

Monday 6th January - First Day of Spring Term (no swimming for any year groups this week)

Wednesday 8th January - Nasal Flu Vaccinations (for anyone who was absent on the previous day)

Information and Reminders

Year 4 Chromebook Morning

Thursday 16th January - 9am-10:30am

On Thursday 16th January , we will be holding a Year 4 Chromebook Morning. This will give you the chance to see a lesson using the Chromebooks as well as the opportunity to discuss the pilot and provide feedback.

A letter will be sent out to in the first week of term with more details.

Parking and Turning in the Roads around School

Please remember to be respectful of our neighbours by driving and parking responsibly in the surrounding roads.

For the safety of our children, as they make their way to school, please do not mount the pavements or do three-point turns.

Your co-operation is appreciated.

The Sun Books For Schools

Get Over £600 Worth Of Free Books For Your School

The Sun has teamed up with HarperCollins to provide primary schools across England, Wales and Northern Ireland a free pack of 106 books, worth more than £600!

The free books included within the packs cover a diverse range of subjects from fairy tales to football, from camping to crocodiles and from wild cats to worms - there is really something for all ages and abilities.

For us to be in with a chance of winning a pack, we need to collect 3,500 tokens that will be printed in The Sun and The Sun on Sunday before January 18th 2020.

You can post your tokens in the box located in the front office!

Plea For Photographs of Endangered Animals

In January, we are going to be working on a piece of art for an art competition all about endangered animals. We would like to use some images of children posing with or around endangered animals.

Do you have any photographs of children with/around endangered animals or just endangered animals?

Examples: Elephants / Pangolins / Rhinos / Tigers / Chimpanzees / Snow Leopards / Lions and Painted dogs

We would of course do our best to return these once the competition has finished.

More information can be found at: https://davidshepherd.org/global-canvas

Please give any photographs to Mr Ansell or hand them into the main office FAO Mr Ansell.

Dates For Your Diary

Please check the dates section regularly as dates may change and new dates will be added

Monday 6th January - First Day of Spring Term (no swimming for any year groups this week)

Wednesday 8th January - Nasal Flu Vaccinations (for anyone who was absent on the previous day)

Monday 13th January - Swimming Starts for Spring Term

Thursday 16th January - Year 4 Chromebook Morning, 9am

Monday 20th January - Friday 24th January - Arts Week (see letter for more information)

Wednesday 22nd January - Year 4 trip to Tate Britain (Steve McQueen Year 3 Exhibition - see letter)

Monday 27th January - Arts Week Gallery (more information to follow)

Monday 27th January - Year 1 & 2 Famous People from the Past Dress Up (more information coming soon)

Monday 3rd February - Young Voices at O2 (Choir only)

Wednesday 5th February - Year 2 Florence Nightingale Trip

Tuesday 11th February - Safer Internet Day (No action required from home)

Tuesday 11th February - Thursday 13th February - Reception - Year 6 Parent Consultation Evenings (exact days/times to follow)

Friday 14th February - Last day of Half Term (Normal finish time)

Learning

Enterprise Projects

In spite of a busy term, children have managed to make and sell their enterprise project items. They designed them, carried out market research and advertised their products.

Thank you to those of you who supported their business ventures, they managed to make a staggering 120% profit. The money will be used to buy some playground equipment (as voted for by the children) as well as other things for their classes. Some of it will also be going to charity.

IPC Host Countries - Spring Term

At Cheam Fields, we aim to help pupils to develop a national, international and global perspective of learning.

We promote and celebrate diversity. One of the ways we do this is by celebrating a host country each term.

Our Spring term host countries are:

Year 1 - China

Year 2 - France

Year 3 - India

Year 4 - Canada

Year 5 - Russia

Year 6 - South Africa

BBC Radio 2 500 Words 2020 Writing Competition!

Cheam Fields will once again be getting involved in the 500 Words writing competition run by BBC Radio 2. The competition will officially open in January, so the Christmas holidays are the perfect opportunity to practise those story writing skills.

It’s super simple. All entrants must pen an original story, no more than 500 words in length, and submit it online. It can be about ANYTHING you want – space-ships, grannies, insects, microwaves. The list is endless!

Stories are judged anonymously, without regard to grammar, punctuation or spelling. The competition culminates in a broadcast extravaganza of live music and sensational story-telling every summer, at a special venue. Past venues have included The Globe and The Tower of London. 2018 saw a magnificent extravaganza come live from Hampton Court Palace.

Take a look at the 500 words website to be inspired by the previous winners and read more about the competition - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1.

We will give you more details when the competition officially opens in January!

Celebrating your Optional Home Learning Projects

Remember to check out the Home Learning page on the website to find details of your optional projects!

Make sure you come and show Miss Shaw and Mrs Townsend.

Battle of the Books

Year 1

Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? - Martin Waddell

Meet Little Bear, who just can't sleep. There is dark all around him in the Bear Cave. Not even Big Bear's biggest lantern can light up the darkness of the night outside. Can Big Bear find a way to reassure restless Little Bear and help him fall fast asleep?

Week Commencing 16th December

Year 1 & 2: blustery

Year 3 & 4 : icicle

Year 5 & 6: toboggan

Week Commencing 6th January

Year 1 & 2: talons

Year 3 & 4 : endure

Year 5 & 6: jauntily

Week Commencing 13th January

Year 1 & 2: favourite

Year 3 & 4 : captivate

Year 5 & 6: flamboyant

Where in the World?

Can you find out the answers to these questions?

Present your answers in anyway you like and give them to Mr Ansell by January 24th.

Found in…(Country/Continent)

Opened in…(Date)

Fun fact...

Neuschwanstein Castle

Excellence

Pride Group Update

The Cheam Field's Pride group have been busy thinking about how they have shown PRIDE during this half term.

Click here to see their podcast.

Excellent Eight Awards

Congratulations to our Excellent Eight Award winners:

Reception Hedgehog: Sebastian L

Reception Otter: Sophie S

Year 1 Badger: Jorja T

Year 1 Rabbit: Tallulah L

Year 2 Fox: Serena T

Year 2 Owl: Sienna K

Year 3 Garnet: Maryam E

Year 3 Jade: Milly C

Year 3 Opal: Teodora C

Year 4 Emerald: Charlie L

Year 4 Topaz: Ammarah L

Year 5 Amber: Hayden G

Year 5 Sapphire: Abinaya M

Year 6 Amethyst: Emmie S

Year 6 Turquoise: Aimee R

Battle of the Books Winners

This term we relaunched our Battle of the Books competition across KS1 and KS2. It has been lovely to see the children taking out books and completing their book reviews so enthusiastically. During this last week we have counted up our totals and would like to celebrate those children who have completed the most book reviews in each class, as well as our overall class winners!

Congratulations to our Battle of the Books winners:

Year 1 Badger: Sebastian

Year 1 Rabbit: Charlie F

Year 2 Fox: Ruby

Year 2 Owl: Luca

Year 3 Garnet: Zac

Year 3 Jade: Harieth

Year 3 Opal: Tova

Year 4 Emerald: Mia

Year 4 Topaz: Emily

Year 5 Amber: Lucas

Year 5 Sapphire: Abinaya

Year 6 Amethyst: Aely

Year 6 Turquoise: Theo J & Advay

Congratulations to our overall class winners: Badgers & Garnet!

All books read from now on will count towards our Spring totals, so it’s time to get reading again!

Club 1

The children in Club 1 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 club.

Badger Class: Jamie H, Ozzy, Sebastian, Isla, Jessica, Caitlin, Rowan, Carmen, Ed, Eve, Rosie, George, Siyona, Saifaan, Jorja, Phoebe, Prajan
Rabbit Class: Charlotte C, Oliver, James, Charlie F, Albert, Bator, Rosie, Matheo, Vianne, Rosie, Tomi

Club 2

The children in Club 2 know their number bonds. Membership of the club needs to be earned each half term! Congratulations to the following children who are members of Club 2:

Year 2 Fox Class: James. C, Killian, Rory, Ewa, Matheo, Hendrix, Serena, Summer, James. T, Ruby, Avineesh, Sienna, William, Oscar, Lola, Ewa
Year 2 Owl Class: Phoenix, Alexandra, Aniya, Rama, Kaitlyn, Atish, Anujan, Harrison M, Freddy, Tyler, Harrison W, Ilisha, Henry H, Henry E

144 Club

The children in 144 Club know their times tables. Membership of all the clubs needs to be earned each term! Congratulations to the following children who are members of the 144 Club:

Year 3 Garnet: Anir, Anshula, Niamh, Kristiyan, Aadeya, Phoebe C, Bella, Freddie R, Emily, Zac, Hugo
Year 3 Jade: Anbond, Daniel, Sonny, Mila, Harieth, Ela, Cristina, Phoebe L, Charlie, Eshaan, Harieth, Mila, Oscar, Phoebe H, Anna Maria, Freddie, Sam, Ruby, Sofia, Sophie, Victoria, Mia, Dexter
Year 3 Opal: Najibah, Rohan, Daouda, Menaal, Hisham, Freya, Tanvi, Beau, Roman, Arav, Jacob, Haris, Melody
Year 4 Emerald: Sadhana, William, Molly, Summer-Rose, Michael, Jack
Year 4 Topaz: Umit, Flynn, Jeffreet , Fred, Nicolas, Isha
Year 5 Amber: Alejandro, Hayden Green, Lucas, Vithuli, Avaneesh, Freya H, Freya TL, Arshya, Hayden Groves, Joshua, Finlay, Eva, Emma, Lois, Joe, Sude, Laura, Lola, Jamie
Year 5 Sapphire: Abelash, Milo, Lilly Lance, Dexter, Rebecca, Abinaya, Charlotte, Harrison, Ciaran, Tamzin, Johnny, Thomas, Izzie
Year 6 Amethyst: Danielle, George, Kamyar, Aely, Frankie, Jacob, Theo N, Nacho, Aimee, Jason, Asher, Aidan, Leah, Sam, Logan, Lily Hannigan, Daisy, Bosco, Joe, Eshaal, Vysh, Callie, Fareed
Year 6 Turquoise: Ollie, Abdul, Daniel, Advay, Emmie, Harry P, Shajina, Preethy, Theo J, Jess, Ishaan, Bobby, Oswald, Yusuf, Rhys, Maia W, Callum, Josie, Maya S, Gabriel, Gemma, Zara, Isla, Jack, David, Ella, Sanjana, Miah St, Freddie

Opportunity

The January Challenge 2020

Can you draw 5 faces in 5 minutes? What’s the tallest thing you can build using the items you have around you?

We have partnered with 64 Million Artists to take on The January Challenge 2020!

64 Million Artists believe that everyone is creative, and they run The January Challenge to kickstart the creativity and wellbeing of everybody in our school.

The January Challenge is 31 days of quick creative challenges designed to inspire creative thinking and action for both teachers and students. We’ll be using the challenges in tutor time and in lessons - you could even do the challenges in break time, or create your own gallery in your classes.

This year, we are joining thousands of people in schools, offices, hospitals, care homes and libraries across the country who are ready to have some fun this January.

Bring it on, January...

Mulled Apple Juice

INGREDIENTS

1 litre apple juice

Strips of orange peel

1 cinnamon stick, plus extra to garnish

Optional - 3 cloves sugar or honey, to taste.

METHOD

Simmer the apple juice with the strips of orange peel, cinnamon stick and cloves for about 5-10 mins until all the flavours have infused.

Sweeten to taste.

Serve each drink with a little orange peel and a piece of cinnamon stick, if you like.

CASUAL CYCLE INSTRUCTORS

£12.23 - £13.61 per hour

The Sustainable Transport Team is seeking to recruit Cycle Instructors in the Sutton area to deliver Bikeability, the national cycle training programme for children. As one of our professional trained instructors you could earn up to £420.16 per week to deliver our standard Bikeability courses involving 20 hours of contact with riders plus time for course administration and travel. Our Bikeability sessions are typically 10.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00, plus travel time. All instructors must train on a 4-day National Standard Instructor course. It is an advantage if you already hold this qualification although not essential as training will be arranged for the right candidates.

So if you are a regular cyclist, have good road sense, are a good communicator and enjoy working outdoors, then this could be just the job for you. If appropriate you will receive further training in First Aid and Cycle Maintenance.

For an informal discussion about these positions please telephone Eric Chasseray, Sustainable Transport Officer on 020 8547 5826 or email eric.chasseray@kingston.gov.uk

EU Settlement Scheme

The Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton, Citizens Advice and LBS are holding two events to explain about the EU Settlement scheme and the help that they can offer. They will also answer any queries that people may have.

These are taking place on the 5th Dec and 30th January from 5.30 - 7pm at the Civic Offices.

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