Cheam Fields Weekly Newsletter

22nd November 2019

Learning Together, Growing Together

We had great fun dressing up to raise money for Children in Need.

We raised an amazing £420.79

Thank you!

What is happening next week?

Reception - Snowman Day

Wednesday 27th November

Reception are asking all children to come to school dressed in pyjamas on 27th November just like the little boy from the book/film ‘The Snowman’. During the week we will be taking part in fun activities to get us excited about the topic.

The children will still be accessing the outside area so please ensure they are wearing appropriate footwear and clothing under their pyjamas so they do not get cold. Children may bring one teddy with them but this must be clearly named.

Information and Reminders

Year 1 Reading Workshops Resources

Click here for a copy of the slides.

Christmas Decorations - Bells!

As you know, we always like to decorate the school at Christmas time. This year, if you wish, we would like you and your child to make a bell. This can be made in any way you would like, using any materials you choose.

These are going to be hung from strings around the school, so please make sure they are not made of anything too heavy or too big (no glass please).

Please bring your bells into school by Friday 6th December at the latest.

Year 3 (now Year 4) - Tate Britain Steve McQueen Exhibition

Our current Year 4 classes have their Steve McQueen photographs displayed in the exhibition at the Tate Britain, these will be on display until 3rd May.

Year 4 will be visiting the exhibition on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 as part of our Arts Week (a letter will be coming home soon).

If you want to visit this free exhibition before then, you won't find the location of our photographs on a public map and gallery staff will not hold or share information about where specific photographs are located due to safeguarding reasons.

Our photograph is located in Section 22.

The exhibition spans 24 sections that are marked clockwise from the entrance.

Please note that in some instances the photographs might span across two sections, if they appear at the end of one line, so please look to the next section if you don’t see them banked together.

The gallery have requested that you are mindful of sharing the location of our photos on social media for safeguarding reasons.

We hope you enjoy the exhibition if you decide to go - we can't wait to see our photos as part of the exhibition in January!

Trim Trail

Please can we encourage you not to let children play on the trim trail before and after school for safety reasons.

Your help and understanding is appreciated.

Parking and Turning in the Roads around School

Please remember to be respectful of our neighbours and park responsibly in the surrounding roads.

For the safety of our children and people crossing outside school, please do not use the roads around our entrances to do 3 -point turns - it is dangerous.

Plea For Board Games

Wanted!

We would like to start a board game lunchtime club. If anyone has any unwanted board games we would be most grateful.

Please hand them in to the office or give them to Mrs Townsend.

Thank you, as always, for your support.

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

Wednesday 27th December - Reception Snowman Day (see letter)

Wednesday 4th December - Year 2 'Discover Christmas' Workshop at School

Thursday 5th December - Year 1 Church Visit

Friday 6th December - PTFA Mufti Day (Sweet bags - more information coming soon)

Monday 9th December - Thursday 12 December - Christmas Productions/Concerts (see dates below)

Wednesday 11th December - Year 6 Kidzania Trip

Thursday 12th December - Flu Inoculations Reception to Year 6

Friday 13th December - Christmas Jumper, Dinner and PTFA Fair Day!

Monday 16th December - Year 5 & 6 Roman Workshop (more details coming soon)

Tuesday 17th December - Year 3 Drumming Showcase - Jade & Garnet (see letter for more information)

Thursday 19th December - House Point Winner and Winning Class Attendance Mufti Day

Thursday 19th December - Last Day of Term, 2pm Finish

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

Monday 13th January - Swimming Starts for Spring Term

Monday 20th January - Friday 24th January - Arts Week (more information coming soon)

Wednesday 22nd January - Year 4 trip to Tate Britain (Steve McQueen Year 3 Exhibition - more information coming soon)

Special Events

Christmas at Cheam Fields

Christmas Productions

Monday 9th December - Year 2 Production, 9:15am & 2:15pm - Hall

Tuesday 10th December - Reception Production, 9:15am & 2:15pm - Hall

Tuesday 10th December - Year 3 & 4 Concert, 7pm - St Dunstan's Church

(performance starts at 7:00 pm but children need to be at the church for 6.30pm)

Wednesday 11th December - Year 1 Production, 9:15am & 2:15pm - Hall

Thursday 12th December - Nursery Sing-a-long, 11:15am, Hall

Thursday 12th December - Year 5 & 6 Concert, 7pm - St Dunstan's Church

(performance starts at 7:00 pm but children need to be at the church for 6.30pm)
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Wednesday 4th December - Year 2 'Discover Christmas' Workshop

Thursday 5th December - Year 1 Church Visit

NEW DATE -Friday 6th December - PTFA Mufti Day (Sweet bags - more information coming)

Friday 13th December - Christmas Jumper, Dinner and PTFA Fair Day!

NEW DATE-Tuesday 17th December - Year 3 Drumming Showcase - Jade & Garnet (see letter for more information)

Thursday 19th December - House Point Winner and Winning Class Attendance Mufti Day

Thursday 19th December - Last Day of Term, 2pm Finish

Do you normally have a packed lunch?Order your meal via the school office by Friday 29th November.

Learning

World Nursery Rhyme Week

Nursery & Reception

Nursery and Reception have enjoyed a fun packed week to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week.

They enjoyed a special workshop as well as dressing up as their favourite nursery rhyme character.

They took part in a sponsored bounce and haven't stopped singing nursery rhymes all week!

French Update

Year 3 have been working very hard in French this week.

They did their first ever speaking test and created these wonderful posters to take home!

Well done to these pupils as they were the winners!

Mrs Lester from Lingotot Sutton says Bravo!

Celebrating your Optional Home Learning Projects

This week Ruby and Oscar came to share their 'Live and Let Live' projects and Eliza dazzled us with her Roman mosaic.

Ruby had created a diagram of a flower using stickers and labelled it. Oscar had made a wonderful habitat box for a bat.

Eliza made a Roman inspired mosaic . Great attention to detail Eliza, it must have taken ages!

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 3

Astrosaurs - Steve Cole

Meet Captain Teggs Stegosaur and the crew of the amazing spaceship DSS Sauropod as the ASTROSAURS fight evil across the galaxy!

Flesh-chomping raptors have kidnapped two top dino athletes. With the Great Dinosaur Games about to start, Teggs and his friends must race to the rescue. But there's more to the raptors' plot than meets the eye . . .

Week Commencing 18th November

Year 1 & 2: marvellous

Year 3 & 4: paramount

Year 5 & 6: evoke

Week Commencing 25th November

Year 1 & 2: fluttered

Year 3 & 4: adjacent

Year 5 & 6: dishevelled

Week Commencing 2nd December

Year 1 & 2: bellowed

Year 3 & 4: anticipate

Year 5 & 6: dilapidated

Marina Bay Sands

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 29th November.

Found in…(Country/Continent)

Opened in…(Date)

Fun fact...

Excellence

Kindness Awards

To finalise our Anti-Bullying Week activities, awards for kindness were given in assembly last Friday.

Each class had to nominate someone who shows kindness.

Well done!

Well done to Laird, Jessica, Eva, Emma, Mia C and Olive.

Well done to Najibah, Phoebe L, Saanvi, Bella, Ethan, Harrison, Scarlett, Asher and Ollie.

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, Abigail, Safi
Rabbit Class: Charlotte C, Oliver, James, Charlie F, Albert, Bator, Rosie, Matheo, Vianne, Rosie, Tomi, Leila, Tallulah

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, Lola, Gowrinanda, Arshikaa
Year 2 Owl Class: Phoenix, Alexandra, Aniya, Rama, Kaitlyn, Atish, Anujan, Harrison M, Freddy, Tyler, Harrison W, Ilisha, Henry H, Henry E, Callen,

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, Saanvi, Imogen
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, Milly
Year 3 Opal: Najibah, Rohan, Daouda, Menaal, Hisham, Freya, Tanvi, Beau, Roman, Arav, Jacob, Haris, Melody, Aneela
Year 4 Emerald: Sadhana, William, Molly, Summer-Rose, Michael, Jack
Year 4 Topaz: Umit, Flynn, Jeffreet , Fred, Nicolas, Isha, Amy Cl, Safia
Year 5 Amber: Alejandro, Hayden Green, Lucas, Vithuli, Avaneesh, Freya H, Freya TL, Arshya, Hayden Groves, Joshua, Finlay, Eva, Emma, Lois, Joe, Sude
Year 5 Sapphire: Abelash, Milo, Lilly Lance, Dexter, Rebecca, Abinaya, Charlotte, Harrison, Ciaran, Tamzin, Johnny, Thomas
Year 6 Amethyst: Danielle, George, Kamyar, Aely, Frankie, Jacob, Theo N, Nacho, Aimee, Jason, Asher, Aidan, Leah, Sam, Logan, Lily H, Daisy, Bosco, Joe, Eshaal, Vysh, Callie, Fareed, Lilly H
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

Achievement Awards

Congratulations to all the children who received the Achievement Award this week

Reception Hedgehog : Nylah

Reception Otter: Tabitha

Year 1 Badger: Seth

Year 1 Rabbit : George

Year 2 Fox : James. T

Year 2 Owl : Lucy

Year 3 Garnet: Mark

Year 3 Jade : Sophie

Year 3 Opal : Arav

Year 4 Emerald : Summer R

Year 4 Topaz : Ishia

Year 5 Amber : Sebastian

Year 5 Sapphire : Danial

Year 6 Amethyst : Dom

Year 6 Turquoise : Jack

Going for Gold Awards

Congratulations to all the children who received the Going for Gold Award this week

Reception Hedgehog : Jimmy

Reception Otter : Hunter

Year 1 Badger : Lyde-Marie

Year 1 Rabbit : Aviknan

Year 2 Fox : Alisha

Year 2 Owl : Atish

Year 3 Garnet : Pheobe G

Year 3 Jade : Freya

Year 3 Opal : Sara

Year 4 Emerald : Jeevika

Year 4 Topaz : Rhys

Year 5 Amber : Hayden Groves

Year 5 Sapphire : Brooke

Year 6 Amethyst : Joe

Year 6 Turquoise : Yusuf

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. Avineesh (Fox)

2. James (Fox)

3. Violet (Rabbit)

The top three children across Key Stage 2 were:

Fareed Shah (Amethyst)
Jaylan H (Opal)
Freya H (Amber)

The top three classes in Key Stage 1 were:

Fox Class (Year 2)
Rabbit Class (Year 1)
Badger Class (Year 1)

The top three classes in Key Stage 2 were:

Topaz Class (Year 4)
Amber Class (Year 5)
Opal Class (Year 3)

Opportunity

Eco News!

Our new Eco Worriers have been selected by their classes to advocate changes that will benefit our local community and future generations. They are becoming truly outstanding global citizens (inspired by Greta Thunberg) who place the well-being of our environment, as well as the entire planet, at the centre of their actions.

They are buzzing with ideas such as: local rubbish collections, more efficient sorting of our school’s rubbish and some competitions to involve everyone who does not yet know much about the urgency of the situation.

‘’ I can't wait to be an Eco-Warrior as I really want to save the animals in the oceans and stop plastic from polluting the seas. In the future, I wish to see the seas to be as safe as they can be, with no harmful substances floating in them and fish being free to swim safely.’’ Amy, Year 4

"We should start recycling more in order to avoid spread of pollution in the world." Jack, Year 3

So far, they have discussed the ways of making your local surroundings more pleasant. The next step will be to spring clean our local park (look out for more information because we will need your help!)

They will keep you posted on the news!

Chocolate Reindeer Cupcakes

Ingredients

200g butter, cubed

200g plain chocolate, broken into squares

200g light soft brown sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

250g self-raising flour

For the icing

200g plain chocolate, broken into squares

100ml double cream, not fridge-cold

50g icing sugar

For the reindeers

12 large milk chocolate buttons (we used Cadbury Dairy Milk Giant Buttons)

24 white chocolate buttons

12 red Smarties

black icing pens

mini pretzels, carefully cut in half horizontally

Method

Get started: Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Gently melt the butter, chocolate, sugar and 100ml hot water together in a large saucepan, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool a little while you weigh the other ingredients.

Make your cakes: Stir the eggs and vanilla into the chocolate mixture. Put the flour in a large mixing bowl, and stir in the chocolate mixture until smooth. Spoon into the cases until just over three-quarters full. Bake on a low shelf in the oven for 20-22 mins. Leave to cool.

Ice the tops: To make the icing, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Once melted, turn off the heat, stir in the double cream, sift in the icing sugar and mix well. When spreadable, top each cake with some icing.

Have fun decorating: Position a milk chocolate button on top of each cake, then 2 white chocolate buttons above it. Use a little icing as glue to stick a red Smartie onto the milk chocolate button for a nose. Then use your icing pens to draw black dots on the white buttons for eyes. Stick 2 pretzel top halves into the top of each cake for antlers, and stick the bottom half of a pretzel under the Smartie for a mouth.

These cakes will keep in a sealed container for up to 3 days, but we doubt they’ll last that long!

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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