Welcome Back!

We hope you all had a wonderful break and are ready for another exciting term.

I am pleased to share our Challenge Partner Quality Assurance Review Report with you all.

Before Easter, we welcomed a team of reviewers made up of a a expert Lead Reviewer and three other senior school leaders from schools across the county. This forms part of our continued school improvement work and was a useful experience to highlight the many strengths of Cheam Fields and areas we need to continue to develop.

Here are some of the highlights:

"Staff at Cheam Fields pursue a shared vision to provide an ambitious and inspiring curriculum to prepare pupils for the next stage of their education and for future life. The impact of this vision is clear in well-presented books demonstrating coherently planned and well sequenced learning across a range of curriculum areas. To embed digital skills, all pupils have access to technology to assist their learning and are provided with devices to use across the curriculum. Positive attitudes in all lessons also demonstrate pupils’ engagement in their learning, as do comments such as, ‘lessons at our school enable us to find out about the wider world. They are amazing!’"

"Teachers’ strong focus on personal development has led to pupils having a strong sense of pride in their school. As a Year 3 pupil stated, ‘I like the experience this school gives me. It helps me to learn about all sorts of things; fossils, food, and Neil Armstrong.’ A Year 2 pupil supported this positive view by commenting, ‘I love this school. I can talk to my teacher, and she will help me to be happy.’"

Click here to read the full report.

Miss Shaw

Goodbye Miss Roach

Miss Roach will be leaving us next Friday to start her maternity leave.

I’m sure you will join me in thanking Miss Roach for all her hard work and wishing her all the best with her new arrival.

Thursday 28th April - KS1 Big Sing

Monday 2nd May - Bank Holiday

Friday 6th May - Young Voices

The Young Voices choir are really excited to finally be going to perform at the O2 as part of Young Voices.

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

Monday 2nd May - Bank Holiday

Friday 6th May - Young Voices

Monday 9th May - Thursday 12th May - KS2 SATs Week

Monday 16th May - Walk to School Week

Thursday 19th May - Outdoor Learning Day

Saturday 21st May - World Diversity Day

Monday 23rd May - Jubilee Week

Tuesday 24th May - Year 4 High Ashurst Residential Parent Meeting, 5pm, School Hall

Thursday 26th May - Last day of Half Term

Friday 27th May - Sunday 5th June - Half Term

Monday 6th June - INSET Day

Tuesday 7th June - Start of Summer Term 2

Wednesday 8th June - World Ocean Day

Monday 20th June - Wednesday 22nd June - Year 4 High Ashurst Residential Trip

Tuesday 21st June - Year 2 Golden Hinde Trip

Tuesday 28th June - Year 6 IOW Residential Parent Meeting, 5pm, School Hall

Top of The Form!

What an amazing achievement for our Year six team who won their first round of the Rotary Club's Top of the Form Competition.

Congratulations to Mia, William in Amethyst Class and Ruby and Hamna in Turquoise for getting through to the next round!

Congratulations to all the children who received the Achievement & Going for Gold! awards this week.

Optional Home Learning Tasks included in Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletters

Following on from the feedback you gave in response to our parent survey, please click the links below for Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletters.

Year 1 - 6 - These contain a link to optional home learning tasks.

Nursery & Reception - check Seesaw/boards outside classroom for any optional tasks.

Nursery Reception

Year 1 Year 4

Year 2 Year 5

Year 3 Year 6

If you complete any, remember to come and show Miss Shaw.

We are looking to host another Small Change, Big Difference course with Adapt to Learn. For those that are unfamiliar with this course, we run this as an alternative to the Early Bird programme. Some information about this is below.

If you are interested in attending this course, please email: sutton@nas.org.uk and we'll be in touch.

‘Small Change, Big Difference’ Parent Group for parents of children with a diagnosis of autism.

The aim is to empower parents, supporting them to help their children by developing an in-depth understanding of autism. Taking a positive approach, we will explore, share and discuss practical strategies to help develop communication skills, pre-empt and manage behaviour and gain confidence and resilience.

During the sessions, parents will be given the opportunity to make connections, gain support and feel less isolated.

Each course comprises of four x 1.5-hour sessions and will cover a range of topics.

Quiz Club

We have an exciting new afterschool club for Years 3 -6 starting on Monday 9th May!

Please click here for more information and to book a space for your child.