Weekly Newsletter
15th March 2024
DIARY DATES SPRING TERM
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd March - Last Week of School Led Clubs - Craft Club will not be running due to parent consultations
Tuesday 19th March & Thursday 21st March - Parent consultations - Nursery
Wednesday 20th March & Thursday 21st March - Parent consultations - Reception - Year 6
Friday 22nd March - Easter Bonnets - Details here
Monday 25th March - Thursday 28th March - No school Led Clubs
Monday 25th March - Hedgehogs to visit fire station
Monday 25th March - Year 3 Drumming - Amber 2:00pm, Emerald 2:45pm - Details here
Wednesday 27th March - Otters to visit fire station
Thursday 28th March - End of Spring Term, school finishes at 2pm
DIARY DATES SUMMER TERM
Monday 15th April - Back to school
Monday 15th April - Friday 19th April - Year 5 Kingswood Residential - Details here
Thursday 18th April - Year 3 - Egyptian Workshop - Details here
Wednesday 24th April - Hedgehogs start swimming - Details here
Thursday 25th April - Otters start swimming -Details here
Thursday 25th April - Mufti/own clothes day - PTFA Event - Details here
Tuesday 30th April - Big Sing 1 - Invite only
Monday 20th May - Year 4 - High Ashurst meeting - Details to follow
Wednesday 22nd May - Disco - PTFA Event - Details here
Monday 27th May - Friday 31st May - Half Term
Monday 3rd June - Inset Day
Tuesday 4th June- Back to School
Wednesday 5th June - Year 2 - Trip to Tower of London - Details to follow
Tuesday 11th June - Big Sing 2 - Details to follow
Saturday 22nd June - Summer Fair - PTFA Event - Details here
Monday 24th June - Wed 26th June - Year 4 High Ashurst Residential - Details here
Wednesday 3rd July - Hedgehogs finish swimming
Thursday 4th July - Otters finish swimming
Friday 12th July - Year 6 - Prom - Details here
Monday 15th July - Friday 19th July - Year 6 Isle of Wight Residential - Details here
Future Term Dates here
SPORTS CALENDAR
SUMMER TERM EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS CLUBS
Please click here for the Summer Term Clubs list. As we have done for the past year, we are asking parents to complete this Google Form to submit their preferences for clubs.
Clubs will not be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Instead, we will allocate spaces so that as many children as possible are attending at least one club that they would like to. Please be aware that this is a lengthy process with the aim of making as many children as happy as possible.
You have until Monday 18th March at 4pm to complete this form. We recommend speaking to your child about which clubs they would like to join.
We will start allocating clubs on Tuesday 19th March and we will send an email out to let you know when we have completed this.
Clubs will start in the second week of term, week commencing Monday 22nd April. Clubs will run until week commencing 8th July. There will be no clubs in the last week of term.
Occasionally, we may have to make a change to a club and we will email you if your child’s club has to be cancelled.
We are pleased to let you know that we will be running an after school club for Reception in the Summer Term. Miss Gill and Mrs Harris will run a Creativity Club on Thursdays after school, finishing at 3.45pm. Please complete this form if you would like to register your interest.
Please note that in order to give as many children as possible the chance to attend we will run two groups, one before May Half Term and one after May Half Term. You can state your preference on the form.
We also have two other external clubs which are open to Reception:
Year 1 - 3 Only
We have been contacted by an Artist who would like to run an after school club on Friday afternoon for Year 1 - 3. In order for her to see if this is viable we need to find out how many children might sign up. More information is available on the flyer below. If you would like to register your interest in the club, please complete the form below.
Reception Extra Curricular Clubs
We are pleased to let you know that we will be running an after school club for Reception in the Summer Term. Miss Gill and Mrs Harris will run a Creativity Club on Thursdays after school, finishing at 3.45pm. Please complete this form if you would like to register your interest.
Please note that in order to give as many children as possible the chance to attend we will run two groups, one before May Half Term and one after May Half Term. You can state your preference on the form.
We also have two other external clubs which are open to Reception:
LEO SPORTS EASTER CAMPS
We are pleased to introduce LEO Sports Camps, the camps will be run by our own LEO sports instructors. They will be held at Brookfield Primary Academy, Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy & Manor Park Primary. We will be running our sports camps from Tuesday 2nd April to Thursday 11th April from 9am until 3pm. There will be different sports activities throughout the week, daily sports challenges and competitions. Please ensure that you book the correct venue that you require.
All details can be found here
ACES - CHEAM FIELDS WRAP AROUND CARE
Aces Extended Services - Places available
We have spaces in our wraparound provision on selected days. If you would like to find out about availability, please email aces@leoacademytrust.co.uk.
SUTTON COUNCIL FOOD VOUCHERS
We previously wrote to parents to confirm that we would not be issuing food vouchers to families of children eligible for free school meals after the February 2024 half term due to the funding for this scheme coming to an end. The Government has since decided to extend this scheme for a further 6 months which would include May half term and the summer holidays. The Council has now agreed that we can issue vouchers to families for the Easter 2024 period (10 days / £3 a day) but decisions on the May half term and summer holiday period have not yet been made. We will update parents on arrangements for those holiday periods when we have an update from the Council.
Our Evouchers system opened today and we will be closing the Evouchers system on 12th April 2024. Schools will not be able to claim after this date. You can claim for 10 days only (1-5 and 8-12 April), £30 per eligible child. We are unable to fund the bank holiday (29th March).
Please see a step-by-step for LA Funded options HERE.
If you have any other queries please contact me or the Evouchers team:
● 01638 438095
● https://help.evouchers.com/hc/en-gb
SPIRITED ARTS COMPETITION
Why Animals Matter? Explore Your Beliefs Through Spirited Arts!
Do you love animals? Have you ever wondered why they're here, and how we should treat them? Then the Spirited Arts Competition is the perfect place for you to unleash your creativity and delve into the theme: Why do Animals Matter?
Please click here for more details. All entries to be labelled and handed to your class teacher
COGNUS SCIENCE WEEK COMPETITION
To celebrate Science Week, Cognus would like to invite pupils in your school to enter the following competition. The activities for each aged group are outlined below.
Early Years & Key Stage 1
Design a season’s wheel or a poster that shows the lifecycle of a plant or animal that is special to you.
Key Stage 2
Design an A3 poster to demonstrate the importance of time in science.
Key Stage 3 and above
Design a science book cover/sleeve that shows the importance of time in science. Indicate if your book cover/sleeve is for an Early Years, Primary or Secondary book.
All entries should be named and sent to your class teacher labelled Cognus Science Competition by Tuesday 19th March 2024 .
Winning entries in each category will receive a science book appropriate to their age and their work will be displayed within the Cognus offices. We look forward to receiving entries from your school.
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
At Cheam Fields Primary Academy we recognise that good attendance gives our children the best possible opportunity for learning and reaching their full potential. Children need to attend school regularly if they are to take full advantage of the education opportunities available to them as well as their relationships with friendship groups. Giving your child the best start in life is every parent or carer’s wish. The opportunity to learn and make progress is essential to improve life chances. Good attendance is key to securing this.
Illness - If your child is going to be off school due to illness, please complete our Absence form here by 8:30a.m on each day of Absence giving the reasons for any absence, this is an important safeguarding issue for the school.
Appointments - If your child has to have an appointment during school time please fill in the appointments form here. If your child will be in school over the lunch period please ensure you have filled in if they will be school dinners or packed lunch. A copy of any evidence for appointments can be emailed or brought into the office.
Exceptional Absence - Taking holidays in term time affects children’s schooling as much as any other absence and the school expects parents to help us by not taking children away in school time. There is no automatic entitlement in law to time off in term time to go on holiday. The Governing Body does not sanction absence during term time. Any authorisation given by the Principal will be at her discretion and only in exceptional circumstances.
Please fill in the request for exceptional absence here.
MEDICINES IN SCHOOL
We are able to administer prescription medicines in school. However we only administer medicine when the course cannot be completed at home. If you are unable to do this we would kindly ask that you do the following:
Complete the medicine form here
Ensure medicines are clearly labelled and in date
Come to the office with your child and their medicine before school each day
Your child will receive a medication label
Collect your medication from the office each day
PARENT/CARER SUPPORT
Please click here to be taken to our Support page which has information on Parent/Carer workshops/courses/resources in the local community or online
TRANSITION SUPPORT
Please click here for information about transferring to Secondary School.
Please note that this information is for Transfer to Secondary 2024 and has not been updated for 2025 yet.
PTFA NEWS
We would like to extend a sincere thank you to the PTFA for their hard work and dedication throughout the year. Their efforts have made a significant impact on our school community. Their efforts have gone on to raise valuable funds which have purchased a new playground equipment for Early Years and a Scooter Storage. Brilliant, Thank you!
INCLUSIVE SUTTON
Visitors with special educational needs or hidden disabilities can now pick up a free hidden disability ‘sunflower’ lanyard from the council’s civic offices or Sutton Central Library!
LEO SCHOOL AGE RANGE CONSULTATION 2024
Consultation to increase the age range of Cheam Fields Academy. Please click here to view the letter sent out to parents/carers here
EDURIO PARENTS/CARERS SURVEY - COMING SOON!
LGFL HOMEPROTECT PARENT INFO
What is HomeProtect?
Keeping children safe is in LGfL’s DNA. We have long been known for safeguarding expertise in education, training, research & policy, but also technology.
For many years we have provided schoolsafe internet filtering, but now we also have supersafe filtering for the home.
Please click here for more information
LEO LOTTERY
The LEO Lottery raises money to enhance the opportunities for ALL our pupils!
Join our weekly lottery from just £1 a week
It’s an easy way to support our Trust and help raise funds for LEO Foundation projects
40% of ticket sales come back to us
There’s a guaranteed winner every week as well as the chance to win £25,000
It’s easy to sign up online so start supporting our Trust today!
Last year, funds raised by the LEO Foundation supported our LEO PRIDE Awards in EYFS, our ECB All Stars Cricket Development Centre for Year 2 pupils, Mandarin lessons for Year 5 pupils and our Year 6 Junior Citizenship Programme.
Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you good luck!
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