This week is our final Cheam Park Farm and Brookfield joint newsletter. It has been great for our two schools to come together over the past few weeks and lots of new friendships have been formed. We will continue to work very closely with each other. Teachers in both schools are planning together on a regular basis and this will continue when everyone is back in school, enhancing provision and opportunities for all our children.

We know how much everyone is looking forward to returning on Monday. You will have received details regarding this via email.

In Topic, Nursery have been learning all about caterpillars and how they turn into butterflies. We read the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar and used it to inspire our drawing, writing and mark making. In Phonics, the children have learnt their second sound, ‘a,’ learning to write it and thinking about words which start with it. In Maths, we have learnt all about the number 8 as our number of the week, as well as practicing the numbers previously taught.

This week Reception has enjoyed reading Tiddler and exploring an unders the sea theme. They have created sea creature pictures, taken part in cosmic kids under the sea yoga and written fish poems. They have used number lines to complete addition calculations and have explored the weather and created weather diaries. All the children took part in World Book Day, dressing up as their favourite book character, sharing stories and making bookmarks.

Year 1 have once again been very busy this week! In English we enjoyed the story ‘Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car’ and came up with our own animal excuses and animal dictionaries. We were brilliant at sorting animals into alphabetical order! In Maths we worked so hard finding 10 more and 10 less and solving lots of tricky maze challenges. In Topic we found out all about the history of cars and made some fantastic dental hygiene videos. We also had a wonderful World Book Day! Take a look…

It’s been another busy week in Year 2. We planned and wrote their own Explorer Adventure stories this week. We’ve been on great adventures like being chased by polar bears in the Artic and being rescued by helicopters! In maths we have continued our work on data handling.

We also had a fantastic World Book Day dressing up and doing activities based on our book ‘Mae Among the Stars!

In Year 3 we linked World Book Day and Arts Week. Children were asked to work on an extract from Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire and draw one of the characters. They looked for clues in the text to draw the character. For our topic ‘Misty Mountains’ we sorted out different features of a mountain and then we created our own fact file of a mountain. During our class meets, we learned how to draw different things using Nearpod. (Art week)

Year 4 had an interesting science lesson finding out of gases weigh anything. We part filled bottles with fizzy liquids and shook them. Then we released the gas and weighed them a second time to see if they lost weight and they did.

What a busy week! From learning about animals that live in the Amazon Jungle at the beginning of the week to our favourite authors at the end. Both children and staff at Brookfield and Cheam Park Farm have thoroughly enjoyed working together during lockdown.

In Topic we completed fact files about animals that call the Amazon their home. In English, the children have been focusing on narratives. Using chapters of The Explorer for inspiration, they have written about an imaginary caiman attack.

Year 6 has had a great week. In English, they were tasked with writing their own versions of chapter 16 in the perspective of the Wolf. They came up with some brilliant versions. We were very impressed. The children have been revising what they have learnt this term in maths including: perimeter, area, volume and averages. It was great to see many children challenge themselves throughout the lessons. During the topic lesson, they asked to imagine themselves as an evacuee. They had to fill their suitcase with items they would take if they were evacuated and explain why. There were many interesting discussions around the different items that were being packed.

We understand the importance of promoting a broad and balanced curriculum that engages all our pupils and we pride ourselves on the rich curriculum we offer in our schools. LEO Academy Trust are offering all pupils a range of additional fun activities, challenges and clubs that you may wish your child to take part in including music clubs, French and Forest School.

Please click here for details of our wider curriculum offer.

Covid Updates

This section of our newsletter gives you any updates as they occur regarding the ongoing changes due to Covid. We will continue update you with the latest government and Department for Education guidance as well as share with you any changes made in school as we react to these updates.

Full School Reopening

Schools will fully reopen to all pupils on Monday 8th March. Please click on the link for the latest DfE guidance.

DfE Guidance

Keeping Our School COVID Safe

We would like to remind families to be mindful that, if a family member is not feeling well and you are considering booking a COVID test, please do not send children into school before the test and before you have received a negative result. A positive result has such a big impact on our school community in terms of bubbles of children having to be sent home, staff and children having to isolate and key workers not being able to work.

Doodle Maths and Times Table RockStars

Children across Cheam Park Farm and Brookfield have been working hard on their Doodle maths and times tables both at home and at school which is great!

Emerald Class are this week's top Doodlers at Cheam Park Farm.

Crystal Class are this week's top Doodlers at Brookfield.

Caitlin in Year 4 achieved her 100-Day streak this week.

Well done also to our 4 CPF pupil leaders on TTRockStars: Year 3: Helena Year 4: Seth Year 5: Oscar Year 6: Viraaj

Brookfield's top scorers on TTRockstars are: Year 3: Joel Year 4: Alex K Year 5: Austin Year 6: Victoria

Highest scoring class at Brookfield: Amethyst Class

World Book Day - Thursday 4th March

We really enjoyed World Book Day and our children took part in lots of exciting activities across our LEO trust. Everyone had the opportunity to dress up on Thursday which was great to see whether children were at home or at school. Take a look at the photos.

We are happy to provide free school meals to parents who are eligible for this offer. Please see the link below for information on Pupil Premium and how to apply.

Pupil Premium

As Spring is in the air, here are some delicious fresh recipes from LEO for you to enjoy.

Cook with Jack Cookbook - free download

Bite Back 2030 first began producing Cook with Jack every school day on YouTube to encourage pupils to get cooking while schools were closed during lockdown. Jack Deane showed us how to put together a series of healthy, tasty and affordable lunches. Click on the link for your free download.

Cook with Jack Cookbook

Several parents have requested support in using GSuite with their children. Please click on the link below for a really informative LEO training session for parents on supporting your child with GSuite .

Supporting your child with GSuite

SEND Wellbeing Exercises

Sport Works are delivering wellbeing exercise sessions which are targeted for children with SEND. These sessions are completely free, are delivered online and will get children (and their families) active and engaged.

Simply contact ernest.ako@sportworksltd.co.uk to sign up.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week - Monday 15th March to Friday 21st March 2021

Children will be taking part in activities and assemblies to raise awareness during this week.

Autism Awareness Week - Monday 29th March - Sunday 4th April

Children will be taking part in activities and assemblies to celebrate this week.

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