Weekly reminders for week beginning 19th October 2026

What a lovely week last week was - well done to you all and thank you for all the support you continue to show us. We are lucky to work with such a wonderful community.

It is hard to believe that we are going into the last week of this half term already - where is the time going. It is certainly going to be a busy and exciting one!

Parent / Carer Questionnaire

The termly questionnaire for parents / carers came out via Class Dojo before the holiday and can be accessed using the link below 

Autumn Term Questionnaire for Parents / Carers

As always we thank you for your feedback. We do appreciate that this takes time but your feedback is invaluable to us as we continually strive to improve the educational experience we provide for the children and families we serve. 

Reception - Year 6

Please remember that the nurses are in on Monday for the first round of flu immunisations.

Year 6
We look forward to welcoming our Year 6 (Monday - 9.10-10.30) parents for Learn with my Child. Please come for as little or as much as you can. As with the other year groups, regrettably we are unable to accommodate younger siblings at these events.

Year 6 also have their Viking Day on Tuesday. 

Year 5

We look forward to welcoming our Year 5 (Tuesday - 9.10-10.30) parents for Learn with my Child. Please come for as little or as much as you can. As with the other year groups, regrettably we are unable to accommodate younger siblings at these events.

Year 1 and Year 2

The children in Year 1 will be welcoming the Birds of Prey on Monday as part of their topic all about Woodland Life. Year 2 will also be having the same experience as part of their development of their Cultural Capital.

Parents' Evening 

Do not forget that on Wednesday and Thursday of this week it is Parents' Evening after school. If you do not yet have an appointment please book this on line. If you have any issues, please contact Mrs Collins in the office. As you know, we are offering a blended approach, so if you have not done so already, please do tell the teachers if you want a Zoom meeting otherwise we will assume you will be attending in person.

Please do allow your children to be part of the meeting so that they also know how they are doing and what they need to work on. The importance of the co-education of your child cannot be overstated

Is your child, or a child you know due to start Reception in September 2027

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents / carers into school on Thursday at 10.00am. Please call the school to book this or a tour later in the term.

Natasha Brind's Bright Day

On Thursday, we invite our whole community to come to school in bright colours. It would be lovely to see parents / carers getting involved as well. This is in memory of Natasha, our much loved member of staff who sadly and very unexpectedly passed away four years ago. If you would like to donate to Cancer Research, a charity dear to Natasha and her family, please do so but there is no obligation.

OCA (Our Clockhouse Association) Tuck Shop

OCA will be hosting a Tuck Shop during both Parents' Evening. Look out for the stalls if you are feeling a bit peckish. Please do support them.

Things to be aware of

Please do not forget that Friday 23rd October is a staff training day and therefore the school will be closed to children therefore school finishes for half term on Thursday 22nd October.

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Parent's Evening

Half Term Dates

Bright Day

Please look out for the October Newsletter coming home this week.

As always we thank you for your continued support in all we do. We would like to wish you a happy half term from us all when it gets here. We look forward to welcoming our Clockhouse Community back on Monday 2nd November.

As always we thank you for your continued support in all we do.

Have a good week everyone!

#ourclockhousefamily

Mrs Savidge

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:

Clockhouse Primary School Website

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League continued this week - well done everyone for helping your class!

The dojo scores have been analysed and the results are in!

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 2 Dojo League with Canada in second place and  Italy and Spain in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Uganda, South Africa, China and Greenland who are all in the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with Peru and Kenya in second place and Australia in third.

Well done to everyone for really trying to earn Dojos for their class.

The attendance winners this week are...

Great attendance leads to 
great learning and progress!

Congratulations to the three classes below who are our winners for this week - keep it up!

A big well done to this week's winners who are:

Spain - 99.7%

Brazil - 98.7%

New Zealand - 98.3%

Well done to all three classes above.

Wow - 19 classes were in the Green Zone this week with an attendance above 96% - well done to those classes. 

A further well done to Nursery AM and PM, Northern Ireland,  Brazil, Fiji and Australia who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

96.3%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

96.3%

Well done everyone and thank you all for your continued support in ensuring that the
children come to school every day and on time!

It is still important that we all work to improve our attendance. 
Please remember that our school target is 96%.

Year 5 and 6 Tackle Cross Country

A team of children from Years 5 and 6 proudly represented Clockhouse at the annual cross-country event at Stubbers. Despite the cold and wet weather, the children showed fantastic determination and enthusiasm, refusing to let the conditions affect their performance.

The pupils took on the challenge of running a 2km course, demonstrating resilience and a positive attitude throughout. They all did a great job, pushing themselves to do their best and showing excellent commitment to the event.

We were incredibly proud of the way the children represented our school, supporting one another and embracing the challenge, whatever the weather.

Well done to all our runners! Their effort, determination and positive attitudes were fantastic to see, and they should be very proud of their achievements.

Team - Joey (Fiji), Freya (Fiji), Beau - (Fiji), Liam (Australia), Ronnie (Australia), Mandy (Australia), Keira (Australia), Ruby (India), Michaella (India), Emiliyah (India), Jack (India), Dylan (India) and Ellis (India)

Boccia Team Perform Brilliantly

Clockhouse were proud to be represented by a team of children at the Boccia tournament. It was a fantastic and inclusive event, and it was wonderful to see the children taking part, enjoying the experience and performing so well.

Throughout the tournament, the team competed in a range of matches, achieving several wins and enjoying great success. The children demonstrated excellent skills, determination and teamwork, showing enthusiasm and commitment in every match.

Most importantly, the team represented our school brilliantly. They showed respect towards their opponents, officials and teammates, displaying outstanding sportsmanship throughout the event. Their positive attitudes, encouragement of one another and willingness to participate made us extremely proud.

The tournament was a valuable opportunity for the children to develop their confidence, celebrate their abilities and experience the enjoyment of inclusive sport.

Well done team !

Team captain: Jacob (Japan)

Team: Lennie (China), Ayub (South Africa) and Olan (Uganda)

Super Sketching in Year 6

Year 6 spent time creating these amazing dragon eye sketches.

They spent time exploring how artists use eyes to convey emotion studying the work of Picasso, Rene Margritte and Margaret Keane. They then transferred this to creating their own Dragons Eye. Watch out for how this develops!

Well done Year 6!

Hot Chocolate with the Head

As you all know we are constantly striving to improve Clockhouse for your children. 

This year we are 'Being Resilient, Consistent and Brilliant' in everything we do to ensure that our school is a fabulous place to be and the children get the best all round experience possible. Each week, the Heads of Year as well as Miss Ward, Mrs Abeledo and Mrs Savidge choose a person (child or adult) who has been seen to do this and then they get to have Hot Chocolate with Mrs Savidge!

This week the following Clockhouse Citizens have been seen to 'Be Resilient, Consistent and Brilliant':

Reception - Shayan I (Scotland) for being resiliant, consistently kind to others and a brilliant class member.
Year 1 -  Musa M (France) for the being Resilient, Consistent and Brilliant with the amazing effort he has been putting into his sentence writing, making sure he is following the sentence rules. It has also been wonderful to see how much more confident he has been this week and how settled he is now in Year 1. 

Year 2 - Adeena D (Canada) for being resilient, consistent and brilliant by always taking great pride in presenting her work to an exceptional standard.
Year 3 -  Anthony T (Brazil) for being resilient, consistent and brilliant in all of his interventions and always giving 100%.
Year 4 - Ibraheem H (Uganda) for  being resilient, consistent and brilliant and working really hard with his writing.

Year 5 - Ehsan (China) for being resilient, consistent and brilliant! He applied the skills he learnt during our conferencing session in English to write a fantastic diary entry in geography. 
Year 6 - Spencer W (Australia) for being resilient, consistent and brilliant and always showing excellence like Ethan the Clockhouse Crew member. 

Greenland - Ibrahim K is a wonderful role model for his peers in Greenland. He consistently follows his daily routine and is resilient, consistent and brilliant in everything that he does!

Miss Ward -  Mia Rose T (Uganda) for making great progress by being resilient, consistent and brilliant in coming in to school and pushing herself in her learning.
Mrs Abeledo - Raina F (Mexico) for being resilient, consistent and brilliant with her learning and approach to school.
Mrs Savidge - Luca C (Kenya) for being resilient, consistent and brilliant and being super polite around the school.

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to 'Be Resilient, Consistent and Brilliant' this week!