Clockhouse Champions!

We are delighted to announce that, this morning, the Key Stage 1 gym team won their competition and in doing so, beat 10 other schools.

Well done to all those that took part, another fantastic achievement for Clockhouse! We are very proud of you all.

This week's attendance winners are...

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

This weeks winners are:

2SM - 98.33%

4KB - 95.98%
5NG - 98.79%

Sadly our attendance has remained just below our whole school target of 96%. With your support we are sure that this will return to above 96% after the Easter holiday - with your support we can do it!

Our whole school attendance level currently stands at

95.7%

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

A message from us all!

Thank you all for another great term at Clockhouse!

Happy Easter everyone from all at Clockhouse Primary School.

We look forward to welcoming you back to school on Monday 13th April.

Fantastic news!

We are very proud to tell you that no less than 203 children from Nursery through to Year 6 achieved 100% attendance this term, a truly magnificent achievement! This is 24 more children than in the Autumn Term and an all time school record!

Can we beat this in the Summer Term?

Thank you for you continued support and the importance that you place on your child attending school everyday and on time!

Well done to you all, keep it up!

Core Value Award winners!

As you know, each half term the children choose a Core Value Award winner for their class. This is an award which was devised by the School Council to recognise those children who consistently demonstrate meeting Clockhouse's Core Value.

All the children below were chosen by their class this half term for continually demonstrating kindness, respect, care and concern for others:

1CC - Charlie M
1KI - Chloe P
1AL - Angel L
2SM - Ethan N
2TR - Maggie S
2JK - Mason P
3HF - Freya J
3LW - Darcy L
3LB - Millie J
4MM - Samuel B
4KB - Ben P
4LJ - Mason S
5AK - Riyana M-S
5NG - Verity A-G
5OG - Caitlyn M
6NB - Victor M
6SK - Ella F
6JD - Louis M

Well done everyone, a great achievement for great Clockhouse citizens!

The hunt starts for next terms Core Value winners when we return!

PA Easter Raffle

Do not forget to send your entry and 50p into school for the Easter Egg raffle!

Here is a taste of what you could win!

Year 5 Trip

Year 5 enjoyed their trip to the Queens Theatre this morning and hearing about and seeing how a really theatre works behind the scenes!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 23rd March 2015

We cannot quite believe we are already coming to the end of the Spring Term, it only seems like 2 minutes since we retuned after the February half term holiday!

We certainty have a busy last week of term however!

Year 5
Year 5 are off to visit to the Queens Theatre on Tuesday. If you have not yet returned your permission slip, please ensure that you do so on Monday.

Year 3
We are looking forward to welcoming our Year 3 parents to school for a morning of Learn with my Child on Thursday from 9.30 until 11.45. Please come along for all or as much of the session as you can make.

Nursery and Reception
We look forward to welcoming our Nursery and Reception parents into school throughout the week foe Easter Activities. If you are not sure what your time for coming in is, please speak to a member of the Nursery or Reception staff.

Lorrine Marer Workshop

For those attending, the workshop this continues this week on Wednesday - 6-8pm in the Parents Room (KS1 building).

Please do not forget that we finish school for the Easter holidays on Thursday 26th March, Friday 27th March is a staff training day so the school in closed to children.

Please look out for the March newsletter coming out this week!

Have a good week everyone as well as a great Easter holiday and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 13th April.

Girls Football Victory

A big well done to the Girls football team who won their first match this evening.

The girls took on Pyrgo Priory winning 5-1.

Goal scorers were Promise, Brook D (with her first touch of the game), Plamedy, Charley and Olivia!

Well done everyone!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

A big well done to everybody for all the positive Dojos that have been awarded this week, there have certainly been a lot!

We are very excited that, going into the last week, four classes top the Dojo League. Well done to 2JK, 2TR, 3LB and 5NG. 

3LW, 3HF and 4CD currently hold second position with 4LJ in third.

Well done to these classes and everyone else for really trying to earn Dojos for their class.

This weeks attendance winners are...

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

This weeks winners are:

1KI - 97.42%

3HF - 96.67%
6NB - 98.33%

6NB win again! The 14th time this year!

Sadly our attendance has remained just below our whole school target of 96%. With your support we are sure that this will return to above 96% - we can do it!

Our whole school attendance level currently stands at

95.8%

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

Clockhouse Hall of Fame

We are very pleased to announce that we now have our very own hall of fame, which will be used to celebrate and showcase some of the fabulous work and learning the children at Clockhouse do. Currently work from Nursery to Year 6 is exhibited.

Tag Rugby victory

Well done again to the Tag Rugby team who beat Elm Park Primary last night 17-8.


Another great victory and thank you also to our loyal supporters.

Well done everyone!

Year 3

Apologies for any problems caused, Year 3 parents coming in to celebrate the end of the children's  theme Similar Places, Different Lives is not today, a letter will be coming out with the date in the near future.

Apologies again for any inconvenience caused.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 16th March 2015

Thank you to those that supported Red Nose day, there certainly were some interesting painted faces around school on Friday!

Year 3 
Please do not forget that parents / carers of Year 3 are invited into school on Monday from 2.45 to celebrate the end of their theme Similar Places, Different Lives.

Year 4 - 4LJ and 4CD
4LJ and 4CD are off to visit the Synagogue on Tuesday morning. If you have not yet returned your permission slip, please ensure that you do so on Monday.

Year 4
Year 4 have their Egyptian themed lunch on Tuesday, please purchase tickets before school on the usual days in the Key Stage 1 office.

Lorrine Marer Workshop

For those attending, the workshop this continues this week on Wednesday - 6-8pm,

The football team play Parklands Junior at home on Tuesday in the semi-final - all supporters are more than welcome. The Tag Rugby team play Elm Park away on Wednesday and St Albans away on Friday - good luck everyone!

Please do not forget that we finish school for the Easter holidays on Thursday 26th March, Friday 27th March is a staff training day.

Have a good week everyone!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

A big well done to everybody for all the positive Dojos that have been awarded this week, there have certainly been a lot!

Two classes have taken over the overall lead of the Dojo League. Well done to 3LB and 4LJ. 

2JK, 2TR, 3HF, 4CD and 5NG currently hold second position with 3LW in third.

Well done to these classes and everyone else for really trying to earn Dojos for their class.

This weeks attendance winners are...

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

This weeks winners are:



1AL - 97.42%

3LB - 98.00%
6NB - 98.33%

Sadly our attendance has remained just below our whole school target of 96%. With your support we are sure that this will return to above 96% - we can do it!

Our whole school attendance level currently stands at

95.9%

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

Great Job Clockhouse

Well done to the netball team who have one both their matches this week!

On Monday the team beat St Peters on Monday 9-2. Goal scorers were Olivia (5), Summer (1) and Caitlin (3). Tonight they beat Squirrels Heath 7-3 with goals from Caitlin (4) and Olivia (3).

A great team effort, well done everyone and thank you to our loyal supporters!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 9th March 2015

Thank you all for your attendance at Parents Evening. The teachers enjoyed meeting with you and discussing the children. This partnership is so valuable in ensuring that every child is enabled and supported both at home and school to be the best that they can be.

We hope you also made use of the book fair that was in school. Well done and thank you for supporting World Book Day, there certainly were some fantastic costumes!

Year 4 - 4MM and 4KB
4MM and 4KB are off to visit the Synagogue on Tuesday morning. If you have not yet returned your permission slip, please ensure that you do so on Monday.

Lorrine Marer Workshop

Due to Lorrine being ill the start of the workshop had to be postponed last week,
For those attending, the workshop starts on Wednesday - 6-8pm in the Key Stage 2 hall.

The netball team take on St. Peters away on Monday and Squirrels Heath Junior at home on Wednesday. The Year 4 and 5 Tag Rugby team play Oakfields away on Friday - good luck everyone!

Have a good week everyone!

This weeks attendance winners are...

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

This weeks winners are:

2SM - 97.67%

4KB - 98.21%
6JD - 99.29%

A special mention to 6JD who will receive prizes in assembly for their attendance being over 99%! Well done everyone!

Sadly our attendance has remained just below our whole school target of 96%. With your support we are sure that this will return to above 96% - we can do it!

Our whole school attendance level currently stands at

95.95%

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

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League is back up and running!

A big well done to everybody for all the positive Dojos that have been awarded this week, there have certainly been a lot!

Four classes currently top the Dojo League. Well done to 2JK, 3LB, 4LJ and 4CD. 

2TR, 3HF and 5NG currently hold second position with 3LW and 6JD in third.

Well done to these classes and everyone else for really trying to earn Dojos for their class.

Lorrine Marer workshop - it is not too late to sign up!

Help is at hand! 

 Meet LORRINE MARER

CHILD BEHAVIOUR SPECIALIST

Lorine Marer is an experienced Child Behaviour Specialist who has been working in the field for over 11 years.

Her motivation for this is as a result of her own experiences as a parent.

You may have missed our introductory evening to a 6 week parent workshop but it’s not too late to sign up.

If you would like to learn to ‘do it differently’ with your challenging child, THIS IS FOR YOU!

You will laugh, cry and most of all – learn how to get it right without getting wound up!

The course runs from 6 - 8pm in the Key Stage 2 hall.

Dates for the 6 week course are below

Wednesday 11^th March

Wednesday 18^th March

Wednesday 25^th March

EASTER BREAK

Wednesday 15^th April

Wednesday 22^nd April
Wednesday 29th April

If you would like a place reserved for you please contact

Marion Edgar Home School Support Worker or text 07532 168114

When signing up to this workshop please be aware that you would need to attend the full 6 weeks!

Clockhouse enjoy WE Day

WE day is an event set up by a charity called Free the Children who host WE days across the world involving 8000 schools. They encourage young people to do charity and volunteer work to improve the world in which we live on a local and global scale. 

This year we were lucky enough to take part in WE day. 15 children from Year 6 joined Mrs Johns, Mrs Payne and Mrs Mant at Wembly enjoying celebrities including Princess Beatrice, Holly Branson, Richard Branson and Martin Sheen giving inspirational speeches to the children. Young inventors shared their ideas, para Olympians shared their experiences of the London Olympics and music act including Dr Probez, Shawn Mendes and Connor Maynard performed.

The children were a credit from start to finish, despite the early start!

Everyone had a great day!

World Book Day winners!

Well done to everyone for supporting what was a very successful Book Day at Clockhouse.

The effort that had been put into the amazing outfits was impressive - thank you.

After a lot of deliberation the following children were chosen as the class winners:

6SK Nathan and Abby
6NB Zara and Tyanner
6JD Sienna and Travis
5OG Sam and Victoria
5NG Caitlyn and Harrison
5AK Callum and Katie/Georgie/Riyana
4LJ Livvy and Grace
4MM Bridey and Lily-Mae
4KB Ben and Samuel
4CD Matthew and Layla
3LB William and Beth
3LW Millie-Rose and Darcy
3HF Julia and Tom
2JK Hayden and Amelia
2TR Violet and Morgan
2SM Ella and Lola
1AL Kayleigh and Callum
1CC Grace and Hayden
1KI Oliver and Hannah
RAF Jamie and Cody
RCO Karolis and Libby
RLS Sammy and Ronnie

From this overall winners were chosen so a further well done to

RAF - Jamie (As the Stick Man)
2JK - Hayden McGlinchy (As Mr Twit)
4MM - Lily-Mae (As Gangster Granny)
5OG  - Sam (As a Zombie)

Well done everyone, a great day!

World Book Day

Do not forget that tomorrow is World Book Day!

We are looking forward to seeing lots of amazing costumes and looking at lots of amazing books.

Parents Evening

Thank you to all those Parents / Carers who attended Parents Evening tonight. We look forward to seeing the rest of you tomorrow!

Please do not forget to fill in one of the questionnaires available during Parents Evening or if you have taken it home with you tonight, please return it to school as soon as possible.

All feedback is greatly appreciated
Thank you

Travelling Book Fair

Books will be on sale after school tonight from the Travelling Book Fair.

Please go and look at the books in the Key Stage 1 hall.

1AL trip to the Toy Mueseum

1AL have had a great time at the Toy Museum and are back at school enjoying their lunch!

Community Week at Clockhouse

Community week was a great success with the children taking part in lots of different activities, working with different people across our school community as well as people from the wider community.

It was wonderful to receive the following email from a member of the public:

Hello,

I have just returned from Tesco in Collier Row.  I was greeted by two pupils from your school who offered me a shopping basket. My shopping was  expertly packed by two different pupils.  They were helpful, friendly and polite a credit to their parents and Clockhouse School.

I enjoyed my shopping trip today!

Kind regards

Here are just a few pictures to capture some of the events that went on during the week!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 2nd March 2015

We hope that the children enjoyed community week and all the different activities. They certainly proved to be fantastic Clockhouse ambassadors and were highly commended by school staff throughout the week as well as members of the community.

Please do not forget that it is Parents Evening on Tuesday and Wednesday, please see your child's class teacher on Monday if you need to book an appointment.

The Travelling Book Fair is visiting this week, this will be open after school each evening in the Key Stage 1 hall. Please take the time to visit and spend the vouchers that were sent home last week.

As we are sure you are already aware it is World Book Day on Thursday. For this we have asked that the children come to school dressed as a book character of their choice as well as bringing in their favourite book to share with their class. Any questions please ask your child's class teacher.

Year 1
Year 1 are off to Redbridge Toy Museum this week. If you have not done so please ensure that consent forms are returned on Monday. The children are going on the following days:

1AL - Tuesday

1CC - Wednesday

1KI - Thursday

Lorrine Marer Workshop

For those attending, the workshop starts on Wednesday - 6-8pm in the Key Stage 2 hall.

Good luck to the boys football team who take part in a 5-a-side competition on Tuesday and to the Tag Rugby team who take on Oakfields away on Friday.

Have a good week everyone!