Special Dinner Day - tomorrow

Do not forget to join us tomorrow for our first special dinner of the year!

Calling all Year 2 parents and carers

We look forward to welcoming our Year 2 parents / carers into school tomorrow for the 'Learn with my Child' morning that Year 2 are hosting. 

Please sign in at the school office and be ready to start learning at 9.30am!

We look forward to seeing you there and we hope you gain a lot from the morning.

Race for Life

A huge well done to all the children (and adults) who took part in our very own Race for Life after school today.

It was lovely to see so many members of our school community involved and running in memory of those close to them.

Well done also to the PA for organising the event,  they will be in touch soon to let you know how much you all raised for this wonderful cause.

Well done everyone, we are all so proud of you!

October Treat - Special Dinner Day

Do not forget that we have our first special dinner day of the year this Thursday!

We would like as many children as possible to have school dinners on Thursday so even if your child does not normally have school dinners, why not try it on Thursday!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 28th September 2015

It was been lovely to see so many Nursery children excited and eager to start with us last week. We look forward again to welcoming more children this week.

We hope those parents / carers who joined Mrs Edgar and Mrs Ayling enjoyed the MacMillan coffee morning also.

We are pleased to be able to inform you that we raised a fantastic £350.61 for Genes for Jeans day - thank you for all your support. We also received a letter from Cancer Research last week to say that the donation station we had in school before the holidays is likely to raise in the region of £1080 – well done everyone and thank you.

Do not forget that Thursday sees out first Special Dinner Day of the year. All children are welcome. For children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 this comes under the government free school meal initiative. Children in Key Stage 2 will need a dinner ticket as normal.

Race for Life
Do not forget that we have our very own Race for Life after school on Tuesday. Thank you to all those who have already sponsored the children. Please pick your children up as normal and bring them straight to the field.

Year 2
On Wednesday, we are looking forward to welcoming lots of parents / careers from Year 2 to their first Learn with my Child event of the year. The morning will start at 9.30 and finish at 11.45am. Please come for as little or as much as you can.

Year 6
Year 6 are of to the dance show at Bower Park on Wednesday afternoon, please ensure permission slips are sent back on Monday if you have not done so already.

Future dates for the Diary
22nd October children's Fancy Dress Disco (Year 1, 2 and 3 4pm - 5.30, Year 4, 5 and 6 6pm - 7.30).

12th December - Christmas Fete

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

Have a good week everyone!

The attendance winners for this week are...

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

A big well done to this weeks winners who are:

Scotland - 99%

Brazil - 97.24%

Japan - 96.33%

A huge well done to Scotland who will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next Friday as their attendance is 99% or above - what an achievement!

Our whole school attendance 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!

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

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The positive start to the year has continued this week with lots of wonderful learning taking place and the children taking pride in their work, themselves and their school - great news! It has been wonderful to see so many positive Dojos being given out!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

Currently in the lead of the Dojo league are Mexico, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with Italy and USA only a point behind them in second place and France in third.

Key Stage 2:

Currently in the lead of the Dojo league are New Zealand, Libya, South Africa, Argentina and Peru with Japan and Kenya only a point behind them in second place and Uganda in third.

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

Football news

Well done to the boys football tea, who got this years sports campaign started yesterday afternoon.

The newly formed team drew 3-3 with Rise Park. Goal scorers were Bradley S, Callum L and Charlie B.

Well done to all the team and to all the supporters that were there cheering on the team!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 21st September 2015

Another good week was had at Clockhouse last week with, as always, a lot going on! Thank you in for your support whilst the new gates have been installed. We are sure that you will agree they look fabulous. If you do need to come onto the site during the school day please buzz the buzzer by the pedestrian gate and wait to be let in. When the office staff give you access you then need to push the gate.

We look forward to having our Reception children stay all day from Monday and welcoming some of our new Nursery children during the week. It was lovely to see so many Nursery children and families attend the open stay and play day last Thursday.

Thank you to all those people who have come to spend Ready, Steady Read time with their children, the more the merrier!

Thank you also for the support given to Jeans for Genes day. We will let you know how much we have raised for this worthwhile charity once the counting has been completed.

Year 4
Year 4 are excited to welcome the Freshwater Theatre Company on Thursday. They will be working with the children to develop their understanding of the Victorian Era.


Year 6
Booster classes begin this week for Year 6. All those invited should have had letters. Children should arrive at school by 8.15 and no earlier than 8.10 in the morning. Children need to come in through the main entrance in Key Stage 2 and wait in the Chill Out Area. Toast and hot chocolate will be provided after the sessions and before the start of school for those children who wish to have breakfast.

On Thursday, we are also looking forward to welcoming lots of parents / careers from Year 6 to our first Learn with my Child event of the year. The morning will start at 9.30 and finish at 11.45am. Please come for as little or as much as you can.

We have our first football match of the new school year on Wednesday. The team are playing at home against Rise Park. Please come along and support.

Please look out for the first newsletter of the new school year which will be coming out this week.

Mrs Edgar and Mrs Ayling will be holding a MacMillan Coffee Morning on Friday for parents / carers. There will be lots of lovely cakes kindly donated by staff as well as the chance for parents and carers to have a chat and get to know each other. This will take place in the Parents Room in Key Stage 1.

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

Have a good week everyone!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The positive start to the year has continued this week with lots of wonderful learning taking place and the children taking pride in their work, themselves and their school - great news! It has been wonderful to see so many positive Dojos being given out!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

Currently in the lead of the Dojo league are Mexico, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with Italy and USA only a point behind them in second place and France and Spain in third.

Key Stage 2:

Currently in the lead of the Dojo league are New Zealand, Libya, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina and Peru with Japan and Uganda only a point behind them in second place and Nepal in third.

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

The attendance winners for this week are...

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

A big well done to this weeks winners who are:

Canada - 100%

Peru - 97.59%

India - 99.33%

A huge well done to Canada who have got the first 100% of the year - prizes for you in assembly and to India who will also receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next Friday as their attendance is above 99% - what an achievement!

Our whole school attendance currently stands at 96.1%!

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

Some classes attendance was again disappointing this week, and our attendance is far below what it was this time last year. It is important that we all work to improve this. We are hoping that next week will be better. Please remember that our school target is 96%.

Jeans for Genes Day - tomorrow

Do not forget it is Jeans for Genes day tomorrow, for a small contribution to this worthwhile charity the children can come to school wearing jeans. Children do not have to wear school jumpers, non-uniform is fine.

If they do not have jeans, jogging bottoms or such are fine. Please ensure though that children are suitably dressed for school, including foot wear, school rules regarding jewellery still apply.

Meet your child's teacher

As you may have seen from the letter that came home earlier this week we have invited parents / carers to 'Meet the Teacher'. Although we know that you will have, most probably, already met the teachers, we hope that this will provide you with an opportunity to chat through anything, ask any questions and see  their new classroom.

The teachers in each year group will be available until from the end of school until 4pm on the following days:

Thursday 17th September - Year 1 and Year 5

Friday 18th September - Year 6

Tuesday 22nd September - Year 3

Wednesday 23rd September - Year 2 

Tuesday 29th September - Reception

Wednesday 30th September - Year 4

Should be unable to visit on the above dates, but still do wish to speak to your child's teacher, or indeed need to in the future or the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact them via the Dojo or through the school office. 

Ready, Steady read is back!

Do not forget that Ready, Steady Read resumes this week so please come in to school to read with your child. We look forward to welcoming you on the days and times below:

Reception - Tuesday (8.45am)

Year 1 - Thursday (8.45am and 3.10pm)

Year 2 - Thursday (8.45am and 3.10pm)

Year 3 - Friday (8.45am)

Year 4 - Wednesday (8.45am)

Year 5 - Wednesday (8.45am)

Year 6 - Friday (8.45am)

Weekly reminders for week beginning 14th September 2015

The fantastic start to the new school year has continued this week, with the children settling well into their classes and lots of learning taking place. Despite this, attendance figures were disappointing last week, we are sure, with your support, it will improve this week!

As you probably read in the letter on Friday, Ready, Steady Read resumes this week so please come in to school to read with your child. We look forward to welcoming you on the days and times below:

Reception - Tuesday (8.45am)

Year 1 - Thursday (8.45am and 3.10pm)

Year 2 - Thursday (8.45am and 3.10pm)

Year 3 - Friday (8.45am)

Year 4 - Wednesday (8.45am)

Year 5 - Wednesday (8.45am)

Year 6 - Friday (8.45am)

If anyone has a spare couple of hours to come into school to hear some children read, we would love to hear from you. Please let the school office know and we will be in touch.

Please remember that Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress and Mathletics, the online programmes that we subscribe to, are available for the children. If you cannot remember your password please pop into the school office and we will be able to reissue it to you. We will also be making sure that these are stuck into the children's reading diaries. If you have not done so already you will also be receiving you Dojo 'log ins' should you have misplaced them.

As you will already know, Friday is Jeans for Genes day, for a small contribution to this worthwhile charity the children can come to school wearing jeans on Friday. If they do not have jeans, jogging bottoms or such are fine. Please ensure though that children are suitably dressed for school, including foot wear, school rules regarding jewellery still apply.

Nursery and Reception
It has been lovely to welcome all the new children to Reception this week, they certainly seem to have settled into school life quickly! Do not forget that Reception children are due to stay for lunch this week. We are also looking forward to welcoming our new Nursery children and their families to school on Thursday for the Nursery Open Day where you can stay and play with your children as well as meeting and chatting with all the Nursery Staff.

Home Learning Club
If your child attended home learning club last year you should receive a letter at the beginning of next week. If you have not received such a letter by Wednesday and wish them to continue, please pop into the office and get a letter from Mrs Nash or Mrs Mortimer.

Please look out for the annual club letter coming out this week as well as letter for each year group with information about the children's learning this year and the opportunity to meet your child's class teacher. The September newsletter will also be coming you way soon also.

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

Have a good week everyone!

The attendance winners for this week are...

As always we continue to monitor attendance and punctuality and are back with our weekly update!

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

Some classes were a little disappointing this week, and our attendance is far below what it was this time last year. It is important that we all work to improve this. We are hoping that next week will be better. Please remember that our school target is 96%.

A big well done to this weeks winners who are:

Italy - 99.67%

Brazil - 99.66%

Australia - 98.67%

Italy and Brazil will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next Friday as their attendance is above 99% - what an achievement!

Our whole school attendance currently stands at 96.21%!

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 is back!

A big well done to everybody for returning to school ready and eager to learn. It has been wonderful to see so many positive Dojos being given out!

This year we are running two leagues; one for Reception and Key Stage 1 and a separate one for Key Stage 2.

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

Currently in the lead of the Dojo league are Mexico, USA, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with Italy only a point behind them in second place and Canada, France and Spain in third.

Key Stage 2:

Currently in the lead of the Dojo league are New Zealand, Libya, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Argentina and Peru with Japan, India and Nepal only a point behind them in second place and Australia, Fiji, China and Brazil in third.

All classes scored over 98% this week which is obviously a great start! Well done to everyone for really trying to earn Dojos for their class.

Do you have a few hours to spare?

If the answer is yes,  then we are looking for people  who are able to give up a little of their time to hear children from all different year groups read.  This only need be one or two hours a week, at a time that is convenient to you.

If this is something that you are interested in please call into the school office to find out further          information.

Every little bit really does help!

Come and join us and raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support

Weekly reminders for the week beginning 7th September 2015

It was absolutely lovely to welcome all the children from Year 1 through to Year 6 back to school last week as well as welcoming new staff and children along with their families. We were all pleased to see everyone and the children seemed to settle quickly, we are all looking forward to an action packed and exciting year ahead.

We hope that you like the new addition to Home / School Learning Diaries, which we hope will further help you to support your child at home. Please ensure that the children bring these to school with them everyday and that you sign them and add any comments.

Some children last week did not have all the equipment they require - particularly full P.E. kits, water bottles, coats. Please ensure P.E. kits are in school and that earrings are removed. Please can we also remind you of the importance of full school uniform and that this, along with coats are clearly named.

Reception

Welcome to our Reception children who all start on Monday, either in the morning or the afternoon. If your child is starting in the afternoon, please enter Reception through the Nursery playground.

New Gate

As you are are probably aware from the letter that went out last Friday, unfortunately one aspect of work that could not be completed during the holidays, due to an issue with the manufacturer, was the installation of new gates for car and pedestrian access in the main driveway.  This work will now be carried out from Monday (7^th September) and will last for one week.  We know that this is not ideal, however in the long run it will improve the safety of the site for your children.  Access to the site during the school day will still be down the main drive and Health and Safety during this time will be meticulously addressed. This will also not affect the Reception children arriving for school in the afternoon. We have met with the contractors and they have assured us of their full cooperation in maintaining the Health and Safety of the site during this time. We do sincerely apologise for this inconvenience and thank you in advance for your support in this matter.

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

Have a good week everyone!

More improvements

During the last week of the holidays, more improvements have been happening at Clockhouse.

All children in Year 5 and Year 6 have lockers as well as one Year 4 class. We are currently looking into the other Year 4 classes having lockers also.

The Key Stage 1 boys toilets have also been finished.

Welcome back and reminders for week beginning 3rd September 2015

Welcome back to the new school year everyone!!

We all hope that you have had a fantastic Summer Holiday and enjoyed lots of time with family and friends. We are looking forward to hearing about all your adventures.

As you are aware we are back to school on Thursday (3rd September) for Years 1 to 6 and are looking forward to seeing everyone bright and early! Remember that school starts at 8.55am.

Please ensure that all the children return to school with all the necessary equipment they require - particularly full P.E. kits, water bottles, coats. Some children will be doing P.E. this week. Please can we also remind you of the importance of full school uniform and that this along with coats are clearly named.

Letters regarding the clubs that will be on offer this year will be going out next week. Those children in Year 4 to 6 who had permission to leave classrooms on their own last year will be allowed to do so on Thursday and Friday unless we are told otherwise. A new permission letter will be coming home tomorrow, the new list will take effect from Monday.

A number of building works have taken place during the summer holidays. All children's toilets have been fully refurbished with the exception of the Boys in Key Stage 2 which were refurbished last year, we have had new windows installed in the Quad area of Key Stage 2 as well as a new second door fitted by Mrs Bakers room. We have also had all the heating pipes removed and new put in including radiators in the Key Stage 2 building as well as lockers installed for those in Year 5.

Once again welcome back everyone, here's to another successful year at Clockhouse Primary!

See you all on tomorrow!

Do you need school uniform for Thursday?

Please remember that uniform needs to be purchased on the two training days before the children return.

Mrs Baker’s uniform shop will be open on September 1^st and 2^nd but will be shut on 3^rd and 4^th September. It will re-open on 7^th September.