Exciting playground developments

Whilst everyone is getting ready for the up and coming festivities, work at Clockhouse has not stopped!

Creative Play have been busy at work and making improvements to the Key Stage 2 playground to support learning and the children's enjoyment whilst outside. Further work is due to be carried out in the new year in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 playground.

Thank you

Thank you all for a great term at Clockhouse!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas

and a

Fabulous New Year!

Thank you so much for all the cards and gifts from all the staff!

The attendance winners for this week are...

Well done to everyone for trying really hard to ensure the children's attendance is high. Remember:

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 weeks winners who are:

USA - 95.00%

Peru - 96.31%

Japan - 96.67%

Well done to USA who win for the third week in a row!

A further well done to Northern Ireland and Mexico who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

We need more classes next week!

Sadly, our whole school attendance is below 96% this week, we need this to improve after the holidays with your help! Whole school attendance 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!

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

Fantastic News

We are very proud to tell you that no less than 169 children from Nursery through to Year 6 achieved 100% attendance this term, a truly magnificent achievement!

Can we beat this in the Spring Term?

Well done everyone!

Calling all Reception Parents - Free Literacy Skills Workshop

Supporting your child with Literacy Skills Reception parents

FREE course starting Tuesday 12^th January 1.15-3.15 for 5 weeks. If you have not already signed up please return slip on the letter that was sent out by Tuesday 5^th January.

Further information contact Mrs Ayling 07759 229453.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 14th December 2015

Thank you to all the families who came to watch the children in the concerts last week. We are sure that you all felt as proud of the children as we did.

Thank you also  for all those that turned out to support the PA at the Christmas Bazaar, an event certainly enjoyed by all.

Key Stage 2 Concerts

This week sees the Year 3 and 4 concert and the Year 5 and 6 Carol Concert. The dates are as follows:

14^th December                  Year 3 and 4 Concert  - 9.30am ( Peru / Brazil / Uganda)

14^th December                  Year 3 and 4 Concert  - 2.30pm (Argentina  / South Africa / Kenya)

17^th December                  Year 5 and 6 Carol Service - 2.00pm / 7.00pm

Please remember that younger siblings are not permitted to attend concerts.

Nursery
We look forward to welcoming families of Nursery children to school this week for Christmas Hat Making. Please speak to the Nursery staff if you are unsure of which day to come in.

Year 6
Year 6 are looking forward to welcoming families to their American Diner on Wednesday. This will be in the Canteen (2pm - 2.45).

Christmas Dinner

Please remember that it is Christmas Dinner day on Wednesday.

Christmas Jumper Day and Parties

Friday is Christmas Jumper Day and also non-uniform day for all. This will include class Christmas Parties.

Please keep an eye out for the December newsletter which will come home this week.

Have a good week everyone. 

We are looking forward to seeing you at the concerts, we hope that we continue to help you to get into the festive spirit!

Well done PA!

A big well done to the Clockhouse PA for the fantastic Christmas Fete they put on today. 

We hope you all enjoyed it and we thank you for braving the weather and coming out to support the PA and your school.

The attendance winners for this week are...

Well done to everyone for trying really hard to ensure the children's attendance is high. Remember:

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 weeks winners who are:

USA - 97.33%

Argentina - 98.28%

New Zealand - 97.59%

Well done to USA who win for the second week in a row!

A further well done to Northern Ireland, Italy and Japan who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

We need more classes next week!

Sadly, our whole school attendance has dropped below 96% this week, we need this to improve next week with your help! 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!

Once again there has been lots of wonderful learning taking place this week. The children have been ready and eager to learn and have been taking pride in their work, themselves and their school - great news! Once again 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:

A big well done to  Northern Ireland and Wales currently top the Dojo League. Scotland, Mexico and Italy are just behind them in second place with USA in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to South Africa  who continue to be in the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with  Japan and Australia in second place and Argentina and New Zealand in third.

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

Christmas Bazaar - tomorrow

Netball News

Last night Clockhouse welcomed Dame Tipping for our first home game in the netball league.

Clockhouse put in a dominant display from start to finish and again had the opportunity to try many people in many positions.

Clockhouse worked hard and took the lead with a crisp passing move. But again the team did well defending from the front and limiting Dame Tipping opportunities to get into the Clockhouse third of the pitch. When Dame Tipping did advance any shooting opportunities were nullified immediately thanks to Niamh S and Charlie T.

A big part of the success this evening was from the speed of the passing with Victoria R and Summer S coming from their wings to work with Caitlin M to feed to the shooters. Kacey M and Verity A-G also showed their potential with a solid defensive performance.

Thank you to Dame Tipping for a game that we could learn a lot from. Such a small school but showing huge heart throughout and also to Mrs Adams for umpiring the fixture.

Clockhouse worked hard and finished the game with a 16 - 0 victory.

Scorers on the night were:

Shannon I x 6

Daisie S-E x 6

Niamh S x 2

Caitlin M x 2

This was the last Clockhouse sporting fixture before Christmas so we would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents for their support and to all the children who have represented the school with pride! 

We go into the Christmas break undefeated in netball, girls football, and tag rugby. Therefore our girls football team are top of their league and as a result of tonight's victory and last night's walk over victory against Parklands the netball team are 15 points clear at the top of the table. Credit also to the boys football team who sit second in their respective league.

Merry Christmas and let's hope 2016 can be just as successful as 2015!

Christmas Bazaar - This Saturday

Weekly reminders for week beginning 7th December 2015

As Christmas gets ever closer, we are all really looking forward to welcoming everyone to the many Christmas events were have planned during the next two weeks. Thank you to you all for the lovely cakes that you sent in for the cake sale on Friday.

The Christmas Concerts start this week. The dates are as follows:

7^th December   Christmas Dress Rehearsal - 9.30am  (Mexico / France / Wales)

7^th December   Christmas Dress Rehearsal – 2.30pm (Canada / Italy / Scotland)

8^th December   Christmas Dress Rehearsal – 9.30am  (United States / Spain / Northern Ireland)

8^th December    PM Nursery Christmas Concert @ 2.30pm

9^th December    AM Nursery Christmas Concert @ 9.15am

9^th December    KS1 Concert - 2.30pm (Mexico / France / Wales)

10^th December   KS1 Concert  - 9.30am Canada / Italy / Scotland)

10^th December   KS1 Concert  - 2.30pm (United States / Spain / Northern Ireland)

11^th December Christmas Dress Rehearsal – am – Year 3 and Year 4

Please remember that younger siblings are not permitted to attend concerts. Please attend the dress rehearsal if you do need to bring younger siblings.

Artist in School

Year 5 look forward to welcoming Paul Priestly (Artisit) to school on Wednesday. He will be working with them in the style of the famous artist Hockney. He will be back on Thursday to work with Year 4 in the style of Monet.

Music Recital

Mrs Payne will be hosting a winter recital for our musicians and their parents at 3.45 pm on Tuesday.

Choir

The Key Stage 2 choir are off to sing carols at Lodge Lane Peoples Home on Thursday. Please ensure that permissions slips are returned if you have not done so already.

Year 5
Year 5 are looking forward to welcoming their families to school on Friday at 2.30 for their Gift Sale.

Sport
Good luck to the Netball team who play Parklands away on Tuesday and Dame Tipping at home on Wednesday.

PA Event

Do not forget the PA Christmas Fair on Saturday (12th December) in the Key Stage 2 hall.

We are all looking forward to seeing you at the concerts and we hope we help you to get into the festive spirit!

Have a good week everyone.

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

Once again there has been lots of wonderful learning taking place this week. The children have been ready and eager to learn and have been taking pride in their work, themselves and their school - great news! Once again 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:

A big well done to  Northern Ireland and Wales currently top the Dojo League. Mexico and Italy are just behind them in second place with Scotland and USA in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to South Africa  who continue to be in the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with  Japan and Australia in second place and New Zealand in third.

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

The attendance winners for this week are...

Well done to everyone for trying really hard to ensure the children's attendance is high. Remember:

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 weeks winners who are:

USA - 96.67%

South Africa - 97.93%

Australia - 98.67%

Well done to Australia who win for the second week in a row!

A further well done to Northern Ireland, Italy, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! Great news!

More classes than last week - well done everyone!

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!

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

Clockhouse sing at the turn on of the Collier Row Tree Lights

Well done to the choir who sang beautifully in Collier Row this evening.

The children performed our school anthem in style, as well as some lovely Christmas songs. We were certainly very proud of all the children!

Thanks to all those that came to show their support. We hope we helped to get you into the Christmas spirit!

Netball Victory

Yesterday afternoon Clockhouse took a large squad to St. Peters for our opening game of the netball league.

After losing at the semi-final stage last year, the children knew that it was important to get off to an impressive start this time around if they want to fulfill our potential this year, especially with this being the first of three league games within two weeks.

From the outset Clockhouse were in full swing, showing the speed that has been ever present as of late in training. Team captain Daisie S-E opened the scoring with her first of five scores.

The first third ended with Clockhouse leading 7-1. Daisie being joined on the scored card by Gracie-May H. Credit must go to the whole squad but in particular the attacking four who moved the ball so smoothly.

As the second period began Clockhouse handed debuts to Katie K, Charlie T, and Tajus with all three impressing from the start. With a shake up in the line up Shannon I continued with her impressive start to the sporting year by scoring twice to extend Clockhouse's lead to 9-1 by the end of the second period.

Credit must go to St. Peters who did not give up and they were rewarded with their second score of the game early in the final period. But as Summer S and Caitlin M re-entered the game the speed stepped up once more. As a result Clockhouse scored another six times in the final period. Niamh S scoring three at her first outing as Goal Shooter and Caitlin  showing how sharp her shooting is from long range, netting three times herself. There was even time at the end to welcome Lily S-E onto the pitch. Lily becomes the youngest child to ever represent the school at netball being only in Year 3. 

Final score St. Peters 2 - 15 Clockhouse.

Well Done to the whole squad as Clockhouse take their place at the top of the league.