The attendance winners this week are...

Well done to everyone for trying really hard to ensure the children's attendance has been sustained this week but we MUST still keep working on this! 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:

Canada - 97.98%

Kenya - 96.25%

Australia - 96.25%

Well done to Australia who win for the third week in a row - great news!

A further well done to Mexico, China, India and New Zealand who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! Can we get some more classes next week?

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.4%!

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%.

Happy Half Term

From all of us at Clockhouse, we hope that you have a fantastic half term and look forward to seeing you all on Monday 6th June.

Lost Property Give Away

LOST PROPERTY GIVE AWAY

Tuesday 24^th May

3.15 – 3.45

Key Stage 2 Hall

Everyone welcome to browse and take any items

Free of Charge.

Girls Football Competition

A big well done to the Girls Football Team who took part in a Borough Competition yesterday. They certainly did us proud, making it all the way through the the semi-finals. A great achievement!

Well done girls and thank you to the families who came along to support them!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 23rd May 2016

Firstly thank you for your overwhelming support during last week's Ofsted Inspection, it really was appreciated by us all. We will share the report with you as soon as we are in a position to.

Well done to Year 2 for working extra hard last week with their tests. We were all extremely proud of you all.

Thank you to the Parents and families who joined us on Monday for the celebration assemblies of Japan and Italy, we are sure you will agree they were a lovely occasion and we look forward to seeing more of you at these events during the term.

After a very hectic week last week, we hope you are ready for another busy week starting tomorrow.

Year 6

Parents / Carers of those children going to Bournemouth, please do not forget to send the paperwork back to school ASAP. Do not forget also that if you need to give staff medication for the trip, they will be available after school on Wednesday in New Zealand (Miss Kearns Classroom).

Science Week
This week sees the start of something new at Clockhouse with out very own Science Week. The children will all be enjoying lots of Science related work this week and celebrating their achievements with one another on Wednesday afternoon with out very own Science Fair.

China and Spain

China and Spain continue this years round of Celebration Assemblies on Monday, we look forward to seeing many of you there to celebrate all the learning that they have done so far this year. Both assemblies promise to be a wonderful occasion if the efforts that the children have put into practising are anything to go by. 

China- 9am (Key Stage 2 Hall)

Spain - 2.45pm (Key Stage 1 Hall)

Nursery and Reception
We look forward to welcoming families of Nursery and Reception children to school this week for Minibeast Biscuit Making. Please speak to the EYFS staff if you are unsure of which day to come in.

Sport
Good luck to the boys cricket team who have a competition on Tuesday (following its postponement from last week), the netball team who play Parklands (away) on Monday and St. Peters (South Weald) at home on Wednesday and the girls cricket team who play in a borough competition on Thursday.

Friday - Inset Day
Please remember that school is closed to pupils on Friday as it is a staff training day when the staff will be training in different approaches to behaviour management.

Look out for the May Newsletter which will be coming home this week.

Finally from all of us at Clockhouse, we hope that you have a fantastic half term when it arrives on Thursday. We look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 6th June.

See you all tomorrow and have a good week everyone!

The attendance winners this week are...

Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality Week has resulted in our attendance rate being maintained - well done everyone!

The winners will be announced to the children in the  Achievement Assembly next week!

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:

Spain - 98.67%

Brazil - 98.23%

Japan - 97.00%%

A further well done to Northern Ireland, Italy, Mexico and South Africa who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! We need more next week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.5%!

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 Dojo League has continued this week with lots of positive dojo awards being received!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

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

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Kenya who have taken the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with  South Africa in second place and Libya in third.

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

Clockhouse Ofsted Inspection - tomorrow and Wednesday

Dear Parents/Carers

Coming home with your child is a letter that tells you that today we received the phone call from Ofsted to inform us that they will be inspecting Clockhouse Primary School during the coming 2 days.

As a school and with your support we have worked tirelessly to improve the school for your children since the previous inspection in February 2014, and I along with the staff and Governors welcome the inspectors visit to show them how far we have come in improving the school.

Of course the children have a huge part to play in the inspection process so please do speak to them about their behavior, manners, presentation, their learning and making sure they show themselves at their very best and their school. I know they will do you, us and themselves proud. You also have a part to play – if you have not done so already please complete the online Ofsted questionnaire, details on which can be found attached. Please also take the time to speak to the inspectors if you see them around the school to tell them I hope, about all the positive things that happen at Clockhouse.

Please do take the time to complete the parents questionnaire using the link below:

www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

Please also encourage your children to complete their questionnaire about their school following the link below:

http://questionnaire.ofsted.gov.uk/home/pupilclockhouse

In advance, I thank you for your help and support over the next two days and look forward to sharing the outcome of the inspection with you in the near future!

Yours sincerely

Mrs J Collard

Weekly reminders for week beginning 16th May 2016

Well done to Year 6 for working extra hard last week with their tests. We were all extremely proud of you.

Thank you to the Parents and families who joined us on Monday for the celebration assemblies of South Africa and USA, we are sure you will agree they were a lovely occasion and we look forward to seeing more of you at these events during the term.

It is another busy week at Clockhouse which is just the way we like it!

Year 6

Parents / Carers of those children going to Bournemouth, please do not forget to send the paperwork back to school ASAP.

Year 2
A huge good luck from us all to all the Year 2 children who will be taking their SATs tests this week. They could not have worked harder and we know they will try their very best. Get lots of rest and please ensure that all the children are in school promptly so that they can be settled before starting. 

Japan and Italy

Japan and Italy continue this years round of Celebration Assemblies on Monday, we look forward to seeing many of you there to celebrate all the learning that they have done so far this year. Both assemblies promise to be a wonderful occasion if the efforts that the children have put into practising are anything to go by. 

Japan - 9am (Key Stage 2 Hall)

Italy - 2.45pm (Key Stage 1 Hall)

Special Dinner for all
Please remember that we have a special dinner day on Thursday, it would be really good to get as many people as possible having dinner on Thursday as this determines some of our schools funding. We really do appreciate your help in this matter.

Sport
Good luck to the boys cricket team who have a competition on Wednesday and to the girls football team who take part in a borough competition on Saturday.

See you all tomorrow and have a good week everyone!

Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality

We will be look for Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality next week. Help up to achieve our best ever attendance next week. Thank you in advance!

Fabulous Attendance Continues - Well Done Everyone!

We are delighted to let you know that attendance has been even better this week - great news, well done everyone and thank you for your support! 

Here is hoping for even better next week during our AMAZING ATTENDANCE WEEK!

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:

Canada - 98.67%

Peru - 99.63%

New Zealand - 99.00%

Well done to Canada and new Zealnad who will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next week for their attendance being above 99%.

A further well done to Scotland, Italy, Spain, USA, China, Australia and Fiji who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! Can we get some more classes next week?

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.5%!

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 Dojo League has continued this week with lots of positive dojo awards being received!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

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

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Kenya who have taken the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with  South Africa in second place and Argentina and Libya in third.

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

Rugby victory

Last Friday Clockhouse welcomed two teams from Towers Junior for tag rugby matches.

Clockhouse dark blues made up of Year 3 and 4 children mainly, were made to battle really hard and it took some moments of individual brilliance from Bobby I and Bobby L to keep Clockhouse in the game against a Towers side who looked ruthless when they had the ball in hand. As the game went on it was the tagging from Lily S-E and Sophie L that eventually gave Clockhouse the upper hand. In the 2nd half some great team work and hard running from Jack M and James G ensured that the dark blues got the vital scores required for victory by 26 trys to 22. Other influential performers were Hayden M, Paris K, Alfie P,  and Brooke A.

The royal blues made up of Year 5 and 6 put in a ruthless team effort to beat their opposition from Towers 24 - 13. The team were clinical with dynamic running and quick offloading after the tag. Memorable scores came from Niamh S, Lewis B-K,  and Shannon I. 

Other squad members who played a big part in the victory were Caitlin M,  Bobby B,  Bradley L, Callum L, Daisie S-E, Gracie H, and Daniel M.

Well done team Clockhouse on a fantastic performance in hot conditions and thank you to all patents who joined us on the touchline!

Cricket news

Last week Clockhouse opened our cricket season with a victory in twenty overs against Parklands. 

Clockhouse lost the toss and were put into bat. Casey E and Daniel M opened the batting with a confident display scoring 24 off the first two overs. Daisie S-E and Caitlin K came in and kept the scoreboard ticking along with 9 off the next 12 balls. George R and Charlie T came in to bat next and slogged the ball around the field with some powerful strokes. The penultimate pair were Rosie and Billy K. Rosie played really well in her first outing while Billy was probably our best batter on the day playing some lovely well positioned shots scoring 16 runs off of one over. The final pair saw captain Verity A-G paired with Frankie L the pair finished off the innings with an impressive 20 runs off the final balls giving Parklands a target of 281 to win. 

Clockhouse put in a strong performance with the ball with Caitlin K, Billy K, Daniel M, and George R all picking up wickets. As a result Parklands score 260 giving Clockhouse victory by 20 runs.

Well done everyone!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 9th May 2016

We hope that you all had a good week at school last week, particularity with it only being 4 days and are ready for the week ahead.

Year 6
A huge good luck from us all to all the Year 6 children who will be sitting their SATs tests this week. They could not have worked harder and we know they will try their very best. Get lots of rest and please ensure that all the children are in school promptly so that they can be settled before starting. 

For those parents / carers of children attending Bournemouth, please do not forget that there is a meeting regarding final arrangements on Thursday (12th May) at 5pm in the Key Stage 2 Hall. Your attendance really is important.

South Africa and USA

South Africa and USA continue this years round of Celebration Assemblies on Monday. We look forward to seeing many of you there to celebrate all the learning that they have done so far this year. Both assemblies promise to be a wonderful occasion if the efforts that the children have put into practising are anything to go by. 

South Africa - 9am (Key Stage 2 Hall)

USA - 2.45pm (Key Stage 1 Hall)

Group Photos

Please remember that this years group photos will be being taken on Friday - uniform and best smiles at the ready!

Sport
Good luck to the girls football team who play Parklands Junior at home on Tuesday.

See you all tomorrow and have a good week everyone!

Fabulous attendance news!

We are delighted to let you know that attendance has improved this week - great news, well done everyone and thank you for your support! 

Here is hoping for even better next week!

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:

Mexico - 100%

Brazil - 100%

China - 99.14%

Well done to all three classes who will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next week for their attendance being above 99%. A huge well done also to Mexico and Brazil for their 100% attendance an amazing achievement - great news!

A further well done to Wales, Scotland, Italy, Mexico, Japan, India and Fiji who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! Can we get some more classes next week?

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.5%!

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 Dojo League has continued this week with lots of positive dojo awards being received!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

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

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Kenya who have taken the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with  South Africa in second place and Argentina and Libya in third.

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

Open as usual

Please note that school will be open as normal today.

We are not being used as a Polling Station.

Are you or someone you know looking for a Nursery place for this September?

Do you want to make a difference to Clockhouse?

Are you interested in making a difference to the children of Clockhouse Primary School, read on below if you are!

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY

There is currently 1 place for a parent governor on this school’s Governing Body.  The Governor will be elected from among, and by parents of pupils at the school.

The Governing Body has very important responsibilities for the strategic direction and development of the school.  It is part of the partnership that exists between the School and Local Education Authority for the raising of educational standards and School Governors with a parental perspective can make an enormous contribution to the work of the Governing Body.

At this stage, nominations are requested for parents wishing to stand for election.  You may nominate yourself or your partner, provided that three other parents sign the nomination.  You may nominate another parent of a child at the school, provided that two other parents sign the nomination.  The election will be by secret ballot.

Any parent or person having parental responsibility for a child at the school is eligible to make a nomination and to vote.  Once someone is elected as a parent governor, he or she does not have to resign if their child leaves the school.  The normal term for governors is four years.

If you wish to submit a nomination, please collect a nomination form from Mrs Mortimer in the school office and complete and return it to me by Thursday 26th May.  If the nominee wishes, a brief written statement about him or herself may also be submitted for circulation to the parents.  It must be stressed that this is purely optional.

Please note:  For legal reasons certain people may be disqualified from becoming a governor.  For further details please see the nomination form.  All new Governors are now required to undergo the Police Screening procedure.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Collard

Weekly reminders for week beginning 2nd May 2016

We hope you are enjoying the long weekend and are ready to return to school tomorrow for a shorter week.

Thank you to the parents and families who joined us last Monday for the celebration assemblies of Kenya and Canada, we are sure you will agree they were a lovely occasion and we look forward to seeing more of you at these events during the term.

Year 2
Please remember that Miss Kendall will be holding 2 meetings on Tuesday (3rd May) for all Year 2 parents regarding the children's statutory tests that will be taking place later on this month. The meetings will take place in the Key Stage 2 hall at 3.30pm and 6pm, please do try to attend one or the other. 

Starsanppers - Year 3
We are very excited to welcome Starsnappers again to Clockhouse. They came to school recently to work with some of our children who loved developing their digital photography skills. On Thursday it will be the turn of Year 3. Other year groups are to follow throughout the rest of the year.

Sport
Good luck to the cricket team who play Parklands in the first match of the year, away on Tuesday. Good luck also to the Tag Rugby team who play Towers Junior at home on Friday.

Have a good week everyone!