Key Stage 2 Dojo League Winners

The Dojo League half term winners!

A big well done to

Argentina and South Africa

who are last half terms Dojo League winners for Key Stage 2

They are now busy thinking about what their reward will be!

Well done also to Libya who finished in second place and Japan who finished in third!

A big well done to everybody for all the positive Dojos that were awarded last half term, there have certainly been a lot! There have also been lots of Dojo stars earned by those children who scored 100% on their Dojo for the half term - well done everyone!

Reception and Key Stage 1 Dojo League Winners

The Dojo League half term winners!

A big well done to

Wales

who are last half terms Dojo League winners for Reception and Key Stage 1

They are now busy thinking about what their reward will be!

Well done also to Scotland who finished in second place and Italy and USA who finished in third!

A big well done to everybody for all the positive Dojos that were awarded last half term, there have certainly been a lot! There have also been lots of Dojo stars earned by those children who scored 100% on their Dojo for the half term - well done everyone!

A message from us all!

School's out for Summer!
Thank you all for a great year at Clockhouse!

Happy Summer Holiday everyone from all at Clockhouse Primary School.

Thank you from us all for all the cards, presents and good wishes that we have received.

We look forward to welcoming you back to school on Wednesday 7th September

And the winner is...

Well done and thank you to all those who have attended Sports Days Last week.

We are sure that you will all agree the children had a great time and did a marvelous job.

For those of you who have children in Key Stage 2, although it was close, we are pleased to announce that the winning classes were:

Year 3 and 4 - Uganda
Year 5 and 6 - Japan

Well done to all that took part!

Reading Star Champions

We have been delighted to see lots of reading happening this term and to reward the following children for the commitment they have shown to improving their reading!

Remember, each time the children get three signatures in their Home School Learning Diaries, they receive a star, the child with the most stars in each class at the end of the term is the class Reading Star and they receive a certificate and a book (for more reading)!

Below are listed last terms Reading Star Champions - a fantastic achievement:

Wales –  Alfie P

Scotland –  Demi T

Northern Ireland –  Jamie W

France –  Emily C, Fabio R and Jack W

Italy –  Lacey S

Spain –  Bailey P and Lexi L

USA –  Anthony O

Canada –  Callum G

Mexico –  Ben C

Peru –  Charlie H

Argentina –  Georgie B

Brazil –  Amy E

Uganda –  James G

South Africa –  Charlie B

Kenya -  Layla G

Libya –  Bobby I

China –  Liya H

Japan –  Aderewa O

India –  Matthew R

Australia –  Matthew D

New Zealand –  Maryam M

Fiji –  Libbi F

Well done to all these children for their efforts last term - now time to start gathering reading stars for this term! Who will the champions be?

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:

Wales –  Mason S

Scotland –  Willow S

Northern Ireland –  Lucia B

France –  Millie V

Italy –  Will N

Spain –  Karolis B

USA – Jessica G

Canada –  Chloe W

Mexico –  Grace B
Peru –  Lucy W

Argentina –  Aisha-Ann A

Brazil – Jake L

Uganda – Riley V

South Africa –  Danny C and Samuel B

Kenya -  Freya J
Libya -  Grace D

China –  Bradley L

Japan –  Kian P

India –  Gracie-May H

Australia –  Matthew D

New Zealand –  Ella B

Fiji –  Caitlyn H

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

The hunt has already started for the terms Core Value winners!

2016 Governor Awards

After last years success, the Governors of the school have once agian decided to give an award for a child from each class. 

The award is for one child from each class who has done exceptionally well this year. This does not necessarily mean in terms of the progress academically they have made, it can also include such things as being a good Clockhouse Citizen, always trying their best, the list goes on and on!

A big well done to our Governor Award winners:

Wales – Teagan S

Scotland – Rayyan I

Northern Ireland – Jayda J

France – Victoria M

Italy –  Bradley K

Spain – Bailey P

USA – Tia R

Canada –  Callum G

Mexico – Rida S
Peru – Teddy O

Argentina – Freya W

Brazil – Jake L

Uganda – Katie G

South Africa – Kristian S

Kenya - Hannah D

China – Kiera M
Japan – Aran S-B

India – Aydan F

Australia – Maisie P

New Zealand – Casey E

Fiji – Charlie G

Staff v Parents

Thank you to all those that turned out for the Staff v Parents Cricket Match this evening. We are sure you will agree a good time was had by all and it was played in good spirit.

Well done to the parents who were victorious despite the staffs best efforts! There is always next year!

In the paper again!

Follow the link below to see the school in the Yellow Advertiser!

Well done everyone!

Primary school in Collier Row improves to be rated as 'good' by Ofsted

More to do in the summer!

Information regarding traffic arrangements at Ardleigh Green Lights

Here is a letter regarding the works to the A127 Ardleigh Green bridge. The letter has information on the works, why they are needed and also the duration. Please take the time to look at this useful information should you think that it will affect you.

Foundation Stage Fun Day - today!

Please do not forget that it is Fun Day for Reception and Nursery today.

Get those fancy dress costumes at the ready!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

Lots of Dojos have been awarded this week, well done everyone!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Wales who continue to be in the overall lead in the Dojo League. Scotland and USA are just behind them in second place with Italy in third.

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

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

The attendance winners this week are...

Well done to everyone for trying hard to ensure the children's attendance has been high this week. 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 - 97.33%

Argentina - 96.21%
Japan - 98.67% 

A further well done to Wales, Mexico, Canada, USA and Peru who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.1%!

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%.

Looking for something to do during the holidays?

We are in the paper!

Well done everyone!

Please follow the link below for the full story:

Primary School Thrilled by Ofsted Result

Weekly reminders for the week beginning 18th July 2016

Well after what must have been the busiest week at Clockhouse of the whole year, the last three days are a little quieter.

On behalf of all at Clockhouse, we thank you for your amazing support last week, we hope you enjoyed all the different events as much as we all did, the children were certainly delighted to welcome you all to school for so many different things. Thank you to all those that have sent in Sponsor Money for the Sponsored Walk, please keep it coming if you still have it to bring in.

Foundation Stage Fun Day
On Monday we have the  Foundation Stage Pirates and Princesses Fun Day to look forward to, do not forget the fancy dress costumes!

Year 6
Year 6 parents will need their tissues at the ready for the Year 6 Leavers Assembly on Tuesday at 9.15am. Parents are invited for refreshments in the School Canteen with the Year 6 staff after the event on Tuesday.

Please look out for the July and final newsletter of the year this week.

We will also be having the Dojo Disco on Tuesday afternoon for those that have earned their stars!

Please remember that as Wednesday is the last day of term, the children can come to school in non-uniform. 

Finally from all at Clockhouse we wish you a happy summer holiday starting on Thursday and thank you for the support you have given us this year in all we have tried to achieve for the good of the children and the community we serve.

We look forward to welcoming you back to school on Wednesday 7th September, for a great 2016/2017!

Have a good week everyone (even though a little short)!

Sports Days

A huge well done to all the children who showed great sportsmanship and sporting ability during the various sports days they have taken part in this week. It has been lovely to see all the children enjoying the different races and competing for their teams.

Thanks must go to Mr Yarrow and his Sports Leaders who really did so much to make the events such a success.

Thanks also to the staff and to all the families that came along to cheer the children on.

Well done everyone!

Nursery Sports Day

Unfortunately, due to the weather, the forecast and the ground being too slippery under foot, we have taken the decision to postpone Afternoon Nursery Sports Day.

We have rescheduled the event as follows:
Nursery pm - Thursday 14th July (2.45pm)

We apologies for any inconvenience caused and do appreciate that this is not ideal. The decision has been taken in the best interests of the children.

Well done Year 6!

A huge well done to all of Year 6 who truly put on a show to remember both this afternoon and this evening.

You were all fantastic and all played a huge part in making such a success of this years production. 

Well done everyone and thank you to all those who came and watched.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 11th July 2016

Thank you all for your support with last weeks Sponsored Walk. It was lovely to see so many families join their children on the field. Please remember to send sponsor money and forms into school as soon as possible.

We certainly have a busy week ahead of us and are looking forward to welcoming many of you to Clockhouse during the coming week.

Open Evening
Do not forget that it is Open Evening after school on Monday, please come into school anytime between 3.30 and 5 to look at the children's work and meet the teachers. Please also take the time to look around the school and visit your child's new classroom, their current teacher will be able to point you in the right direction.

The children will be meeting their new teachers on Monday morning and are spending the morning in their new classrooms.

Year 5 and 6
We  look forward to welcoming the families of our Year 5 and 6 stars on Tuesday for their performance of Oliver. Please be aware that performances will start promptly at 1.30pm and 7pm.

Year 6
The Year 6 children welcome members of the Havering Museum to school on Wednesday to talk to them about life in Havering during World War II.

Sports Days
On Tuesday morning (9.15am) we look forward to welcoming families again to the Key Stage 1 Sports Day.  On Wednesday we look forward to welcoming Reception and Nursery families to Sports Day. Times are as follows, Nursery (11.00am / 2.45pm), Reception (9.15am).and on Thursday (9.30am) we look forward to welcoming families again to the Key Stage 2 Sports Day. Here is hoping the weather is kind to us!

Year 6 Disco
We have our Year 6 Leavers Disco in Friday evening (6 - 7.30pm). This will be in the Key Stage 2 hall.

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

For those of you attending, do not forget the Sports Presentation Evening at 7pm on Thursday evening. This will be followed by the PE Leaders reward day at the YMCA on Friday. Please send in consent forms if you have not done so already.

Have a busy and good week everyone!

School Reports

Your child school report was sent out at the beginning of last week.

Please do not forget to send back your feedback form and the enclosed questionnaire in order to help us celebrate the successes and address areas that need improving.

As always thank you for your support.

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

Lots of Dojos have been awarded this week, well done everyone!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Wales who continue to be in the overall lead in the Dojo League. Scotland are just behind them in second place with USA and Italy in third.

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

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

The attendance winners this week are...

Well done to everyone for trying hard to ensure the children's attendance has been high this week but sadly this has dropped again this week - we need to improve next week which we certainly can. 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:

Scotland - 97.00%

Peru - 99.31%
New Zealand - 94.67% 

Well done to Peru who will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next week for having attendance over 99% and to New Zealand who win for the second week in a row.

A further well done to Wales, Scotland, Spain, Mexico, Canada,  Peru and Japan who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.1%!

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%.

Sponsored Walk

Well done and thank you to all the children, adults and younger siblings who completed the Sponsored Walk today.

It was lovely to see so many of you join us - a true community effort!

Please send sponsors forms into school by 15th July. Thank you.

Fantastic News for Clockhouse - well done everyone!

As we are sure you all already know Clockhouse Primary School was inspected by OFSTED on 17th and 18th May 2016.

Following the disappointment of the OFSTED Inspection in February 2014 when the school was deemed to ‘Require Improvement’ we have worked tirelessly with your support and that of the children, to improve the school. We are therefore absolutely delighted and very proud to be able to attach the report that has now been published. As you will see the OFSTED Inspectors agreed with our judgement that Clockhouse is now a GOOD school in all five areas in which we are judged.

Your eldest child at Clockhouse will today have come home with the report which identifies the many strengths of our school and also gives us useful information as to how we can improve even further. We are sure you will be pleased to hear, as we were, that the Inspectors were very impressed with the children, they certainly lived up to expectation and as you will see from the report were highly commended for their manners, their eagerness to learn as well as the progress that they are making with their learning and much more. Please thank them on our behalf.

Further thanks must go to you all. As parents / carers, you continue to work with us and support us and for that we thank you. Thank you to the many parents / carers who took the time out of their busy days to speak to the Inspectors and say such lovely things about Clockhouse, it was certainly very humbling to hear and the Inspectors were overwhelmed with how supportive you all are. A further thank you must go to the parents / carers who took the time to respond to the OFSTED questionnaire themselves or help their children complete the children’s version.

If you wish to discuss any matters raised in the report with either of us, please contact us via the school.

Here’s to the next chapter in the life of Clockhouse as our journey to Outstanding begins. We both look forward to sharing this with you!

Yours sincerely

Mrs J Collard David Leaper
Headteacher Chair of Governors

Year 6 are in the Romford Recorder

This Friday saw the publication of the Junior School Leavers in the Romford Recorder.

Follow the link below to see pictures of New Zealand, Fiji and Australia, our Year 6 classes, on pages 5 and 6.

Junior School Leavers

Weekly reminders for the week beginning 4th July 2016

As we are getting ever closer to the end of the term, life at Clockhouse is just getting busier and busier!

Peru and Scotland
Peru and Scotland perform the last of this years 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. The assemblies promise to be a wonderful occasion if the efforts that the children have put into practising are anything to go by. 

Peru - 9.00am (Key Stage 2 Hall)

Scotland - 2.50pm (Key stage 1 Hall)

Year 6

Our resident artist will be in school for the final time this year when he works with Year 6 on Monday. This will involve the children learning about the artist Banksy and recreating art in his style. They will also be receiving a talk from TfL on Tuesday morning as part of the transition to secondary school.

Year 4

The last Year 4 class are off to Havering Country Park this week. South Africa will be going on Tuesday. Please send in consent forms if you have not done so already as without these the children will not be able to go on the trip.

Sponsored Walk
On Wednesday the children (and parents if they wish) will be taking part in the Sponsored Walk event, following the success of the last 2 years. We are currently investigating the possibility of adding some obstacles in as well! The children will come home with a card showing you the laps they completed so that sponsor money can be gathered or it can be kept as a memento for the day. If the children have managed to get any sponsors, please send these into school and thank you for your support.

The times below for the event are a guide, we will do our very best to stick to times. Please note the slight change to the Nursery afternoon time for the event.

Time	Year Group
9.10 – 9.30	Nursery (am)
9.30 – 10.00	Reception
10.00 – 10.30	Year 1
10.45 – 11.15	Year 2
11.15 – 11.45	Year 3
1.00 – 1.15	Nursery (pm)
1.15 – 1.45	Year 4
1.45 – 2.15	Year 5
2.15 – 2.45	Year 6

Please ensure that the children come to school with water bottles every day but especially on Wednesday.

Year 1
We look forward to welcoming our Year 1 parents for Learn with my Child on Thursday morning at 9.30am. The morning will finish at 11.45am. Please come for as little or as much as you can. Regrettably we are unable to accommodate younger siblings at these events.

Year 3
Year 3 look forward to welcoming families in for Greek food tasting after the sponsored walk on Wednesday. The Year 3 children are looking forward to welcoming Portals to the Past for their Ancient Greek Day on Friday. The children are also invited to dress up for this. Please send the money into school for this if you have not done so already.

Sport

Good luck to the Year 2 Athletics Team and the Year 5 and 6 team, who take part in the Borough Quad Kids Tournament on Tuesday! Good luck to the cricket team who take part in a the Cricket Festival on Thursday and to the boys football team who play Parklands away on Thursday. Good luck also to the gym team who will be putting on a display at 3.45pm on Friday.

A busy week ahead but enjoy it!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

Lots of Dojos have been awarded this week, well done everyone!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Wales who have taken the overall lead in the Dojo League. Scotland are just behind them in second place with USA and Italy in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Argentina, South Africa and Japan who are currently in the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with Libya 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...

Well done to everyone for trying hard to ensure the children's attendance has been high this week but sadly this has dropped this week - we need to improve next week which we certainly can. 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:

Italy - 95.00%

Argentina - 97.93%
New Zealand - 97.67% 

A further well done to Wales, Scotland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, USA , Peru, South Africa and India who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.2%!

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%.