Citizen of the Week

Well done to the following children who are this weeks Clokhouse Citizen of the Week:

Year 1 - Taya H
Year 2 - Aleeza M
Year 3 - Charlie C
Year 4 - Alife S
Year 5 - Aurora F
Year 6 - Alex W

We have many fantastic citizens at Clockhouse and look forward to rewarding them during the year!

Well done everyone!

Don't forget the Macmillan Coffee Morning this week

Clockhouse remain undefeated after boys football team clash with Parklands.

In a rich vain of form following last week's first victory the boys football team welcomed Parklands for the first league game of the season.

At the end of last year Clockhouse lost narrowly to the same Parklands side so today the team had a point to prove.

Despite a few fresh faces in the squad from last week, Clockhouse started the stronger side Callum D and Bobby I combining well to nullify any Parklands attacks.

Clockhouse has a sustained period of pressure with a few glorious chances being missed. That being said Aidan F, usually the midfield maestro who pulls the strings, found a chance following a scramble in the box, which he placed nicely in the bottom corner to give Clockhouse the lead.

Clockhouse kept up the good pressure and were clearly the better side, Charlie M again showing his defensive qualities despite playing out of position whilst Callum D continued to be a thorn in the Parklands side with crucial touches. As the half went on Brandon M got more involved and his nice footwork down the left side created a glorious opportunity for Callum L to double the advantage which sadly shaved the post.

Half time Clockhouse 1 - 0 Parklands. 

At half time Mr Yarrow praised the sides hard work and said 'do not concede an early goal keep playing the ball in behind the opposition'. Sadly it went completely the wrong way and within a minute Parklands drew level as they caught the Clockhouse wingers napping and got in behind the defensive.

If anything this left the remainder of the game to be played at a frantic pace with both sides having to soak up serious pressure. Parklands continued to play the ball in to their unmarked wingers only to be denied by some resilient defence from Callum D and Charlie M and the shot stopping of Charlie B. Whilst Clockhouse were exploiting a weakness down the right wing using Bobby L's pace.

The next goal in the game came courtesy of captain Callum L who put Clockhouse back in front following some great midfield play once more where Aidan F and Bobby L combined. 

Parklands could well feel a little hard done by and it did not take long before an unfortunate own goal drew the sides level once more.

Despite a few final chances from Callum D and Bobby L Clockhouse could not find the winner. 

Final Score Clockhouse 2 - 2 Parklands

The result earns Clockhouse their first league point of the campaign and spirits remain high following some great play in parts. Once again we would like to thank Mark from Collier Row FC who has given up his time today to help with the new pitch and to once again take the whistle. 

If any children would like more information about Collier Row FC please feel free to contact Mr Yarrow using the Dojo.

Player of the Match- Callum D

Girls Football Team extended Clockhouse's unbeaten start to the sporting year!

On Friday the girls football team took a trip to the reigning Borough champions Elm Park Primary School, hoping to equal the win that the boys picked up earlier in the week.

Clockhouse took a mixed squad of girls from Years 5 and 6, giving the girls their first opportunity to play in a new look squad for this year.

The girls did not disappoint and found themselves ahead early on when a powerful run from midfield saw Gracie H score the first goal of the season. It did not take long before the lead was doubled, Sophie L copying her brother from earlier in the week slotting home with a nice finish from close range.

As the game went on Clockhouse were determined to put the game to bed and Gracie H grabbed her second goal of the afternoon following another surging run through the heart of the Elm Park defence. Sophie L continued with a strong dribble down the right flank before cutting in and beating the keeper. Credit must go to Sophie who is playing only her second ever game but looks like she has been playing for years.

Elm Park did not want to go down without a say in the game and it took some spirited tackling from Paris K and Atiya R to stop Elm Park dribbling through. As a result Elm Park were forced to try to play the ball long but were again denied thanks to captain Rosie K and stand in goalkeeper Demi B.

With the game at four nil it seemed as though Elm Park had become a little disheartened which is a shame as they should be proud of their efforts but despite this Clockhouse played with a level of maturity and did not want to stop until the final whistle. Gracie H grabbing her hat trick goal followed by her fourth of the afternoon in what can only be described as a ruthless display of dribbling, power, and precision.

Final Score Elm Park 0 - 6 Clockhouse 

Player of the Match - Paris K

Need help with home learning?

Are you struggling with home learning, pop along to Collier Row Library where help is at hand!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 26th September 2016

Another good week was had at Clockhouse last week with, as always, a lot going on!

Thank you to all those people who attended Meet the Teacher and also to those 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.

Nursery and Reception
It was been lovely to see so many Nursery children excited and eager to start with us last week and to have the Reception children staying for lunch. We look forward to having our Reception children stay all day from Monday.

Meet the Teacher
We have our last Meet the Teacher session of the year this week. Please come along to meet your child's teacher:
Reception - Tuesday 27th September

Year 5
Please do not forget that there is a meeting about the proposed Year 5 residential trip to Condover Hall on Wedensday at 5pm. This will be in the Key Stage 2 hall.

MacMillan Coffee Morning
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. All are welcome!

Sport

Good luck to the boys football team who play local rivals Parklands Junior at home on Tuesday and too the Year 2 Football Team who are taking part in a Borough Tournament on Wednesday. Good luck also to the Netball team who play St. Peters away on Friday.

Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Confover Hall Meeting (Year 5)

Future dates for the Diary
20th October - Children's Fancy Dress Disco (Year 1, 2 and 3 4pm - 5.30, Year 4, 5 and 6 6pm - 7.30).

17th December - Christmas Fete

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

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

Have a good week everyone!

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:

Clockhouse Primary School Website

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League has continued this week and there is a lot of competition for first place - well done everyone!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Northern Ireland, Wales and France who continue to be in the overall lead in the Dojo League. Scotland and Canada are just behind them in second place with Spain and Italy in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Brazil, Peru, Kenya, South Africa and China who are currently in the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with Uganda and Japan in second place and Argentina, Fiji and Australia in third.

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

The attendance winners for this week are...

A big improvement this week, well done everyone, keep it up! 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 - 100% (and no lates)

Peru - 99.33%
Australia - 98.67% (and no lates) 

A big well done to Scotland who have got out first 100% of the year, there will be prizes for them next week and for Italy and Peru in Achievement Assembly next week for having attendance over 99%.

A further well done to Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Spain, USA, Peru and Brazil who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 96.8%!

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 off to a winning start in 2016.

Clockhouse kicked off the 2016-17 sporting calendar tonight with a win in a boys football friendly against St Peters.

After a good trial session yesterday where we were forced to leave out some great players, Clockhouse knew that the hard work had already begun as competition for places was fierce.

The boys selected today did not disappoint, setting the trend for the game with some strong jinking runs from Paul S and Bobby L early on. After adapting to each others style of play it did not take Clockhouse long to take the lead. A neat through pass from Aydan F set school captain Callum L through, unfortunately for Callum his shot was parried but Bobby B was on hand to poach the first goal of the season with a left footed placed shot.

Clockhouse were unlucky not to have the lead doubled when the St Peters defence struggled with the footwork of Alfie P bringing him down for a free kick. Paul S took the free kick quickly and the ball found the back of the net off the woodwork. Sadly the free kick was taken too quickly and a retake was needed and the second attempt was not as effective the second time round.

St Peters were definitely the bigger more physical side and there tactic of lobbing balls into the area worked for them on the stroke of half time as a well placed cross from a corner found its way into the Clockhouse net leaving the half time score at 1 - 1.

Clockhouse came out in the second half firing with Charlie M, Alfie P, and Paul S all testing the solid St Peters keeper from range.

Clockhouse delt well with the frustration well and kept plugging away, Brandon M winning a throw deep in the St Peters half. From the resulting throw the ball went into the St Peters box where the ball was turned in by one of their own defenders.

The icing on the cake came when Callum L found the net after some neat passing from Paul S and Aydan F.

Credit must go to the two Clockhouse Goal Keeper's and the defenders Bobby I, Paul S, and Charlie M who never really looked threatened and played the ball out of defence very well.

Final Score Clockhouse 3 - 1 St Peters

Player of the Match -  Paul S 

Clockhouse would like to thank Mark Lee and Collier Row FC for providing a referee and some pitch maintenance. If anyone would like anymore information about Collier Row FC please contact Mr Yarrow at the school or using the dojo.

Important information regarding English at Clockhouse

Please be aware of the letter that came home last week regarding English at Clockhouse. Please do come and join us for Ready, Steady Read and if you have time to be a reading partner please let us know! Please also take the time to read about some changes we have made particularly regarding spelling.

Clubs at Clockhouse

Please be aware of the letter that came home last week regarding the clubs that are on offer this year at Clockhouse. Please return forms ASAP to avoid disappointment. If you have misplaced the letter, please pop into the office for another one.

Weekly reminder for week beginning 20th September 2016

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. Thank you for supporting with all the wonderful fancy dress, the children and staff certainly enjoyed Roald Dahl week!

Ready, Steady Read 
As you probably read in the letter last week, Ready, Steady Read has once again started 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. These are also 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 some of our new Nursery children this week.

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

Meet the Teacher
Thank you to all the parents who came to Meet the Teacher last week, these continue this week as follows:
Year 1 - Thursday 22nd September
Year 2 - Tuesday 20th September
Year 4 - Wednesday 21st September

Year 6
Well done to the Year 6 children for working so hard to complete their practise tests. Some of you should have got letters last week inviting children to Booster sessions. These are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.15am. It is really important that the children attend and are punctual. Please speak to your child;s class teacher if you have any questions.

Please remember that there is a Year 6 Learn with my Child session on Thursday between 9.30 and 11.45. Please come for as much or a little as you can.

Sport

Good luck to the boys and girls football teams who start of this year’s sporting calendar. The boys play St. Peters at home on Wednesday with the girls taking on Elm Park away on Friday.

Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Learn with My Child (Year 6)
Leavers Hoody (Year 6)
Welcome to Reception
Cancer Research Donation Station
Scolastic Book Club and Magazine for ordering
Club Letter (Year 1 - 6)
Jeans for Genes
Literacy Update

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!

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:

Clockhouse Primary School Website

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League is back and there is a lot of competition for first place - well done everyone!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

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

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Brazil, Peru, Kenya, South Africa, Japan and China who are currently in the overall lead of the Key Stage 2 Dojo League with Argentina and Uganda in second place and Fiji, Australia and New Zealand in third.

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

The attendance winners this week are...

Our great start has continued, well done everyone! 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 - 98.67%

Brazil - 99%
China - 98% (and no lates) 

Well done to Brazil who will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next week for having attendance over 99% and to China who win for the second week in a row!

A further well done to Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Spain, USA, Peru, Uganda and China who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 96.4%!

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%.

Hornchurch Fire Station Open Day

Hornchurch Fire Station opens its doors on Sunday to celebrate London Fire Brigade’s 150th anniversary

Firefighters in Hornchurch will open their fire station to the public as part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of London Fire Brigade. From 12pm to 5pm on Sunday, 18 September, families will have the opportunity to see inside an operational fire station and meet the crew members who serve the local community. Children and adults can sit inside one of the fire station’s engines and have photograph taken while wearing a firefighter’s helmet. There will also be fairground rides, a bouncy castle, face painting and a penalty shoot-out competition.

Bower Park Open Day

Calling all parents / carers - join our Parent Council

Lost Property Give Away

LOST PROPERTY GIVE AWAY

Tuesday 13th September

3.15 – 3.45

Key Stage 2 Hall

Everyone welcome to browse and take any items

Free of Charge.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 12th September 2016

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. Three times signed means a reading star!

Last week, some children  did not have all the equipment they require - particularly full P.E. kits, water bottles, etc. 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.

Year 1 - 6
As you will have seen from the letter that went out last week, this weeks sees Roald Dahl week! The staff have been planning lots of fun activities around different books. Each year group will be looking at a different Roald Dahl book and watching a film related to it. Books are as follows:

Year 1 - The Magic Finger
Year 2 - The Enormous Crocodile
Year 3 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Year 4 - Fantastic Mr Fox
Year 5 - The BFG
Year 6 - Revolting Rhymes

Do not forget that the children can come to school dressed as a character from a Roald Dahl book to celebrate the authors 100th birthday on Tuesday 13th September.

Year 6
The Year 6 children will be launching their new theme Jack's Time Machine (based on Invaders and Settlers) with a Roman Day on Monday - we look forward to seeing some fabulous costumes. Please ensure contributions are sent in.

From Wednesday the children will be sitting Mock SATs tests, this is so that the children can see what the tests are like as well as to get a bench mark for the teachers to inform learning and teaching.

Year 5
Swimming starts for Japan (Year 5) on Monday. The children will be leaving school at 10.30am so please ensure that children come in with all they need for swimming. Please be aware that this year each class will be going for 1 term. As there will be less children in the pool this will improve the quality of learning and teaching.

Year 3 - 6
Please ensure that Walk Home letters are sent back tomorrow. The new list will start as of Monday and if we have not had permission your child will not be allowed to leave the school.

Lost Property Give Away
There will be a Lost Property Give Away in the Key Stage 2 hall on Tuesday - 3.15-3.45.

Meet the Teacher
We will once again be opening the doors of each year group after school one day until 4pm over the next couple of weeks. This provides you with the opportunity to chat to your child's teacher, ask questions and also to see their new classroom. Dates are as follows:

Reception - Tuesday 27th September
Year 1 - Thursday 22nd September
Year 2 - Tuesday 20th September
Year 3 - Tuesday 13th September
Year 4 - Wednesday 21st September
Year 5 - Thursday 15th September
Year 6 - Wednesday 14th September

Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Roald Dahl Week
Presumed Consent - slip back required
PG Films - slip back required only if you DO NOT give consent
Welcome to each Year Group
Walk home alone (Year 3-6)
Swimming (Year 5)
Roman Day (Year 6)

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

Have a good week everyone! Certainly a busy one to get us started!

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:

Clockhouse Primary School Website

Presumed Consent

Please be aware of this letter that either came home yesterday or will come home on Monday. Please complete the attached slip and soon as you can, so that we can share all the fabulous things we do!

Should you not have a copy please pop into the office to pick one up.

Year 6 Roman Day

Year 6 need their costumes at the ready for Monday. Please do not forget that the children can come to school dressed in Roman costume on Monday as part of the launch of their Invaders and Settlers theme - Jack's Time Machine!

The attached letter came home yesterday, giving you all the information that you need.

If you have not done so already please send in £4.50 to cover the cost of this fantastic day and learning experience for your child.

Cancer Research Donation Station

Dear Parents / Carers

We are once again collecting for charity. The Cancer Research Donation Station is now up and running in the main school office. So if you have had a good clear out please bring in the anything that can be donated to pass on to this worthy cause.

Thank you in advance for your support of this worthy cause.

Mrs Collard

The attendance winners this week are...

A great start for most classes this week, well done everyone! 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:

Spain - 98.85%

Uganda - 100% (and no lates)
China - 100% (and no lates) 

Well done to Argentina, South Africa, Uganda, China and Fiji who will receive prizes in Achievement Assembly next week for having attendance of 100% and to New Zealand who will also receive prizes for their attendance being above 99%.

A further well done to Canada, USA, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, China, India and Australia who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 96.6%!

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%.

Look who came to visit us!

Today Bernie the dog came to visit Key Stage 2. The children were very excited to meet her and they were all very sensible.

Bernie belongs to The Hub at Bower Park Academy. She is a cockapoo who is Bower Parks School Dog.

There has been a lot of research done around the impact of this on children. Other schools who have already adopted a school dog have reported that they work well with children with special needs, test stress, anxiety, those who suffer bereavement or who are upset in anyway and in need of calm. There is also evidence from the ‘Bark and Read’ project that within 6 weeks 60 per cent of the children taking part improved their reading age by more than 3 months.

Bower Park have asked us if we would like Bernie to visit on a weekly basis. She is a special dog who is very used to working with large groups of children. A full risk assessment has been undertaken and obviously the scheme will be voluntary and children who do not wish to have contact with the dog will have no need to.

Please let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to welcoming Bernie again very soon!

Letters from yesterday

Please be aware of the letters that came home yesterday, the first being for Year 1 to 6, the second for Year 3 to 6.

Should you not have a copy please pop into the office to pick one up.

Macmillan Coffee Morning - Please come and join us

Back to School

We are all very much looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow and hearing about all your holiday adventures! Staff will be in the playground from 8.50am and please remember school starts at 8.55am.

The staff have been back at school for the last two days, making sure the school is ready for the children and doing our very own learning. Mr Terry led staff training yesterday morning around team building exercises (see some of the photos below), Miss Ettridge and Miss Ward then worked with the staff to launch a brand new apporach to the teaching of English - something that we are very much looking forward to sharing with the children. Today, Mrs Collard led training to look at our vision for the year and how we intend to go about achieving this.

We thought you might like the pictures below from our team building with Mr Terry! Can you guess what we are - answers on a postcard!

Fantastic Fund Raising

It was lovely to receive the below certificate today and to be recognised for our wonderful fund raising for this fabulous local charity.

Well done and thank you everyone, this year we will break the £5000 mark!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 5th September 2016

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 Wednesday (7th 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 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week 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. The main one being a two of the Key Stage 2 roofs being completely replaced. As you will notice when you return there have been some containers placed at the end of the Key Stage 2 building as well as fencing going up at the back of the school - this is in preparation to start works on building the extension. For those who have children in South Africa this does not affect you and you can still access the classroom in the normal way.

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

See you all on Wednesday!

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:

Clockhouse Primary School Website

Do you need school uniform for Wednesday

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 5th (after 11am) and 6th (9am - 3pm) but will be shut on 7th and 8th September. It will re-open on 9th September.

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:

Clockhouse Primary School Website

Roald Dahl Celebration for Years 1 to 6 - Tuesday 13th September

As part of our drive to maintain, promote and engage pupil interest in reading, the school is celebrating the 100^th Birthday of Roald Dahl on Tuesday 13th September. On this special day, children from Years 1 to 6 can come to school dressed as a favourite character from a Roald Dahl book. Although a letter will be coming out when the children return, we wanted to give you plenty of warning to get costumes (should your child wish to dress up).

During this week the children will be participating in lots of exciting activities, studying one of Roald Dahl’s famous books, sharing teacher’s favourite books and watching one of Roald Dahl’s books come to life in film.

If  possible, it would be good to discuss, with your child, different characters created by Roald Dahl such as: Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Enormous Crocodile, Willy Wonka, The Twits and many more. We hope you have fun creating your favourite Roald Dahl character and there will be a prize for the best dressed in each year group.