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!

We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Wednesday 4th January.

Fantastic News

We are very proud to tell you that no less than 146 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!

Reading Stars

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 –  Nathan B

Scotland – Gracie B

Northern Ireland – River S 

France –  Harriet H

Italy – Kyran M

Spain – Courtney B

USA – Lexi L

Canada – Millie I

Mexico –  Emily C

Peru – Ray D and Harry

Argentina – Anthony O

Brazil – Hayden L and Ruby H

Uganda – Charlie H

South Africa – Georgie B

Kenya - Billy R

China – Charlie B

Japan – James G and Nikolay A

India – Layla G

Australia – Liya H 

New Zealand – Matthew R and Samuel R

Fiji –  Lauren W 

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?

Reading Eggs / Eggspress and Mathletics

Please be aware of this letter which came home this week.

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 –  Lainey S

Scotland – Fabian S

Northern Ireland – Damian R

France – Aaron S

Italy – Daisie-Mae P-J

Spain – Denzel A-B

USA – Aleeza M

Canada –  Max C

Mexico – Ronnie D
Peru – Jorgie B 

Argentina – Tia R

Brazil – Elsie H

Uganda – Ruby N

South Africa – Chloe M

Kenya - Ruby S

China – Lois C

Japan – Katie G

India – Maisy S

Australia – Samuel B

New Zealand – Matthew R and Natali S

Fiji – Max F, Maddie C, Mason S and Lidius R

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

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

December Newsletter

Please be aware of this month's newsletter which should have come home today. This does include important dates for next term.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 19th December 2016

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

School Parliament
Some of the School Parliament are off to Romford with Mrs Johns on Tuesday to buy presents for children who otherwose will not receive a present. Tune into Time FM at 11.30am when they will hopefully be live on air!

Parties

Wednesday is non-uniform day and Christmas Parties. Yuo should have recieved a letter about these last week.

Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Natural History Museum visit (Year 6)
Clubs first week back
Christmas Parties

We finish school on Wednesday and we look forward to seeing you all back after the festive fun on Wednesday 4th January.

Have a good week everyone even though a little shorter than usual!

For more information about our school please visit our school website using the following link:
Clockhouse Primary School Website

Multi Use Games Area

Our new Multi Use Games area is coming on. It is very exciting!

Clubs week beginning 4th January 2017

Christmas Parties - Wednesday

Please be aware of this letter which went out last week.

Christmas Dinner

We all had a lovely day yesterday in our Christmas Jumpers and serving and eating Christmas Dinner.

Girls football team finish the fixtures for the year with a cracker!

Clockhouse finished off the sports fixtures for 2016 with a trip to local neighbours Crowfield for a girls football friendly.

The game started well, with both sides putting on a good show. The first goal was always going to be important and luckily it came for Clockhouse with an unstoppable hard driven shot from outside the area, credit to Gracie H for the finish. Crownfield did not switch off though and the contest continued at a good pace. Clockhouse managed to double the advantage when Sophie L scored a great goal following some fantastic dribbling from Jodie S and a pinpoint cross from Gracie H. 

Crownfield did not allow their heads to drop and proved they were in the contest with a goal of their own. In an exciting game the next goal was to prove crucial, Clockhouse putting the ball in the net after a goal mouth scramble. Gracie H grabbing herself a second goal. Sophie L then tried to do the same and was denied first by a fantastic save from the Crownfield keeper and then by the crossbar. There was time in the game for one last goal. Paris K being rewarded for her tireless running.

It was great to see Lily-Jo G and Emily G playing their first game for the school and impressing along the way. The attacking play was good and Sophie L pushed Gracie H (who is in amazing sporting form as of late) all the way for Player of the Match. As always captain Rosie K and her defence partner Demi B looked solid in all aspects of the game, and Kayleigh M continued her former with another great performance between the sticks, conceding just her second goal of the year. 

A great way to finish for Christmas!

Clockhouse 4 - 1 Crownfield 

Scorers - Gracie H x 2, Sophie L, & Paris K

Player of the Match - Gracie H

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League has continued positively this week with lots of positive Dojos being earned this week - well done everyone for helping your class!

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 take overall lead in their league. Scotland are just behind them in second place with Italy and Canada in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to China who continue to take the overall lead the Key Stage 2 league with Peru in second place and Brazil and Uganda in third.

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

Attendance winners this week are...

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:

France - 98%

Kenya - 96.3%
Fiji - 97.93%

Well done to Fiji who win for the second week in a row.

A further well done to Peru who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! It is disappointing to note that this was only one class this week - we are sure we can do better.

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.7%
This MUST improve - with your help we can do it!

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%.

Christmas Bazaar - tomorrow!

Citizen of the Week

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

Reception - Macey C
Year 1 - Karla S
Year 2 - Amelia-Rose M
Year 3 - Harry D
Year 4 - Chloe L
Year 5 - Darci L
Year 6 - Navitha P

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

Well done everyone!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 12th December 2016

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.

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:

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

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

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

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

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

Christmas Dinner

Please remember that it is Christmas Dinner day on Friday. If you do need to pay for the dinner please make sure that sQuid accounts have the necessary funding.

Christmas Jumper Day

Friday is Christmas Jumper Day. The children do not need to come to school in uniform, Christmas Jumpers and their own bottoms.

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

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

PA Event

Do not forget the PA Christmas Fair on Saturday (17th December) in the Key Stage 2 hall. There will be a special guest accompanying Father Christmas!

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:
Year 5 Swimming (China)
Reading book amnesty

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

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

Clockhouse Primary School Website

Reading book amnesty

Please be aware of this letter which came home this week. We really would be grateful for your assistance.

Honours even as Clockhouse stay top of the league for Christmas

Clockhouse netball team played their second game in as many days when they welcomed title rivals Ardleigh Green.

Ardleigh Green are well known in the borough for being a strong growth sporting school. Last year Ardleigh Green were the only side to beat Clockhouse before they reached the Borough Cup Final.

Clockhouse have shown determination as of late on the netball court, for the first time this year we found ourselves trailing. This just worked to inspire Clockhouse who linked up so well in the attacking third. Gracie H put us level before shooting partner Lily S-E scored her first one legged goal to put Clockhouse into the lead. Lily has grown in confidence as of late and despite being a Year 4 looks comfortable in the Shooters bib.

As the first quarter drew to a close Clockhouse had a resounding 5 - 2 lead with Paris K being a thorn in Ardleigh Green shooters side.

The middle part of the game belonged to Ardleigh Green who slowly chipped away at the Clockhouse lead. Some panicking in defence was exploited.

Clockhouse came out ready to battle in the final quarter of the game and we're unlucky to be drawn level from a good long distance shot. 6 - 6 with 9 and a half minutes to play. Callum L and Bobby B linked up well following Gracie H's turn over and Lily S-E once again gave Clockhouse the lead with 8 minutes to play.

Clockhouse held on well and tragically with 2 seconds left the Ardleigh Green goal attack composed himself to tie the game and go home with a  share of the points.

Mr Yarrow said after the game 'The netball team have worked hard over the past three days. A hard training session was followed by two games in as many days. We started well and looking at the bigger picture a draw was a fair result against a tough side. It was however frustrating to have such a lead and let it slowly slip away, but it gives us areas to work on when we return to training after Christmas. Thank you to everybody that has played a part in netball so far this year. Thank you to Rosie K who played at short notice and was solid throught the game. Thank you to Miss Ettridge for umpiring.'

FINAL SCORE: Clockhouse 7-7 Ardleigh Green

SCORERS:

Gracie H x 4

Lily S-E x 3

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Gracie H

Clockhouse remain top of the netball league with a ruthless opening five minutes against local rivals

Clockhouse welcomed Crownfield yesterday evening for a local derby. Clockhouse are currently top of the Havering netball league and were expecting an awkward game.

However any thoughts of a Crownfield upset were short lived as within ten seconds Clockhouse took the lead, captain Gracie H showing her class under the hoop. The lead was doubled before half a minute had been played as Goal Shooter Lily S-E got her first of the evening. The Clockhouse onslaught was relentless and within three minutes Clockhouse had a six nil lead.

Sadly just before the end of the first third Gracie H suffered a nasty injury (thank you to Mrs Montague for doing a great job with first aid). Bobby B came onto the field and looked sharp linking up well with Callum L to provide more glorious shooting opportunities.

As the game went on Callum L received a great pass from sister Sophie L which got him onto the score sheet and Lily S-E added two more to her tally for the match.

Remarkably Gracie H returned in the final third and looked like she had not been away, showing a ruthless display of shooting excellence! Credit must go to Crownfield who grew in confidence and moved the ball around a lot more as the game went on but were well marked by Beth C, Atiya R, Kayleigh M, Paris K, and Charlie B.

Final Score: Clockhouse 14 - 0 Crownfield

Scorers: Gracie H x 9, Lily S-E x 4, & Callum L

Player of the Match: Gracie H

Thank you to former Clockhouse Pupils Daisie S-E and Niamh S for stepping up and umpiring until Miss Ettridge could arrive. Clockhouse extended their undefeated table topping form.

Well done team Clockhouse!!!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League has continued positively this week with lots of positive Dojos being earned this week - well done everyone for helping your class!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Northern Ireland who continue in the overall lead in their league. Wales and Scotland are just behind them in second place with Italy in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to China who continue to take the overall lead the Key Stage 2 league with Brazil, Peru and Uganda in second place and South Africa in third.

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

The attendance winners this week are...

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 - 97.24%

Peru - 94.48%
Fiji - 97.93%

Well done to USA who win for the third week in a row and Peru who win for the second week.

A further well done to  Italy, Spain and Peru who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! We need more classes next week!

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%.

Citizen of the Week

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

Reception - Harry S
Year 1 - Aeryn A
Year 2 - Harry H
Year 3 - Jessica G
Year 4 - Ali M
Year 5 - Emily G
Year 6 - Aderewa O

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

Well done everyone!

Fantastic news for Clockhouse Gymnasts

On Friday our very talented gymnasts took part in a London wide competition and were up against children who do far more training than them.

We are delighted to report that our A team came 5th, with our B team finishing 8th. A fantastic achievement!

The children all had a great day out and represented the school in fantastic style. Well done everyone we are so proud of you.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 5th December 2016

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:

5th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal - 9.30am  (Mexico / France / Wales)

5th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal – 2.30pm (Canada / Italy / Scotland)

6th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal – 9.30am  (United States / Spain / Northern Ireland)

6th December   PM Nursery Christmas Concert @ 2.30pm 

7th December   AM Nursery Christmas Concert @ 9.15am

7th December   KS1 Concert - 2.30pm (Mexico / France / Wales)

8th December   KS1 Concert  - 9.30am Canada / Italy / Scotland)

8th December   KS1 Concert  - 2.30pm (United States / Spain / Northern Ireland)

9th December   Concert 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.

PA Event

Do not forget the PA Christmas Fair on Saturday (17th December) in the Key Stage 2 hall. There will be a special guest accompanying Father Christmas!

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

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:
Christmas Hat Making (Reception)
Christmas Hat Making (Nursery)
Carol Concert (Year 5 and 6)
Key Stage 1 concert (Reception, Year 1 and 2)

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 positively this week with lots of positive Dojos being earned this week - well done everyone for helping your class!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Northern Ireland who take the overall lead in their league. Wales and Italy are just behind them in second place with France in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to China who continue to take the overall lead the Key Stage 2 league with Brazil, Peru and Uganda 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...

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 - 98.97%

Peru - 98.00%
India - 96.67%

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

A further well done to  France, Canada and Peru who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! We need more classes next week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 96.0%

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%.

Citizen of the week...

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

Reception - Fabian S
Year 1 - Mason S
Year 2 - Brooke S-S
Year 3 - Honey S
Year 4 - Hayden M
Year 5 - Katie G
Year 6 - Kiera M

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

Well done everyone!

Cake sale today!

We are all looking forward to our annual Cake Sale today.

Please remember to send cakes into school, along with a small amount of money so that cakes can be purchased.

As always thank you in advance for your support!

Sports Hall Athletics success!

Yesterday 18 children (9 boys, 9 girls) from Years 5 & 6 represented Clockhouse at this year's Havering Borough Sports Hall Athletics competition, staged at Harrow Lodge Sports Centre.

In preparation for the competition, the children trained tremendously hard - spending many lunchtimes developing their athletic skills. 

At the competition, the children displayed these skills and competed fairly with maximum commitment whilst having great FUN! After combining the results of both the morning and afternoon sessions, Clockhouse finished in an outstanding 5th placed position overall out of 26 schools. BRILLIANT!

Well done to everyone who took part, we are very proud of you all!