Year 3 visit Collier Row

As part of the Geography learning that Year 3 have been doing, they went to Collier Row last week. They were looking at the local area and what Collier Row has to offer as well as developing their map skills.

Year 6 visit the Natural History Museum

Year 6 had an enjoyable day in London yesterday when they visited the Natural History Museum! They travelled by public transport and their manners were commented on by members of the public. They got to see lots of different things to support their learning back in school and also attended a workshop.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 30th January 2017

We had a very busy week last week, with lots of enrichment opportunities for the children. There were lots of visitors to school as well as children going out into the community. The children got a lot from this and there behaviour was impeccable.

We have another busy week ahead.

Year 2
We look forward to welcoming our Year 2 parents for Learn with my Child on Tuesday 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 5
20 of our Year 5 children are off to the Lion King on Wednesday. They will be seeing a performance of the show as well as taking part in a workshop.

Year 6
The Year 6 children are off to the Natural History Museum on Monday. Please ensure that their arrival at school in prompt so that the rest of the year group are not held up and that consent forms are returned if you have not done so already.

Sport
Good luck to the girls football team who play Crowlands at home on Monday and St.Edwards away on Thursday.

Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Learn with my Child (Year 2)
Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park (Year 4)
Holiday Sports Club (Year 1 - 6)

Look out for the January newsletter coming home this week.

Have a good week everyone!

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

Police Dogs visit Year 1

The Year 1 children had some special visitors this week when the Police Dogs and Handlers came to visit them at Clockhouse. They got to hear lots of interesting facts and ask questions!

They all had a great time!

Clockhouse Weekly Wow!

Please find attached this week's Weekly Wow, lots of wonderful things have happened this week!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League has continued this week with lots of positive Dojos being earned - 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 Wales who take over the overall lead of the Key Stage 1 league. Northern Ireland and France are just behind them in second place with Scotland in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Brazil and China who continue to be the overall leaders of the Key Stage 2 league with Peru in second place and Uganda and Australia 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:

Mexico - 97.41%%

Brazil - 98.33%
New Zealand - 97.59%

A further well done to France and Australia who have not had any children arriving late to school this week! We can do better than just two classes we are sure!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.4%
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%.

Citizen of the Week

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

Reception - Albey R
Year 1 - Millie L
Year 2 - Jack W
Year 3 - Anthony O
Year 4 - Mitchell D
Year 5 - Oliwia G
Year 6 - Lilie-Mae S

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

Well done everyone!

Undefeated Clockhouse retain League Title

Clockhouse welcomed Harold Wood on Wednesday night knowing a high scoring win would ensure they won the Havering North League for the third year in succession. 

Harold Wood were aware of the Clockhouse potential and arrived early to warm up. They moved the ball around well and despite a poor Clockhouse warm up the soon to be champions came firing out the blocks. Captain Gracie H and Lily S-E quickly got Clockhouse in front and there was no looking back.

Despite Harold Wood showing an eagerness to move the ball it was Clockhouse who showed fast pace interchanges in possession leaving the Harold Wood defence unable to get anywhere near the Clockhouse attacking play.

With a few players playing out of position after the first period ended, Harold Wood tried to attack but Paris K was relentless in defence denying Harold Wood hardly anytime in their attacking third.

The Clockhouse defence was working hard but the speed of the attacking play was truly unbeatable and Clockhouse went on to show their strength in depth with Charlie B, Sophie L, & Beth C all getting onto the score sheet. 

After the game Mr Yarrow was quoted saying 'it's an amazing achievement for the school to win the league title again this year. Not only did we win the league but for the first time we did it undefeated and conceded less than 10 scores on the way.  The squad lost a lot of great club standard players last year and if I am honest it's shown great dedication from all players at netball club to ensure that we won this league. Ironically, the children know the hard work has only just begun as we now go on to compete in the Borough Cup competition against the other seven best schools Havering has to offer. Last year we lost in heartbreaking style in the final. This year's captain Gracie H, played in last year's roller coaster ride and has shown fantastic leadership qualities in ensuring that we won this league title. Many players from across years 4, 5, & 6 have also stepped up and I can't wait for the quarter final draw. Well done to everyone who has represented the school at netball so far this year and to everyone that has been a part of club so far this year! Keep up the good work, remember it will not be getting any easier but with some Clockhouse determination anything is possible!'

FINAL SCORE: CLOCKHOUSE 16 - 0 HAROLD WOOD

SCORERS: Gracie H x 6, Lily S-E x 6, Charlie B, Sophie L x 2, and Beth C

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Paris K

Clockhouse boys up and running with emphatic victory to kick of 2017

Clockhouse played their first league game of 2017 tonight. With everyone available again expectations were high. The opening 15 minutes were a little bit rusty which is to be expected after a long gap between games and training. Both teams tried to find their feet.

Clockhouse began to take the upper hand and when playing the ball with their heads up making good decisions progress was clear for all to see. Paul S and Bobby I played the ball out well and equally will probably have some battle scars after putting in strong defensive performances.

It was a clever pass from playmaker Aydan F that set up Callum L for the opening goal. The school captain showing calmness under pressure to stand the goal keeper up and dribble round him before finishing. 

With the first goal in the net Clockhouse seemed to grow in confidence and it was not long before the lead was doubled by a goal of the season contender from Charlie M. Charlie hit through ball hard and very accurately to beat the keeper from just past the half way line.

Clockhouse took a two nil lead in to the 2nd half but Crowlands were the stronger starters to the half. Numerous occasions Bobby I and keeper Charlie B were forced to keep Crowlands off the score sheet. As the game ticked on Crowlands really did deserve at least a goal if not more. But Charlie B pulled off some fantastic diving saves to keep his clean sheet intact.

Once the Clockhouse team had gathered there composure and organised better positionaly they managed to sneak a third goal with Callum D's shot being parried into the path of Bobby L for a nice tap in and three points for the Clockhouse Boys Football Team. Keep up the good work!!!

FINAL SCORE: Clockhouse 3 - 0 Crowlands

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Charlie B

Clockhouse Weekly Wow!

Please find attached this week's Weekly Wow. This is a new weekly newsletter that we have created to celebrate all the wonderful things that happen at Clockhouse every week! Please let us know what you think, we welcome your constructive feedback.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 23rd January 2017

Another good week was had a Clockhouse last week and as always we thank you for the support you give us with all that we do! We have another busy week ahead.

Nursery and Reception
Foundation Stage look forward to welcoming parents / carers to school throughout the week to celebrate Chinese New Year with the children. Please check with the teachers as to when your session is if you are unsure or if you need to swap sessions.

Year 1
Year 1 are looking forward to welcoming a police dog to school on Monday to support their learning. Please speak to your child's class teacher is you have any questions.

Year 3
Year 3 are off to Collier Row on Thursday to look at local amenities. Please ensure consent forms are returned on Monday if you have not done so already.

Year 5
Royal Liberty come to Clockhouse on Monday to work with Year 5 on some very exciting Science work. This is always a very worthwhile experience for the children and we hope that they all enjoy it.

Sweden comes to Clockhouse
We are very excited as we have a number of Sewdish delegates visiting  the school on Tuesday to get ideas to take back to Sweden in terms of the ICT provision we offer our pupils. We are all looking forward to welcoming them to the school.

Clockhouse visit to the Bett Exhibition
Mr Bottrill, Mr Pavan, Mrs O'Connor and some of our digital leaders are off to visit the Bett Exhibition on Wednesday. This is to investigate new technologies that we could have in school in the future - a very exciting opportunity.

Sport
Good luck to the boys football team who play Crowlands at home on Tuesday and to the netball team who play Harold Wood on Wednesday again at home.

Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Police Dog visit (Year 1)
Trip to Collier Row (Year 3)
Chinese New Year Celebrations - parents invite to school (Nursery and Reception)
Changes to Spelling (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 new Dojo League has continued this week with lots of positive Dojos being earned - 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, Scotland and Wales who lead the Key Stage 1 league. France are just behind them in second place with Spain and Canada in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Brazil and China who are the overall leaders of the Key Stage 2 league with Peru in second place and Uganda and Australia 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:

Wales - 98.67%

Peru - 98.33%
India - 96.00%

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

A further well done to France, Canada and Uganda who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.4%
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%.

Clockhouse back with a bang after new year!

Clockhouse blew away the cobwebs on Friday evening in their penultimate league game when they travelled to Squirrels Heath Junior School.

After a possession dominating start, Clockhouse took a little while to find their shooting rhythm but once normal service had been resumed Clockhouse caused havoc, not letting Squirrels Heath out of their defensive third. 

With a comfortable lead at the end of the first third the opportunity to experiment with the side and give a number of players the challenge of playing out of position was taken in their stride by the Clockhouse side. 

Mr Yarrow said after the game 'sometimes playing a side a lot weaker than you is not ideal as bad habits rub off, but I would like to praise Squirrels Heath for their never say die attitude and finishing the game with a smile on their faces. Although the win came easily it was a good way to ease ourselves back in after the Christmas break. We now have one last league game left next Wednesday at home to Harold Wood. A win there all but guarantees we are Havering North League Champions, as always we welcome any support. Well done tonight team Clockhouse!'

FINAL SCORE: Clockhouse 17 - 0 Squirrels Heath 

SCORERS: Gracie H  x 5, Lily S-E x 5, Hayden M x 6, & Sophie L 

SQUAD: Charlie B, Beth C, Kayleigh M, Callum L, Sophie L, Gracie H (c), Lily S-E, Hayden M, Attiya R, Maddie C, Paris K, & Ben C

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Sophie L

Thank you to all Clockhouse pupils who showed great sportsmanship in volunteering to help the opposition when they were short of a player.

Thank you also to former Clockhouse pupils Caitlin M & Shannon I for offering to umpire the fixture.

Roll on Wednesday!

Impressive Boccia team represent the school showing great spirit!

Earlier this week Clockhouse entered the annual Borough Boccia Tournament. As a school we thrive on opportunities to try new sports. Boccia is a fantastic Paralympic sport and it was great to see so many schools represented so well by their students!

Clockhouse started proceedings with an early hiccup, drawing 1 end all with eventual winners Scotts Primary, sadly on points difference Clockhouse lost 3-1.

Following the early nerves Clockhouse then went on to beat their remaining opponents. First up was Ardleigh Green (2-0), followed by Parklands (3-1), and then last of all an engrossing contest against Newtons finally winning 2-1.

Despite only loosing one game, with the competition under an unusual format Clockhouse finished 4th overall. On match points the top 4 were all joint so it came down to points difference and Clockhouse had +5 whilst others scored fractionally higher. That being said the day was still a fantastic success. Clockhouse remain a well known name in the borough for Pan and Paralympic sport. The children had a fantastic day and were amazing Clockhouse citizens.

As a result of this amazing work we have decided to continue with Boccia Club until the end of the academic year inviting more children to attend and continuing to raise the profile of the more uncommon sports!

Thank you to the following children for doing the school proud - Elizabeth A, Leylan S and Leon W.

Citizen of the Week

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

Reception - Blu W
Year 1 - Aaron W
Year 2 - Millie V
Year 3 - Georgia A
Year 4 - Safa F
Year 5 - Kieran D
Year 6 - Paige S

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

Well done everyone!

Clockhouse sing at the O2

Well done to the choir who joined over 7000 other children last night to sing in the Young Voices choir. We all had an amazing evening and as always the children did us proud!

Well done everyone!

O2

The choir have arrived safely at the O2 and have just started to rehearse for this evenings performance.

Special Dinner - this Thursday

Please do not forget that it is a special dinner this Thursday. We are hoping to get as many children as possible to have school dinners on Thursday - help us to achieve this!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 16th January 2017

Another good week was had a Clockhouse last week and as always we thank you for the support you give us with all that we do! We have another busy week ahead.

Key Stage 2 Choir
We are very pleased that the Key Stage 2 Choir are once again off to sing at the O2. On Wednesday they will join with thousands of other children from London to take part in the Young Voices concert. A very exciting opportunity.

Year 4
We look forward to welcoming our Year 4 parents for Learn with my Child on Thursday morning at 9.30 am. 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.

Sport
Good luck to the Athletics team who take part in the tournament on Monday and to the Boccia team who take part in the annual Borough competition on Thursday. Good luck also to the Netball team who play Squirrels Heath away on Friday.

Have a good week everyone!

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

Multi Use Games Area update

As you can say Play Cubed have been very busy and the MUGA has really come on since Christmas!

Exciting times ahead!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The new Dojo League has got off to a good start this term 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, Scotland, Wales, Spain and Mexico who lead the Key Stage 1 league. Italy, France and Canada are just behind them in second place with USA in third.

Key Stage 2:
A big well done to Peru, Brazil and China who are the overall leaders of the Key Stage 2 league with Australia in second place and Uganda, Japan and Fiji 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:

Mexico - 97.78%%

Peru - 98.33%
China - 96.55%

A further well done to Brazil, Uganda and New Zealand who have not had any children arriving late to school this week!

Whole school attendance currently stands at

 95.5%
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%.

Arrangements for pick up tonight

Firstly thank you ever so much for this morning and your support in getting the children into school safely. It really is much appreciated.

I am pleased to tell you that most of the ice has melted and you are able to pick the children up as normal this afternoon. Please do still be careful though.

Have a lovely weekend when it arrives and again thank you.

Kind regards Mrs Savidge

Citizen of the Week

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

Reception - Oakley M
Year 1 - Willow S
Year 2 - Samuel W
Year 3 - Jaydev B
Year 4 - Brooke A
Year 5 - Lillie D
Year 6 - Natali S

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

Well done everyone!

Important

Good morning everyone,

School is obviously open as normal today.

However we have been here since 6am trying to make the playgrounds safe and they are still far too slippery to walk on. Therefore access to school will only be through the front driveway gate. Children in Reception and Key Stage 1 will need to enter school via the main door at Mrs Baker's office and Key Stage 2 via the main office. Class teachers will still be available in case you need to speak to them.

I do appreciate that this is inconvenient but hope that you understand that his decision is taken in the best interests of everyone's safety.

Thank you in advance for your support.
Kind regards Mrs Savidge

Google Expedition visit Clockhouse

We are sure that you have already heard but we had a very exciting day at Clockhouse yesterday when we had  a visit from Google Expedition.

This virtual reality tool allowed the children to be transported to a volcanic site and see what happens when a volcano erupts all whilst sitting in the hall.

We are sure that children will tell you much more about it!