Hot Chocolate with the Head

As you all know we are constantly striving to improve Clockhouse for your children. 

This year we are all trying our best to go 'Beyond the Possible' in everything to ensure that our school is a fabulous place to be and the children get the best all round experience possible. Each week, the Heads of Year as well as Miss Ward, Mrs Reinecke and Mrs Savidge choose a person (child or adult) who has been seen to do this and then they get to have Hot Chocolate with Mrs Savidge!

This week the following Clockhouse Citizens have been seen to going 'Beyond the Possible':

Nursery - Albie for going beyond the possible and being kind to others.
Reception - Adam U (Wales) for going beyond the possible and trying very hard to practise his writing.
Year 1 - Alaya Z (Italy) for going beyond the possible and creating a fabulous description of the fox.
Year 2 - Esme B (Mexico) for going beyond the possible with her learning in Maths.
Year 3 - Darius P (Peru) for going beyond the possible and working really hard to complete his pencil case, managing to do a neat stitch with very little support.
Year 4 - Noah B (South Africa: for a fantastic piece of writing. He has gone beyond the possible by trying hard to apply all of the skills we have been working on developing this year.
Year 5 - Aimee C (Japan) for her excellent work on division and going beyond the possible with her maths challenges.
Year 6 - Mia W (New Zealand) for going beyond the possible with her amazing effort and a can do attitude in this round of MOCK SATs.    
Greenland - Oliver E for going beyond the possible and managing transitions positively.
Miss Ward - Jayden A-B (Australia) for going beyond the possible with his hard work in PE this week.
Mrs Reinecke - Dolly-Lou W (Canada) for going beyond the possible by having a great attitude to learning.
Mrs Savidge - Abdulrasheed B (Brazil) for going beyond the possible with his help and commitment in 'Time to Eat'.

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to going 'Beyond the Possible' this week!

November Newsletter

Please be aware of the November Newsletter which can be found below as well as a link to a PDF version. 

November Newsletter

Clockhouse Weekly Wow

Here is last week's Weekly Wow and as usual there were a lot of things to 'wow' about last week.

Time to CELEBRATE - Value Champion Alert!

We are very excited and pleased to share with you that we have more Clockhouse Value Champions of 2023-2024!

A huge congratulations to

Ruhama Y (New Zealand)

who has earned the Nurture Champion Award for 2023-2024!

 Ruhama is a very caring young lady who always wants to make sure that everyone in class is ok and happy. She goes out of her way to support her friends and peers in what they are doing or in encouraging them to keep trying when they get stuck on a problem. Within class, she is also helpful in completing jobs around the classroom and would help anyone who is in need. 

Amelia R (Japan)

who has earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2023-2024!

This child strives for excellence in all she does. From art to maths, she will always give 110% and always seeks ways to further improve and develop her learning. The ability to continuously reflect and strive to further improve her learning will certainly take her far. She is a very worthy winner of the excellence badge and I am very proud of her.  Well done Amelia

Alfie T (Japan)

who has earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2023-2024!

Alfie always listens well to feedback and is continuously wanting to do better. In Japan, he is known as our mathematician however it has been his writing ability that has impressed me the most so far this year. He will edit his work to ensure it is the highest quality and will take care when using ambitious vocabulary to further improve writing. I always look forward to reading his writing, it is such a joy to read.

Safae B (India)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2023-2024!

This student is always trying her best to make as much progress as possible. I have been astounded at the effort she has put in and the amount of things she has achieved since being at Clockhouse. Recently, she impressed me when writing a balanced argument about our book, 'Journey to Jo'burg,' and has generally been a fantastic role model to our class when it comes to learning. Keep it up!

Jack A (South Africa)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2023-2024!

This member of our class has impressed me so much this year with his fantastic contributions to our afternoon lessons!  He listens carefully, asks relevant questions and loves to share his thoughts and opinions during class discussions. He has shown a particular interest in our Ancient Egypt topic and has absorbed so much information which he gladly shares with the class, something which he hasn't always had the confidence to do in the past.  It has been wonderful to see his confidence and engagement in lessons improve so much and other members of staff around the school have noticed this too. Well done Jack A, we are all super proud of you! 

Roy D (Brazil)

who has earned the Respect Champion Award for 2023-2024!

This child always shows respect to his peers and adults around the school, and helps other children do the same. He is always diligent in his approach to tasks, and will show the correct behaviour when learning inside and outside of the classroom. 

Colby V (Canada)

who has earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2023-2024!

When nominating him it was really difficult to decide on the most appropriate badge, which is a true sign of excellence. He is a kind, caring and nurturing member of the class who will always go out of his way unasked to help others, whether that be by holding a door or reading to his class mates in DEAR time. He is always ready and willing to help others. He tries hard in his learning and will always support his friends to achieve their best too, which especially shone through when learning about performance poetry. He is not only a good role model to his peers in class, but consistently displays all of his admirable qualities outside of the classroom too. He is a true asset to class Canada.

Bilal W (Canada)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2023-2024!

Some tasks do not always come easy to him, but he meets each and every challenge with a huge smile and so much determination! He works hard to reach his potential in every lesson and never gives up. All of the adults in school love the opportunity to work with him as they know he will always give his best, not only in regards to his own learning, but by supporting others and encouraging them. It is a real privilege to be his teacher.  

Chase S (Spain)

who has earned the Excitement Champion Award for 2023-2024!

This boy is always excited to learn and push himself. He is resilient with his learning and tries so hard in every aspect. He perseveres when things are tricky and is always excited to give things a try. He comes into school every morning with a smile and an amazing attitude towards his learning. We are all so proud of his progress and love seeing him excited about his learning.

A huge well done from everyone at Clockhouse - wear your Values Champion Badge with pride!

#clockhousevaluesinaction

 

Reading Raffle Winners!

As you may already know, once again, this year we are holding a weekly Reading Raffle. Each time the children read at home and a message gets sent to their teacher on Class Dojo or a message is put in their Reading Diary they get a raffle ticket which gets entered into the Reading Raffle draw. This takes place in Celebration Assembly on a Monday. 

This week we were overwhelmed with the number of people who entered. Well done to the following children who were this week's winners and are busy deciding on their prizes:

Key Stage 1 

Charlie

Maria

Chase

Alex B

Foley

Elsie E

Key Stage 2

Zion

David

Nikhil

Lilly-Mae

Olivia

Ousman

Archie

James K

Joshua

Daria

Haris

Fessy

KEEP READING - 

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT!

Citizen of the Week

Citizen of the Week!

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

Nursery - Aleena G

Reception - Emilia D (Scotland)

Year 1 - Hunter G (Spain)

Year 2 - Bilal W (Canada)

Year 3 - Georgie C (Argentina)

Year 4 - Olly L (Kenya)

Year 5 - David C (China)
Year 6 - Darshan R (Fiji)

Greenland - Kareem R

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

Well done everyone!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 27th November 2023

As you know last week was a slightly quieter week at Clockhouse but this week, as we move further through the term and with December hitting on Friday, we are looking forward to really going with Christmas at Clockhouse! 

Our Clockhouse Christmas

We are very excited to officially launch Our Clockhouse Christmas on Friday.

On Friday, the children will be spending some time transforming their classrooms and the whole school into Christmas. We want to go even bigger and better than last year. This is where you come in. If you have any spare decorations that you would be willing to donate to us, we really would be most grateful. Please either give these to class teachers or hand to the main school office. Thank you in advance.

Each week, up until Christmas, we have lots of lovely things planned which will be integrated into the children's learning. We hope this will ensure that the children have the best time possible in the lead up to the big day.

Reception - Year 6

Please remember that the nurses are back on Monday to complete any flu immunisations that were missed previously.

Year 1

Miss Page will be running a workshop for parents / carers in Year 1 on Tuesday. This will be focussing on helping your child at home with their phonics and reading. Please remember there are three possible sessions - 9.00am and 2.45pm (face-to-face) and 7.00pm on Zoom (link to follow). It is not too late to sign up and if you are interested and are not in Year 1, you are also welcome to attend. Please let the office know.

Year 4

Year 4 are looking forward to a virtual author visit on Friday.

OCA (Our Clockhouse Association)
We are very excited that OCA Festive Disco will be going ahead after school on Wednesday. It is not too late to get tickets if you have not got these already.

Sport

Good luck to the Year 5 and 6 Sports Hall Athletics Team who take part in the borough competition on Thursday morning.

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

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Christmas Concert Letter

Christmas Dinner Menu

Christmas Arrangements

Polar Express Day (Year 2)

Have a good week everyone!

Stay safe team Clockhouse!

#ourclockhousefamily

Mrs Savidge

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 - well done everyone for helping your class and for being fabulous Clockhouse Citizens!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Spain, USA, Canada and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 1 Dojo League with France in second place.

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

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 week's winners who are:

USA - 97.0%

Uganda - 99.0%

Australia - 99.3%

A huge well done to all classes above. A big wow to USA who win for the third week in a row and to Uganda and Australia for having attendance above 99%.

7 classes were in the Green Zone this week with an attendance above 96% - well done to those classes. 

A further well done to Nursery AM, Spain, South Africa and China who had no lates this week.

Whole school attendance for this week is:

93.4%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

95.0%

Well done everyone and thank you all for your continued support in ensuring that the
children come to school every day and on time!

It is still important that we all work to improve our attendance. 
Please remember that our school target is 96%.

Hot Chocolate with the Head

As you all know we are constantly striving to improve Clockhouse for your children. 

This year we are all trying our best to go 'Beyond the Possible' in everything to ensure that our school is a fabulous place to be and the children get the best all round experience possible. Each week, the Heads of Year as well as Miss Ward, Mrs Reinecke and Mrs Savidge choose a person (child or adult) who has been seen to do this and then they get to have Hot Chocolate with Mrs Savidge!

This week the following Clockhouse Citizens have been seen to going 'Beyond the Possible':

Nursery - Harley S for going beyond the possible and being more settled and with much improved behaviour.

Reception - Tommy W (Northern Ireland) for going beyond the possible making super progress with his reading. 

Year 1 - Romaine F (France) for going beyond the possible and showing great perseverance throughout his learning this week. 

Year 2 - Harper S (USA) for not only going above and beyond the possible during learning time, but always being a fantastic helper during lunchtimes.

Year 3 - Roy D (Brazil) for going beyond the possible with his excellent re-write of a narrative based on Iron Man. 

Year 4 - Kiki K-G (Kenya) for going beyond the possible with her writing and producing a fantastic retell of the story we have been reading.

Year 5 - Mrs Bhogal for going beyond the possible with her excellent contribution to clubs and 'Making the Difference' team. 

Year 6 - Danny SL (Fiji) for going beyond the possible with his amazing improvements in Maths, English and Reading.

Greenland - Katriel P for going for beyond the possible with his understanding of big and little.

Miss Ward - Lennie P (Canada) for going beyond the possible with her attitude and her learning.

Mrs Reinecke - Aidan V (Japan) for going beyond the possible with his excellent writing on the book Journey to Jo'burg.

Mrs Savidge - Shifa F (China) for going beyond the possible with excellent effort by contributing more in class discussions. 

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to going 'Beyond the Possible' this week!

Children in Need - Fabulous Fundraising

Thank you to all those that have supported us to raise money for Children In Need.

We are so proud to tell you we raised an incredible £479.49 for this fantastic charity. Everyone looked fabulous in their spots.

Thank you for your generosity - well done everyone!

Clockhouse Weekly Wow

Here is last week's Weekly Wow and as usual there were a lot of things to 'wow' about last week.

Time to CELEBRATE - Value Champion Alert!

We are very excited and pleased to share with you that we have more Clockhouse Value Champions of 2023-2024!

A huge congratulations to

Leani F (New Zealand)

who has earned the Community Champion Award for 2023-2024!

We are all so proud of Leani in New Zealand. Earlier this year, she wrote a story about the litter picking event that she organised in March 2022 and for this she was nominated for the national unsung scout hero award. Even though she didn't win, the Scout Association are going to be writing a piece about the amazing work she did in the community for their website and social media platforms. We think this shows Leani to be a role model to others who inspires them think about ways that they too could help and support their local community. 

A huge well done from everyone at Clockhouse - wear your Values Champion Badge with pride!

#clockhousevaluesinaction

 

Reading Raffle Winners!

As you may already know, once again, this year we are holding a weekly Reading Raffle. Each time the children read at home and a message gets sent to their teacher on Class Dojo or a message is put in their Reading Diary they get a raffle ticket which gets entered into the Reading Raffle draw. This takes place in Celebration Assembly on a Monday. 

This week we were overwhelmed with the number of people who entered. Well done to the following children who were this week's winners and are busy deciding on their prizes:

Key Stage 1 

Branden

Nyla

Ranveer

Blake

Nancy

Ayyub

Key Stage 2

Ronnie

Daniel

Lily-Ann

Amalie

Taylah

Frankie

Lois

Avani

anita

Farah

Connie

Fessy

Daksh

KEEP READING - 

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT!

Citizen of the Week

Citizen of the Week!

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

Nursery - Kora K

Reception - Roya N (Wales)

Year 1 - Nyla R (Italy)

Year 2 - Aleyna N (Mexico)

Year 3 - Omar D (Peru)

Year 4 - Antonia B (South Africa)

Year 5 - Murtaza E (India)
Year 6 - Harrison L (Australia)

Greenland - Harlie S

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

Well done everyone!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 20th November 2023

After the last few busy weeks, we have a quieter week at school this week as we gear up to what we hope will be another memorable Clockhouse Christmas (watch out for more information).

Thank you for your support with Children In Need - it is appreciated.

Year 6
We look forward to welcoming our Year 6 parents for Learn with my Child on Wednesday morning 9.10am - 10.30am. Please come for as little or as much as you can. As with the other year groups, regrettably we are unable to accommodate younger siblings at these events.

Cake Sale

Friday sees the Christmas Fundraising Day and the annual Cake Sale. Please send any cakes into school either on or before Friday as well as giving the children a small amount to buy some cakes!

Is your child, or a child you know due to start Reception in September 2024

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents / carers into school on Thursday 23rd November either at 10.00am or 4.00pm. Please call the school to book this or a tour later in the term. Places on each tour are limited. Please spread the word.

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Cake Sale

OCA Hamper Raffle

OCA Star Prize Raffle

Learn with my Child (Year 6)

Bowling Trip (USA)

Have a good week everyone!

Stay safe team Clockhouse!

#ourclockhousefamily

Mrs Savidge

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

Clockhouse Primary School Website

Clockhouse show great promise!

Clockhouse had a great time when they attended the Year 3 and 4 football tournament.

The team arrived ready and determined to play to the best standard possible. The team demonstrated great team work and put in tremendous effort throughout the day.

The team stepped onto the pitch to play the first match of the day against Langtons, the team had a great start passing the ball around with precision not hesitating to tackle for the ball. Harry the Goal Keeper made an excellent save keeping the boys in the game, the short game came to and end with a 0-0 draw.

The next game soon came around where Clockhouse played St Joseph’s with a great performance from all players, Caleb changed the game putting Clockhouse in front with an excellent goal followed up by another goal by Reean, the team carried on pushing until the end with a full time result of 2-0. This was followed by a great 3-0 win against Scotts Primary, with some outstanding goals from Elliot, Liam and George, the whole team excelled with Jack and Frankie not backing down in defence!

In next match the boys faced Gidea Park Primary. Their momentum started to grow as the boys played as a team and where pushed to play at their highest standard, never giving up and ending the match with a goalless draw.

The boys showed immense determination not backing down despite facing their most challenging opponent’s yet Harold Wood Primary, The players worked harmoniously, passing the ball with precision and supporting each other on and off the pitch, despite being a goal down the boys pushed through and played their best until the whistle with a last match of the day finishing 1-0 down.

In conclusion, our Year 3 and 4 team played exceptionally well as a team. Their hard work, passion, and dedication was evident throughout the match. Their incredible teamwork and individual skills were truly commendable, making them a force to be reckoned with on the football pitch.

 

Team - Reean (Kenya), Elliot (Uganda), Harry N (Uganda), Jack (South Africa), Liam (Brazil), Frankie (South Africa), Caleb (Uganda) and George (Uganda)

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League has continued this week - well done everyone for helping your class and for being fabulous Clockhouse Citizens!

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

Reception and Key Stage 1:

A big well done to Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Spain, USA, Canada and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 1 Dojo League with France in second place.

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

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 week's winners who are:

USA - 97.3%

Peru and Argentina - 96.7%

Japan - 97.4%

A huge well done to all classes above. A big wow to USA who win for the second week in a row.

8 classes were in the Green Zone this week with an attendance above 96% - well done to those classes. 

A further well done to Northern Ireland, Wales, Mexico, USA, Brazil. Peru, Kenya, South Africa and Australia who had no lates this week.

Whole school attendance for this week is:

93.4%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

95.0%

Well done everyone and thank you all for your continued support in ensuring that the
children come to school every day and on time!

It is still important that we all work to improve our attendance. 
Please remember that our school target is 96%.

Hot Chocolate with the Head

As you all know we are constantly striving to improve Clockhouse for your children. 

This year we are all trying our best to go 'Beyond the Possible' in everything to ensure that our school is a fabulous place to be and the children get the best all round experience possible. Each week, the Heads of Year as well as Miss Ward, Mrs Reinecke and Mrs Savidge choose a person (child or adult) who has been seen to do this and then they get to have Hot Chocolate with Mrs Savidge!

This week the following Clockhouse Citizens have been seen to going 'Beyond the Possible':

Nursery - Ella W for going beyond the possible and settling really well to her time in the Nursery.

Reception - Frank H (Scotland) for going beyond the possible and being sensible, kind and trying hard with his work.

Year 1 - Mia-Rose K (Spain) for going beyond the possible and consistently being a good friend to others in school. 

Year 2 - Mrs Shara for going beyond the possible with her amazing support of Year 2's learning in RE.

Year 3 - Michael S (Argentina) for going beyond the possible by pushing himself in all aspects of his learning and developing his confidence to share learning in front of the whole class.

Year 4 - Ruslan H (South Africa) for going beyond the possible and trying really hard to make sensible choices and demonstrate positive behaviour even when he is feeling frustrated.

Year 5 - Harvey C (India) has gone beyond the possible by volunteering to be courageous and read out poetry to the whole school during the remembrance assembly. 

Year 6 - Lana W (Australia) for going beyond the possible with her hard work and determination to achieve which she has shown every day since returning this half term.   

Greenland - Harry I for going beyond the possible and engaging in small group sessions with the other children and settling into daily life in Greenland.

Miss Ward - Miss Burrell for going beyond the possible to support those in need across the school.

Mrs Reinecke - Dilan E (Argentina) for going beyond the possible through modelling her maths processes to others using the correct vocabulary.

Mrs Savidge - Savana R (South Africa) for going beyond the possible with her outstanding writing.

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to going 'Beyond the Possible' this week!