Miles the Mole visits Year 5

Year 5 enjoyed the visit from Miles the Mole. 

This focussed on air pollution and how as a society we can do things to reduce this and improve the quality of the air we breath. 

It was certainly very interesting and the children asked some great questions. 

Well done Year 5!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League continued 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 Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, Spain, USA, Canada and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 1 Dojo League with Italy in second place

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

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

The attendance winners 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:

Canada - 98.7%

Kenya - 98.0%

Japan - 97.2%

A huge well done to all classes above.

10 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 and PM, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Kenya, South Africa, China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

94.2%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

96.3%

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%.

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 2024-2025!

A huge congratulations to

Jack T (Australia)

who have earned the Excitement Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Jack deserves an excitement badge because this half term he has approached all his activities with enthusiasm and a positive attitude. His energy encourages others to stay interested and engaged. Jack’s cheerful attitude to a challenge has been lovely to see develop and the impact it is having on his learning too!

Elsie P (New Zealand)

who have earned the Learning Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Elsie has been awarded this achievement badge for her outstanding effort and perseverance in learning. Her dedication has been especially remarkable in maths, where she has shown a growing independence and a positive attitude toward tackling challenges. She approaches each new problem with enthusiasm, demonstrating resilience and a real willingness to learn. We’re excited to see how she continues to improve and build on her progress!

Maddie S (New Zealand)

who have earned the Respect Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Maddie has earned her achievement badge for respect in recognition of her consistently kind and thoughtful attitude. She is always polite and goes out of her way to help others, setting a wonderful example of positive behavior for her classmates. She listens attentively to advice and shows genuine consideration for everyone around her, making her a true role model. We are so proud of her respectful and caring nature!

Jack O (Japan)

who have earned the Learning Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Jack has worked incredibly hard to improve his learning so far this year. He listens to feedback well and tries his best to continuously improve his learning. He understands what is needed to improve his learning and I simply cannot fault his effort in lessons. His recent assessment scores blew me away and are proof that when you work hard anything is possible. Well done Jack!

Spencer W (South Africa)

who have earned the Respect Champion Award for 2024-2025!

This person is always polite, respectful and helpful and is a fantastic role model to his peers.  His listens carefully to instructions, works hard across all areas of the curriculum and treats everyone across the school with respect.  He is someone that I can always count on to demonstrate the three Rs, whether an adult is present or not. He clearly has a fantastic Clockhouse Compass and listens to it all the time!

Well done Spencer, you really deserve this award!

Keira S (South Africa)

who have earned the Learning Champion Award for 2024-2025!

This person has impressed me so much since the start of the year with her enthusiasm and excitement for her learning.  She has come into year 4 with a very positive and mature attitude to her learning, and this has been noted by other members of staff as well as myself.  She loves to take part in classroom discussions, sharing her thoughts and opinions which are always valid and insightful.  She listens carefully to feedback and always acts on it, showing a determination to improve wherever she can. As a result she has made great progress already this year and I know that she will continue to do so as we move on. Congratulations Keira! 

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

#clockhousevaluesinaction

The Reading Raffle!

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 

Benjamin

George

Millie

Harry

Chase

Eduard

Key Stage 2

Silvu

Alex H

Aleyna

Dilan

Max

Georgina

Harrison

Hallee

Alex

Isabelle

David

James K

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 - Aleyna U

Reception - Phoebe H (Northern Ireland)

Year 1 - Luke P (France)

Year 2 - Leonardo J (Canada)

Year 3 - Olivia G (Argentina)

Year 4 - Blake B (Kenya)

Year 5 - Ella S (Japan)
Year 6 - Jada H (Fiji)

Greenland - Logan O

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

Well done everyone!

The Dojo League

The Dojo League!

The Dojo League continued 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 Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, Spain, USA, Canada and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 1 Dojo League with Italy in second place

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

Mexico - 95.9%

Uganda - 98.0%

Australia - 99.3%

A huge well done to all classes above. An extra well done to Uganda who win for the second week in a row and Australia for having attendance above 99%, you will receive your prizes next week.

Only 8 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 and PM, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Spain, Argentina, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, India, Japan and New Zealand who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

94.3%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

96.2%

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%.

Weekly reminders for week beginning 25th November 2024

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 getting into 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. As always 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.

Year 1

Year 1 are off to Thorndon Country Park on Tuesday to look for the Gruffalo. We are sure they will have a great time. If you have not paid for the trip or handed the consent form in, please do so by Monday at the latest.

Year 5 and 6

There is Bikeability for Year 5 and 6 happening this week if you signed your child up for this.

Year 5 and 6 are also off to Bower Park on Wednesday to watch their production of 'A Trip Down Musical Lane'. Please ensure consent forms are returned on Monday is you have not done so already.

Year 6

We look forward to welcoming our Year 6 (Thursday - 9.10-10.10) parents for Learn with my Child. 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.

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

Sport

Good luck to the Year 5 and 6 Netball Team who take part in the borough competition on Tuesday.

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

Things to be aware of

Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Dinner will be on Friday 13th December.

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Christmas Concert Information

Christmas Information

Colchester Zoo Trip (Year 4)

Queens Theatre Trip (Year 5)

Learn with my Child (Year 6)

Have a good week everyone!

#ourclockhousefamily

Mrs Savidge

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

Clockhouse Primary School Website

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 'Channel your Clockhouse Compass' 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 'Channelling their Clockhouse Compass:

Nursery - Jayden O for learning the routines and channelling his Clockhouse Compass to follow the rules.

Reception - Phoebe C (Northern Ireland) channelling her Clockhouse Compass and showing wonderful sounding and blending.

Year 1 -  Ishaan D (Italy) for his impressive efforts to improve his letter formation and channelling his Clockhouse Compass. 

Year 2 - Matteo V (Mexico) for channelling his Clockhouse Compass and showing great resilience in his learning, particularly in his writing. 

Year 3 - Daniel V (Peru) for channelling his Clockhouse Compass during lessons, especially when using descriptive language, to produce some excellent work.

Year 4 - Rayyan R (Kenya) for always going above and beyond with his work and pushing himself consistently! He is channelling his Clockhouse Compass.

Year 5 - Harry T (Japan) for excellent effort in all his subjects and for using his Clockhouse Compass to make good choices both in the playground and in class.

Year 6 - James K  (Fiji) for channelling his Clockhouse Compass and making excellent progress in his maths challenges.   

Greenland - Maame O for developing her independence throughout the school day and for being a fantastic role model for her peers.

Miss Ward - Mrs Kenealy for channelling her Clockhouse Compass and going above and beyond to help others. 

Mrs Reinecke - Lottie R (Peru) for her excellence in her Work Force job in the canteen and channelling her Clockhouse Compass.

Mrs Savidge - Martin S (Japan) for channelling his Clockhouse Compass and always welcoming everyone with a smile on the gate in the morning. 

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

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 2024-2025!

A huge congratulations to

Archie C (New Zealand)

who have earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Archie's hard work, dedication, and perseverance have truly set him apart, showing everyone the power of always trying your best. His enthusiasm and commitment are an inspiration to his classmates, and I can’t wait to see all the great things he’ll continue to achieve. Well done, Archie - keep up the fantastic effort!

Leo S (Australia)

who have earned the Nurture Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Leo deserves a nurture badge because he has shown determination and resilience in working to improve his handwriting. Despite finding it challenging at times, he has stayed positive and kept practising to make steady progress. His effort and commitment to self-improvement means he is truly deserving of this badge! 

Isabelle H (Australia)

who have earned the Learning Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Isabelle deserves a learning badge because she consistently works hard across all areas of the curriculum. She shows great focus and enthusiasm, always putting in her best effort to improve and succeed. Her dedication and positive attitude towards learning sets a fantastic example for others.

Naila A (India)

who have earned the Learning Champion Award for 2024-2025!

This students has impressed me hugely with her learning since starting Year 5. She never fails to give her full effort in every piece of learning, no matter the subject. She has shown excellent resilience when it comes to challenges and she meets them with a positive attitude, always learning from her mistakes. She is an excellent role model for learning and she thoroughly deserves this award. 

Theo L (India)

who have earned the Excitement Champion Award for 2024-2025!

 

This student brings an amazing level of excitement and enthusiasm to the classroom every day. His positivity is fantastic to have in the classroom and it has also been fantastic to watch his love for reading develop already this year. I'd like to thank him for the energy he brings to our class and I think he deserves to be recognised for his excitement. 

Jake F (Canada)

who have earned the Community Champion Award for 2024-2025!

Jake has donated the books he has read at home to school and came into school with a basketful of amazing books for our children at Clockhouse to use. We are very thankful for this.

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

#clockhousevaluesinaction

The Reading Raffle!

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 

Matei

Jack

Theo

Branden

Ellison

Ellarose

Key Stage 2

Zuhayra

Jaxson

Esme

Georgie

Roy

Spencer

Hugo

David

Freddie

Yusuf

Sophie 

Tobi

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 - Lana M

Reception - Joseph D (Wales)

Year 1 - Gracie S-T (Spain)

Year 2 - Bill H (USA)

Year 3 - Ariyan A (Peru)

Year 4 - Marli A (Uganda)

Year 5 - Poppy V (China)
Year 6 - Isla S (Australia)

Greenland - Bruno D 

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

Well done everyone!

Year 5 and 6 do a great job representing Clockhouse

The Year 5 and 6 football teams arrived at the league eager and excited to represent their school, facing off against several different schools in a series of competitive matches. Both teams showed great spirit, teamwork, and determination throughout the tournament.

Girls Team Highlights:

The girls played their first-ever competitive match outside of school as a team and they impressed with their commitment and teamwork. Their first match was against Towers Primary, where they initially struggled to find their rhythm, losing 3-0. However, the girls did not let this setback deter them. They took everything they had learned from training and applied it in their next game against Drapers. The girls came back strong, securing a well-deserved 2-0 victory, with Isabelle and Poppy our captain scoring the goals and Amelia making some brilliant saves in goal with the defenders standing strong.

In addition to their league matches, the girls also participated in a couple of friendly matches, where they displayed their growing confidence and skill, winning both with impressive performances. At the end of the afternoon the girls were awarded the Respect award for how they played through out the league which was a huge reward for all their hard work and sportsmanship they displayed in all matches.

 

Team - Captain – Poppy (Fiji), Amelia (Fiji), Lexi (Australia), Lola (Australia), Robyn (Fiji), Isabelle (Australia), Tessa (China), Alyzah (China) and Hallee (Japan).

 

Boys Team Highlights:

The boys' team quickly gelled together and played some great football throughout the league. They started with a tough 2-0 loss to Towers Primary but did not lose focus. In their next match against Drapers Brookside, they managed to secure a 1-1 draw, with George scoring a brilliant goal.

The boys saved their best performance for last, finishing on a high note with a 1-0 victory over Drapers Maylands, with Danilo scoring the match-winning goal with a fantastic strike.

Overall, both teams showed tremendous growth and resilience throughout the league, with the girls and boys working hard and demonstrating the true spirit of competition. The experience was a valuable one for all the players, helping to build their skills, confidence, and teamwork. We look forward to even greater successes in future competitions!

 

Team: - Captain - Cooper (Fiji), Tobi (Fiji), Alfie (Fiji), Tyler (Fiji), Danilo (Australia),Hashim (Australia), Reean (Japan), Freddy (Japan),George (China), Elliot (China) and Caleb (China).

Year 1 and 2 bask in the opportunity to represent Clockhouse

Both the Year 1 and Year 2 teams arrived at the football festival full of excitement and energy. For many of the children, this was their first ever competition representing Clockhouse Primary School and they embraced the opportunity with enthusiasm and determination.

Year 2 Team Highlights

The Year 2 team displayed excellent teamwork throughout all their matches, always pushing forward and showing great resilience. The first three matches were challenging and despite their best efforts, the team was defeated. However, they did not let this get them down. In their fourth match, the team found their rhythm and earned a fantastic 5-1 victory against Hylands Primary. Ralph and Henry both scored two goals each, with Ellison adding the final goal to secure the win.

The team’s confidence grew from this victor and they carried that momentum into their final match of the day. They defeated Elm Park 2-1, with Ellison scoring both goals and Leo making some very impressive saves, leading the team to a well-deserved triumph.

Team - Ellison (Canada), Ollie (Mexico), Henry (Mexico), Ralphie (Mexico), Leo (Canada), Thea (Canada) and Nellie (Canada).

Year 1 Team Highlights

The Year 1 team played in their very first tournament together, facing a series of tough and competitive matches. Despite the challenges, the team showed great spirit and scored some brilliant goals throughout the day. Mattias and Vinnie were the standout scorers, contributing key goals for the team.

In addition to their impressive performance on the field, the Year 1 team earned the Respect Award for their dedication, sportsmanship, and positive attitude throughout the festival. Their behaviour and respect for their opponents and teammates truly set an example for others to follow.

Team - Vinnie (Italy), Lenart (Italy), Mattias (Italy), Frank (Italy), Luke (France), Lola (Italy) and Erynn(Spain).

Both teams showed tremendous effort and enthusiasm, with the Year 2 team proving their resilience and ability to bounce back from earlier defeats. The Year 1 team displayed excellent sportsmanship and dedication, earning well-deserved recognition for their positive attitude. The football festival was a fantastic experience for all involved, and the players represented Clockhouse Primary with pride and enthusiasm. We look forward to more opportunities to build on these experiences and continue growing as a team.