Weekly reminders for the week beginning 8th December 2025

Well, it is almost impossible to believe that we are in the penultimate week of this term. What a term is has been! I am sure you will agree that it has been a successful time at Clockhouse for so many different reasons.  I cannot thank each and everyone of you enough for the part you have played in this and for your on-going support and kindness.

 

Last week in school we continued to try to give the children a fantastic Christmas experience. We hope you have enjoyed our annual Christmas Story so far. 

The Christmas Concerts start this week. The dates are as follows:

8th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal - 9.30am  (Mexico / Spain / Scotland)

8th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal – 2.30pm (USA / France / Northern Ireland)
9th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal – 9.30am  (Canada / Italy / Wales)
9th December   Nursery Christmas Concert @ 2.30pm 
10th December   Nursery Christmas Concert @ 9.15am

10th December   KS1 Concert - 2.30pm (Mexico / Spain / Scotland)
11th December   KS1 Concert  - 9.30am (USA / France / Northern Ireland)
11th December   KS1 Concert  - 2.30pm (Canada / Italy / Wales)
12th December   Concert Dress Rehearsal – am – Year 3 and Year 4

Please remember that younger siblings are not permitted to attend main concerts. Please attend the dress rehearsal if you do need to bring younger siblings.

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

Year 2 and 3

Year 2 (Friday) and Year 3 (Monday) are off to the church in Clockhouse Lane. Please ensure permission slips are returned by Monday if you have not done already. 

Year 5 and 6 

Year 5 and 6 are off to the Christmas Performance at Bower Park on Tuesday morning. Please ensure permission slips are returned by Monday if you have not done already. 

Christmas Friday
Friday is Christmas Jumper Day. The children do not need to come to school in uniform, Christmas Jumpers and appropriate bottoms. This is also Christmas Dinner Day, the children will just need to order this as normal in the morning when they come to school.

Our Clockhouse Association (OCA) - Festive Sale

Following previous successes, OCA will be holding their first Festive sale on Friday during school time. All gifts will be £1.50. If you wish for your child to purchase a small gift please send them to school with a maximum of £3.00 so that they can purchase a gift.

Things to be aware of

We finish school for Christmas on Friday 19th December. We return to school Monday 6th January 2026.

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Smoking on site and outside the gates

Church Visit (Year 2 and 3)

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

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, Canada and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 2 Dojo League with Italy and USA second place.

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

Scotland - 98.7%

South Africa - 96.0%

Japan - 97.9%

Well done to all three classes above. 

12 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, Wales, Canada, China, India and Fiji who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

95.4%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

95.7%

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%.