Weekly reminders for the week beginning 15th December 2025

And just like that we are in the final week of the term, how is that even possible. 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 are enjoying the Peter Rabbit story so far. If you attended concerts last week, we hope you enjoyed them as much as we did and thank you being so good at adhering to the rules - it really is appreciated.

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:
15th December                 Year 3 and 4 Concert  - 9.30am (Brazil, Uganda, Kenya)

15th December                 Year 3 and 4 Concert  - 2.30pm (Argentina  / Peru / South Africa)

16th December                 Year 5 and 6 Carol Service - 2.15pm / 7.00pm

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

Year 2 

Year 2 are very much looking forward to their Polar Express Day on Thursday.

Year 6

Year 6 are off to the Twist Museum on Monday. Please ensure that consent forms are returned by Monday morning at the latest if you have not done so already.

Parties

Friday is non-uniform day and Christmas parties for children from Reception to Year 6. This is on Thursday for Nursery children.

Rumour has it that there is special visitor coming to see us at some point during the week as well.

Is your child, or a child you know due to start Reception in September 2026

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents / carers into school on Thursday 10.00am. Please call the school to book this or a tour later in the term.

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Christmas Parties

Look out for the December Newsletter coming out this week also.

All that leaves me to do is wish you a very Happy Christmas from us all. We finish school on Friday (normal time) and we look forward to seeing you all back after the festive fun on Monday 5th January. 

 

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 USA second place and Italy in third.

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

Canada - 99.0%

South Africa - 99.0%

China - 99.3%

Well done to all three classes above. Well done to South Africa who win for the second week in a row. Another big well done to all three classes above who will get prizes next week for having attendance of 99% and 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, PM and All Day. Scotland, Wales, Spain, Canada, USA, Brazil, Kenya, Uganda, China, India, Australia and Fiji who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

93.4%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

95.6%

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 'Relentless and Rigorous' in everything we do 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 Abeledo 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 be 'Relentless and Rigorous':

Nursery - Israa A for being relentless and rigorous with her fantastic effort during our Christmas concert practises.

Reception - Daisy G (Scotland), for being relentless and rigorous and working so hard to make wonderful progress with her learning.

Year 1 - Arwaa A (France) for being relentless and rigorous and always showing perseverance in her Maths lessons. She never gives up - no matter how challenging she is finding the concept - it is wonderful to see the pride and pleasure she shows when she is able to independently apply her learning. 

Year 2 - Millie L (USA) for being relentless and rigorous in her learning and remaining positive even when things are challenging. 

Year 3 - Sebastian B (Peru) for always being relentless and rigorous and bringing a positive and excitable personality to his learning! 

Year 4 - Ariya B (Kenya) for being relentless and rigorous and developing her confidence with her writing. 

Year 5 - Sabiha R (India) for her relentless and rigorous attitude towards her maths learning this week, which resulted in her developing a good understanding of division strategies. 

Year 6 - Jess V (Australia) for being relentless and rigorous in her fractions learning.

Greenland - Logan O for being relentless and rigorous and showing increasing independence when completing learning activities.

Miss Ward - Hartej T (Canada) because he was relentless and rigorous and wrote a fantastic character description last week and really was resilient in his approach to upleveling his vocabulary.  

Mrs Abeledo - Narin E (Brazil) for being relentless and rigorous in her pursuit to improve especially with her writing. 

Mrs Savidge - Joel P (Canada) for being relentless and rigorous in all of his learning and completing every task to the best of his ability. Keep it up, Joel!

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to be 'Relentless and Rigorous' this week! 

Hot Chocolate with the Head

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

This year we are 'Relentless and Rigorous' in everything we do 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 Abeledo 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 be 'Relentless and Rigorous':

Nursery - Florence W-P  for being relentless and rigorous and settling after changing the time she is at Nursery.

Reception - Florence H (Wales) for being relentless and rigorous and always being positive, friendly and trying her best.

Year 1 - Phoebe H (Spain) for being relentless and rigorous and always coming to school with excitement and a willingness to help others. 

Year 2 - Amal M (Mexico) for being relentless and rigorous in taking accountability for her learning in class.

Year 3 - Ellison R (Argentina) for being relentless and rigorous in his dedication to improve by taking on feedback to further develop his writing. 

Year 4 - Silviu B (South Africa) showed himself to be relentless and rigorous with his assessment papers. He did not give up when things were tricky and I am really proud of his efforts. 

Year 5 - Liv R (China) for being relentless and rigorous in her approach to learning this half term.

Year 6 -  Harry N (Fiji) for being relentless and rigorous showing consistent effort and determination to push himself in every lesson this week.

Greenland -  Oliver E for being relentless and rigorous with his positive attitude to personal targets and for joining in group sessions more consistently.

Miss Ward - Ysabel O (Northern Ireland) for being relentless and rigorous and trying very hard with her learning.

Mrs Abeledo - Lucia T (Fiji) for being relentless and rigorous and always ready to learn, working hard and being a pleasure to have in the classroom.

Mrs Savidge - Rose M (China) for being relentless and rigorous in writing a fantastic persuasive speech, applying the skills we have been learning this term.

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to be 'Relentless and Rigorous' 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 our next Clockhouse Value Champion of 2025-2026!

A huge congratulations to

 Harry N (Fiji)

who has earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Harry is always determined to do his very best in every lesson. He consistently asks how he can improve his work, especially in writing, and takes great pride in editing it. He has been particularly focused on improving his handwriting and has made fantastic progress. Well done, Harry!

 Henry L (Kenya)

who has earned the Nurture Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Henry has been on a big journey during his time in Year 4 and showed excellent self-awareness by recognising when his anxiety was becoming too much. Instead of ignoring his feelings or letting them build up, he took responsible steps to look after his wellbeing and I couldn’t be prouder of him for it. This is exactly what Anaya represents and he knew he needed help and asked for it. Now Henry comes straight into school in the morning, is ready to learn and is making exceptional progress- well done Henry! 

 Mille-Rose F (China) and Aleyna N (Kenya)

who has earned the Respect Champion Award for 2025-2026!

I had the pleasure of seeing Millie and Aleyna showcasing our value of respect in action! They were excellent tour guides for our governors, showing great respect through their kindness, maturity and the way they showcased Clockhouse so positively. They spoke very highly of the school and the governors said that ‘The Clockhouse Champions were a huge success and seeing them lead the tour and be proud of their school was a pleasure to see and experience.’ They were the first of our new and improved Clockhouse Champions to tour people around and we could not have been proud of them!  

Edon D (France)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Edon is receiving the Learning value badge because he always listens, stays focused, and approaches tasks with determination. His enthusiasm and talent in maths have been especially impressive. He should be very proud of his hard work and positive attitude.

Lily T (France)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Lily is receiving the Learning value badge because she always listens carefully, stays focused, and puts great effort into her work. Her English writing has been particularly impressive, with wonderfully chosen adjectives in her Owl Babies story. Lily should be very proud of her hard work and creativity.

Cali-Rae H (France)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Cali-Rae is receiving the Learning value badge because she consistently demonstrates determination and pride in her learning. In Maths and English she works tirelessly to improve a little more each day, showing real perseverance. She is also highly focused in Topic and Science, she always strives to do her best and the pride she takes in her achievements make her a brilliant role model to others.

Albie H (France)

who has earned the Respect Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Albie is receiving the Respect value badge because he treats everyone around him with kindness and courtesy. His consistently polite manner, helpful attitude, and motivated approach to every task make him a shining example of respect in our classroom. He shows real determination to do his best each day, and his thoughtful behaviour is noticed by everyone.

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

#clockhousevaluesinaction

Greenland Moment of the Week

The Greenland Moment of the Week is awarded to

Maame O

Maame has been forming a friendship with another pupil in Greenland. She has shown awareness of the other child's communication needs and adapted her game to include her.

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 

Liam

Qadeera

Hussain

Kezy

Lilia

Jack

Key Stage 2

Rylee 

Olly

Luis

Emilyah

Ariya

Bentley

Agnes

Ethan

Bertie

Iris

Jayden

Mahi

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 - Freya W

Reception - Emmie G (Wales)

Year 1 - Sa'Rye B (Spain)

Year 2 - Hunni C (Canada)

Year 3 - Kai Y (Argentina)

Year 4 - Alex H (Uganda)

Year 5 - David H (India)
Year 6 - Amalie S (Fiji)

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

Well done everyone!

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%.

Weekly reminders for the week beginning 1st December 2025

Well Christmas officially hit Clockhouse last week. The children enjoyed decorating the school. I am sure you will agree from the pictures, it certainly looks very Christmassy! 

On Monday we will launch the first part of our Christmas Story, please look out for this and share with your children.

This week, in school we will continue to try to give the children a fantastic Christmas experience. 

Reception - Year 6

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

Year 2 
Year 2 are off to Colchester Zoo on Monday. If you have not yet sent in money and consent forms please ensure this is done first thing Monday morning.

Year 5

Year 5 are off to The Queens Theatre on Wednesday (China and India) and Thursday (Japan) to watch the Pantomime. Please ensure money and consent forms are sent in by Tuesday if you have not done so already.

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

Cake Sale

Friday sees our 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 Nursery in September 2026

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents / carers into school on Thursday 10.00am and 4.00pm. Please call the school to book this or a tour later in the term. 

Sport

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

Things to be aware of

With Christmas Concerts starting next week, please remember that younger siblings are not permitted to attend main concerts (with the exception of Nursery). Please attend the dress rehearsal if you do need to bring younger siblings.

We finish school for Christmas on Friday 19th December. We return to school Monday 5th January 2023.

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:
Christmas Concert Dates

Concerts

November Newsletter

Cake Sale

Times Changes (Nursery All Day)

Polar Express Day (Year 2)

Carol Concert (Year 5 and 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

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, Japan, Fiji and New Zealand in second place and South Arica 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:

France - 97.4%

Uganda - 96.7%

China - 98.3%

Well done to all three classes above. 

6 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, Spain. Peru, Kenya, Uganda, China, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

91.4%

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%.

Clockhouse Connection - November 2025

Welcome to our new look Newsletter - Clockhouse Connection!

Please enjoy the new addition 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 our next Clockhouse Value Champion of 2025-2026!

A huge congratulations to

 Harold H (New Zealand)

who has earned the Respect Champion Award for 2025-2026!

This student never fails to show respect. He regularly demonstrates excellent manners and always makes the effort to ask his peers and the adults around him how they are and how their days are going. He is an excellent class ambassador and embodies respect in everything he does. 

Gracie H (China)

who has earned the Nurture Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Since starting Year 5, this student has shown kindness to everyone. She continues to bring positivity into our classroom and willingly helps anyone in need – often without being asked! From tying her classmates’ shoelaces to tidying up, she reminds us all to be a little more like Gracie! 

 Spencer W (China)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2025-2026! 

Spencer has made a fantastic start to Year 5. He has shown real dedication to his learning, actively listening to feedback and applying it thoughtfully. I’ve already seen great progress and look forward to seeing how he continues to grow. Well done, Spencer!

Eduard L (Peru)

who has earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2025-2026!

Excellence, this child has been showing excellence in everything they do. They are the first to offer their knowledge to the rest of the class and love to share their learning with everyone. They are the first to show they are ready to move on with their learning and are a great role model to all of the children! 

Stephan G (Peru)

who has earned the Nurture Champion Award for 2025-2026!

This child has such a loving and nurturing personality. They go out of their way to ensure that everyone is okay and looks after those who may need it! He always ensures that others needs are met and I could not be more proud of him. 

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

#clockhousevaluesinaction