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 - Darcie M-C because is being relentless and rigorous and is working really hard at counting and comparing small groups of objects.

Reception - Victoria P (Scotland) for relentless and rigorous and trying very hard with her learning whilst also being kind to all. 

Year 1 - Dominic M (Spain) for being relentless and rigorous when always striving to do his best learning, especially in maths with the challenges.

Year 2 -  Harry S (Canada) for being relentless and rigorous in his learning and trying hard in everything he does.  

Year 3 - Fatima B (Brazil) for being relentless and rigorous when completing column subtraction 

Year 4 - Mila R (South Africa) because has been relentless and rigorous when completing her times table booklets. She is growing in confidence and is starting to use less tools to support her and is starting to recall from memory! 

Year 5 - Dilan E (Japan) for being relentless and rigorous in her pursuit to improve in maths.

Year 6 -  Jayden F (New Zealand) because of his relentless and rigorous attitude towards his learning. He has had a very positive attitude towards his learning and the recent mocks we completed and I am proud of his resilience. 

Greenland - Ashwin R for being relentless and rigorous in his excellent engagement in all learning and working hard to decode new words in new books. 

Miss Ward - Edward A (France) for being relentless and rigorous and really trying hard and making great improvements with his sentence structures. 

Mrs Abeledo - Skyler S (New Zealand) for being relentless and rigorous in supporting and entertaining Mrs Abeledo at lunchtime. 

Mrs Savidge - Guransh S (India) for being relentless and rigorous in explaining to his peers how others can impact on the way you feel and making this meaningful to them.  

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 - Shaan B gets hot chocolate for being relentless and rigorous in selecting his name card and trying really hard to write his name.

Reception - Francis W (Wales) for being relentless and rigorous and trying very hard with her name writing.

Year 1 - Harper T (France) for being relentless and rigorous in caring, supporting and helping another child in the class when we visited the library. 

Year 2 - Lewis B (USA) for being relentless and rigorous by always showing enthusiasm in everything he does. He is always eager to learn new things and is ready for a challenge.  

Year 3 - Ralphie S (Peru) for being  relentless and rigorous in improving his letter and number formations to ensure they are legible.

Year 4 - Esme B (Kenya) for being rigorous and relentless when trying her best in Maths. She has worked so hard that this had lead to her improving her arithmetic scores. 

Year 5 - Keira S (China) for her relentless and rigorous attitude towards learning and progress. She works hard and asks questions to further develop her understanding.

Year 6 - Caleb R (Fiji) for showing excellent relentlessness by independently checking his own work carefully, correcting his own mistakes and rigorously making sure it includes everything it needs before asking for help.  

Greenland - David C for being relentless and rigorous with his outstanding independent work when counting in twos.

Miss Ward - Madalin B (Fiji) for being relentless and rigorous and working so hard to improve his reading.  He has made great progress as he has been practising at home so much. 

Mrs Abeledo - Gracie S (Scotland) for being relentless and rigorous in her enthusiastic approach to school life.

Mrs Savidge - Harley S (Italy) for being relentless and rigorous and writing his numbers. He also did a great job in the phonics lesson. 

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

Michaella K (Uganda)

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

This child always has a smile on her face. From the moment she walks in to the moment she leaves at the end of the day. She is always engaged in her learning and does so with true passion. She enjoys all of the practical activities we plan for the children and works well within her group to complete these. When I preview the following day, she always wants to know more information about what the lesson will be about. Michaella, it is such a pleasure to teach you. Your smile and enthusiasm always makes me feel happy.

Alexandra G (Kenya)

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

Alexandra consistently shows a positive attitude to her learning. She listens carefully, asks thoughtful questions, and tries her best even when work is challenging. Alexandra shows resilience by not giving up, takes pride in improving her work, and uses feedback to get better. She is always keen to learn something new and sets a great example to others through her focus and determination.

Ayyub C (Kenya)

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

Ayyub should receive the Community badge because he is kind helpful, and always looks out for others. He includes everyone in group work and play, supports his classmates when they need help, and proudly takes responsibility for keeping our classroom tidy. Ayyub loves to clean and does this without being asked, helping to create a welcoming and respectful environment for everyone. He is a fantastic role model for our school community.

Lennie P (South Africa)

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

Lennie has really impressed all of her adults recently with her learning. She is keen to do well and loves to challenge herself! We are so proud of the progress she is making and could not be more deserving of this award. 

Nellie R (Argentina)

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

Nellie who truly shows the value of nurture. She always uses kind and encouraging words with everyone around her and works brilliantly as part of a team. She regularly praises others for their great efforts, which is lovely to see. Well done and keep it up!

 
Arwaa A (France)

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

Arwaa deserves the Nurture badge because she consistently shows kindness, compassion and care towards others. She is a wonderful friend who notices when someone needs support and always takes the time to help. Her nurturing attitude is a lovely example to everyone.

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 

France - Cali-Rae

Italy - Laila-Rose

Spain - Mahad

USA - Oscar

Canada - Aayrah

Mexico - Joshua

Key Stage 2

Peru - Nyla

Argentina - Mia-Rose 

Brazil - Fatima

Uganda - Alex H

Kenya - Harleen

South Africa - Lottie

China - Spencer

Japan - Ava

India - Freya

Australia - Andrea

New Zealand - Jayden

Fiji - Hugo

KEEP READING - 

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT!

Greenland Moment of the Week

The Greenland Moment of the Week is awarded to

Bruno D

For showing great listening skills and responding well to instructions from adults, becoming more independent in following them.

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 - Ronnie C

Reception - Antonia P (Scotland)

Year 1 - Frankie B (Spain)

Year 2 - Zahraa H (Canada)

Year 3 - George S (Argentina)

Year 4 - Alex H (Uganda)

Year 5 - Ethan R (Japan)
Year 6 - Kiki K-G (New Zealand)

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

Well done everyone!

Weekly reminders for week beginning 19th January 2026

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! 

Thank you for all those who supported us and had the special dinner on Thursday. We hope the children enjoyed it!

We are very much looking forward to welcoming lots of visitors to Clockhouse this week who would like to see all the fabulous things that we do.

Super STEM Week

We are very excited that we have our first Super STEM Week. During this week the children will be engaging in lots of exciting and engaging learning based on Maths, Computing, Design and Technology and Science. As per the letter, do not forget that Monday is a dress up day. This week aims to deepen the children's understanding is to deepen the children's understanding of this area of the curriculum as week as excite her. 

Governor Day
Our Governors will be in school on Wednesday and will be in the playground at the start and end of the day, please do take the time to speak to them should you wish to.

Exciting Times for Clockhouse

We have a number of Headteachers and Senior Leaders from all over the country visiting the school on Friday to learn about what we do. We cannot wait to showcase our wonderful school!

Year 1

We look forward to welcoming our Year 1 parents / carers for Learn with my Child on Tuesday morning at 9.10am - 10.10am. 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.

Year 4 

The last class will be taking part in a 'Best Buddies' workshop run by HEST on Tuesday. 

Year 6
Please remember that Year 6 are off to Gunpowder Mill on Tuesday, please ensure consent forms and your voluntary contribution are returned first thing on Monday if you have not done so already.

Choir

Good luck to the Choir who are off to the O2 on Thursday to take part in the Young Voices event.

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 at 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:

We Are... Week - request for help

You Told Us...

Learn with my Child (Year 1)

Leavers Hoodies (Year 6) 

Brighton Trip - Dietry Requirements (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, Italy, Spain, Canada, USA and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 2 Dojo League.

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

Spain - 98.7%

Uganda - 97.3%

China - 96.3%

Well done to all three classes above. 

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 PM, Kenya, Uganda, China and New Zealand who had no lates this week. 

Whole school attendance for this week is:

95.0%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

95.3%

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%.

A Tiger visits Reception

Reception were very excitied when a tiger came to visit after reading the story 'The Tiger who Came to Tea'.

They were very busy making their own tea for themselves and the tiger!

What on Earth has happened?

Year 4 really enjoyed their Stunning Starter which was an introduction to their new theme Crazy Climates, Wacky Weather! 

The children worked hard to find out about the equator and the tropical lines. They then looked at lines of latitude and longitude. They finished by having to plot these on their own polystyrene Earth.

Great learning Year 4!

Year 5 become Chocolate Makers

Year 5 were very excited to take part in a Chocolate workshop linking to their learning about the Mayans. 

Did you know that the Mayans believed that chocolate was a gift from the gods?

During the workshop the children learnt how chocolate is made, the history of cocoa and chocolate, Mayan history and cocoa traditions.

If you want to know more just ask Year 5! They had a great time!