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

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Clockhouse Primary School Website