Mini Marathon 2023

Whilst the grown-ups pound the streets of London today, we could not be more proud of our little mini-marathon runners who represented Clockhouse yesterday.

Click on the link below to see what we got up to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrQXmwVqBlI

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Weekly reminders for week beginning 24th April 2023

It was lovely to welcome the children and families back to school last week and hear all about the holidays that had been had. We hope that children had a good week back and talked positively about their learning. They settled so quickly to their learning and their behaviour was so impressive in all aspects of school life! As always thank you for your on-going support you give to us each and every day.

Year 5

We all hope that Year 5 have a fabulous time at Condover Hall. Please remember to meet your group leader in the canteen on Wednesday morning. The children will be departing at 10am promptly if you wish to wave them off. Updates about the trip will be on the school blog, dojo and website etc.

If your child is not going to Condover Hall, please ensure that the children come to school at normal time. 

Governor Day

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

School Nurse Drop In

Should you wish to speak to the School Nurse she will be available for you to 'drop in' on Tuesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm. Please call the Key Stage 2 Office to book a slot or just drop in.

Strike Action

Please be aware of the letter that was sent out on Friday regarding strike action on Thursday of this week.  On Thursday the following classes will be closed:

• France – Mrs Nelder-Marsh
• Peru – Mr Bruce
• South Africa - Mrs Fletcher

Thank you for your support in this matter and for respecting the teacher's decision. 

Sport

Good luck to the Year 3 and 4 Tri Golf team who take part in the borough competition on Tuesday afternoon and the Year 1 Football Team who have a competition on Wednesday.

Monday 1st May

Please remember that Monday 1st May is May Day and therefore the school will be closed. We will be back to normal on Tuesday 2nd May (unless classes are not in due to the strike).

Letters that went out last week:

The following letters went out last week:

Celebration Assembly Dates

PE Kit Expectations

Plans for the Coronation

NEU Strike

Stayers (Year 5)

Athens v Sparta Day (Year 3)

Church Visit (Year 1)

Southend Visit (Year 1)

Look out for the April Newsletter coming out this week.

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 started again this week - well done everyone for helping your class and for being fabulous Clockhouse Citizens!

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, USA, Canada and Mexico who lead the Reception and Key Stage 1 Dojo League.

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

Mexico - 96.3%

Brazil - 96.0%

Australia - 97.0%

A huge well done to all three classes above. 

Only 3 classes were in the Green Zone this week with an attendance above 96% - can we do better next week?

A further well done to Nursery PM, Canada and Peru who had no lates this week.

Whole school attendance for this week is:

92.8%

Whole school attendance for the year currently stands at:

93.7%

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%.

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 'Be Exceptional' 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 'Be Exceptional':

Nursery - Esme I for being exceptionally kind and helpful.
Reception - Tom H (Wales) for making all round exceptional progress.
Year 1 - Thea M (France) for being an exceptional role model to others when learning.
Year 2 - Ayaan S (USA) for showing exceptional resilience when completing his practise papers.
Year 3 - Theo L (Peru) for trying exceptionally hard with his behaviour in class and doing lots of extra work at home.
Year 4 - Faria U (South Africa) for trying exceptionally hard with her writing and using great vocabulary 
Year 5 - Annabelle L (India) for always giving 100% in all subjects and being exceptionally helpful of her peers.
Year 6 -  Abigail H (Fiji) for working exceptionally hard to put her best foot forward at all times. 
Greenland - Jah-Kai L for making a exceptional effort to manage his reactions in challenging situations.
Miss Ward - Tyler M (Uganda) for showing exceptional resilience in his approach to learning and school life.
Mrs Reinecke - Millie-Rose F (Canada) for exceptional non-chronological report writing.
Mrs Savidge - Ellarose R (Northern Ireland) for showing exceptional resilience and hard work.

Well done to all these children and all the other children who have been seen to 'Be Exceptional' 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 2022-2023!

A huge congratulations to

Jack C (Australia)

who has earned the Excellence Champion Award for 2022-2023!

He has made massive strides with his attendance in the build up for SATs and Secondary school and has gone from being one of the last few the door in the morning to now one of the first which is a first! It's been his goal since Year 5 to get his attendance to where it needs to be and we are almost there- hopefully the badge is a good motivator as he is desperate for one.

David M (Brazil)

who has earned the Respect Champion Award for 2022-2023!

This student is always respectful to both the adults and children all around him. He always impresses me with how ready he is for his learning and how carefully he listens to me. He takes part in all discussions and comments on what others have said - showing further how respectful he is being to the ideas of others. He is a brilliant role model and thoroughly deserves this award.

Amalie S (Argentina)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2022-2023!

This student has blossomed into an enthusiastic and eager learning. She has developed her confidence and now has an active role within lessons as well as works well with her peers to ensure her learning is completed to the best of her ability. Her scores on her times table booklet has improved each time and her spelling scores are continuously improving. It is an unbelievable transformation from the beginning of year 3.  Little Arggies could not be prouder of Amalie! 

Affan R (Argentina)

who has earned the Nurture Champion Award for 2022-2023!

Affan - this student has the biggest heart for someone their age. Throughout each day, he continuously ensures his peers are completing their learning as well as always is ready to help out anyone who needs it. During our PE lessons, regardless of who his partner is, he always offers advice, and even models the task to ensure his partner knows what to do and how to do it. This person is always the first one there if one of his peers is upset or has had an accident. It has been such a pleasure having this child in our class as he is a truly amazing Clockhouse citizen. Well done Affan you are a superstar! 

Sabiha R (Mexico)

who has earned the Learning Champion Award for 2022-2023!

Since returning to school from half term I have noticed a huge change in her attitude to learning  As a result of this, her work across all subjects has been amazing.  She has written fabulous recounts and diary entries in English and her recall of facts in science and History has impressed me!  She is  an excellent role model in Mexico.

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

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