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Weekly reminders for week beginning 25th September 2017
Sun 24 Sep 2017Another good week was had at Clockhouse last week with, as always, a lot going on! It was lovely to welcome the final Nursery children to Clockhouse this week and like the rest of our new children, have settled well.
Thank you to all those people who attended Meet the Teacher and also to those who have come to spend Ready, Steady Read time with their children, the more the merrier! Thank you also for the support given to Jeans for Genes day. We will let you know how much we have raised for this worthwhile charity once the counting has been completed.
Parent CouncilDo you want out school to improve even further? Do you have some fabulous ideas to help us imporve? Do you have something that is niggling at you that you would like to see changed? Then, the Clockhouse Parent Council needs YOU!
We have our first Parent Council meeting of the new school year on Tuesday at 9am. Please do come along if you can and help us to improve. Sign in at the main school office. We promist nice refreshments as well! We look forward to seeing you there.
Year 6Please remember that there is a Year 6 Learn with my Child session on Thursday between 9.30 and 11.45. Please come for as much or a little as you can.
The Headteacher of Bower Park Academy will be at Clockhouse to meet with Parents / Carers at 2.45pm on Thursday.
Year 5Please do not forget that there is a meeting about the proposed Year 5 residential trip to Condover Hall on Wedensday at 5pm. This will be in the Key Stage 1 hall.
Year 3 and 4The children will be taking part in a Road Safety Workshop on Friday afternoon. Please do take some time to talk to the children about this important safety aspect.
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Mrs Edgar and Mrs Ayling will be holding a MacMillan Coffee Morning on Wednesday for parents / carers. There will be lots of lovely cakes kindly donated by staff as well as the chance for parents and carers to have a chat and get to know each other. This will take place in the Parents Room in Key Stage 1. All are welcome!
Lost Property Give AwayWe do have a considerable amount of lost property which is not named. There will therefore be a give away on Wednesday. This will take place on Wednesday at 3.15pm in the Key Stage 1 playground.
School Nurse Drop InIf you have any issues, worries or concerns that you would like to talk to our School Nurse, Cathie Forrester about, please drop in to the main office between 2:30pm and 3:30pm on Thursday 28th Seotember, when she will be available to talk to you in confidence.
Sport
Good luck to the Year 2 Football Team who are taking part in a Borough Tournament on Thursday and to the Netball team who play Suttons away on Friday.
Letters that went out last week:The following letters went out last week:
British Museum Trip (Year 6)
Learn with my Child (Year 6)
Beach Bag making (Year 5)
Learn with my Child (Year 3)
O2 Trip (Choir)
Walking home from a club (Key Stage 2)
Clubs (Key Stage 1 and 2)
Future dates for the Diary
15th December (3.30-5.20) - Christmas Fete
Please look out for the first newsletter of the new school year which will be coming out this week.
As always we thank you for your continued support in all we do.
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Weekly reminders for week beginning 18th September 2017
Sun 17 Sep 2017The fantastic start to the new school year has continued this week, with the children settling well into their classes and lots of learning taking place. Thank you for supporting with all the wonderful fancy dress, the children and staff certainly enjoyed Rock Star maths week! We hope you enjoyed their songs - please do keep practising counting and those number bonds and times tables with your children, it really does help!
Ready, Steady Read
As you may already know, Ready, Steady Read starts again this week so please come in to school to read with your child. We look forward to welcoming you on the days and times below:
Reception - Thursday (8.50am)
Year 1 - Tuesday (8.50am) and Thursday (3.10pm)
Year 2 - Tuesday (8.50am) and Thursday (3.10pm)
Year 3 - Friday (8.50am)
Year 4 - Wednesday (8.50am)
Year 5 - Wednesday (8.50am)
Year 6 - Friday (8.50am)
If anyone has a spare couple of hours to come into school to hear some children read, we would love to hear from you. Please let the school office know and we will be in touch.
Online Reading and Maths resources to use at homePlease remember that Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress and Mathletics, the online programmes that we subscribe to, are available for the children. If you cannot remember your password please pop into the school office and we will be able to reissue it to you.
Class DojoIf you have not yet signed into Class Dojo please ask your class teacher for your login details. If you have a new phone or device and need the password again to access the Dojo please also ask, it really is such a helpful and valuable communication tool for us and you as well as a way of celebrating your children's achievements in school.
Jeans for Genes dayAs you will already know, Friday is Jeans for Genes day, for a small contribution to this worthwhile charity the children can come to school wearing jeans on Friday. If they do not have jeans, jogging bottoms or such are fine. Please ensure though that children are suitably dressed for school, including foot wear, school rules regarding jewellery still apply.
Nursery and Reception
It has been lovely to welcome all the new children to Reception this week, they certainly seem to have settled into school life quickly! Some of our Nursery children also started and it was equally as wonderful to welcome them, they have also settled well and we look forward to welcoming the rest of the children this week.
Home Learning Club
If your child attended home learning club last year you should have received a letter last week. If you have not received such a letter and wish them to continue, please pop into the office and get a letter from Mrs Nash or Mrs Mortimer.
Meet the Teacher
Thank you to all the parents who came to Meet the Teacher last week, these continue this week as follows:
Reception - Tuesday 19th September
Year 1 - Thursday 21st September
Year 2 - Wednesday 20th September
Year 6
Well done to the Year 6 children for working so hard to complete their practise tests.
Booster classes started last week and everyone who is invited should have had a letter. Please contact your child's class teacher is you are not sure if they should be attending. Booster classes start promptly at 8.15am so please ensure that the children are at school in time for this - thank you in advance.Please speak to your child's class teacher if you have any questions.
The Year 6 children will be launching their new theme Jack's Time Machine (based on Invaders and Settlers) with a Roman Day on Monday - we look forward to seeing some fabulous costumes. Please ensure contributions are sent in.
Year 4The Year 4 children will be launching their new theme Walk like an Egyptian (based on Ancient Egypt) with an Egyptian Day on Thursday - we look forward to seeing some fabulous costumes. Please ensure contributions are sent in.
Year 1 and 2The children will be taking part in a Road Safety Workshop on Friday afternoon. Please do take some time to talk to the children about this important swafety aspect.
Christmas Bazaar - Date for your diaryWe are trying something new with the PA and having the Christmas Bazaar on a Friday evening. This will be from 3.30 to 5.30 on Friday 15th December. Put the date in your diary!
Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Welcome to Reception (Reception)
Year 4 Learn with my Child (Year 4)
Condover Hall Residential Meeting (Year 5)
Bournemouth Payment (Year 6)
Leavers Hoodies (Year 6)
Scolastic Book Club
Attendance really does matter
Squid accounts
PG rated movies - only needs to be returned if you DO NOT give permission
Parent Council
As always we thank you for your continued support in all we do.
Have a good week everyone!
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Weekly reminders for week beginning 11th September 2017
Sun 10 Sep 2017What a fantastic first week back at school - well done to our fantastic Clockhouse community!
It was absolutely lovely to welcome all the children from Year 1 through to Year 6 back to school last week as well as welcoming new staff and children along with their families. We were all pleased to see everyone and the children seemed to settle quickly, we are all looking forward to an action packed and exciting year ahead.
We hope that you like the new Home / School Learning Diaries, we hope the information in them will further help you to support your child at home. Please ensure that the children bring these to school with them everyday and that you sign them and add any comments. A letter will be coming out in the near future about the new reading reward initiatives we have although we are sure your children will have already told you about them!
Last week, some children did not have all the equipment they require - particularly full P.E. kits, water bottles, etc. Please ensure P.E. kits are in school and that earrings are removed. Please can we also remind you of the importance of full school uniform and that this, along with coats are clearly named.
Reading Eggs and Eggspress / Mathletics
Please be aware that Mathletics and Reading Eggs / Eggspress will be down at the beginning of next week – this is whilst the Admin staff transfer names to the new classes.
Reception
Welcome to our Reception children who all start on Monday. We look forward to welcoming the children and their families to Clockhouse.
Year 1 - 6
As you will have seen from the letter that went out last week, this weeks sees Time Table Rock Star week! The staff have been planning lots of fun activities around times tables including the launch of Time Table Rock Stars. We would like to invite you into school to listen to a live performance of your child’s class song and have arranged for different classes to perform their song on different days so that it is easier for parents/carers to come into school to watch the performance if they have more than one child at the school. We will also be recording some of the performances of children with consent and adding this to the school’s website.
Please see the list below to identify which day your child’s class will be inviting parents and carers in:
Year 1 - Friday 15th September at 2:50pm
Year 2 - Friday 15th September at 3:00pm
Year 3 - Wednesday 13th September at 2:50pm
Year 4 - Wednesday 13th September at 3:00pm
Year 5 - Thursday 14th September at 2:50pm
Year 6 - Thursday 14th September at 3:00pm
Thank you in advance for your support. We look forward to seeing the children’s rock star outfits on Monday 11th September!
Year 6
From Monday and throughout the week, the children will be sitting Mock SATs tests, this is so that the children can see what the tests are like as well as to get a bench mark for the teachers to inform learning and teaching. Please speak to your child's class teacher after the tests if you wish to know how they got on do that you can further support them at home - every bit really does help!
Year 5
Swimming starts for Japan (Year 5) on Monday. The children will be leaving school at 10.30am so please ensure that children come in with all they need for swimming. Please be aware that this year each class will be going for 1 term. As there will be less children in the pool this will improve the quality of learning and teaching.
Year 3 - 6
Please ensure that Walk Home letters are sent back tomorrow. The new list will start as of Monday and if we have not had permission your child will not be allowed to leave the school.
Meet the Teacher
We will once again be opening the doors of each year group after school one day until 4pm over the next couple of weeks. This provides you with the opportunity to chat to your child's teacher, ask questions and also to see their new classroom. Dates are as follows:
Reception - Tuesday19th September
Year 1 - Thursday 21st September
Year 2 - Wednesday 20th September
Year 3 - Wednesday 13th September
Year 4 - Wednesday 13th September
Year 5 - Thursday 14th September
Year 6 - Thursday 14th September
Letters that went out last week:
The following letters went out last week:
Cancer Research Donation Station
Home Learning Quesitonnaire
Times Table Rock Stars week
Welcome Back - Year 1 to Year 6 (include important information, Meet the Teacher dates and Learn with my Child dates)
Walking home - Year 3 to Year 6
SATs and Bournemouth Meeting - Year 6
Swimming letting - Japan
As always we thank you for your continued support in all we do.
Have a good week everyone! Certainly a busy one to get us started!
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Macmillan Coffee Morning - Please come and join us
Wed 06 Sep 2017
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Weekly reminders for week beginning 4th September 2017
Sun 03 Sep 2017Welcome back to the new school year everyone!!
We all hope that you have had a fantastic Summer Holiday and enjoyed lots of time with family and friends. We are looking forward to hearing about all your adventures.As you are aware we are back to school on Wednesday (6th September) for Years 1 to 6 and are looking forward to seeing everyone bright and early! Remember that school starts promptly at 8.55am.
Please ensure that all the children return to school with all the necessary equipment they require - particularly full P.E. kits, water bottles, coats etc. Some children will be doing P.E. this week. Please can we also remind you of the importance of full school uniform and that this along with coats are clearly named.
Letters regarding the clubs that will be on offer this year will be going out next week. Those children in Year 4 to 6 who had permission to leave classrooms on their own last year will be allowed to do so on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week unless we are told otherwise. A new permission letter will be coming home on Wednesday, the new list will take effect from Monday.A number of building works have taken place during the summer holidays. The main one being the complete renewal of the heating and hot water system in the Reception and Key Stage 1 building - a rather mamouth task as we are sure you will agree.
Once again welcome back everyone, here's to another successful year at Clockhouse Primary!
We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday and we hope you have a good last few days holiday!
