FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER  ISSUE 4:                           24.10.25

MacMillan Coffee Morning

The year 6 did a fantastic job running the Macmillan Coffee Morning, collecting children, handing out cake, cleaning up, etc. Thank you to everyone who attended, donated cakes or sent in money for this amazing charity. Thank you to the Friends of Clavering for organising and serving the teas and coffees, Miss O’Brien for sorting and checking the cakes and Heads of School for delivering their speeches so confidently. We are still counting the donations and there is still time to donate online: http://justgiving.com/CM25063555. Due to your generosity, we are already looking at raising over £400 – THANK YOU!

Year 4 trip to Audley End

Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic trip to Audley End House, stepping back in time to experience life as it was in the Victorian era. Dressed in traditional Victorian attire, the children emersed themselves in history with a guided tour of the house. Throughout the day, the children took part in a variety of hands-on activities with Mrs Warwick, the housekeeper, including shining shoes, folding laundry and setting tables just as the Victorians would have done. They also had great fun playing in the Victorian nursery and exploring the servant’s quarters.

Years 5 and 6 Dodgeball Well done to year 5 & 6 for the amazing time we had at the dodgeball tournament this week. We split into five teams to play across four courts and everyone had many opportunities to play in lots of games. The yellow and orange bib team’s won their courts, non-bibs, blue and green bibs all came second on their courts – overall a brilliant success! A huge thank you to Mr Snelling and Mrs Neal for all the training and team development and to Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Blundell and Mr Bull for refereeing and supporting the event.

Open Morning

We held an Open Morning today for prospective new parents. The children were a credit to the school showcasing our curriculum and school offer.

Thank you to the Friends of Clavering for providing the refreshments

Heads of School  

The Heads of School are working hard.  They introduced themselves to the parents at our recent MacMillan Coffee Morning.  They have also collected all the pupil responses around ideas for further equipment at lunchtime, which they will act upon.  They were also a credit to the school welcoming prospective new parents during our Open Morning today.

Parent Consultations

Thank you to all the parents that were able to attend Parent Consultations last week. We hope you found them informative.  We hope you also found the opportunity to meet with the SENCO to discuss SEN Learning Plans beneficial.  We will put this in place for the Spring Term Parent Consultations.

Harvest assembly

Last Thursday we held a special harvest celebration in which the whole school took part.  Each class prepared work connected to harvest or Autumn and shared their work. We had songs, poems, artwork, information about harvest around the world and readings about what we are thankful for. We all sang a harvest favourite of “Conkers” together. We talked a lot about others who are less fortunate than us.

The harvest food donations were on display and have now been packed up and collected by Uttlesford Food Bank. A huge thank you for your kind donations.

Cross Country KS2

Well done to all the children who took part in Cross Country this week – fantastic results in all year groups!  Below are the results from the event:

 Book Sale

Thank you to Mrs Green for organising the brilliant book sale which has helped to raise funds for new topic books for all classes across the school. The children enjoyed choosing books from a huge selection, paying a pound per text. Due to the amazing generosity of the families at Clavering, we have managed to raise over £300! Thank you again to Mrs Green and to Miss Shield for running the successful event.

School Admissions – Primary and Secondary – Apply Now!!

To apply quickly and easily for primary and secondary school places go online to https://www.essex.gov.uk/admissions-to-essex-schools-for-the-next-school-year

Secondary school places for September 2026

From 12 September 2025 you can apply online for your child’s  school place https://www.essex.gov.uk/apply-for-a-secondary-school-place

You must submit an application by the national closing date of 31 October 2025. Applications received after this date will be considered late and you may reduce your chance of being offered a place at your preferred school.

Primary (Reception) places for September 2026

From 10 November 2025 you can apply online for your child’s school place  https://www.essex.gov.uk/apply-for-a-primary-school-place

You must submit an application by the national closing date of 15 January 2026. Applications received after this date are considered late and will reduce your chance of being offered a place at your preferred schools.

Free School Meals Funding

You can register for Free Schools Meals Funding if you meet the criteria below.

If you have a child in Key Stage One and are receiving the free meal, which is part of the universal offer, you could be missing out on this additional funding for the school, which will support your child with their learning, if you meet the criteria below.  You have to apply for this funding.    If you think you meet the criteria below then please follow the guidance below and contact the school office.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

Mobile Phones

This is a gentle reminder not to use mobile phones whilst on the school site.  This is part of our safeguarding policy for all of our children.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

•  20^th October MacMillan Coffee Morning
• 22^nd October Audley End House – y4
• 22^nd October Dodgeball yr5/6
• 23^rd October Open Morning
• 24^th October INSET – school closed to pupils
• 27^th Oct – 31^st Oct Half term
• 5^th November Tag Rugby yr5/6
• 6^th November E-safety Two Johns – pupils, parents and staff (online 8pm)
• 11^th November Football Final yr5/6
• 12^th November Dodgeball yr3/4
• 12^th November Years 1 and 2 History workshops
• 13^th November Friends of Clavering School Disco
• 14^th November Year 6 Parent Sharing Assembly
• 18^th November Bag2School
• 19^th November Multi-skills Festival yr3/4
• 24^th – 28^th November Friendship Week
• 25^th November SEN coffee morning
• 26^th November Sports Hall Athletics yr3/4
• 1^st December Tray Day
• 9^th December KS2 dress rehearsal am, KS1 dress rehearsal, KS2 evening performance yrs 3 and 4 parents
• 10^th December Reception Nativity am, KS1 performance pm, KS2 evening performance yrs 5 and 6 parents
• 15^th December Christmas Shopping Morning
• 17^th December               Christmas Lunch

 ACHIEVEMENTS

STAR OF THE WEEK

Week ending 10^th October 2025

Reception         Grace – excellent balancing in PE

Year One          Noah – for writing independently and trying so hard

Year Two         Kizzy – for challenging herself when writing questions in English and always doing the ‘right thing’.

Year Three       Evy – for contributing thoughtful ideas especially in English when describing a setting

Year Four         Esther – for great progress, effort and a positive attitude to learning in all areas

Year Five          Alfie – for fantastic writing and for being such a great role model to year 2 during year 5’s

first playleader session

Year Six           Amelia G – for always working hard and developing a good understanding of long division

HEADTEACHER’S AWARD  

For children who have achieved their personal best:

Reception:

Bertie – excellent Maths and phonics

Hattie – excellent effort in Phonics

Year 1:

Maeve L – always trying hard in her learning, even when she finds something more challenging.

Reggie – having a positive attitude towards his learning.

Year 2:

Mya- a fantastic attitude for learning and being a role model with her behaviour.

Violet- consistently trying hard and working independently in all lessons.

Year 3:

Michaela and Cameron – consistent, high-quality written work and for contributions in class

Year 4:

Flora – working hard and making excellent progress, particularly demonstrating depth and inspiration in her writing across all subjects.

Jakob – consistent progress across all areas of the curriculum and always approaches his learning with a positive attitude.

Class 5:

Max -being a such a polite and responsible member of our class.

Cecily – always having a positive attitude to her learning and being conscientious in her work

Class 6:

Cheyanna – a positive attitude to all learning and working hard to improve writing.

Hattie – always enjoying every aspect of the curriculum and having a very positive attitude to maths.

Cartoon Attitude Learning Awards

We have our super-hero learning behaviours, which the children created in their house groups during a Friendship Week.  This term the children worked hard on resilience, championed by “Resilieroo”.  Two children from each class were nominated for a special award and will enjoy a hot chocolate treat with Miss Allsop.

Reception: Bluebelle and Roo

Year 1:      Rocco and Indie

Year 2:      George and Kizzy

Year 3:      Freya and Elis

Year 4:      Joshua and Tilly

Year 5:      Fraser.B and Bodhi

Year 6:      Lottie and Evie

If you have any questions at any time then please feel free to make an appointment.

Have a great half term.

Rosalind Allsop
Headteacher