Newsletter 10

Friday 15 November 2024

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32

Important Info for W/C 18th November 2024

Sunday 17th November	Ashlyns Craft Fair	Paragraph 8
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd November	Travelling Book Fair	Paragraph 4
Wednesday 20th November	Open Morning 10.30 am  for September 2025 parents
Friday 22 November	Croatia Class Assembly 9.00am
Friday 22 November	Open Classroom from 3.00pm  Miss Hill will open the gate at 3pm and you will be able to go and look round your child(ren)'s class(es)	Paragraph 2
Y5 trips to Boxmoor Trust	Monday - Borneo Tuesday - China Wednesday - India
Attachments/Links at bottom of newsletter		Online Safety Newsletter

Go team TC superheroes. We started the week with our two minute silence for Remembrance Day on Monday and Father Stuart led our worship on the importance of Remembrance Day. Mrs Bruguier led a fantastic singing assembly on Tuesday with a remake of Fields of Gold and Flanders Field. It was sung beautifully. Today it was wonderful to see all of the children dressed up and taking part in Children in Need. Thank you for all the donations, we have managed to raise an incredible £1,142 . At lunch time we did our fun run, which was awesome. We had so many children taking part and it was great to be active during that time. Those who didn't run cheered us all on. This week we also had Shell in, a wonderful parent, taking photos across the school and it was so good for me to walk round and see what everyone was doing. Year 6 showed me their fantastic shelters in Forest School, Year 4 showed me their cooking and PE skills, I saw some Maths from our Year 5 children and our Year 3's demonstrated their excellent reading abilities. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. 

The biggest public conversation about creating a future facing NHS has been launched by the UK Government.  RCPCH &Us has resources to help support children and young people's voices to inform and influence the 10-year Health Plan in England. 

Download the survey, session plans, BSL video, symbols, FAQs, slide deck, flyer and more at:

https://sends.rcpch.ac.uk/t/cr/AQjopQsQ1P-rARi4jciQAmjKbaqHr1AeSWsWbyJY1QrnXRvJLevkP0FxPwAFOYVc

Deadline for submissions 17 Nov. Please get in touch if you have questions to and_us@rcpch.ac.uk  

Thank you to the parents who attended the PINs coffee morning yesterday, following on from feedback from the parents, we are offering an SEND coffee morning to parents on Thursday 5th December at 9am. Once we have more details on the focus, we will inform you. 

Friends of Thomas Coram

Please see our December Lowdown here which is for all things happening between now and the end of term. There is a lot of information but we felt it was best to have it all in one place. All of our events are bookable in our box office that can be found here. 

Community Information and News

Ashlyns Craft Fair - Sunday 17th November

Ashlyns Craft Fair will showcase over 60 stalls selling unique handmade gifts for all budgets. Christmas decorations, keyrings and bags, jewellery, natural beauty products, sweets, artisan chocolates, original greeting cards, artworks and much more will be available. The ever popular cafe will also be open for shoppers to enjoy a selection of hot food, cakes and drinks. Creative Classroom will be running a Design-a-Bauble event for children (£2.50) no booking required!

Girlguiding Berkhamsted Christmas Market Saturday 23rd November

Girlguiding Berkhamsted District are holding a family Christmas Market on Saturday 23 November, 10am-12pm at Berkhamsted Town Hall. There will be fun games, tombolas, crafts for children, cakes, refreshments and much more! Free entry; cash only. Please come along and support local Rainbows, Brownies and Guides.

Berkhamsted’s Swan Youth Club helps shine a light on youth mental health funding challenges at Prime Minister’s Question Time 

Local MP, Victoria Collins, highlighted in Parliament this week the great work The Swan Youth Club is doing to support young people’s struggles with anxiety and mental health in our community. The Swan Youth Club is open term time from 3.30 – 6pm for anyone from Yr 6 upwards who lives in the area to come along and try out new activities, cook, share food – or just chill, chat and hang out with friends in a safe and welcoming environment. Look out for our stall at the Berkhamsted Festival of Light on Sunday 24 November, where we'll be selling Christmas jumpers for all the family! 

 

Weekly Attendance W/C 11/11/24
Year 3: 96.8%
Year 4: 96.5% 
Year 5:  94.3%
Year 6:  95.3%
Whole school: 95.8%

"Education is the passport to the future, and attendance is the stamp that gets you there"