The Thomas Coram CE School

How have you shown: Kindness, Resilience, Respect and Thankfulness this week?

Newsletter 18
Friday 30th January 2026

"Do to others as you would have them do to you" (Luke 6:31)

Important Information for w/c 2nd February 2026

Wednesday 4th February Y5 Young Voices
Friday 6th February - FOTC Break the Rules Day!
Parent Consultations - See email sent this afternoon
Game on FREE half term activities to celebrate 25 years!
Please check your child's lunch account balance
Bookings for Captains Club for Spring 2 are now open
Flyers at the bottom of the newsletters

Oracy Homework

What biscuit would you be and why?

This week

On Monday, Sara came in to talk to the children about Junior FOTC and we have been blown away by all the applicants! I spoke to Year 4 and 5 this week about truthfulness and will do so with Year 3 and 6 next week. We discussed how it is easy sometimes for things to become elaborated and sometimes we might feel worried about telling the truth, but actually telling the truth makes it easier for everyone and things can then be dealt with accordingly. In light of this, I have had a few local residents this week contact me to say children from TC are knocking on doors and then running away, if your child walks to and from school alone, please can you discuss with them that this should not be happening. Mrs Munro and I are embarking on an oracy project for the school and were on a training course this week, the first question we were asked was "What biscuit would we be and why?" - we said a Jammie Dodger, as it is sweet and tasty with a jam filled middle that represents the heart of our school. Have a chat over the weekend as a family about which biscuits you would all be. Please do encourage the children to come and tell me on the gate on Monday! Well done to China for their fabulous assembly today, it was brilliant! Have a great weekend!

Friends of Thomas Coram

Break the Rules Day - Friday Feb 6th

Bend the rules just a little for a great cause!

On Break the Rules Day, pupils can choose from the list below and break up to FOUR rules.

Slippers/trainers instead of shoes (inside)

Juice instead of water

Any snack – NO NUTS!

Make up or face paint/ crazy hair

Wear own jumper – doesn’t have to be school jumper

Call Mrs Daily by her first name

Music in class during lessons

2 x rules for £1

4 x rules for £2

Only the rules on the list can be broken.  Any other rule breaks will be treated as normal school rules – no sneaky extras! 😉

Buy your passes at the box office

https://buytickets.at/thefriendsofthomascoramschool1/2047565

Dress Down and Doughnut Day - Friday Feb 13th

🎟️ Day and annual passes can be purchased alongside Break The Rules Day passes

🍩 Donuts for sale after school under the covered area!

Buy your passes at the box office

https://buytickets.at/thefriendsofthomascoramschool1/2047565

Junior Friends of TC
We’ve had an amazing response, with over 100 enthusiastic children signing up to make a difference in their school community. Applications close Monday, after which teams will be formed and projects will begin! If you’d like to help the children bring their ideas to life, please contact Sara 07717 516 069.

Important Information

Upcoming Author visit
On Monday 9th February we will be hosting the wonderful author, MG LEONARD. She is the bestselling writer of children’s books such as Beetle Boy, the Adventures on Trains series and The Twitchers books. Her work had been translated into over forty languages and Beetle Boy is currently in development for a TV series. She’s coming to talk about her amazing Time Key series and her new book The Impossible Gladiator. She will be signing books for the children at the event.

IMPORTANT – Parents, you can order a signed copy from Our Bookshop- click below...
https://www.ourbookshoptring.co.uk/product/the-impossible-gladiator/
The signed books will be given to your child on the day.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM BEN AT OUR BOOKSHOP - Please include your child's name and class so the books can be labelled up for the event. Postage is not required; we will deliver all the books on the day.

Community Information

Sunnyside Messy Church

Messy Church - Sunnyside Church Sat 7^th Feb 3.30-5.30 pm

Come along for an afternoon of activities for all ages, followed by a celebration time and meal. This month we'll be learning about the lost sheep and having lots of sheep-related fun! Sign up for tickets here: https://sunnyside.churchsuite.com/events/6uylb2ol

Weekly Attendance W/C 26/01/2026

Year 3: 95.3%
Year 4: 93.7%
Year 5: 93.8%
Year 6: 90.5%
Whole school: 93.3%

"Be present, be engaged and watch your knowledge grow."

Values in Action

Madagascar - Nina - For always showing kindness to everyone and being someone that people turn to for support.

Gambia - Bella - For her resilience in writing this week and for keeping on going during the publishing of her fable.

South Africa - Alice - For going above and beyond in topic last week and creating a wonderful volcano.

Norway - April - For her excellent resilience and curiosity in History this week. She showed fantastic enthusiasm and was keen to share her ideas.

Croatia - Evie - For her resilience, enthusiasm and determination in all aspects of her learning.

Finland - Reggie - For always showing kindness to his classmates and being willing to lend a hand to anyone who needs it.

China - Lucas - For his resilience and hard work during our writing of persuasive arguments in English.

Borneo - India - For showing incredible kindness and consideration to others, helping to support them in lessons.

India - Lillie - For her resilience in Maths this week.

Brazil - Carys - She is always kind and helpful and tries her hardest in every lesson.

Peru - Elizabeth - For consistently showing kindness and respect to her peers and adults as well as always being a mature student.

Mexico - Chloe - For her fantastic attitude and resilience, shown through her determination to improve her work.

A full calendar is available here

Flyers

Apex Holiday Camp at St Marys Northchurch

This week at St Peter's

Details of services at St Peter's can be found here.

To read the latest news from St Peter's click here.