The Thomas Coram CE School

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

Newsletter 21
Friday 27th February 2026

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

Important Information for w/c 2nd March 2026

Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
Friday 6th March - Madagascar Class assembly
Captains Club
School Lunches

Please check your child's lunch account balance and make a payment if necessary. All balances need to be in credit at the end of this term - 27th March 2026.
Flyers at the bottom of the newsletters

Oracy Homework

Which do you prefer Summer or winter?

This Week

We have had a great first week back. Yesterday we had Segun in to do a drama show with the children in the afternoon. He will be doing a drama club after Easter and more info will follow regarding it in the next few weeks. Our JFOTC met at lunch today to get planning for their first fundraiser! I am sure it is going to be an excellent event and the FOTC will share more info in the coming weeks. Archie from Mexico and his mum, have signed up for walking/running 26 miles in 26 days in March to raise money for Young Epilepsy. If you would like to help by sponsoring Archie and his mum they have a Just giving page. Good luck with your challenge! As you may be aware there have been increased numbers of measles cases across the country. For further information and symptoms please visit the NHS Page. Finally, good luck to everyone doing the Fun Run or Half Marathon this Sunday! I look forward to hearing on Monday whether you prefer Summer or Winter - I am definitely a Summer!! Have a great weekend.

Worship

On Monday, Father Stuart came in and spoke to the children about temptation and Lent. We spoke about how we are quite often tempted by things, but we need to be strong and resist those temptations. Today we had our oracy assembly and everyone performed a piece with such confidence, well done Team TC!

Friends of Thomas Coram

We now on Instagram!
Get the latest news about FOTC events and fundraising activities on Instagram and Facebook, please do give us a follow.

Berko half marathon and fun run

There is an awesome team of runners taking part in the Berko half marathon and fun run on Sunday, which you can support by coming down and cheering the Team TC runners on along the route, or by donating on the link below.

📅 Sunday 1 March 2026

🕝 From 10am (starting and ending at Berko cricket club)

👉 Donation link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/friendsoftc-maratho

Did you miss the uniform sale today?
If you did, you can email pre-loved@friendsoftc.co.uk at any time to get your pre-loved uniform.

Quiz
We’ve had to postpone the quiz from the 6 March for now, hopefully lots of you got your quiz fix last weekend at the big family quiz for GOSH which raised an amazing £2112! A massive well done to everyone involved 🏆

Junior Friends of TC - save the date 22 March, 2-4pm
The first group of our amazing 150 volunteers are working hard to bring you their very own Junior Friends of TC event in March! Please put the date in your diary to come and support all their amazing ideas to raise money for things they feel will really improve their time at TC - with new playground equipment and stationery for their classrooms being the top priorities 📝

Important Information

World Book Day - Thursday 5 March

To celebrate World Book Day, we would like the children to create a sandwich board on cardboard about their favourite book. Please bring their boards to school next Thursday and your child can then share why this is their favourite book with their class.

Mrs Rawlings, our lovely librarian, will then display some of the boards in the library for the rest of the school to enjoy.

Captains Club
Please make sure that you have booked your child onto all the sessions you will need this half term. Bookings do not automatically roll over from last half term. If you child is booked on late they may not receive a hot snack. The cut off for booking a space is 48hrs before the club starts. If you require a late/Ad hoc booking then please email admin@thomascoram.herts.sch.uk or phone the office on 01442 866757. Thank you.

New Summer Menu and HCL Price increase
From the start of the summer term there will be a new menu. HCL are also increasing the cost of school meal to £3.55 from 1st April 2026. After the Easter holidays a school lunch will cost £3.55.

Bridgewater School Cross Country
We are looking forward to seeing lots of children at the annual Bridgewater School Cross Country on Saturday 21st March 2026. This is a fantastic event which brings the local school communities together in a morning of running, held at Bridgewater School, Berkhamsted.

More information including race times can be found here.

Community Information

Berkhamsted Town Council would like to invite you to the Lagley Meadow Hall Community Tree Planting Day on Saturday 14^th March 2026 between 11am and 1pm. Details can be found on the Berkhamsted Town Council website or here.

Weekly Attendance W/C 23/02/2026

Year 3: 95.3%
Year 4: 97.7%
Year 5: 93.6%
Year 6: 95.9%
Whole school: 95.6%

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

Values in Action

Madagascar - Felix - For showing fantastic resilience, determination, and a positive “can-do” attitude while making a den at Forest School.

Gambia - Nathan - For resilience in his writing this week and for writing a brilliant personal narrative in English.

South Africa - Lana - For great effort in her writing this week.

Norway - Max - For his independence, resilience and determination with his writing this week.

Croatia - Amber - For her kindness, resilience and enthusiasm towards her learning.

Finland - Otto - For showing great resilience during his first week at Thomas Coram and settling in so well.

China - Ren - For Always showing kindness to others

Borneo - Scotia - For being a wonderful role model to her peers and always showing kindness to others.

India - Lucy - For her fantastic resilience and independence in Maths this week.

Brazil - Hugo - For practising his handwriting at home and improving the neatness and presentation of his writing at school.

Peru - Orla - For brilliant resilience and work ethic across all subjects but particularly in English writing.

Mexico - Moana - For showing resilience and determination at all times.

A full calendar is available here

Flyers

Active Camps Easter Holiday Activities (Based at Berkhamsted School)

Storm Basketball Easter Camp

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.