The Thomas Coram CE School

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

Newsletter 27
Friday 24th April 2026

Anything can happen, if you let it. Mary Poppins

Important Information for w/c 27th April 2026

Tues 19/05 - Mr Roberts (Assistant Head at Ashlyns) Smart Free talk - 7pm - Paragraph 4
Curriculum Newsletters - Paragraph 5
Please check your child's lunch account and top up as necessary.
Flyers at the bottom of the newsletters - Raiders, RockSteady, Games For All, Tring Fun Run, Northchurch Cricket Club

Oracy Homework
Would you rather have fingers for toes or toes for fingers?

This Week

I was stood on the gate on Wednesday morning and afternoon looking around and thinking how lucky we are! I know I say this all the time, but life is tricky for many people and those small moments of ae and wonder really do make a difference - on Wednesday the sun was shining, the children were happy and running through the gate, saying have a lovely evening and I genuinely felt that we have such an incredible community and seeing that really does make me so proud and thankful for all we have! Some exciting news, Miss Dunn is pregnant and expecting her second baby in September, congratulations to Miss Dunn and her partner. After May half term, I will email out about staffing arrangements and hopefully by the second or third week in June, I will be able to email about who your child's new class teacher is. On Tuesday, we had an exciting visit from the athlete and the children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the workshop - well done to all of the children who raised money for the event. On Wednesday, we welcomed our Year 4 parents in for a times table event - thank you to everyone who attended. I also want to wish the best of luck to our parents who are running the marathon on Sunday - good luck from all of Team TC! You will be amazing!!

Worship

On Monday, Father Stuart led worship on Luke 24:13 - 35. On Thursday, I led a Picture News worship and we looked at you can try anything at any age as the lady running the marathon at 82 proved! We spoke about having that resilience and that strength to try new things and not to be afraid. Today, we celebrated all of the children demonstrating our values.

Friends of Thomas Coram

We meet with the next group of JFoTC kids today to talk about our next activities. We have a Bake Squad for the last day of term and a Great Treasure Tidy Squad creating something wonderful for half term.

If your child is involved, they will have been to the meeting today. We know details don't always get passed on, so if you have ANY questions, we’ve set up a whatsapp group so you can ask directly:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/BIGjhRKO1Kt3l7gajTyoD1

We have been busy getting some amazing prizes for our upcoming silent auction...watch out for more details coming soon!

Important Information

Save the date - Smart Phone Free Talk and Q and A session

Mr Roberts, Assistant Head at Ashlyns, will be coming to TC on Tuesday 19th May, to do a workshop with Year 5 in the day alongside some Ashlyns students about smart phone useage. He will then come back to TC at 7pm, to do a parent workshop on children being smart phone free and the barriers and dangers smart phones entail. There will also be time for a Q and A during this session. The session will be around 60 - 90 minutes long. He has already done this in Bridgewater and Greenway and it was a big success, so I am hoping it will be useful to our parents and as many people as possible will attend. More info will follow.

Curriculum Newsletters

The Curriculum Newsletters for Summer term are now on our school website. They can be found on the year group pages here.

Young Carers

Support for Young Carers is now being provided by a new Young Carers team within Hertfordshire County Council, following the end of the young carer contract with Carers in Hertfordshire.

This includes assessments, help with managing caring responsibilities, regular reviews, ensuring the voices of young carers inform the support they receive, and support in preparing for adulthood.

The registration process for young carers is now via a new Young Carers webpage. This new webpage has been developed in collaboration with young carers and their families and includes information about the support available, team contact details, and ‘a Day in the Life of’ form to register a young carer online so that they can get the support they need.

Community Information

Amber and Sienna two of our Y4's held a very successful fundraiser for GOSH selling delicious looking cakes and homemade lemonade.

Dembe Theatre Tring

The Vale Music Society are putting on a performance of The Wizard of Oz - a retelling of the classic story based on the movie and including all the songs and dance numbers.

There’s a special relaxed BSL performance on Tuesday 5 May (7pm) and it runs until Saturday 9 May (7.30pm) including a Saturday matinee. At the DEMBE theatre, Tring.

Tickets here!

Berkhamsted Choral Society

Berkhamsted Choral Society’s have an upcoming concert at St Peter’s Church, Berkhamsted on Saturday 25 April at 7.30pm when we will be performing Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem. We have some fantastic professional musicians supporting us.

Tickets can be bought in advance via the website at www.berkhamstedchoral.com and Brown & Merry Estate agents in town or £22 on the door. Under 18s are free. 18-25 years £10.

Apex 360

Apex 360 have two events happening in Jarman Park, Hemel Hempstead in May. The first is a family inflatables day on Saturday 16^th May Inflatables at the Track - APEX 360 followed by their SEND family fun day on Sunday 17^th May.

Dens Castle Walk

✨Castle Walk is back! Join us for a fantastic community day out.

📆 Sunday 14th June 2026
📍 Berkhamsted Castle
👣 5 or 10 mile routes
💷 Adult (18+) £15, Child £10, Family £40

Kickstart your summer in style as you explore stunning local scenery and enjoy a brilliant day filled with community spirit, fresh air, and fun. ☀️

👉 Register here: www.dens.org.uk/walk

Weekly Attendance W/C 23/04/2026

Year 3: 96.2%
Year 4: 97.8%
Year 5: 94.1%
Year 6: 94.1%
Whole school: 95.6%

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

Values in Action

Madagascar - Evie U - For brilliant resilience, building her confidence in Maths.

Gambia - Harry - For showing resilience and confidence in Maths this week, as well as demonstrating thankfulness when shown a new method.

South Africa - Josh - For his resilience in Maths this week.

Norway - Georgie - For her fantastic resilience and contributions in a tricky Maths lesson!

Croatia - Eleanor - For her resilience and positive approach in our Maths lessons.

Finland - Nancie - For her developing resilience in English and becoming an increasingly fluent and independent writer.

China - Freya - For being resilient and putting her best effort into all the work she completes for all lessons

Borneo - Harry - For the resilience he has shown in his learning. He has worked particularly hard in English this week and worked with enthusiasm.

India - Essie - For her constant and unwavering kindness to everyone at school. We appreciate you so much!

Brazil - Liam - For his resilience and working very hard and always trying his best.

Peru - Nikyas - For Developing his resilience in English and is flourishing with his writing this term. Nikyas produced a detailed and descriptive fantasy narrative that was really enjoyable to read.

Mexico - Alia - For her resilience and positive approach towards her learning.

A full calendar is available here

Flyers

Berkhamsted Raiders Taster Sessions

Hertfordshire Games for all

Rock Steady

Tring Summer Fun Run

Northchurch Cricket Club 2026 Season

Northchurch Cricket Club 2026 Junior Training Schedule

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.