The Thomas Coram CE School

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Newsletter 29
Friday 8th May 2026

"And I will be with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28 16:20

Important Information for w/c 11th May 2026

W/C Mon 11th May Y6 SATS
Production Club Summer Camp - paragraph 3
Tues 12th Raiders Taster Sessions - see link at bottom
Tues 19/05 - Mr Roberts (Assistant Head at Ashlyns) Smart Free talk - 7pm - Paragraph 4
Flyers at the bottom of the newsletters - Bucks Museum, Raiders, Games For All, Tring Fun Run,

Oracy Homework
What is your ideal way to spend a Saturday?

This Week

We have had a fairly quiet week this week at TC. I think it has thrown all of us, with it only being a four day week and we all have seemed to forget what day of the week it is! Yesterday, Mrs Forde and I went to all of the classes to look at English and Maths and it was great to hear the fantastic learning the children have been doing. I was particularly impressed with Year 4 and their English lessons where they are creating non-chronological reports about play and games. I was particularly interested to hear about the benefits of why we should all play games and intrigued to hear the toys and games from the past. I want to take this moment to congratulate all of our Year 6 pupils in reaching the weekend before SATs; you have all worked so hard this year and I am so incredibly proud of you. Remember it is just a test and it does not test your greatness - you are amazing no matter what the outcome! Try your hardest and be proud of all you have achieved this year! We look forward to next week with our Year 6 SATs breakfast and the party on Friday! I hope everyone has a restful weekend and please do keep our Year 6's in your prayers for next week.

Friends of Thomas Coram

🏃‍➡️We can't wait for the first TC Duathlon - sign up now! 🚴

You can sign your child up here to run and cycle their way round the course on the 13 June! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thefriendsofthomascoramschool1/2202698

🎤Calling all bands or musicians 🎸

Are you or a family member in a band, or music group? We'd love some live music at the summer event on the 13th of June. If you are, please drop Gill an email gilldrought@friendsoftc.co.uk

Important Information

Production Club Summer Camp

Thank you to everyone that expressed an interest in the Production Club Summer Camp and to those of you that have already booked!

Spaces are limited and more than half have already been booked so please do not delay in booking if you want to attend.

Production Club Summer Camp Bookings

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.

Book Fair Monday 18th - Friday 22nd May

TC are holding another book fair please see here for further details.

Community Information

ASHLYNS SCHOOL COMEDY & CURRY NIGHT

A fabulous night of award-winning stand-up comedy is coming to Ashlyns School on Friday 10th July. Tickets are available now.

Headlined by Nathan Caton, who has starred on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, and Richard Osman's House of Games, comedy-goers will also be entertained by award-winning comedians Jenny Collier and Christian Reilly. The fabulous evening will be hosted by the multi-award winning Chris Purchase.

Comedy is from 8pm, and there's also food and drinks from 6. Treat yourself to a host of delicious curries including chicken, lamb & vegan, plus all the trimmings - delicious and never fails to impress.

Tickets are available as comedy only or as a comedy and curry package. Book now at www.ashlynsfestival.co.uk. Over 18s only.

Sponsored walk for mental health awareness charity:

Over the course of 6 days Fr Stuart will be making a 180 mile sponsored walk from Berkhamsted to Manchester, for the local mental health awareness charity Hector's House. You can find out more about the work of Hector's House here: Hector's House About - Hector's House

If you would like to sponsor Fr Stuart, you can do that here: Stuart Owen is fundraising for Hector's House

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 04/05/2026

Year 3 : 98.3%
Year 4: 98.5%
Year 5: 94.9%
Year 6: 90.1%
Whole school: 95.5%

"Attendance is the key to success"

Values in Action

Madagascar - Oscar - For excellent contributions and focus in class this week.

Gambia - Minnie - For her resilience and speed on TTRockstars this week.

South Africa - Clara - For thankfulness in the classroom to adults helping Clara and always being polite to others around her.

Norway - Alizah - For For always showing kindness to her peers and being respectful of others.

Croatia - Isaac - For his resilience and focus in Maths.

Finland - Sienna - For showing kindness and respect towards others and always being ready to help other people.

China - Freddie - For showing resilience in Maths lessons this week.

Borneo - Rex - For always showing respect to others and their belongings, well done.

India - Jonathan - For his positive and resilient attitude to school recently. Keep it up!

Brazil - Malakai - For contributing his ideas in our writing lesson and speaking clearly in his group's oracy presentation.

Peru - Josh - For Showing great kindness and thoughtfulness when writing a terrific advocacy poem to stop wars across the world.

Mexico - Reuben - For his resilience and working very hard on his advocacy poem.

A full calendar is available here

Flyers

Bucks Museum Half Term Activities

Apex Half Term Activities

Berkhamsted Raiders Taster Sessions

Hertfordshire Games for all

Tring Summer Fun Run

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.