The Thomas Coram CE School

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

Newsletter 30
Friday 15th May 2026

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

Important Information for w/c 18th May 2026

Mon 18/05 - Class Photos
Mon 18/05 - Fri 22/5 Book Fair
Mon 18/05 - Fri 22/5 Walk to School Week paragraph 5
Tues 19/05 - Mr Roberts (Assistant Head at Ashlyns) Smart Free talk - 7pm - paragraph 3
Thurs 21/05 - Census Day Menu paragraph 4
Sat 16/05 - Hospice of St Francis plant sale 10 - 2.
Please check your child's lunch balance and top up if in arrears.
Production Club Summer Camp - Last few spaces - Book here.
Bounce Forward - Navigating Transition 4 week course
Ponk - Berkhamsted based support group for neurodivergent children.
Flyers at the bottom of the newsletters - Bucks Museum,, Games For All, Tring Fun Run, Apex 360 - this weekend in Hemel.

Oracy Homework
If you could talk to your pet, what would you say?

This Week

I want to start by saying a HUGE well done to all of our incredible Year 6 children! They have been absolute superstars this week and I could not have asked for a better cohort - you have taken it within your stride, been resilient superstars and given each test this week, your all. As I already said, SATs are great for us to check the progress made, but they do not measure your greatness or individuality. You are all superstars no matter what! Also I want to say a huge well done to Team TC staff for all their help supporting the children from when they started with us in Year 3 up to this week with our SATs breakfast, the children wouldn't be as ready if it wasn't for you so thank you. I don't have much news this week as have been busy with SATs but we did have an excellent whole school Joe Wicks session in the hall yesterday, to celebrate Mental Health Week and was great to take part in a fitness challenge together! Please don't forget the Smart Phone Free Talk on Tuesday at 7pm other schools have found it incredibly helpful and I'm sure we will too. Please fill in the link as to whether you are attending or not: Mobile Phone Talk with Mr Roberts Tuesday 19th May – Fill in form.

Friends of Thomas Coram

🚮The JFoTC Litter Squad is inviting every child at TC to take part in a one hour sponsored litter pick over half term! 🌳

Doing something to make a real difference in our local community. It’s not just about tidying up, it’s about showing the kids the impact they can have.

Every pound raised will go towards litter picking equipment, sustainability tools, plants and outdoor equipment for the school. Forms are being given out today to kids who'd like to get involved. If it doesn't happen to make it home and you'd like to take part, just drop Sara a note through the JFoTC questions group and she'll forward it on: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BIGjhRKO1Kt3l7gajTyoD1?mode=gi_t

🧁And our regular end of half term donut sale is being stocked and run by another group from the JFoTC Bake Squad. We look foward to tasting their homebaked goods next Friday at the end of school.🍪

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.

Census Day Menu Thursday 21st May 2026

Red - Beef Burger

Green - Breaded Bean & Vegetable Grill

Purple - Breaded Chicken Burger

Yellow - Egg Mayo Baguette

Blue - Jacket Potato

Walk to School Week

Next week is Walk to school week! The Eco team are encouraging all Thomas Coram families to walk, cycle or scoot to school as part of our Modeshift Active and Safer Travel plan. Park and stride also counts so if you can't walk all the way, please consider parking 5 minutes away from school and walking the last part with your children.

We hope as many families as possible will be able to take part and support this sustainable travel initiative.

Community Information

The Hospice of St Francis - Plant Sale

The Hospice is holding a plant sale this Saturday between 10am and 2pm in their gardens. They will have summer bedding plants, perennials, vegetable plants, homemade cakes and more!

Ashlyns Comedy and 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.

Ash

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 11/05/2026

Year 3 : 94.8%
Year 4: 97.2%
Year 5: 94.5%
Year 6: 96.4%
Whole school: 95.7%

"Attendance is the key to success"

👏👏👏Congratulations to China for 100% attendance this week👏👏👏

Values in Action

Madagascar - Evie - For demonstrating thankfulness by always having excellent manners and appreciation for people and learning around her.

Gambia - Scarlett - For showing resilience in her writing this week and challenging herself across the curriculum.

South Africa - Leo - For his amazing work this week, he has been very respectful to the adults and others around the school.

Norway - Charlotte - For always showing kindness and thoughtfulness to others. Well done!

Croatia - Amber - For her kindness and helpfulness towards others

Finland - Oliver - For his resilience in English this week and working hard to independently write his non-chronological report.

China - Louis - For his resilience in English when planning a suspense story.

Borneo - Maddie - For Maddie who regularly shows thankfulness and it was particularly special this week in Art when she said "Wow I am really pleased with that!"

India - George - For resilience and trying really hard this week.

Brazil - All of Year 6 - For working incredibly hard in SATs week and being very well behaved.

Peru - All of Year 6 - For working incredibly hard in SATs week and being very well behaved.

Mexico - All of Year 6 - For working incredibly hard in SATs week and being very well behaved.