The Thomas Coram CE School

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

Newsletter 4
Friday 25 September 2026

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

Important Information for w/c 28/09/26

Mon 28 Sep - Flu Vaccination
Wed 30 Sep - Boogie Bounce Trampolining Y3 & Y4 please wear PE kit to school
Thurs 1 Oct - Boogie Bounce Trampolining Y5 & Y6 please wear PE kit to school
Thurs 1 Oct - Special Census Day menu - Breaded Chicken Burger, Beef Burger, Breaded Bean & Vege Burger, Jacket Pot or Ham Baguette
Fri 2 Oct- Peru Class Assembly 9.00am
Sun 4th Oct - Deadline to order photos for free delivery to school ⁣⁣Tempest Schools Photography
Sun 4 Oct - Could your child be a chorister? Para 4
If you think you may be eligible for FSM please make an application here
Applications for Secondary School are now open
Flyers at bottom of newsletter - Berkhamsted Fireworks, Bloom Ballet Academy, Dads Together

Oracy Homework

What would you say to convince me to give us an extra hour of playtime?

This Week

Our Year 3 - 5 children have worked so hard this week with their baseline assessments. The baselines are a way for us to see where the children are, what support may be needed and any gaps that we need to plug and offer interventions for. They are really useful for us as school to identify children early on who may need extra support. I am really proud of how hard all of the children have worked so well done Team TC. Our Year 6's found out their jobs this week and were really excited to get going with their new leadership roles. Well done to Nate and Martha on becoming our new head pupils! Just another reminder, to ensure we are parking with kindness and respect to others please! I hope everyone has a restful weekend.

Worship

On Monday, Father Stuart led worship on The Call of Abram and having courage to continue and why courage is so important. Yesterday we looked at Picture News and should animals be afforded the same right as humans to land. An interesting debate surrounding tigers and Nepal. Today we learnt all about Norway's first few weeks at school! Well done Norway.

We are wanting to improve our Design and Technology offering across the school and ensure that the products the children design and make are of the best quality. In order to do this, we are asking for a small donation to help with the costs of this. We would be extremely grateful if you could give a small contribution towards this project. To make a donation, please head to trips on Arbor and click on DT donation. You can then add a voluntary contribution to suit your circumstances - suggested donation £5.00.

Friends of Thomas Coram

Tonight, we solve the riddle of the missing Berko Bell.

FoTC wanted to kick off the year with a bang (or a dingaling).

It’s taken great group of people to pull this off…

Volunteer Superstars

Alli Bostedt created all of the evidence for the event tonight. A genuine quiet hero.

Gill Drought, Davey Naylor and Nikki Luckhurst are on bar duty

Jenni V has spent more time than is healthy stock taking the FoTC cupboard

The Trailor family is once again bringing the 3D magic to the props stall

Amy Lam for an epic trip to CostCo to stock the Tuck Shop

The fabulous team in the office for all the printing help

It takes a huge team to fundraise and we’re grateful to everyone who’s stepping up

Want to get involved? We’ll take an hour, we’ll take a day, we’ll take whatever you can give. Please get in touch and let us know how you’d like to get involved. If nothing else, it’ll make you feel smug at being helpful.

What's coming up! Click here

Community Information

In a world of screens, it’s important to find things that give children the chance to focus. St Peter's Choir provides the chance to develop teamwork and other skills. St Peter’s Church is inviting children in years 3 – 6 for a day of singing and fun. Over the course of the day, they will have the chance to learn some songs and find out about being a chorister at Berkhamsted’s parish church. The day will end with a short concert, in which they’ll appear alongside existing members of the choir. No previous experience is required, just a good singing voice and bags of enthusiasm!

Dens Sleepout

Take on a challenge with a real purpose. Give up your home comforts for one night and experience sleeping outside while raising vital funds for local people facing homelessness and hardship.
Gather your friends, family, colleagues, or community group and help support DENS' essential services, which provide preventative support, crisis intervention, and a pathway towards a brighter future for vulnerable people in our community.
Participants can look forward to:
😴 A secure, covered sleeping area
💛 A welcome pack and fundraising support
🎵 Live music, games, street food vendors and tasty treats
🎤 Inspiring stories about DENS' life-changing work
😋 A free breakfast to round off the experience

Book your place today: www.dens.org.uk/event/sleepout

BeeZee Families

BeeZee Families would like to invite ALL parents and carers to our two, nutritionist-led online Masterclasses in September!

FREE Healthy Eating on a Budget Masterclass on Thursday 24th September 12:30pm – 1:30pm – online and free to join!

Discover lower-cost healthy swaps

Understand the importance of meal planning

Learn about different cooking methods
Ask questions and get free resources!

FREE Supporting Children with a Limited Diet Masterclass on Monday 28th September 5:30pm – 6:30pm – online and free to join!

Exploring different types of fussy eating/picky eating

Calm, practical strategies to reduce mealtime stress
Techniques to encourage new food acceptance

Tips to build a positive, pressure‑free food environment

Weekly Attendance W/C 21/09/2026

Year 3 : 98.3%
Year 4: 96.5%
Year 5: 96.4%
Year 6: 96.7%
Whole school: 96.9%

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

"Attendance is the key to success"

Values in Action

Madagascar - Madagascar - For always showing respect and kindness towards her peers and the adults in class.

Gambia - Megan - For Consistently showing kindness, care and respect towards both her peers and the adults around her.

South Africa - South Africa - For resilience and kindness during assessment week. All the children have tried their best and supported each other.

Norway - Norway - I am really thankful for all the effort the class has put into assessment week, working as a team in the class assembly and supporting each other. You should be very proud.

Croatia - Oliver - For showing resilience in your work which paid off especially in your writing for RE! Keep it up!

Finland - Finland - For working really hard and showing great resilience during assessment week.

China - China - For their resilience, determination and focus during Assessment Week.

Borneo - Borneo - For the resilience, determination and focus you have all shown this week during assessments. I am so proud of you all.

India - India - For their amazing resilience in completing their assessments so well. We are very proud of you.

Brazil - Sophie - Sophie showed fantastic resilience in her learning this week. She has challenged herself, persevered and created some really wonderful writing pieces in English.

Mexico - Scarlett - For showing resilience and perseverance in her learning this week.

Peru - Iasmin - For For being very resilient in her first week of maths in Year 6 becoming secure with interpreting, reading and writing numbers to ten million.

A full calendar is available here

Flyers

This week at St Peter's

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