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Newsletter 4

Friday 27th September 2024
 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. Genesis 1:3

Important Info for W/C 30 September 2024

 Y6 Online Heath Questionnaire

Tuesday 1 Oct 

 

 Brazil Class Assembly

Friday  4 Oct

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 Production Club

Friday 4 Oct 

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Neurodiversity in Schools

 

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This week at Thomas Coram
We have had another action packed week at TC, although the weather hasn't ben on our side! Today was our first class assembly and our Year 3 South Africa class were fantastic! It was great to hear what they have been learning and hearing facts about South Africa. I also went in the dining hall today to ensure the children were behaving whilst eating lunch and am pleased to say, they were great! Year 5  and 6 children are able to bring in a spare pair of shoes for lunch times, so that they can play football on the field. These need to be a spare pair of shoes that they do not mind getting muddy and they can run in. Please ensure they are kept in a named bag and they may leave them in school. I have had lots of parents mentioning parking to me, please can you ensure that when you park in the turning circle you are considerate of one another and not just abandoning your cars. Please can I also ask all parents to park considerately and respect our neighbours who live beyond Thomas Coram. They need to be able to access their houses and have asked that parents do not park beyond Thomas Coram in the lane. 
Collective Worship 
On Monday, Father Stuart led collective worship thinking about Noah's Ark, we all giggled that that was very fitting on that day. On Wednesday and Thursday, the children reflected on the story again and thought about how it fitted in with their own lives. Today we celebrated our first class assembly with South Africa leading a fantastic assembly. Thank you to all the parents who joined. 
Important info
Brazil Class Assembly
We are looking forward to welcoming parents and carers from Brazil into school on Friday 4 October for their class assembly. The assembly will start at 9am you can come in via the main gates, just after 8:45am.
Production Club
Our extremely popular Production Club is starting next Friday (4 October) and we are delighted to announce that this years production is Matilda. If your revolting child wants a main part they need to join from next Friday. If they would just like to join the chorus they will be able to join in January. Please only book a place if you are joining this term. Ms Trunchball (Randall) and Mr Bogtrotter (Phelan) are looking forward to seeing the children next week. 
Neurodiversity in Schools programme
As you may be aware from previous correspondence, this year we are taking part in the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme. The Herts Parent Carer Involvement team will be at Thomas Coram School on Thursday 24 October, from 9-10:30am for an informal coffee morning. Please do come along, share your views about what the school do well to include children with additional needs in all elements of school life and how we can all work together to make improvements. It would be great to have as many of you there as possible and we look forward to working with you on this fantastic programme. Please sign up using the QR code on the poster so that there are plenty of refreshments for all! 
Class reps
We are still looking for class reps for South Africa, Croatia, Norway, China, India & Brazil. Having a class rep for your class is a great way to get extra reminders for what is going on in school and for your class to take part in parent voice later on in the year. If you would like to sign up please use this link. 

Friends of Thomas Coram

Thank you to the Reps who attended the meeting last night. 

'What's on Weekly' is FULL of information this week including Jewellery making, Christmas Wreath tickets and a Quiz Night poll! The Reps voted to move the AGM to Wednesday 16th October. It will be held at school at 6.30pm

Community Information

Sunnyside Youth Club
Sunnyside Church run a youth club every Friday. More info can be found here. 

NorthChurch Social Centre Community Open Day

The Social Centre in Northchurch are holding a community Open Day on Saturday 5th October with free entry and parking. There will be cakes, games, art, face painting and a bouncy castle amongst other things. More info can be found here. 

Berkhamsted Rotary Fireworks

Once again we are selling discounted tickets for the Fireworks on Saturday 2 November. Family tickets cost £25 (£30 on night), Adult £10 (£12 on night) ,Under 16 £7 (£8 on night). Tickets can also be bought online using the following link BerkoBang.

Berkhamsted Neighbourhood Plan - Public Consultation

This is an opportunity for residents and businesses to come along to find out more about and ask any questions on the Berkhamsted Neighbourhood Plan. You can join our Neighbourhood Plan steering group members in the Foyer of Berkhamsted Civic Centre 161 High Street on:

  • Wednesday 16th October – 10am to 4pm
  • Saturday 19th October – 10am to 1pm
  • Monday 21st October – 10am to 2pm, 4 to 7.30pm

Neighbourhood Plan information boards will also be available to view at your leisure between Wednesday 16th and Wednesday 23rd October, 9am and 4pm.

Berkhamsted Rotary Young Photographer Competition

This event is free to enter and open to all young people aged 7-17 years old. It is an opportunity to interpret this year’s theme: ‘Wonderful Water’  and express their ideas through the medium of photography. The competition details and entrance packs are available now at www.berkorotary.org 

Hospice of St Francis - Mudpack Challenge

The Mudpack Challenge is returning to Ashridge House on Sunday 13 October. For more information please click here.

 

  

Madagascar - Gabriel - for his hard work and enthusiasm in Maths.

South Africa - Henry - for his excellent effort and perseverance with his Phonics reading this week.

Gambia - Alfie - for being a conscientious and motivated member of the class across the curriculum, giving support to others when they need it. Well done Alfie!  

Finland - Lucas - for his great effort and focus in all lessons this week.

Norway - Imogen - for hard work and focus this week. 

Croatia - Martha - for exhilarating a consistently enthusiastic approach to every task.

China - Teddy and Annabelle -  for settling well into Thomas Coram and working very hard in lessons.

Borneo - Ryan - for an amazing week, well done!

India - Carys - for sharing her experience of the Jorvik museum and bringing in artefacts to show to the class.

Brazil - William - for a great start to TC!

Mexico - Rosa - for being a kind and hard working member of the class and contributing to class discussions.

Peru - Sam - for being focused and worked really hard this week across a lot of different subjects and offering ideas in class. 

 

Weekly Attendance W/C 23/09/24
Year 3: 97.8 %
Year 4: 96.5 % 
Year 5:  92.1%
Year 6: 94.3% 
Whole school: 95.3 %

 

                                        A full calendar is available here   

  

 

Information attached this week

Whole School letters/emails sent this week  

 

Flyers/ Links

The 7 habits of a Positive Parent

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.

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