The Thomas Coram CE School

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

Newsletter 8
Friday 23 October 2026

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

Important Information for w/c 02/11/26

Applications for Secondary School are open - Please ensure you apply before the deadline 31/10/26
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - we will be selling poppies and stationery from 2/11.
Tues 3/11 - Y5 Viking 'WOW' Day
Thurs 5/11 - New to Y3 Sep 27 parent tour 9.15am
Fri 6/11 - Gambia Class Assembly 9.00am
New HCL Menu after half term - Winter 26
Autumn Term Online Safety Newsletter from HFL
Flyers at bottom of newsletter - Berkhamsted Fireworks, Ashridge House Illuminated, Free SEN & PAN Disability Football Camp, Community Planting Day Langley Meadow Hall

Oracy Homework

What would rules for grown ups be?

This Week

We have made it! I cannot believe the first half term is done already, it amazes me how quickly each term seems to go. It has been an action packed term with PGL, assessments, recycling week, poetry day, class assemblies, bounce enrichment day, Crucial Crew visit, Year 4 swimming and the wonderful Year 3 and 4 disco to name but a few! The children have been superstars this term and shown real resilience to everything and worked so hard - I am incredibly proud. I also want to say a huge thank you and well done to staff as this term is always difficult and full on! Thank you to you as parents also for all your support, particularly this week in attending parents evening. We have been so lucky to speak to almost every single parent across the school. In some schools, this does not happen and we are really lucky to have such dedicated and involved parents - thank you! Well done also to our fabulous four Year 6 children who went to Berkhamsted School to take part in a Maths competition - I heard some questions were very tricky but you showed amazing resilience! I hope everyone has a rest over half term and finds time to spend time with the people they love and spend time doing things you enjoy! I look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 2nd November.

Worship

On Monday, Father Stuart led worship and finished the story of Moses. On Thursday, we discussed can age stop us from doing anything and should being young stop us - you will be pleased to know the children all agreed it should not! Today we celebrated our final Values in Action of the term! Well done everyone who has demonstrated our values this half term.

Friends of Thomas Coram

We’ve got to our first half term and we have over £2k in the bank for our journey to £15k 💰

Good work team!

Here’s what we’ve got going on to get us to our golden target:

We’ve sold half of our Save your Sanity Elf Packs. Now we know some of you are last-minute types, but honestly, get in quick. When they’re gone they’re gone…

https://buytickets.at/thefriendsofthomascoramschool1/2451798

We have one of our classic ‘put on an event for the children so the parents can have peace’ events coming up on November 20^th…We are putting on an 🍿 All School Movie Night! 🍿

£7.50 for a movie, drink, popcorn and sweets.

20^th November, straight from school, pick up at 5pm. Bargain.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/whole-school-movie-night

We’ve been asked to build a general fundraising page where generous souls can give us their hard earned cash just for being wonderful. Here it is:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donation-form/support-thomas-coram-school

⭐️ Volunteer Superstar ⭐️ goes to Bobbie Hardwick for ploughing though an ENORMOUS amount of red tape to finally get GiftAid status for our charity. If you are given a prompt to add gift aid, please do. It makes a huge difference to us.

We’ll be launching Junior Friends of TC in the first week back. We have two activities going on this term: crafting sessions to create stock for our stall in Berko Artisan Market and a litter pick at Berko FC! More info when we get back.

Have a good break all, we’ve earnt it ❤️

Important Information

After School Club

After half term, we will go back to serving hot food on Fridays. The menu can be found here.

From January, ASC will end at 5pm with a lower price of £16.00. if you are a regular Friday user, you have been emailed directly.

For any wraparound queries, please email Sarah Wade who works Monday and Friday (wraparound@castle.herts.uk). If your email needs a response outside of these times, please email the school office.

Frogs Kitchen Holiday Club!

The club is will run from Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, 8.30am–12.30pm.

The cost is £35 per morning or £150 for all five mornings, with all ingredients, lunch and a snack included. There are 20 places available each morning.

https://forms.gle/91yS1bRRVDd6ahxSA

Community Information

Beezee

🍂 Ready to turn over a new leaf this autumn? 🍏🏃🧘💙

Beezee by Maximus offers free support for Hertfordshire families, children and young people to make healthy lifestyle changes that last.

🍎 Nutrition - learn about healthy eating and balanced meals
🏃 Being Active - discover fun ways to move more
🧘 Healthy Habits - build positive habits and resilience
💙 Wellbeing - support your own and your family's physical and emotional health

Through fun activities, practical advice and expert guidance, we'll help children, young people and your family gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to make healthier choices together.

Spooky Stuffed Peppers Ghoulish Gingerbread

📬 Take a look at the attached postcard to find out more and register today Beezee Hertfordshire - Free Healthy Lifestyle Programmes

Dacorum Decorating Supplies

Dacorum Decorating Supplies (317 High Street, Berkhamsted) has a number of quality, trade paints that have been mixed incorrectly due to ‘operator error’ and/or mixing machine faults.

There is a good selection for both walls and woodwork - mostly internal. Brands include Crown, Dulux, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene to name a few.

Prices are as follows:-

10.0 Litres £12.50

5.0 Litres £10.00

2.5 Litre £7.50

1.0 Litre £5.00

Simply pop along to the shop, have a look at the colours (on the lids) and mention the Friends of Thomas Coram. The promotion will run from now until the end of December. All monies raised go to the school’s Parent Teacher Association.

This is a great way to buy some quality paint at bargain prices and help with recycling.’

Weekly Attendance W/C 19/10/2026

Year 3 : 94.8%
Year 4: 94.1%
Year 5: 95.7%
Year 6: 95.6%
Whole school: 95.1%

Values in Action

Madagascar - Luna - For always showing kindness and politeness, particularly this week when supporting and helping another child.

Gambia - Elsa - For her mature contributions to class discussions, especially in English this week.

South Africa - Alice - I am very thankful having Alice in our class - she always shows incredible kindness to the other children and tries her best in every lesson.

Norway - Oscar - For his kindness this week as a talk partner, sharing ideas and being a great listener.

Croatia - Riley - For showing hard work and resilience in maths when learning how to add and subtract with exchanges.

Finland - Ember - We are thankful for you being such a fabulous member of the class and wish you well in your new school.

China - Alan - For his kindness and thankfulness in class.

Borneo - Emily - For the resilience and determination she has shown this term.

India - Julian - For resilience - playing TTRS and being the most valuable player for India and the whole year group!

Brazil - Kayleigh - For Kindness- for continuously showing kindness to her peers and staff around the school, being helpful and friendly during lessons.

Mexico - George - For showing resilience when solving long division questions and then supporting a buddy with their learning.

Peru - Eliza - For showing brilliant resilience in maths this week working towards becoming secure with long division.

A full calendar is available here

Flyers

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