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5 December 2025

Kindness Funding Grant

On a kindness note, we are very excited in having been awarded £150 grant from the Kindness fund. This was down to the hard work of one of our Kindness Ambassadors, Leo.  We wrote a bid together, to get funding for a Kindness Stop and hi-vis jackets for our Kindness Ambassadors so the children on the playground could see who they were.  On Wednesday I received this email which was brilliant news.

Hello Lisa and Leo,

Looking forward to seeing you for our performances next week. See below for dates and times.

Nursery Nativity-9 December at 9.30am

Reception Nativity- 11 December at 9.30am

End of Term Christmas Service

The children of Victoria (Reception, YR1 and YR2) and Thomas Coram will be taking part in the end of term Christmas service at St Peter's on Friday 19 December at 10.30am. As this is a joint service space in the church will be limited. Parents are welcome to come and see the children perform Christmas songs and some of our YR2 children will be sharing readings and prayers.

Save the Date- December

Saturday 6 December- VSA Christmas Fair

Tuesday 9 December- YR2 trip to the panto

Saturday 13 December- Town Carol Service at St Peter's- Mrs Freeman will be doing a reading

Wednesday 17 December- Christmas lunch/dress down day

Rotary Shoe Boxes

It's that time of year again when The Rotary Club launch their Shoebox Appeal which collects presents to bring a bit of happiness to seriously deprived children in orphanages in Romania and Moldova. All you need to do is fill a shoebox (available from the office) with goodies and gifts and return it to school by Monday 15 December. Click here for more information.

 VSA Update

Santa Fun Run

Sunday saw Victoria's first ever Santa Fun Run - and what a brilliant burst of festive fun it was! Eighty‑five children took part, kicking things off with a lively warm up led by Santa before dashing around Butts Meadow and proudly collecting their medals. A huge thank you to everyone who came along to run or to support. An extra‑special shout‑out to Santa (Jake Cuddihy), Ollie Couldridge for the spectacular balloon arch, and our wonderful marshalls who kept the course merry and bright. Together, you helped raise an amazing £350 for the school — thank you!

What's Coming Up?

• Christmas Fair - Sat 6 December, 1-4pm
• Family NYE Party – Wed 31 December, 5.30-7.30pm

Christmas Fair

We would love to see you tomorrow for our Christmas Fair - it’s set to be a great afternoon. Expect festive carols from the Thomas Coram choir, delicious BBQ food and warming mulled wine, crafty creations, letter writing to Santa, Santa’s Grotto, games galore, tombola, face painting, Santa switching on the outdoor Christmas tree lights, preloved toys and books… and plenty more! Family and friends all very welcome.

Raffle Tickets

Raffle tickets went out in book bags this week. Up for grabs are two amazing bundles of Hasbro toys, a gorgeous Gail's hamper, a delicious Waitrose hamper, a DJs voucher and more. If you’d like to enter, simply follow the instructions on the envelope and return your tickets to the office (or one of the VSA) by next Thursday 11 December. Winners will be drawn and notified on Friday 12 December.

Christmas Tree Collection Service

What happens to your Christmas tree once the festivities are over? If you have a real tree, local Scout Groups are offering a collection service for the 17th year running! For a suggested voluntary donation of £6 per tree, they will pick it up on Sunday, January 4, 2026 (or Saturday, January 3, for the Hall Park area), and take it to the Dacorum Council shredder. The wood chippings are then used in local parks and roundabouts across Dacorum. All funds raised will go to support local Scout charities.

You can book and pay for your tree collection online by 11 pm on January 2, or visit the Scouts’ Christmas tree market stall next to Tesco in Berkhamsted between 8:30 am and 12:30 pm on Saturday, January 3.

For more information, visit: https://trees.1stberkhamsted.org.uk/

Are Nursery open mornings are now available to book. Come along and see our provision and meet the team.  If you have friends or other family members who are looking for a school nursery, let them know about the tours as we would love to have them visit.

Thursday 8 January 9.15am at (Reception and Nursery)

Wednesday 21 January at 9.15am

Wednesday 28 January at 9.15am

Friday 6 February at 2pm

Wednesday 11 February at 9.15am

Wednesday 4 March at 11.00am

Friday 13 March at 9.15am

Click here to complete our online booking form.

Nursery Stay and Play

Acorn - Zeke for his enthusiasm during the Christmas play rehearsals.
Ash - tbc
Oak - tbc
Beech - Olivia for always being kind, respectful and helpful.
Cedar - Isla for showing a beautiful smile and new found resilience each morning!
Hazel - Max for improved presentation, handwriting and attention to detail. Keep up the hard work.
Rowan - Nico for amazing work in maths this week.