We are fortunate to live in a city full of history, sport, science, art, music and literature. The 'Shell Store' hosted a superb visit for a Year 5 and 6 children. We were able to walk through Hereford, over the Canary Bridge into Rotherwas, before arriving at the museum. Children learnt about the manufacture of munitions and the important role of women war. Thanks to Clare Wichbold for sharing your expertise and enthusiasm.

Celebrating 40 years of Enriching Education

St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England Primary School is commemorating four decades of commitment to children and families in Hereford city.

The celebration promises to be a joyous occassion, bringing together previous staff and families, current children and families as well as the wider community.

Since its founding in 1984, St Thomas Cantilupe has enabled countless children to flourish and has shone brightly in the city. From its beginnings (where three schools became one) the school has remained true to its foundation in the Diocese of Hereford.

The anniversary celebrations will take place on Friday 14 June at the school. There will be two sessions where visitors are welcome: from 9.30-11.00 a.m. or from 1.30-3.00 p.m.

All previous families and staff are cordially invited to join us as we celebrate 40 years of our school.

For more information and to RSVP please contact the school on 01432 268400 or email admin@st-thomascantilupe.hereford.sch.uk

The last two days have shown what an excellent community we have around us at STC. At our parent meetings over 90% of families were able to attend. Feedback was excellent, with many positives and ideas about how we can work together.

We also developed an innovative approach to working with our local health care providers, social prescribers and school nurse who all attended both evenings. Parents were able to gain access to information, be signposted to different services and get the support that they wanted. Feedback from the team was excellent, 'thank you and your team for making us so welcome and give us the opportunity to support the families at your school.' We look forward to working together next term and in the future.

At the start of the Spring term, each class read a story from the wonderful book, by James Mayhew, called, 'Once upon a Tune.' This inspirational collection of stories took children to imaginary worlds through exploring the stories behind major orchestral works. 

The quality of discussion, beautiful work and creative art that the children produced were testament to the power of a story. 

At STC we have excellent partnerships with our parents. This half term's project, about volcanoes, showed the way that we work together to develop and share children's learning experiences. 

We give reading the highest priority at STC. Children's attainment in reading is well above national (by every measure) and the progress that they make is exceptionally good. This happens beacuse of the time that we give to reading, our superb library, carefully chosen books, reading buddies, first class community support and the partnership betweeen school and families. 

This year we began with a reading week which included sharing lots of wonderful books, meetings with families about reading, introducing some new community reading friends and sharing with our friends.