St Teresa's Prep Weekly Bulletin 6 November 2023

Issue 7

Autumn Term

10th November 2023

Message from Mrs Conrad This month we have been remembering all those we love who have died. Today at 11am, we remembered all those who have died and given their lives in times of war and conflict. Eternal rest give unto them O Lord. May they rest in peace.

Yesterday, 5KH delivered an informative and emotive assembly on the theme of Remembrance. The girls explained how Remembrance Day started and why it is still recognised today, as well as performing songs and poetry readings.

Happy Diwali!

May I also take the opportunity to wish all our Hindu families a very happy Diwali! I hope you enjoy your celebrations this weekend.

Key Diary Dates: Mon 13th Nov

Wear Odd Socks (and crazy tights) Day for Anti-Bullying Week

All Day

Tue 14th Nov

Year 6, St Teresa’s Entrance Examinations

AM

Tue 14th Nov

Year 3, Monument Mayhem, Year 3 Classrooms

15.20

Wed 15th Nov

Year 6, Drama Scholarships

Afternoon

Thu 16th Nov

Year 6, Art Scholarships

AM

Thu 16th Nov

Year 6, Music Scholarships

Afternoon

Fri 17th Nov

Year 6, Sports Scholarships

All Day

Mon 20th Nov

Maths Week

All Week

Wed 22nd Nov

Subject Revolution Workshops for Maths Week

All Day

Wed 22nd Nov

Mass of Remembrance, School Chapel

16.30

Fri 24th Nov

Year 6, Visiting National Maritime Museum

All Day

Wed 29th Nov

4CR Class Assembly, Henderson Hall

8.30—9.00

Thu 30th Nov

Year 4, Viking Workshop

All Day

Fri 1st Dec

Mufti day—wear own clothes to school and bring a bottle or chocolate donation All Day

4CR—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 4CR are invited to join us for their class assembly On Wednesday 29th November 2023 At 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

Message for Year 6 Parents If you wish to accept the place for your daughter to join the Senior School in September 2024, please return your completed Form of Acceptance to Mrs Charles as soon as possible but no later than Monday 4th December 2023 in order to guarantee the place.

Anti-Bullying Week This year, our Anti-Bullying week will be taking place between Monday 13th November and Friday 17th November. The theme this year is Make A Noise About Bullying. To raise awareness, the topic will be covered during PSHE lessons throughout the school.

Odd Socks & Crazy Tights—Monday 13th November To mark Anti-Bullying week, we are also inviting all girls to wear odd socks or crazy tights to school on Monday 13th November to show how unique and special we all are.

If your daughter would like to take part by wearing odd socks or crazy tights, we are asking for a £1 donation to further support the Anti-Bullying alliance charity.

Your donation can be made using this Just Giving page which can be found here here.

This week you should have received: Whole School

Maths Week Information

Year 4

Wild Child Trip information

Year 3

PSHE lesson information

Year 3

Monument Information

Please contact the School Office if you need copies of any of this information—prepinfo@st-teresas.com

Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 3RN

Zoe G For excellent effort during English this week, using all her research and the features needed to produce an interesting and informative fact file on the Bronze Age! Well done Zoe. Olivia H For excellent listening and sharing information when learning about life in the Bronze Age. Olivia created a detailed Fact File using all the different features, well done!

3KC

Ivy H for writing a fabulous fact file about the Bronze Age, including interesting and detailed points written in her own words. Well done Ivy. Sophia H for her effort in all her subjects, but especially in reading both at home and school recently.

Well done Sophia.

Isabelle E-N for working extra hard at home and in school on her reading and spellings and becoming a more fluent and confident reader.

4LH

Jessica A for your wonderful story writing. What an engaging tale that had me on the edge of my seat from the start.

Cecily P for acting out the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain so enthusiastically.

4AB

Primrose L for her detailed description of a warrior.

Matilda W for creating an excellent set of marshmallow teeth in our Science lesson.

4CR

Thea BH for her fantastic attitude in Maths. All problems have been tackled enthusiastically and with confidence. Well done.

Carys D for her excellent attitude towards her work, exploring Beowolf well and creating a super character.

5HC

Sophia SS for an excellent and focused start to the new half term producing lots of excellent work this week.

Sofia G for her fantastic understanding and work finding factors and prime numbers in Maths.

Lily B for her accurate and beautifully presented map of Egypt in Geography.

5KH

Ruby S for wonderful description of her main characters in her myth.

Eliza P for a well-planned, clearly structured and imaginative myth.

6MK

Maysie R and Florence D for their careful focus on the success criteria and their vocabulary choices to create a really successful suspense story in English.

Syna S and Sophia N for their eye-catching and highly informative learning posters about natural resources in the Arctic which they produced in Geography.

6JG

Alice F for her thoughtful response to sources in History, demonstrating a high level of understanding.

Scarlett C for her perseverance and hard work in all lessons this week.

6RW

Pascale for always participating enthusiastically and for making valuable contributions in lessons.

Sienna L for writing an excellent setting description in English this week.

Drama Stars Florence D for her imaginative responses within our drama improvisation.

Ava-Skye for remaining in character during her performance from "James and the Giant Peach'.

Alexa H for demonstrating so much more confidence in performing in the class assembly.

Charlotte J for responding well to direction and working positively with others.

Eco & Gardening Club Eco and Gardening Club planted some winter hanging baskets with Alan, the gardener, this week. The girls planted lemon scented conifers, ivy and various coloured pansies and spaced them out carefully in the basket.

Before half term, the girls prepared and presented their amazing Eco and Gardening Assembly. They were word perfect and used ‘A Planet Full of Plastic’ by Neil Layton to highlight the planet's plastic pollution problem. Well done, girls.

Year 4—Art Club Year 3 Art Club painted these stunning poppies in commemoration of those who gave up their lives for us.

Year 4—Science In Science, Year 4 have begun to learn about the digestive system. This week, we have started to learn about teeth. First, we used a mirror to examine our own mouths. After exploring the different types of teeth, we then used marshmallows to make models, shaping the teeth to show the differences between incisors, canines, premolars and molars. We all marvelled at our new 'grins' and were very careful to stop all our teeth from falling out!

Year 4—Robots Year 4 have been getting to grips with programming the school robots. They had great fun experimenting with different routes and the extra 'tools' including the light and music features!

Sports News Hockey U10A—The U10A side competed against a well-equipped CLFS team. The girls started out well putting on a solid defensive display, with a special mention going to Penny who stepped forward when asked to play goalkeeper for the first time. Despite the great team spirit and commitment to never give up, the girls didn’t get a win this time.

U10B—The U10Bs had a hugely competitive match. They started well, scoring an early goal, making it 1-0 going into the second half. Both teams pushed hard and in the last 3 minutes CLFS managed to get an equaliser. The game was end to end with some terrific last ditch defending, but on the last play we just couldn't hold on any longer and CLFS scored the winner. Eliza was awarded player of the match, so a huge well done to her.

U10C—The U10C side had their second game of the year against CLFS school. The girls showed great team spirit and real determination, battling for every ball to put the opposition under pressure. Sophie B finished off a well worked move, to score a great goal, but unfortunately, the C team suffered a defeat. Sophie’s high work rate and courage earnt her a well deserved Player of the Match award.

U10D—The U10 D match was an end to end exciting one. St Teresa's scored in the first 30 seconds and CLFS immediately responded to make it 1-1, and then another . This was the score going into the second half and sadly we couldn't quite secure a win.

Skiing Good luck to Apollonia taking part in the Surrey Schools Skiing Competition on Sunday! We are looking forward to hearing about how you got on.

Reminder about earrings in PE & Games The girls are not allowed to wear earrings or any jewellery in PE, Games or Swimming and taping is not permitted.

Please may we encourage you to arrange ear piercing over the summer holidays, to give them enough time to heal.

Fixtures (week commencing 13th November) Tuesday 14th November—U10A-C Netball v Manor House (H) 2:30pm Tuesday 14th November—U11A-D Hockey V Downsend (A) 2:30pm Wednesday 15th November—U10A Hockey UKSA (A) 11-4pm Thursday 16th November— U8-U10 Swim Gala V St Hilary’s (H) 3:45pm Saturday 18th November—U9A Hockey Tournament @ Downsend 9am Saturday 18th November—U9B Netball Tournament @ Hoebridge 9am

Music News Musicians of the Week Year 3

Ivy H for excellent focus and beautiful singing! Well done Ivy!

Year 4

Sophia C for fantastic sight reading in orchestra, great work Sophia!

Year 5

Lottie F for a wonderful performance in her class assembly

Year 6

Charlotte J for amazing part singing, fantastic work Charley!

Assembly Performance Thank you to Bella Z and Jessica T who both played for us in assembly this morning. We are so lucky to have such talented musicians to listen to – well done girls!

Pitch Our focus for this half term is pitch. We have a giant stave on the floor in the music room and have lots of games to help us remember the lines and spaces! We will be working with chime bars, keyboards and boomwhackers to help us too.

Cello Lessons Ms Barnes our fantastic cello teacher has space for new pupils. We also have cellos to hire. If your daughter is interested in learning the cello or having a trial lesson, please contact Mrs Harris.

Message from Mrs Harris: I would be very grateful if you could help your children to remember their instruments on the following days; Monday – Y3 recorders, Orchestra, Assembly Band Tuesday – Wind Ensemble Wednesday – String Group Friday – Guitar Ensemble, Assembly Band

This Week

As a whole school community we joined together with all people of goodwill to remember those who have died in the horror of war. In particular, at 11 am, we observed Two Minutes Silence in anticipation of the national event tomorrow. We remembered those who bravely gave their lives in the pursuit of peace and the freedom that we so often take for granted, and our minds were drawn to all those innocent, non-combatant victims of war, particularly children, who continue to suffer and die in those conflicts that scar our world today.

Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world celebrate the feast of Diwali this week. We wish them a very happy Diwali, and we pray that the world will be inspired by this great celebrations that recalls the victory of light over darkness.

During this month of November when we remember our loved ones who have died you are invited to join us for a

MASS OF REMEMBRANCE 22nd November at 4.30 pm in the School Chapel

Children in Distress—Shoebox Appeal 2023 We have sent home full details of our annual shoebox appeal. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to think about others who will not otherwise receive gifts at Christmas - children, babies and the elderly.

Please then return your completed shoebox to school by Monday, 13th November at the very latest.

Thank you for your generous support!!

Please follow us on FOST instagram account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

We are also happy to have donations of ‘Nut free’ advent calendars for the Tombola This year we’ve made it even easier for you to help out and do your bit for the Christmas Fair. If you’re time pressed or your daughter takes the bus to St T’s, you are welcome to make a financial donation using the link below and we will purchase chocolate/sweets on your behalf. https://pay.collctiv.com/st-teresas-christmas-fair-2023-donation-56824

Thank you for your support Our FOST email addresses are: fosteffingham@gmail.com and fostuniform@gmail.com If you have received an email from FOST uniform or the school to let you know that you are owed money, please collect it from the uniform shop. Shop hours are Mon or Fri 8.30 - 9.00am or email us for a bank transfer.

Any monies not collected within 6 months will be kept as a FOST donation.

E-mail equestrian@st-teresas.com Call

Visit our website www.st-teresas.com/ equestrian

01372 750257

Or find us on Facebook “St Teresa’s

Booking System st-teresas-equestrian.ecpro.co.uk

We hope that you have had a good half term.

Some of you may remember Olly and Tango who were a part of the riding school a few years ago. They will be coming back for a short-term basis and will be living out in one of the fields. We will have to ask that no one says hello to them when they do arrive so that they can get settled in. The staff are looking forward to seeing them again!

As the weather has been very unpredictable in recent weeks, please can you make sure your child comes dressed appropriately to their lessons. Please pack a jumper and waterproof coat. Hoodies should not be worn, and if they are we will ask to tuck the hoods in before being around the horses.

We are aware of some school trips and sporting events over the next week or so. If your child cannot attend one of their lessons, then please let the office know by phone or by email, or the lesson can be cancelled on the booking site. As if you wish to cancel a lesson, we do require 48hrs notice or more in order to offer credit.

Topic of the week: Hydrotherapy Horse hydrotherapy is a type of therapy for horses that is used for a variety of reasons.

There are four types of hydrotherapy: water treadmill, swimming, horse spa and cold hosing. These all help with bringing horses back to work, horse rehabilitation, stopping fluid building up and keeping them fit and healthy! ~ Libby C

NSEA News We want to wish those who went to the NSEA Championships a huge congratulations! Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for a write up.

Menu—w/c Monday 13th November Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Soup of the day

Tomato & basil

Roasted butternut squash & sweet potato

Leek & potato

Country vegetable & lentil

Roasted red pepper & tomato

Prep School

Beef lasagne & crusty bread

Chicken breast goujons

Roast chicken breast/gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli with rice & nacho’s

Fish fingers/ tomato pasta

Main

Beef lasagne with crusty bread

Chicken katsu curry with steamed rice & prawn crackers

Honey roast gammon with Yorkshire pudding

Mild beef chilli nachos, grated cheese, guacamole, sour cream & salsa

Traditional battered fish fillet or fish fingers with tartare sauce

Eat healthy dish

Chargrilled sweet chilli chicken with little gem, cherry tomato, sweetcorn & carrot salad

Pan fried beef strips with fresh coriander, lime & chilli served with avocado salad

Chicken & vegetable chow mein

Turkey & winter vegetable hot pot

Seafood & chilli spiced linguine with roasted green peppers & fresh herbs

Vegetarian

Vegetable & spinach lasagne

Spiced quorn mince & bean wrap

Roasted vegetable & mozzarella bake

Chilli glazed tofu with peppers & red onions

No chicken teriyaki noodles & Oriental vegetables

Sides

Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn

Rice Broccoli

Roast potatoes Mixed vegetables

Rice Carrots

Chips Peas Baked beans

Dessert

Chocolate chip cake & custard

Fruit & berry crumble & custard

Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce

Rocky road

Lemon drizzle slice

Additional

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter

Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher