St Teresa Prep School 9 October 2023

Issue 5

Autumn Term

13th October 2023

Message from Mrs Conrad It was wonderful to welcome so many of you to our Harvest Festivals having made it through the terrible weather and roadworks! The girls delighted us with a selection of thought-provoking songs, poems, dramatic performances and even a barn dance (!) that celebrated the beauty of God’s creation. We were reminded that we are stewards of our planet, who must look after our common home and that even little changes we undertake can make a big difference.

Well done to everyone involved and special thanks to Mrs Gibson and Mrs Harris for all their hard work in preparing the girls for these special events. May I also take this opportunity to thank you for your incredible generosity in donating items for Dorking foodbank; I know these will be greatly appreciated by many local families in need.

Key Diary Dates: Mon 16th Oct

Prep School Parents’ Evening Online

16:15—18:15

Wed 18th Oct

Prep School Parents’ Evening In person

16:30—18:30

Thu 19th Oct

Prep School Parents’ Evening Online

18:00—20:00

Fri 20th Oct

Half Term Begins

Mon 6th Nov

School Resumes

Wed 8th Nov

Prep School, Individual and Sibling School Photographs

All day

Thu 9th Nov

5KH, Class Assembly, Henderson Hall

8.30—9.00

Fri 10th Nov

Whole School Remembrance Service

AM

Tue 14th Nov

Year 6, St Teresa’s Entrance Examinations

AM

Tue 14th Nov

Year 3, Monument Mayhem, Henderson Hall

15.15

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

Clubs, Study and After School Care—w/c 16th October •

Due to Parents’ Evening, no after school clubs will run on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday, apart from Gymnastics, Tennis, LAMDA, Equestrian, Swim Squad and After School Care, which will all run as usual.

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There will be no Study from 15.45 to 16.15 on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday, however, After School Care will run from 15.45 until 18.00.

After School Care will be in the following locations: •

Monday

6th Form Lecture Theatre (behind the Prep School).

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Wednesday

Usual Locations

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Thursday

Henderson Hall

Buses will run as usual.

Parents’ Evenings — 16th, 18th and 19th October 2023 Formal parents’ meetings for the Prep School will take place on the 16th, 18th and 19th October. A letter has now been sent out with further information, including booking details and booking is now open.

Individual School Photographs — Wednesday 8th November Fresh School Photography will be in school on Wednesday 8th November to take individual and St Teresa’s sibling photographs. If your daughter/s have swimming or games their photograph/s will be taken before these lessons— but they will not be able to be taken before morning swim squad or sport training. If you have a child in the Senior School, we have contacted you separately about having sibling photographs with them.

5KH—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 5KH are invited to join us for their class assembly On Thursday 9th November 2023 At 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am

Winter Uniform All the girls should return to school after half term in their winter uniform.

Message for Year 6 Please may I remind Year 6 parents to complete and return the Registration Form to Mrs Charles by Tuesday 10th October 2023 so that your daughters can be given priority entry into the Senior School and, be sent the formal offer letters after half-term.

This week you should have received: Year 4

Viking Workshop letter

Senior School Siblings

Details about sibling photographs

Whole School

Gymnastics course details for half term

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

Parent Volunteers Wanted - an enthusiastic volunteer to share how they use Maths in their career or daily life. Would you be able to inspire the girls at St Teresa's? We are looking for a visitor to share their use of Mathematics with the girls during Maths Week. This could be talking in assembly or to particular year groups. Please contact Mrs Ridulfa if you are interested or for further information (c.ridulfa@st-teresas.com).

Home Artwork Darcy copied a photograph of a dog to create this amazing drawing. She used pencils and a white pen for highlights. It took her several days to complete. Well done, Darcy!

Drama Stars This week Florence E N for her concentration and commitment to her Harvest performance.

Sophia D for her willingness to step into a new role just before the performance.

Matilda G for her enthusiasm and positivity in this week's rehearsals.

Lara B for her confidence and clarity in performing her lines for Harvest.

Last week Isabelle C for enthusiastic participation in Harvest rehearsals.

Isla S for learning her lines quickly despite missing one of the Harvest rehearsals.

Avery K for excellent participation and understanding in rehearsals.

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

Zoe G for her excellent instruction writing this week, using imperative verbs and adding extra information to include more detail. Well done Zoe! Florence E N for excellent participation during our maths lessons this week, using and applying her place value knowledge to help with our new topic on addition. Well done Flo!

3KC

Vivienne W-S for amazing effort with her instruction writing for how to wash a woolly mammoth including imperative verbs.

Ivy H for showing a fantastic improvement in her handwriting and fabulous input during maths.

Isabelle C for her fabulous attitude in all she does including her wonderful participation in the Harvest Festival.

4LH

Bea St-G for your map work skills in Geography, where we identified key locations in Australia including The Great Barrier Reef.

Rosie M for demonstrating your skills in computing this week to achieve all the challenges set.

4AB

Jemima H for working hard in Maths.

Anna R for persevering with her Science classification chart

4CR

Thea S for her fantastic effort on her writing this week, carefully choosing suitable language.

Sophia D for her fantastic work in Maths, confidently tackling problems.

5HC

Holly E and Eva C for designing their own maps in include OS symbols and grid references - fantastic work and beautifully drawn!

Jena W for her conscientious attitude in lessons and for always persevering with tasks that are tricky.

5KH

Evie R for her beautifully detailed and well presented Reading Record.

Natalia T for a great start to Year 5, in particular, working hard at being organised and on her handwriting.

6MK

Sophia N for her work in Geography this week, producing an informative and attractive learning poster on natural resources found in the Arctic.

Isla BH for always taking part in class discussions with enthusiasm, keen to share her ideas and opinions.

Harriet L for her recent work in RE, creating a guide to Baptism for parents and godparents, describing the service and symbolism involved.

6JG

Isabella K for being so helpful during harvest preparations.

Scarlett M and Clara O for their enthusiasm and progress in English.

6RW

Lainey H for being a fantastic role model to others and for always showing kindness inside and outside of the classroom.

Isabel R for producing some excellent creative writing and sharing it with the rest of the class.

Year 6—Art At the start of the term, Year 6 completed some observational drawing of animals found in the Antarctic, linking to their topic of "The Frozen Kingdom". Their task was to include a range of marks which vary in tone. They applied this criteria to create some sensitively-drawn albatross and seals.

Year 3—Art Club In Year 3 art club, the girls have been exploring pattern and colour and have created these wonderful landscapes.

Year 5—Story Telling Trip On Tuesday, Year 5 were invited to Cranleigh Prep School to listen to Danyah Miller, a professional storyteller. She retold Michael Morpurgo's moving story, 'I Believe in Unicorns' and the children were transfixed throughout - as were the adults.

Danyah weaved magic and illusions into her storytelling as well as involving the audience.

It was a truly memorable afternoon, which concluded with a special unicorn biscuit for everyone and the gift of three copies of the book for our library and classrooms.

Sports News Netball On Friday, the U8 netball teams played their first match of the season against St Catherine’s. The U8A team had a great match and drew 1-1! Well done girls. The B team achieved a well deserved 1-0 win. A big well done to Olivia for scoring the winning goal and Laila for being awarded player of the match. The U8C team displayed excellent team work and improved their match play tremendously in this very evenly matched game. Well done to Isabelle C for being chosen as player of the match. The U8D team demonstrated their robust knowledge of positions throughout, resulting in them finishing the game with a 1-1 draw.

Hockey The U10C and D took on Feltonfleet on Saturday morning. The weather was lovely and the girls were in good spirits. The U10D's worked hard and never gave up. They weren’t able to secure a win, but the girls had a blast and learnt so much. Player of the match went to Isabella. The U10C team had a great time on the pitch and had a competitive first half performance. They played hard and fair, but unfortunately did not come out on top this time. Amelie was awarded a well earnt player of the match. Well done girls!

Swimming The girls had their first swimming competition of the year against Wimbledon High School. The fixture involved over 100 girls competing which is an astonishing feat. As you can imagine the noise was incredible from start to finish with every race being hotly contested. The standout performances came from the U8C team who managed to come away with a victory. It was great to see so many of the girls competing in the pool and we look forward to the next competition.

Hockey The U11ABCD took on CLFS in a home and away fixture.

The U11As had a great game and won 7-2. We are super proud of them and really excited about this team. The U11 B side contested a very tight game against City of London Freeman’s and, unfortunately, narrowly missed out on a draw. Sophia N put on a masterclass in goal to receive a well earnt player of the match award. The U11C team showed great energy and enthusiasm. They won 3-0 and the player of the match was Lily. The Ds took part in an end to end match and were unlucky to come out without a result this time. Player of the match was Bella.

Netball Shooting Club Please encourage your daughter to come to netball shooting club on a Tuesday lunchtime.

Recreational Netball A reminder there is recreational netball club for Year 5 & 6—this a club where they can just play a match. A great way to work on all their skills in a fun environment.

Morning Club Drop Offs Please DO NOT drop your child off before 7:50am for their morning club as there will be no one to supervise them. Please only leave once you see the teacher who is leading the club.

Fixtures (week commencing 16th October) Tuesday 17th October—U11A-E Netball V St Catherine's (A) 3:30pm Tuesday 17th October—U10A&B Netball V CFS (H) 2:30pm Friday 20th October—U9A-D Netball V St Cats (A) 2:30pm

Half Term Tennis Camp at ESTA ESTA is delighted to be running a tennis camp during half term at St Teresa's from 23-27th October!

Please note the timings below: 9-12pm Years 2-4 9-12pm Performance Camp (invitational) 1-4pm Years 5&6 1-4pm Years 7+ Prices are £39 per camp day with 10% discount for the full week option.

Children outside the school are very welcome to attend! We are also offering individual, joint and small group coaching during this week for adults and children.

Please contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org or on 07980 604372 to book in.

We hope to see your children on court over half term!

ESTA

Music News Musicians of the Week Year 3

Zoe G for always trying her best and participating with enthusiasm

Year 4

Cara A-S for working so hard when learning the Harvest Songs and for a wonderful positive attitude!

Year 5

Sophia G for her consistently excellent effort in music class

Year 6

Amaya H for always bringing joy and beautiful singing to the music room!

Year 6—Music Scholarships If you have applied for a music scholarship, please contact Mrs Harris. I will be running sessions to help prepare the girls for the scholarship audition and interview as soon as I have a list of the candidates applying.

Year 5—Drumming Year 5 have been trying out bucket drumming this week during our topic on rhythm. We definitely have some very talented drummers in Year 5!

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 It was a joy for us this week to celebrate our Harvest Festival Services. These were a fantastic opportunity for us to give thanks, at this traditional time of the year, for the grace of God’s goodness to us by providing us with abundant food. We so often take this for granted, so it was good to stop, recognise all that we have, and to give thanks!

Of course, we also recognise that the abundance that we have is not always shared with the world around us.

During our Services we had the opportunity to pray for those who do not have enough to eat and to reflect on the reasons, particularly greed and climate change, that mean that so many in our world do not have enough to eat.

It was then a joy to turn our thanksgiving and our concern into action with our food bank collection. We were overwhelmed with the huge generosity and we know that the donations that have been made will make a huge difference to those within our local communities who, through no fault of their own and often due to the current cost of living crisis, are unable to provide the basics for their families. A huge ‘thank you’ for your great generosity!

All the items received will be delivered to the Dorking Food Bank where, we know they will be very gratefully received!

Thank you

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Booking System

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We hope that you have had a good week.

Both Mr T and Cookie are now in the barn with all the other ponies and have passed their license! This means that they can be used in lessons, and they will be slowly introduced to riding lessons during the term and in the holidays.

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.

And 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: Show Jumping There are so many disciplines in horse riding, one of them is show jumping. It was first introduced to the Olympics in the 1900s in France, and quickly became more and more popular. There are different types of show jumping and one of them is ‘Chase me Charlie’.

You have to jump clear (which means no refusals, faults or knocking poles down) as the jump gets progressively higher, and the one who jumps the highest clear wins.

Fun fact!

Huaso the horse jumped 2.47 metres, which is the highest jump ever recorded. ~ Libby C

NSEA News We wish the team and individuals the best of luck at their next competition!

Menu—w/c Monday 16th October Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.

Monday

Tuesday

Prep School

Pork sausages & mash

Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread

Main

Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato

Eat healthy choice

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Creamy turkey pie & diced potatoes

Fish fingers/ tomato pasta

Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread

Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding

Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes

Traditional battered fish fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Char-grilled turkey & crispy bacon bits with house salad

Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice

Poached salmon with asparagus, tenderstem broccoli & wholemeal pasta

Paella with crusty bread

Chinese style noodles & Oriental vegetables

Vegetarian

Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato

Pasta arrabiata

Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice

Macaroni cheese with green salad

Sides

Mashed potato Broccoli

Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn

Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables

New potatoes Carrots

Chips Peas Baked beans

Dessert

Chocolate brownie

Peach & raspberry crumble & custard

Mango cheesecake

Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce

Summer berry smoothie

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