Message from Mrs Conrad
It was wonderful to welcome so many of you to our Harvest Festivals this week. The girls delighted us with a selection of thought provoking songs, poems and dramatic performances that reminded us of the beauty of God’s creation and gave us some powerful messages about how we should look after our planet. 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.
I hope that you all have a restful half term and look forward to hearing about what the girls got up to when we return.
Key Diary Dates:
Mon 31st Oct School Resumes
Tue 1st Oct Mass for All Saints, Mairlot Hall (parents are welcome) 11:00
Wed 2nd Nov Year 5, Trip to Winchester Science Centre All day
Wed 2nd Nov Year 6, Mock Entrance Examinations AM
Thu 3rd Nov Year 4, Viking Workshop All day
Tue 8th Nov Year 3, Trip to Butser Farm All day
Wed 9th Nov Individual and sibling school photographs (details to follow) All day
Thu 10th Nov 5HC, Class Assembly, Henderson Hall 8.30 9.00
Tue 15th Nov Entrance Examination morning for Prep School candidates AM
Tue 15th Nov Music Scholarship Assessments PM
Thu 17th Nov Drama Scholarship Assessments AM
Thu 17th Nov Art Scholarship Assessments PM
Fri 18th Nov Sport Scholarship Assessments All day
Fri 18th Nov FOST Christmas Market PM
Mon 21st Nov Maths Week All week
Wed 23rd Nov Year 6, Trip to the National Maritime Museum All day
Wed 23rd Nov 4CR, Class Assembly, Henderson Hall 8.30 9.00
This
Whole School Children in Distress Shoebox Appeal information (and in school bags today)
Whole School Half termly grade sheets on the parent portal
Whole School Key dates letter (see details below)
Year 3 Trip to Butser Farm information
Year 4 Viking Day information
Please contact the School Office if you need copies of any of this information prepinfo@st teresas.com
5HC—Class Assembly
Parents of girls in 5HC are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 10th November 2022 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am
Lost Property
We are seeing a very high volume of lost property at the moment. The teachers will speak to the girls about taking good care of their possessions. Please may parents ensure that all items that come into school are clearly named so that we can ensure that they are returned to their owner.
Winter Uniform
All the girls should return to school after half term in their winter uniform.
Individual School Photographs—Wednesday 9th November
Fresh School Photography will be in school on Wednesday 9th November to take individual and sibling photographs. If your daughter/s have swimming or games their photograph/s will be taken before these lessons. If you have a child in the Senior School, we will be contacting you separately about sibling photographs with them.
Key Dates—2022/3
As outlined in the Parent Handbook, and reiterated at the Parent Welcome Reception, there are three key dates in the school calendar that are compulsory for all the girls to attend. This is to help them understand the importance of team work and collaborative responsibility as these are events where they are all involved and need to support each other.
These dates are as follows:
Christmas Service Wednesday 7th December, 18.30 to 19.30
Spring Concert Thursday 23rd March, 18.30 to 19.30
Prep School Prize Giving Thursday 6th July, 19.00 to 20.00
We would be grateful if you could keep these dates free so that all girls can be present at these important community events.
week you should have received:
Golden Book
Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week:
3RN Layla B
enthusiasm and lovely expression, well done!
Mariella D
Mariella has researched and shared her knowledge on Mesolithic people and Skara Brae from our Tribal Tales topic.
Esther H different strategies to add and subtract across 10 and 100. Well done!
Anna R sensible ideas on road safety.
3KC Sophie B
Ava
Ayla M
Victoria M
4BB Amelie A
Maths lesson.
Lottie F
4CR Sophia SS language.
Isabella MS
5MK Mia M a mystery story.
Catrin V for all round super effort across the curriculum this half term. For trying hard in all aspects of her learning and making a super start to Year 5.
5HC Amelia L for listening carefully to feedback and editing her work to reflect the advice given.
Scarlett C for her super effort in all subjects this half term. Charlotte J for her exciting and tense opening to a mystery story in English.
Jessica T for producing an excellent webpage this half term.
5KH Flori H for working hard in all subjects this half term and, in particular, her excellent use of the 'show not tell' technique to describe a character's feelings. Florence D for her descriptive writing in English making effective use of the 'show not tell' technique and writing a story opening full of suspense.
6JG India Rose C for her superb comprehension work.
Liliana O'D for producing an excellent webpage this half term.
6GH Maisy M who has focused very well in lessons and works hard. Tabitha D who has written fabulous stories using a range of techniques.
Dance Success
Olivia G received her results for her Ballroom and Latin American Medal Test. It was her first exam Social Dance Test 1 Juvenile (Under 12) where she had to dance the Waltz and ChaChaCha. She received Honours with a mark of 99% awarded in both dances.
Poppy H won a dance competition at the weekend and has gone through to the semi finals in Blackpool! Keep up the great work Poppy, we cannot wait to hear how you get on!
Mole Valley Poets
Alana attended the October
Dorking Artisan Festival recently. She independently wrote an Autumn poem on the spot at the Mole Valley Poets exhibition stand and was asked to recite it too. Well done Alana!
Charity Walk
On Sunday, Darcy did her WWF sponsored walk with her best friend Henry. They walked 8 miles up to Leith Hill and back to Westcott and, while the target for sponsorship was £500, they managed to raise £800 in total. Brilliant work Darcy and Henry!
‘Save our Planet’
Rosalind read out her beautiful poem ’Save our Planet’ in assembly last week. It was an important message for us all. Don’t dump plastic in the sea, Keep it clean for you and me, Think before you throw rubbish away, Recycle, to use it in another way. Before you get in your car, think can I walk? Is it far? Doing little things to help every day Saves our planet in a really big way.
By Rosalind D (Year 3)
Drama Stars of the Week
Olivia L for her commitment to every aspect of rehearsals for the Harvest performance. Jasmine N for excellent clarity and expression in her Harvest performance. Sienna L for improved confidence in performance and learning an extra line just in case someone was absent.
Tabitha S for speaking so clearly despite have a very sore throat.
Year 3—Woolly Mammoths
Year 3 have been writing instructions on how to wash a woolly mammoth using imperative verbs, prepositions, time adverbials and adjectives. During topic lessons, they followed instructions for creating their own woolly mammoths out of milk bottles, ensuring they followed the instructions in chronological order. What fun we had!
Music News
Musicians of the Week
Year 3 Olivia L for consistent good work in recorder class and excellent progress in rhythm reading.
Year 4 Lottie F for excellent resilience in working out pitch and rhythm patterns. Well done Lottie!
Year 5 Willa S for playing so well in orchestra and string group and for excellent effort in music class. Keep it up Willa!
Year 6 Ella J for always giving her best in class, her kindness when helping the younger students in orchestra and being an all round wonderful Music Captain.
Year 5 Update
Year 5 have been having fun with ukuleles! They can now play 4 chords which means that we have been able to play along to many of songs that we know. The girls are working on strumming patterns and although we have had some sore fingers from all the practising, Mrs Harris is thrilled with their progress!
Year 3—Reminder
I would be grateful if parents could remind the Year 3 girls to bring in their recorders and books on a Thursday and Year 6 girls to bring in headphones for keyboard lessons on a Tuesday. Many thanks.
Instrumental Lessons
We still have some spaces for lessons and some instruments that can be hired from the school. If you would like to try out any instruments or need any more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Harris.
Performance of the Week
Thank you to Alana who played Mist on The Water on her harp in assembly. We all enjoyed your beautiful performance.
Music Clubs
Tuesday Year 5 & 6 Young Voices Singers 8.00
Years 4 to 6 Orchestra 15.45 16.45
Wednesday Years 5 & 6 Wind Band
Years 3 to 6 String Group Lunchtime
Years 5 & 6 Chamber Choir 15.45 16.30
Thursday Years 3 & 4 St Teresa’s Singers 15.45 16.15
Friday Years 3 to 6 Guitar Ensemble Lunchtime
This Week
It was wonderful to launch of Christmas Shoebox Appeal this week! As in previous years, we are supporting ‘Children in Distress’ to provide boxes of joy to babies, children, young people and the elderly in Romania and Eastern Europe. In Chapel this week, we heard a presentation about how to prepare our boxes. Full details have been given to every pupil in the school. Further details have been emailed out to all families. Our aim this year is to smash our target from last year and to collect at least 300 shoeboxes across the whole school. What a wonderful gift this would be!!
We now have a four week period to prepare, fill and return our shoeboxes. This gives us the whole of the half-term break and then two weeks after the break to complete our shoeboxes. The boxes will then be collected and will leave the school site on Friday, 11th November. Please ensure that your boxes are returned then (together with the £2 donation towards the cost of transport and distribution). This is a wonderful project as it is a genuine example of us giving without expecting anything in return an individual in need who we will never meet will receive a gift of joy this Christmas. Can we encourage every member of the school community to prepare and return a shoebox as part of their preparations for the great feast of Christmas. Thank you, in advance, for all your help and support!!
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We hope that you have all had an amazing first half of the school term, and a great start to the new school year!
We still have LOTS of availability over the half term, so if you Morning, Pony Afternoon or for a Assessment or Private lesson, please do get in touch now! We are open to everyone 5 years and above (6 years for Pony Days), whether you have ridden or not before. Have look on our booking site to see availability or contact us by phone or by email.
Have a lovely October Half Term!
STE have had a new staff member join the team called Maddi, her first day was on Tuesday. She has worked on other types of livery and competition yards before coming here.
The arena was re graded on Monday and is now level and much nicer to ride in! After the very dry summer the carpet got all fluffy so it’s now nice to walk in without getting carpet fluff stuck to your shoes!
The ponies have started to be clipped this week. Clipping is when the horse’s coat gets shaved off in different styles so that they don’t get too hot in the winter months. It also makes them easier to groom!
The horse of the week is… Bobby!
~ Libby C
NSEA News
Good luck to everyone heading out to compete this Saturday, but also the best of luck to the teams who are heading to the NSEA Championships over the half term!!
The October dates are ready to book, we are running Pony Mornings, Pony Afternoons and also adhoc lessons.
So please check out booking site to book your spaces now!
E mail: equestrian@st teresas.com Call: 01372 750257
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Menu—w/c Monday 1st November 2022
Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Prep School
Pork sausages & mash
Pasta Bolognese & crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
Main Locally sourced pork sausages & mashed potato
Spaghetti Bolognese with crusty bread
Roast chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding
Eat healthy choice Turkey & vegetable tikka masala with vegetable rice
Spanish style chicken & chorizo with wholemeal rice
Beef & broccoli in black bean sauce with noodles
Creamy turkey pie & diced potatoes
Turkey & sweetcorn pie with new potatoes
Pulled pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa & mixed salad
Fish fingers/ tomato pasta
Vegetarian
Cumberland style vegetable sausages & mashed potato
Sides Mashed potato Broccoli
Pasta arrabiata
Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake
Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn
Roast vegetables Mixed vegetables
Red lentil & vegetable tikka masala with rice
Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers
King prawns with Chinese vegetables & noodles
Dessert Chocolate brownie
Additional Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Apple crumble & custard
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Items in Italic Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher
Carrot cake with frosting
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Macaroni cheese with green salad
New potatoes Carrots Chips Peas Baked beans
Chocolate sponge & chocolate sauce Strawberry smoothie bar
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
Salad Bar Summer Fruit Platter
