St Teresa's Prep School Weekly Bulletin 15 October 2021

Issue 6

Autumn Term

8th February 2021 15th October 2021

Message from Mrs Conrad Pope Francis recently said, “Children and young people are the future; they are our strength; they are what keep us moving forward. They are the ones in whom we put our hope.” Over the last week, it has been truly wonderful to see how our girls illustrate the truth in this quote. Firstly, their Harvest Festivals last Friday tackled some of the important issues of climate change; this week, they have been eager to get involved in CAFOD’s, “Eyes of the World” campaign to encourage our world leaders to make courageous decisions that will protect our planet; on Tuesday, the Chaplaincy Team helped to lead our special assembly celebrating the gift of creation and thanking God for our animals and pets; on Wednesday, we delivered a minibus full of food to Dorking Foodbank to hep feed those who are hungry and struggling in our local area; and today, we have raised £150 to support the poorest communities in our global family affected by climate change. Thank you for your generosity and support in all these endeavours – we couldn’t do it without you!

With St Teresa’s commitment to encourage and nurture our girls to be strong, compassionate young ladies with a passion for the common good, we can be confident that we can move forwards with hope – the future is in safe hands!

Key Diary Dates: Friday 15th October

Term Ends

Saturday 16th October

Biathlon British Schools Championships Final

Monday 1st November

School Resumes

Monday 1st November

Maths Week (please see letter for details)

All week

Wednesday 3rd November

Year 4 Trip to Sealife Brighton

All day

Wednesday 3rd November

Year 6 Trip to The National Maritime Museum

All day

Thursday 4th November

Maths Workshop (please see letter for details and complete this form)

All day

Thursday 4th November

U8-U11 Swimming Gala v Hawthorns (A)

4.30pm

Friday 5th November

Individual School Photographs

am

Friday 5th November

U11A Hockey tournament @ The Triangle

9.30am-5.30pm

U8A+B Netball v Tormead (A)

3.45pm

U9A+B Hockey v Notre Dame (A)

3.45pm

U8A+B Hockey tournament @ St Georges

am

Saturday 6th November

This week you should have received: Whole School

Maths week letter & information—please remember to complete this form to confirm your daughters’ participation in the Maths Workshop.

Year 3

Afternoon of Christmas Fun letter

Year 4

Viking Day letter

Young Voices Choir

Music room access details—please remember to learn your lyrics!

Whole School

Half termly grade sheet—via the School Portal

Message for Year 6 Parents Please may I remind Year 6 parents to complete and return the Registration Form to Mrs Charles by Friday 15th October 2021 so that your daughters can be given priority entry into the Senior School and be sent the formal offer letters after half-term.

Individual School Photographs—Friday 5th November Fresh School Photography will be in school on Friday 5th November 2021 to take individual and sibling photographs. If your daughter has sports on this day, please may she come to school in her uniform and bring her PE kit to change into. If she has swimming, her photograph will be taken before her swimming lesson. If you have a child in the Senior School, we will be contacting you separately about sibling photographs with them.

The Year 6 girls participating in the hockey tournament will have their photograph taken before they go. They can have a Prep School sibling photograph (where applicable), but they will not be able to have a Senior School sibling photograph this time.

6LD—Class Assembly Parents of girls in 6LD are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 11th November 2021 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall

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

LAMDA Examination Results 2020/1 Well done to all the girls who took their LAMDA examinations last term. It was a superb set of results, with every single girl who entered passing with either Merit or Distinction.

The results were as follows: Pass with Merit Sienna L, Perla L, Seren S, Paris C, Florence B, Evangelina P, Eva M, Phoebe C, Lucy P, Louisa H, Olivia L, Arabella.

Pass with Distinction Olivia P, Jessika R, Amelia L, Charlotte C, Sophia N, Amaya H, Liliana O’D, Clara de A, Isola R, Olivia L, Erin C, Rosie H, Grace H, Summer C, Daniella C, Lucia C, Caroline de L, Lottie B, Kacey C, Ava S, Briony L, Lavinia S, Caitlin W, Chloe N and Layla S. LAMDA Lessons are now in full swing this term with our fabulous teachers, Gael and Michael. If your daughter is interested in joining a class please do let the School Office know at prepinfo@st-teresas.com.

Lessons run after school on a Monday and a Wednesday.

Newsletter & Extra-Curricular Booklet We are pleased to advise that our Newsletter showcasing everything we have been up to in the last year is now ready for viewing. We will shortly be sharing these with you online. If you would like a printed copy of this, and the Extra Curricular booklet, please could we ask you to complete this form and we will post them to you after half term.

Go Green for CAFOD Today, the girls (and staff) wore green to raise money for CAFOD to help those communities most affected by climate change.

CAFOD—‘Eyes of the World’ The girls have also been involved in the ‘Eyes of the World’ CAFOD campaign and are keen for our global leaders to take positive and courageous action at COP26 to protect our planet. Have a look at our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account to see a special drone video that we made today!

If you and your daughter would like to sign the petition to the Prime Minister to take urgent action, please click this link.

CISC Christmas Cards—Art Competition We are excited to announce that we are taking part in the CISC Christmas card design competition and we are opening this up to all St Teresa’s girls.

The theme this year is: ‘O Holy Night’ We are looking forward to having a bumper year of entries, so please submit your entries by Wednesday 10th November.

Your drawings can either be portrait or landscape. Please hand your entries to the Prep School Office for the attention of Mrs N Menzies. Please label them clearly on the back with your daughter’s full name and age.

Golden Book Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week: 2EB

Olivia L for demonstrating a wonderful attitude in gymnastics club, always listening carefully to instructions and being a great role-model to her peers.

Cecily P for trying hard in Maths and English this week and displaying a 'have a go' attitude when working independently.

3RN

Evie C fantastic attitude to her learning this week. Evie has worked incredibly hard at home this week, joining in with all our lessons. Well done!

Emily W for her fantastic effort with reading this week, working hard on her sounding out and recognising unfamiliar words.

Sophie B for concentration in Maths this week, working hard on partitioning and using a number line to subtract.

3KC

Lottie F for fantastic reading and for becoming much more fluent.

Eliza P for super enthusiasm during her online learning.

Apollonia C-D for super enthusiasm for everything she does both in and out of the classroom.

4BB

Charlotte J for her fabulous work and concentration on our introduction to Roman Numerals.

Matilda R for her really conscientious attitude this week and desire to improve her own writing.

Tabitha P for her independence and perseverance in Maths tasks this week.

Amelia L for her 'can-do' attitude in Swimming this week.

4CR

Sienna L for her calm approach and her effort to develop her work in Maths.

Jessika R for her amazing note making and questions to learn more about Jacques Cousteau.

Olivia P for her excellent contributions to our discussions this week, especially in Maths.

Syna S for her enthusiasm to contribute to discussions.

5MK

Sophia A, Olivia L, Natalia O and Florence B for using fabulous language to create suspense and intrigue as well as using varied sentence starters in the opening to their Mystery Stories in English this week.

5HC

6KH

Emma v E, Kaiah C and India Rose C for their superb openings to their mystery stories, trying hard to include all the success criteria, for building up the tension through their writing making me want to read on!

Zara B for impressive resilience this half term, and consistent hard work in lessons. In particular, producing a good piece of creative writing after missing the previous lesson.

Eva M for her unending enthusiasm, especially for her new role as the 6KH School Council Representative.

6JG

Sofie S for working so positively online.

Grace H for showing maturity and kindness.

6LD

Isobel S for writing a wonderful description of a setting using figurative language.

Isabella S For demonstrating a positive attitude in her work and for participating enthusiastically in class discussions.

This Week in The Prep School Year 2 French The Year 2 girls enjoyed a game of La Marelle (hopscotch) in the sunshine during their French lesson. A great way to support their learning of numbers in French!

Harvest Delivery Following our Harvest celebrations, the Chaplaincy Team loaded up a St Teresa’s van with much needed provisions for Dorking Food Bank. These items will make up emergency food parcels for those in need.

St Francis’ Service for Pets It was a joy to celebrate our special St Francis Service for pets this week. This is always such a wonderful occasion and we were delighted to be joined by so many of our pets. Following St Francis’ example, we took the opportunity to give thanks for all that our pets and other animals teach us about love and affection, and were reminded of the beauty of creation and our responsibility to care for all that God has created for this and future generations. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Year 4—Blue Abyss As part of their topic, Blue Abyss, Year 4 examined submarines, making their own using plasticine and plant-based straws. It was tricky to get the right balance of air in the straw and ballast, but once completed though, there was no stopping the submarines from rising and sinking!

FOST Book Sale The Prep girls have really enjoyed visiting the FOST second hand book sale today. It was a great way to reuse and recycle, while raising money for our school community. Thank you so much to FOST for organising.

Year 5—Museum of Egyptology To conclude our topic on Pharaohs this half term, Year 5 transformed their classrooms into a Museum of Egyptology. Each girl researched an aspect of Ancient Egypt and produced a 3D model as an artefact to display and present. It was a wonderful celebration of all that they had learnt.

Sports News Musicians of the Week •

Congratulations to the following girls who have been awarded certificates this week:

•

Sienna DN in Year 2 for very good contribution to music this half term.

•

Serena O in Year 3 for very good observations in the song “Order From Rome”.

•

Abigail F in Year 4 for very good singing in class this half term.

•

Susie Y in Year 5 for very good work in orchestra this half term.

•

Beth B in Year 6 for excellent work on the xylophone.

St Teresa’s Singers There are spaces available in the choir for Years 2, 3 and 4. Please email Mrs Yalden and your daughter’s class teacher if your daughter would like to join this group after half term. Rehearsals take place on Wednesdays from 3.45-4.15pm.

Chapel Concert This week we had our first Chapel Concert of this term.

There were girls from across the Prep School playing everything from the piano to the drums. All the girls performed amazingly. I was personally very proud of them all.

I think the parents would agree - they were brilliant! Many thanks to Mrs Yalden for organising the whole thing. I look forward myself to playing next time.

Evangelina P – Music Captain

Easter Music Course 2022!

We are very pleased to announce that the music course will return next year from Monday 11th to Thursday 14th April. This will be the 10th anniversary of this course at school directed by Mrs Yalden. The course is open to girls and boys from Year 3-Year 6 from all schools who have passed Grade 1 on their instrument. Please email Mrs Yalden on c.yalden@st-teresas.com for further information.

Sports News Well done to the Year 4 hockey squad who competed in a hockey match against Reigate St Mary’s last Friday. The girls fought valiantly, with the B team winning 6-0 and C’s winning 4-2. Players of the matches go to: Rachel, Syna and Pascale. Good luck to the girls in their match this Friday against Feltonfleet.

Netball Year 5 and 6 enjoyed their internal netball tournament on Saturday. The girls had a blast and enjoyed a fun morning of Bee netball. The winning team for Year 5 was the yellow team; Kaiah, Alex, Ella, Tabitha St-Gallay and Bella H. Winners for the Year 6 team were the pink team; Phoebe H, Frankie, Eliza, Hermione and Emily K.

Hockey On Monday, the Year 5 hockey squad travelled to Notre Dame for an away match. Both teams demonstrated accurate, quick passes. The Bs won 2-0. Players of the matches were Kaiah and India-Rose.

On Tuesday, the Year 6 hockey squad travelled to Oaken Lane to compete in a hockey tournament against four other Schools. Lessons were learnt and the girls are excited to put their skills back into action after half term.

Players of the tournament go to Zara and Nyang’ara.

PE star class of the week for enthusiasm goes to 5MK. PE athletes of the week for effort and enthusiasm in lessons goes to: Year 2: Sophie B Year 3: Serena O Year 4: Pascale E Year 5: Harriet P Year 6: Eloise H

Biathlon Good luck to our biathlon girls competing in the National Schools Biathlon Championships in Bath this weekend.

Remember all the hard work you have put in to get there, race hard and above all else, enjoy the experience!

Outside Achievements Amaya in Year 4 has been competing in jujitsu. She won bronze in her weight category, fighting with energy, gusto and demonstrating her usual team spirit and determination. She also collected her grey belt earlier this year. Well done Amaya.

Upcoming Fixtures Saturday 16th October: Biathlon in Bath. 7.30am.

Thursday 4th November: U8-U11 gala v Hawthorns (A) 4.30pm Friday 5th November:

U11A hockey tournament @ The Triangle. 9.30am-5.30pm U8A+B netball v Tormead (A) 3.45pm U9A+B hockey v Notre Dame (A) 3.45pm

Saturday 6th November: U8A+B hockey tournament @ St Georges

Sports

Cranmore Fireworks

ESTA

Tickets for this event can be purchased here.

Dib Dab Art

Half Term—Dance

Reminder ORDER APFS Christmas Cards We hope those participating in this fundraiser have returned their artworks to school! All online orders must be placed by midnight, Monday 18th October www.apfsorders.co.uk using unique sticker code provided.

Class Kitty Voluntary Contributions Reminder to participate (should you elect) in your class kitty contributions. Please contact your daughter’s class rep parent for payment details.

Christmas Jumper Collection We are collecting second hand Christmas jumpers ahead of Christmas jumper day later in the term. Please do have a look at home over half term. Jumpers can be dropped at the Prep School Reception.

Uniform Shop Mondays & Fridays 8.30am-9am and the first Saturday of every month 10am-10.30am during term time.

FOST on Instagram Please follow us on FOST insta account: @fost_st_teresas_effingham

FOST on Instagram Register and watch Classlist (https://app.classlist.com/) to stay up to date with FOST communications regarding events and other details.

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

E-mail equestrian@st-teresas.com Call

01372 750257

Or find us on Facebook “St Teresa’s Equestrian”

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

We hope that you have all had a lovely week!

A reminder to our riders to bring jumpers and coats as the weather gets colder and wetter as we head towards winter.

Also, as the weather starts to turn, if we are unable to offer ridden training due to the weather or unforeseen circumstances, stable management or equitation theory training will be provided instead. However, riders will be expected to arrive dressed to ride in all weathers with suitable outdoor clothing befitting the weather conditions.

Have a lovely Half Term, and we’ll see you all back in November!

Autumn Term 2021 Riding Dates Half Term – Monday 18th October to Sunday 31st October Lessons run from: Monday 1st November to Saturday 18th December

NSEA Competition Reports On Sunday 3rd October, some NSEA riders went to Sands Farm to compete in a Grassroots qualifier for the NSEA Championships!

In the 60cm class, the team - Jessica R, Lottie B and Sofie S - came 4th, qualifying for the Championships!

With Sofie placing 1st as an individual and Lottie placing 5th, both of them qualifying as individuals!

Unfortunately, Jessica missed out on the top six placings.

In the 70cm class, Lottie B placed 2nd as an individual, qualifying as an individual!

Unfortunately, Sofie missed out on the top six placings.

Well done everyone!

Menu—w/c Monday 1st November Hot lunches include a selection of family favourites and suitable alternatives for children with allergies and intolerances.