Message from Mrs Conrad
As we break up for the Christmas holidays, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very blessed and holy Christmas. It has been a real joy catching up with you over recent weeks at ‘Holy Boy’, the Christmas concert or the Santa Dash. I hope that you all enjoy catching up with your families and friends over the holiday and sharing the love that the Christ Child brings. As Saint Mother Teresa once said, “It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.”
THANKYOU FOST!
We want to say a huge thank you to FOST for everything they have done for the girls this week to help make the run up to Christmas so special. They provided a prize and a Santa hat for every girl for the Santa Dash. They organised our Father Christmas visit and they paid for the Pantomime to come to school today! What a wonderful end to the term! Thank you all for everything that you do and for all the time that you give to the school.
Key Diary Dates:
Mon 9th Jan School closed for staff INSET day All day
Tue 10th Jan Term starts
Wed 18th Jan Year 3, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms
8:15 9:00
Thu 19th Jan 4BB Class Assembly, Henderson Hall 8:30 9.00
Thu 19th Jan Year 6, LifeLab commences Afternoon
Fri 20th Jan Young Voices Choir at the O2 Arena Afternoon
Young Voices Concert at the O2 Arena 19.00
Wed 25th Jan Year 4, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms
8:15 9:00
Thu 26th Jan Year 4, Residential Trip Information Evening 16:30 17:00
Fri 27th Jan Years 5 & 6, Young Shakespeare Company Hamlet Workshop AM
Wed 1st Feb Year 6, Open Book Morning, Henderson Hall & Classrooms
8:15 9:00
Thu 2nd Feb 5MK Class Assembly, Henderson Hall 8:30 9.00
Message from Mrs Conrad and the St Teresa’s Staff
Thank you all for your support throughout this term and your thoughtful and generous Christmas gifts and cards. Mrs Conrad and the Prep School Staff would like to wish you all a very happy and holy Christmas and a restful break.
4BB—Class Assembly
Parents of girls in 4BB are invited to join us for their class assembly on Thursday 19th January 2023 at 8.30am in the Henderson Hall Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am
Prep School Open Book Mornings
We will be holding Open Book Mornings for each Year Group starting in the Spring Term. This is an opportunity for your daughters to show you their books and their classrooms. Refreshments will be served in the Henderson Hall from 8.15am and, once the girls are settled, you will be taken to the classroom from 8.30am until 9.00am.
Please see the dates below. You will be sent a form to confirm your attendance nearer the time.
Wednesday 18th January Year 3
Wednesday 25th January Year 4
Wednesday 1st February Year 6
Wednesday 15th March Year 5
ESTA
We are looking forward to an exciting Spring term of tennis at ESTA!
After sending out priority booking links to our current players, we are pleased to now offer places in our group sessions to anyone else keen to play on a first come first serve basis. Please follow the relevant links below to sign up or contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org for more information.
If your child has private lessons (individual, joint or small group), these invoices will be emailed to you shortly. We look forward to seeing everyone on court during the Spring Term.
Merry Christmas from all of us at ESTA!
Tuesdays Year 3 @ 4:15-5:15pm
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/LeeChildsCoaching/BookCourse/6df3a03c-a1a7-4ccd-9ff1-fd55a642ee73
Wednesdays Year 4 @ 4:15-5:15pm
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/LeeChildsCoaching/BookCourse/a24d84dc-9fc6-4766-835d-edbacfa56d72
Wednesdays Years 5&6 @ 4:15-5:15pm
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/LeeChildsCoaching/BookCourse/8b63b048-9fda-47ef-ac0a-6535bed5783e
Wednesdays Years 5&6 @ 5:15-6:15pm
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/LeeChildsCoaching/BookCourse/64a1e49b-86dc-436a-a82d-2d94c1ce20a4
Drama Stars of the Week
Skyla N for her enthusiasm and creativity in lessons.
Anna P for creating a wonderful Christmas character. Matilda R for her very impressive performance this week.
Kaiah C for her impressive performance and her patience in waiting for news about an audition.
This week you should have received:
Whole School Half termly grade sheet on portal
Whole School Extra-curricular information for the Spring Term 2023
Year 5
Letter from the teachers
Whole School Modern Biathlon Fun Training Events
Please contact the School Office if you need a copy of any of these letters prepinfo@st-teresas.com
Years 5 & 6—RotaryYoung Photographer Competition
This is a three-stage competition designed to support and encourage the development of photographic skills starting with a local heat in February, with the best entries going forward to a District competition and on to a National Final at the end of March. Entries are submitted in age groups for fairness. The initial task is to submit one photograph based upon the theme, “The Beauty of Architecture” with a sentence to explain the relationship to the theme.
Competitors will receive a certificate of participation with appropriate awards for the winners at all stages of the competition. Entries for the local heat, closing date Saturday 4th February 2023, are invited on behalf of the Mole Valley Rotary Clubs and should be submitted to Miss Shear - s.shear@st-teresas.com no later than Wednesday 1st February ‘23.
Golden Book
Well done to all of the girls in our Golden Books this week:
3RN Mariella D creating an interesting PowerPoint about Butser Farm including inserting pictures from One Drive and saving her work successfully each week. Rosie M this half term. She can log on, open her Butser Farm PowerPoint and save her work each week successfully.
3KC Thea B Butser Farm this half term. Well done Thea. Clemmie W use column addition in maths. Great work Clemmie.
4BB Eva M Brooches. Zara a Charles Dickens novel and a modern
4CR Natalia T Jasmine N
5MK Olivia P learning across all subject areas this term.
5HC Clara O Nativity story.
5KH Stef v Ey for her use of figurative language and powerful vocabulary in her creative writing. Lilia-Anna H for increased effort in her work and presentation this half term.
6JG Alana E for her understanding of key vocabulary in RE. India-Rose C for working positively when looking at sources from the Titanic. Tabitha St G for her tenacity and desire to learn.
6GH Sofia O for always giving her best and being a brilliant team member at all times. Maisy M for her helpfulness in maths and positive attitude to solving problems. Poppy H for contributions to class discussions, giving thoughtful responses.
Year 3—Computing
During Computing in Year 3 this half term, the girls have been creating a PowerPoint about their trip to Butser Farm. They created a page for each activity at Butser, including artefact handling, fence wattling, an archaeological dig and copper jewelry making. On each page the girls added a title, some text and added pictures from either the Butser Farm website or photographs from our trip stored on the school One Drive. To ensure each page looked professional, the girls used the ‘Designer’ function on PowerPoint and chose the design they preferred. At the end, some of the girls added a link to Butser Farm as well. Well done girls, some super
Year 5—Stained Glass Windows
After comparing the Gospel stories of the Nativity from Matthew and Luke, the girls reflected upon the story and which people, animals and places were mentioned. The girls created silhouettes within a stained-glass window to represent parts of the Nativity story.
